Kentavious Caldwell-Pope is now a two-time NBA champion, but since his first title came with the Lakers in the Bubble in 2020, Thursday in Denver was his first opportunity to enjoy a championship parade.
The veteran wing was a critical addition to the Nuggets this season, as he became part of the glue that connected the team on both ends between stars Jamal Murray and Nikola Jokic. As we learned on Thursday, he also brought a different skillset that was needed on this squad: elite partier.
While Nikola Jokic was at the parade out of necessity, wishing he was back in Serbia with his beloved horses, KCP was among the stars of the parade as he drank every beer in sight. At one point, he hopped off his bus and ran over to have a chugging contest with a fan, showing impressive form as he squeezed the can to force the beer into his mouth as fast as possible, slamming it back and then giving the fan a big hug.
Later, he started catching beers on the back of the bus and, like any guy who grew up in the 1990s, couldn’t resist channeling his inner Stone Cold Steve Austin, slamming two together and dousing his face with them.
— CJ Fogler account may or may not be notable (@cjzero) June 15, 2023
This is excellent Stone Cold technique, because the goal of a Stone Cold is not to actually drink two beers but to get maybe a quarter of a beer in your mouth and the rest all over your face. KCP nailed that and appeared to be having the time of his life, enjoying the chance to finally get a championship parade for his second ring. As for how many beers he consumed on the afternoon, let’s go to the official count*.
Bradley Beal could be on his way out of Washington. According to multiple reports, Beal and the Wizards are in constant communication as the franchise tries to figure out its next step, and if that involves going into a rebuild, it appears Beal could be suiting up for a new team for the first time next season.
Beal is maybe the hardest guy to figure out in the league from a trade perspective. What is the value of a guy on such a gigantic contract, one that gets more expensive over each of the next three seasons before a player option in 2026-27 worth $57.1 million? While Beal is a three-time All-Star, he’s coming off of two straight years where the raw production just hasn’t quite been there, and he’s only played in 90 of a potential 162 games. (It’s worth mentioning that, last season, his field goal percentage of 50.6 percent was the best of his career.)
And then there’s the no-trade clause. The holder of the only true no-trade clause in the league — one that will follow him wherever he goes next — Beal has the ability to reject any trade Washington gets. This doesn’t just mean that he’ll be able to pick his destination, because he has the ability to say, hypothetically, that he doesn’t like the return, as well. It’s worth mentioning that this works both ways, because he can say the Wizards aren’t getting enough just as easily as he can say his new team is giving up too much.
With all that said, let’s dive into a few potential trades that could lead to Beal heading elsewhere. The first two, which we’ll dive into a little deeper, are from the teams that have been most closely linked to him, while everything after is exploring a pure hypothetical.
For financial purposes, a deal between Milwaukee and Washington for Beal would almost certainly have to include Holiday, unless the two teams decide to do something weird with a Khris Middleton sign-and-trade that doesn’t make a ton of sense for either side. It should be noted that was what Marc Stein reported would be how the deal would get done, but it’s hard to imagine why Washington would want a soon-to-be 32-year-old Middleton if they’re trying to reset the roster, and it’s hard to imagine why Milwaukee would want to move someone with his two-way value on the wing (unless they are concerned about his long-term health). Holiday, meanwhile, is under contract for this season and has a player option for 2024-25, and if the Wizards were to bring him on board, he’d make sense as a guy who can be flipped elsewhere for picks and/or players that help Washington rebuild.
Would that be a hard pill to swallow for the Bucks? Of course, as Holiday has been excellent for them on and off the court. But on the heels of a premature postseason exit, turning Holiday into Beal would be an interesting way to shake things up and add some more self-creation to an offense that could use it. This would also be a way for them to avoid having to hammer out a new deal with Holiday, while giving them a player who is going to stick around for the foreseeable future.
To sweeten the pot, Milwaukee can throw in its 2029 first-round pick, which is the only pick they can move without any restrictions due to the trade with the New Orleans Pelicans that landed them Holiday. Beauchamp isn’t the sort of young building block who makes or breaks a deal, but he’d give the Wizards a young wing that they can work to develop as they enter would could be a few lean years.
