Television

Ted Lasso is back for a second season. I wrote about the joy of the series overall last week, and now I’ll be reviewing each episode. Spoiler-filled thoughts on the premiere, “Goodbye, Earl,” coming up just as soon as we discuss Tom Cruise’s hair in Magnolia… When last we left Ted Lasso, our titular hero continued the Major League homage by promising Rebecca that he would get AFC Richmond promoted back to the EPL, and then do something no one would expect: “Win the whole fucking thing.” Well, technically, when...

Woodstock ’99 was supposed to be sex, drugs, and rock & roll. Instead, what we got was three days of mob violence, sewage spills, and Jamiroquai. If you weren’t there, congratulate yourself on at least one shrewd life decision. (If only the decision not to be born yet.) If you went, prepare for some nasty flashbacks in the new HBO doc on the infamous festival, Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage. (It premieres on July 23rd.) In terms of a handy metaphor for the death of the Nineties dream, you...

HBO has released a new trailer for its upcoming three-part docuseries on Barack Obama, Obama: In Pursuit of a More Perfect Union. It will premiere August 3rd, with additional episodes airing on the 4th and 5th. Directed by Peter Kunhardt, the series will chronicle Obama’s personal and political journey, particularly through the lens of race. The trailer touches on Obama’s childhood, where he was one of just a handful of black kids in his school class, his early political efforts and how he built the unique coalition that helped him win...

Netflix has released a new trailer for Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami, director Billy Corben’s docuseries follow-up to his acclaimed 2006 documentary, Cocaine Cowboys. Where Cocaine Cowboys took a broad look at the rise of cocaine trafficking and the Miami drug wars during the Seventies and Eighties, The Kings of Miami focuses specifically on two men who were alleged to be the chief U.S. distributors for two of Colombia’s biggest cartels: Augusto “Willy” Falcon and Salvador “Sal” Magluta. Known together as “Los Muchachos,” Willy and Sal were alleged to...

In 1989, just months after he earned his first Oscar nomination for Big, and a few years before he went on a run of critical and commercial success that’s nearly unrivaled in the history of cinema, Tom Hanks starred in a series of middling movies that never would’ve suggested the megastar he’d become. One of these was Turner & Hooch, which starred Hanks as fastidious small-town cop Scott Turner, whose life is upended when he takes in a big, messy French mastiff named Hooch. It was a modest success, but reviews...

Netflix has released a new teaser for its upcoming limited series thriller, Clickbait, which will premiere on August 25th. The