You can swap Herro for Kyle Lowry if you’d like, but in the aftermath of a run to the NBA Finals that saw Herro get hurt very early in the playoffs, it would be pretty easy for Miami to justify moving on from him in order to bring in an All-Star caliber player whose skillset would greatly help on offense. There is the question of whether Washington would rather have Lowry’s deal, which expires after the 2023-24 season, over Herro and a guy like Robinson — the former is signed through 2026-27 and makes the most money of all three Heat players mentioned here, the latter has a player option in 2025-26.
Having said that, with Beal moving on in this situation and both Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma capable of hitting unrestricted free agency this summer, Herro at least gives the Wizards a sure thing as they figure out what this next chapter looks like. Can he continue to build on a nice 2022-23 season, where he averaged 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 4.2 assists per game with a career-best effective field goal percentage of 53.1 percent? Can Robinson, who found his jumper in a big way during the playoffs after really struggling from deep during the regular season, get back to being one of the NBA’s premier sharpshooters from deep? If the answer to both is yes, this would be a really nice deal for Washington.
And then there’s the pick, as Miami’s struggles during the regular season mean they’re the rare NBA Finals team that has a pick inside the top-20 — the Heat are currently slated to pick 18th next week. Unless Washington wants to bet on teams being terrible down the road, it’s probably not getting a pick that high in the near future, and with the talent in this year’s draft, that can easily turn into a useful player. The Heat could try to sweeten this pot with a future pick, too, as Miami has its firsts in 2027, 2028, and 2029.
Portland Trail Blazers: Anfernee Simons, Jusuf Nurkic, a first-round pick
Simons and Nurkic make the money work, and would give Washington a pair of reliable NBA players. The draft capital is the big thing here — it would make sense for Washington to ask for the No. 3 overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, which, no. Would the No. 23 pick in this draft be something that Portland puts on the table? Would it work better with a pick down the road, with the Blazers having their 2026-29 picks available? (Their 2025 pick can’t be moved without violating the Stepien Rule.) Would Portland even be interested in having a second guard on the wrong side of 30 on a monster deal that hampers its ability to build a team, especially if its own rebuild is potentially on the table?
New York Knicks: Julius Randle, Evan Fournier, a variety of draft pick options
If Washington wants to bring in some veterans who could help them right away while simultaneously getting stuff back for down the road, a deal like this makes sense. New York’s war chest of draft capital is rivaled by few others in the league and can give up a ton of stuff for Beal, even if it’s fair to wonder if he’s the guy for whom it’s worth cashing in some of those picks. But a backcourt of Beal and Jalen Brunson would be a whole lot of fun, so maybe it’s worth kicking the tires.
Dallas Mavericks: Davis Bertans, Tim Hardaway Jr., Jaden Hardy, 2027 first-round pick
Consider Beal insurance against Kyrie Irving deciding he wants to play basketball elsewhere and a way to show Luka Doncic that they’re willing to get him a new running mate. Dallas should probably stop doing the thing where it moves every single long-term asset it has, as Hardy is a promising youngster and that 2027 first-round pick could be quite valuable (perhaps they could include it and add a lottery protection or something). Having said that, a Doncic-Beal pairing could be fun. Is it a thing the Mavs seriously want to pursue? Probably not, but then again, Dallas loves making a splash even if it doesn’t make a ton of sense.
Golden State Warriors: Jordan Poole, Jonathan Kuminga, Patrick Baldwin
It’s the Warriors and an All-Star is available, so we’ll list them even though a trade would suddenly make paying Draymond Green and Klay Thompson even more expensive than it already is. Would they really want to get older and make team building under this new Collective Bargaining Agreement even tougher? Who knows! Everything’s about maximizing the odds they win more while Steph Curry is on the team, and maybe they determine this helps.
Boston Celtics: Malcolm Brogdon, Danilo Gallinari, Mike Muscala, Luke Kornet, Justin Champagnie, Sam Hauser, 2025 first-round pick Philadelphia 76ers: Tobias Harris, Furkan Korkmaz, 2029 first-round pick
Both of these teams have priorities other than pursuing Beal, and both have reportedly not shown any interest in getting into the Beal sweepstakes. Boston needs to figure out Jaylen Brown’s future and trading him for Beal would be a legitimately shocking move (and plenty of people would consider that a downgrade), and Philadelphia clearly wants to bring James Harden back. So while they’re fun spots to imagine for a Beal deal, we can almost certainly count them out for now.
Phoenix Suns: Chris Paul, Landry Shamet, any amount of draft capital they can cobble together Los Angeles Clippers: Eric Gordon, Robert Covington, Terance Mann, Milwaukee’s 2023 first-round pick (No. 30)
Two teams under insane amounts of pressure to do something next season, and while neither has been publicly linked with a Beal deal, there’s stuff they can throw together to make it work financially — of those two options, the Los Angeles one is clearly more appealing than the Phoenix one, although the Suns could swap Paul with Deandre Ayton and make a deal happen if they decide to give up on the concept of having centers altogether. It’s hard to see Beal wanting to go to either team, where he’d be the No. 3 option more often than not, but crazier things have happened, I suppose.
On Thursday morning, the Denver Nuggets hosted their championship parade after stamping the franchise’s first ever title by dispatching the Miami Heat in five games earlier this week. Shortly after the Nuggets won on Monday night, head coach Michael Malone made clear he and his team were not content with a singular championship and want to bring more titles to Denver. During Thursday’s parade, he reinforced that sentiment and took it a step further.
“What a great day to celebrate a championship, but we’re not done yet,” Malone said. “We’re some greedy bastards, baby. We’re getting another one!”
Michael Malone: “What a great day to celebrate a championship, but we’re not done yet. We some greedy bastards, baby. We’re getting another one!” pic.twitter.com/L540rfqHmC
The Nuggets waited 47 years for their first championship. Malone spent eight years in Denver before reaching the mountaintop and was an NBA assistant or head coach elsewhere from 2001-2013. None of the prior pitstops produced a title either. But he seems confident about this group’s chances to repeat at some point.
Winning once is incredibly hard, let alone forming a dynasty. These Nuggets are as well positioned as anyone around the league to do so, though, with the majority of their core locked up long-term and currently on the come up or amid their prime. Maybe, a year from now, we’ll be referencing this quote from Malone as a prophecy rather than hopeful proclamation it stands as right now.
Billie Eilish made a big leap in her acting career earlier this year with the role of cult leader Ava in Donald Glover’s series Swarm. The show shines a spotlight on multiple sides of fan passion, which Eilish sees as both “beautiful” and “really scary.”
She told Variety in a new interview, “That fan passion is so real, and it’s so beautiful, but it’s also really scary, and I think the show is a metaphor for this power — how people really are in the delusional nature of, ‘She’s gonna see me and we’re gonna be best friends!’ Fans are really, so powerful, and I think maybe they don’t realize how powerful they are.”
She also noted of an unscripted moment between her and Dominique Fishback, and how fans who like her Eva character perhaps don’t understand her real motives:
“It’s so f*cked up and classic. This hippie, white b*tch is gaslighting this Black girl, and then reaches out and grabs one of her f*cking braids. She’s telling me she’s murdered all these people, and instead of me being like, ‘Oh my God, you’re so f*cked up,’ I’m tearing up and saying that she’s a warrior, and holding her hands and getting close to her and playing with her braid and leaning in. We wanted this upsetting, weird, seductive, sexual-but-also-not power dynamic. Eva’s reaction to all of it, somehow, is to kiss her.
Some of the fans have talked about how they love Eva [and think she’s] so comforting. Guys, no! It’s a front! She wants the worst of the worst! And that happens where people bring you in and make you feel comfortable and safe, and then they abuse the sh*t out of that.”
If you’re a parent, odds are you’ve been unexpectedly forced to play referee to your kids’ debates and apparently, that doesn’t change if you’re a famous rapper. French Montana was recently pulled into mediating one of Twitter’s hottest discourses at dinner with his sons after one of his friends who was with them insisted “Latto is better than Ice Spice.” French, who was just trying to get a cute video congratulating his recently graduated son, was surprised into having to pick a side — and promptly sidestepped a potentially sticky situation (he might want to collaborate with either or both one day, after all).
“Nah, never,” he says in the video. “They both equal.” The boys then playfully flirted with the rappers on camera, joking, “Hit my phone!” and “Get Latto to hit me up!”
French Montana having a Latto vs Ice Spice debate with his son after his graduation pic.twitter.com/52ViNu5cEs
The two rappers have been pitted against each other frequently on Twitter, mainly as a result of Latto’s recent disagreement with Nicki Minaj. When Nicki collaborated with Ice Spice on her remix of “Princess Diana,” the Barbz took it as an opportunity to use Ice Spice as a proxy in their everlasting intifada against anyone who would dare speak ill of their Queen. When Latto apparently lashed out at Nicki in her song “Put In On Da Floor,” they took pains to stretch as many of those lyrics as they could to encompass Ice Spice as well. (For what it’s worth, Ice Spice is a bit of a lightning rod for comparison these days in general.)
However, neither rapper has ever displayed any public indication of a disagreement, and while the Barbz love to compare them, they’re both in completely separate portions of their respective careers (Ice Spice has yet to drop her debut album; Latto is promoting album number three). The obvious solution is for everybody involved to join in on Coi Leray’s idea of a “Ladies’ Night” remake, showing solidarity instead of fanning the flames. It’s unlikely, but hey, stranger things have happened.
Thanks to the pandemic, the first Extraction film became an instant hit for Netflix as the streaming giant delivered a brutal action extravaganza that perfectly paired star Chris Hemsworth with stuntman-turned-director Sam Hargrave. Now, the duo is back with a sequel, Extraction 2, that once again tasks Hemsworth’s Tyler Rake with plowing through a gauntlet of adversaries in spectacular fashion.
Topping the visceral energy of the first film is no easy task, but based on the first round of reviews, Extraction 2 surprisingly gets the job done. The Tyler Rake sequel is racking up overwhelmingly positive reviews thanks to Hargrave leaning on his stuntman experience to deliver a fitting new entry in the burgeoning action franchise.
Three years later and armed with a far better, bloody and bruising quest for the laconic hero, Hargrave, star Chris Hemsworth and screenwriter Joe Russo return to the burgeoning franchise with “Extraction 2”. (The graphic novel “Ciudad,” upon which the first film was based, was written by Ande Parks from a story by Parks and the Russo brothers.) The filmmakers’ renewed vigor is our reward as, similar to its unfussy title, this sequel deals in clean-lined action and suspense, removing much of the excessive weight that bogged down the original.
“Extraction 2” feels meatier in its action-packed set pieces than its predecessor, with Chris Hemsworth’s approachable and brawny Rake giving puppy avenger John Wick a genuine run for his money when it comes to high-kicks and knockouts. (Speaking of puppies, let’s not forget to mention that Rake’s sweet dog and pet chickens make it through this new mayhem in one piece.)
Stuntman-turned-director Sam Hargrove clearly made it his mission here to not only turn up the voltage even further but also to register a significant greater body count than he did the first time around. He also pulls off staggering long-take action shots that are blatantly show-offy but jaw-dropping nonetheless, unmatched in their seamless creation. Even seen-it-all violence geeks and gamers will be humbled, impressed and mightily turned on.
As in Extraction, the action sequences are the whole game here, and they do not disappoint. There’s a helicopter landing on a train, lengthy car chases, some North By Northwest-inspired dangling from a ledge, and innumerable room-full-of-killers mano a mano fight scenes. Most of these are done in what appear to be impossibly long single shots. The prior film had an 11-minute take; this time, one shot nearly doubles that.
There is a glorious feel to Extraction 2 that likens momentum and on-screen action to shooter gameplay, whether the camera is positioned right behind Rake or the way he spits in death’s face like he’s got regenerating health and unlimited lives. This approach can be extremely entertaining – there’s a divisive long take (with hidden edits) people seem to find either enthralling or distracting as Rake escorts his precious cargo out of danger that’s right out of a Modern Warfare campaign.
Hargrave, a stuntman turned director, knows where to put his camera for maximum impact, and genuinely disturbing foley work showcases sounds of crunching bones and splattering blood. You feel every punch land.
Sometimes action movies can earn a good reputation based on the strength of one particularly well-executed scene and Extraction 2‘s prison heist may be enough to keep the film on the right side of genre history. The film also deserves props for elevating [Golshifteh] Farahani to a level where she’s positioned almost as an equal to the still-very-good Hemsworth, as opposed to just a briefly cool side character.
When this thing moves — and, wow, does it ever — it offers one of the best examples yet of what Netflix bucks can buy. It even makes off with upped emotion (including that engendered by shining a brighter spotlight on the wonderful Farahani and Bessa), a new dimension to the always-evolving Hemsworth, and proof that the action franchise can capture old thrills with new stories. It won’t look as good on your TV or your computer, but that’s a mission for another day.
Tate McRae went from a dance icon to a pop star real quick. Her 2021 debut I Used To Think I Could Fly brought the spotlight onto her. Since then, she’s teamed up with Tiësto for the track “10:35.” Now she’s back now with the exciting announcement of a North American tour, happening this fall.
The Are We Flying Tour kicks off in September and ends in October with the opener charlieonnafriday. It’ll stop by New York City, Nashville, Toronto, Los Angeles, Seattle, Atlanta, and more. There will be advance registration to help prevent scalpers.
Find ticket information here and check the full tour dates below.
09/05 — Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre
09/06 — Minneapolis, MN @ The Fillmore Minneapolis
09/08 — Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore Detroit
09/10 — Montreal, QC @ MTELUS
09/12 — Toronto, ON @ HISTORY
09/14 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore Philadelphia
09/16 — Boston, MA @ Citizens House of Blues
09/18 — Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring
09/20 — New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17
09/23 — Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works
09/25 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
09/27 — Dallas, TX @ House of Blues
09/29 — Houston, TX @ Bayou Music Center
09/30 — Austin, TX @ ACL Live – Moody Theater
10/02 — Denver, CO @ Summit
10/04 — Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium
10/07 — Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren
10/09 — San Francisco, CA @ The Masonic
10/11 — Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10/13 — Seattle, WA @ Paramount Theatre
The 10-track LP arrives tomorrow, June 16, across all digital platforms before enjoying a physical release on September 1. All pre-ordering options are available here.
This week welcomed the atmospheric lead single, “Blóðberg,” which was also their first original single in seven years.
“As you hear on Átta, there’s a new compulsion and drive to the band that comes with the new formation of the line up. Multi-instrumentalist Kjartan Sveinsson is back in the fold – having left the band in 2012 — to join frontman Jónsi and bassist Georg Holm,” a press release explained.
Sveinsson offered perspective on where the band is coming from, saying in a statement, “We wanted to allow ourselves to be a bit dramatic and go far with these arrangements. The world needs that right now. It’s hard to describe, but for me, everything is always open to interpretation. People can think and feel how they want.”
Holm added, “This record sounds like a Sigur Rós album, but it’s more introverted than before. It’s very expansive with this sound of strings, but it looks within more than outside.”
Sigur Rós plans to commemorate Átta‘s surprise arrival with sold-out live shows this summer backed by a 41-piece orchestra.
Check the Átta tracklist and the band’s upcoming tour dates below.
06/16 — London, UK @ Royal Festival Hall
06/17 — Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Concertgebouw
06/18 — Hamburg, Germany @ Elbphilharmonie
07/03 — Paris, France @ Philharmonie Main Hall
08/14 — Toronto, ON @ Roy Thomson Hall
08/16 — New York City, NY @ Beacon Theatre
08/18 — Brooklyn, NY @ Kings Theatre
08/19 — Boston, MA @ Wang Theatre
08/21 — Minneapolis, MN @ State Theatre
08/24 — Seattle, WA @ The Paramount Theatre
08/26 — Berkeley, CA @ The Greek Theatre at UC Berkeley
08/27 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Greek Theatre
Each week our staff of film and TV experts surveys the entertainment landscape to select the ten best new/newish shows available for you to stream at home. We put a lot of thought into our selections, and our debates on what to include and what not to include can sometimes get a little heated and feelings may get hurt, but so be it, this is an important service for you, our readers. With that said, here are our selections for this week.
There’s a glut of good TV at the moment so even a modern remake of a bit of classic David Cronenberg-ian body horror needs some buzzwords to cut through the noise. Luckily, Dead Ringers has that. And we’ll list them out for you now: Rachel Weisz. Evil twins. Surrealist sci-fi. Fertility clinic. Power struggles. A shocking finale. And Rachel Weisz (again). Helmed by Alice Birch (Normal People) with a few episodes directed by horror maestro Karyn Kusama, this show takes Cronenberg’s central idea and gender-flips it, giving us twin obstetricians Beverly and Elliot Mantle whose day job sees them playing god at a cutting-edge fertility clinic. But, when their toxic relationship dynamics are threatened by both their professional success and personal entanglements, their bond reaches disturbing new depths.
Authorized celebrity documentaries often lack bite and feel like an extension of a PR campaign, but Still goes deeper than most, telling the story of Michael J. Fox’s life from his origins to his ’80s pop culture takeover, the courtship of his wife Tracy Pollan, his Parkinson’s diagnosis/decision to tell the word, and the aftershocks of that. It’s not just a linear unfolding of an icon’s life and the depth and care that’s used to paint a portrait of him now as he takes stock and counts his blessings while being challenged by the progressive and debilitating disease, it’s the way in which Guggenheim chooses to highlight key moments. As we see with Fox himself, there’s a lot of light and joy running through this as it weaves together re-enactments, voiceovers, archival footage, Fox interviews, and needle drops to give new life to familiar stories and creates montages so exhilarating you’ll think you’re watching the ’80s pop culture version of The Last Dance. Pair all that with Fox’s charm and candor, and Still feels special.
Primo has three big things going for it. One, it is loosely based on the life of bestselling author Shea Serrano, who is cool and funny. Two, it comes from Michael Schur, creator of Parks and Recreation and The Good Place, who is also cool and funny in addition to being good at making shows. Three, it’s, well, free, as it’s airing on Amazon’s FreeVee channel instead of on Prime. Tough to beat all of that on paper, you know?
The is a lot going on here. Let’s start at the top: American Born Chinese is a coming-of-age story based on a popular graphic novel about a teenager named Jin who attempts to navigate high school while keeping a big secret about superpowers under wraps. Spider-man vibes abound, with crushes on biology partners and angry demons and magical amulets aplenty, which is by no means a complaint. Nor is the thing where the show reunites a big chunk of the cast from Everything Everywhere All At Once. More shows should have Michelle Yeoh in them. Most of them, really. This is not an unreasonable request.
God only knows how Elle Fanning’s Catherine the Great and Nicholas Hoult’s Emperor Peter III somehow haven’t killed each other yet, but there’s still time for that to happen. Their arranged marriage has slid deeper into misery, but they must get their sh*t together to stay in power. History tells us that Catherine was Russia’s longest-reigning female empress and that she overthrew her husband, but god only knows where this show will actually go. Conventional history went out the door a long time ago.
The first season of Clone High aired 20 years ago on Canadian television and then, later, on MTV. It was a weird little show about famous historical figures — JFK, Abe Lincoln, Cleopatra — getting brought back to the present day as high school students, kind of like if you littered 90210 or some other teen melodrama with fictional depictions of real people from the part. It was fun. And good. And it got canceled after that one season. And now it’s back, with the original braintrust — Bill Lawrence, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, who have done okay for themselves in the 20 years between seasons — at the helm. Get in there for the nostalgia but also get in there for the good jokes about history.
Finally, an inventor biopic we actually care about. No offense to the Steve Job origin stories and and World War dramas about geniuses who saved the world. You keep the Michael Fassbenders and Benedict Cumberbatches of the world employed and for that, we thank you. But it’s about damn time we learn of the genesis of the crunchy, spicy snack that saved America’s tastebuds. Eva Longoria directs this dramedy that follows a Frito-Lay janitor who claimed he created Flaming Hot Cheetos. Sure, it’s a movie about the mouthwatering alchemy of enriched corn meal, cayenne pepper, and red food dye, but it’s also an underdog story that just so happens to align with a capitalist turning point in our country. And yes, it burns … good.
It’s the 16th season of It’s Always Sunny and if you’re not already endlessly in love with this gang of moronic miscreants and their low-rent misadventures I don’t know that you can be saved. For those who have fallen off a little over the years, though, please allow us to reassure you that the show is as good, chaotic, vile, silly, and subtly smart as ever, trading international hijinks in Ireland during part of last season for a back to basics approach. In just the first two episodes we’ve seen Mac, Charlie, Dee, Dennis, and Frank giving us a cliffs notes understanding of inflation and crypto (as only Always Sunny can), revelations about Charlie and Frank’s cramped apartment, a crazy family road trip, and a whole lot of casual gunplay. And that’s just the first two episodes. We can’t wait to see the rest.
From the outside, you may think that you know where this series is going, but the show promises to be even more chaotic than you expect. Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen play old friends who reunite after people grow apart (as they do), and it soon grows apparent that he shakes up her little world. Fortunately, she does appear to be happily married, and her husband approves of (and, in fact, encourages) this rekindled friendship — at least, until the horse tranquilizers come into play. It happens.
Reality gives us Euphoria breakout Sydney Sweeney in an entirely different kind of role. She plays real-life military intelligence specialist Reality Winner, the woman who leaked classified intelligence about Russian interference in the 2016 United States election to the press and was questioned by the FBI and sentenced to a prison term under the Espionage Act. The movie focuses on her interrogation, with Sweeney and the agents circling each other like cobras as the… well, as the reality of Reality’s situation sinks in. It’s a heavy watch, but an important one, both to shine a light on a notable situation from real-life and to remind everyone that Sydney Sweeney has some serious acting chops.
Back in 2015, Leonardo DiCaprio was reportedly set to star in a much earlier (and different) version of this story in which he would have played a defendant who invoked a legal defense that had never been successfully used before. The crimes in question (tied to a real-life case) included a 1970s robbery and more. Apple TV+ has now adapted this story as a fictionalized, inspired-by-real-life series, and Tom Holland now portrays “Danny Sullivan,” who is arrested in connection with a late 1970s shooting. It certainly takes Holland out of the Marvel mindset.
Kaley Cuoco has already proven that audiences and critics underestimated her sheer level of talent, and not only that, but she’s been working her butt off ever since the Big Bang Theory wrapped up. Cuoco has now turned to the true crime-esque realm to portray a woman who’s obsessed with the genre to such a degree that she is excited about a serial killer on the loose. This series arrives from producers of The Boys and Ozark, if that tells you anything about how darkly comedic things will soon get for this show, and it’s not as fun as The Flight Attendant, but it’s fizzy enough to be a hit.
The internet’s favorite sick and deranged sketch series is back for a third season. Expect to see your various social media feeds flooded with screencaps and GIFs in the coming weeks, most of them featuring creator and star Tim Robinson with a pained expression on his face. Maybe double back and watch the first two seasons again, too. There’s probably something in there you missed or forgot anyway. And hey, it’s never a bad weekend to yell at strangers about how they have no good car ideas. Maybe they get mad, sure. But maybe you’re right. And maybe they look at you and reply “I’m doing the best at this” and you make a friend for life.
Dystopian sci-fi has never been done quite like this before. In Apple TV+’s newest drama, a ruined and toxic future that forces humanity to dwell in underground silos hundreds of stories deep isn’t the antagonist of the story, it’s merely the setting. The real problem lies in a murderous cover-up whose unraveling threads reveal a bigger conspiracy when a scrappy mechanic (Rebecca Ferguson) and a disillusioned sheriff (David Oyelowo) start tugging in earnest. What is truth and who decides it are the questions this show is asking but even if the answers don’t come readily, the insane worldbuilding and thrilling action will leave you happy to keep guessing.
The Full Monty was a 1997 movie about a group of steelworkers who faced a troubling economic future and chose to address it by becoming strippers. It was a whole thing. People still use “the full Monty” as code for male nudity, which is kind of wild. And now it’s back, 25 years later. Again, kind of. It’s a television series now and it follows the same characters but this time they keep their clothes on, choosing new and somehow weirder ways to alleviate their financial struggles. There’s a lot going on here. Curiosity might be enough to reel you in.
All hail the never-ending franchise’s new spinoffs, which begin with Manhattan-bound misadventure to reinforce what a bad idea it is to head into cities with zombies afoot. Fortunately, this is a thrilling throwback, in which Maggie pretty much forces Negan to help her rescue Hershel Rhees, son of Glenn and Maggie, obviously. Hey, Negan owes her one, so let the walker variants roll
What we have here is a spinoff of one show (Star Trek: Discovery) that was itself a prequel to another show (the original Star Trek), now in its second season. We are deep into the lore here. But that’s okay. It’s a fun little ride, good for both diehard fans of the franchise and newbies trying to dip their toes in a little. You could use a little galactic escape sometimes. We all can.
Here’s what we know about Extraction 2: It sees Chris Hemsworth returning to action as the left-for-dead mercenary-turned-hero Tyler Rake (still a terrific name) who’s tasked with saving more people in peril. Here’s what we don’t know about Extraction 2: How the hell this movie got made. The stunt list alone should’ve had insurance companies running for the hills. There’s talk that Hemsworth is lit on fire at one point. There are dizzying car chases filmed on a continuous loop. Just 20-minute-long car chases, people! Helicopters are out here landing on moving trains. Who let these men do this?
Can the bleak freaky award-winning anthology series and buzz machine from a few years ago still scare the piss out of audiences now that the world has been brought closer to some of its popular themes about metaverses, AI everywhere, neural implants, evaporating privacy protections, and the malignancy of loneliness and hollowness of digital interactions? We’re about to find out with five new star-studded episodes that beg for our attention while it’s still ours to control.
The super-rich mega-church proprietors are back and they’re ready to step into a new chapter that sees patriarch Eli Gemstone ceding control to his kids. Shades of Succession? In some surface ways, sure, but Gemstones is its own swirl of chaos and genius, and this new season goes all in on family feuds while adding monster trucks, romantic entanglements, backwoods survivalists doing that thing they do, and an all-new Baby Billy scheme.
It’s hard to name many better shows than What We Do in the Shadows. The FX vampire comedy has TV’s best collection of recurring weirdos, and I can no longer hear the words “New York City” without thinking of the way Matt Berry pronounces it. What shenanigans will Guillermo (who got his wish of being bitten by a vampire last season), Nandor, Laszlo, Nadja, and Colin Robinson get up to in season five? We’ll find out soon enough: What We Do in the Shadows returns on July 13th, and FX released a new trailer for the season.
You can watch it above.
In season five, according to the official plot description, “Nandor feels his familiar (and sometimes friend) Guillermo slipping away as he seems to be spending much more time with Laszlo, whose skills as a gentleman scientist are put to the test as he tries to solve the mystery of the strange and very secret changes Guillermo is going through.” Here’s more:
“Nadja, suffering the effects of a previously-undiagnosed supernatural hex, reconnects with her family — or at least, a family — from the Old Country, Colin pursues the path of so many energy vampires before him by running for political office and The Guide tries to figure out where she fits in as the relative newcomer to this tightly-knit group who’ve known each other for centuries.”
Also, Colin Robinson tries to seduce Nadja in a scene that puts the horror in horror-comedy and there’s a sneaky Ted Lasso reference.
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I “believe” that What We Do in the Shadows is a great show.
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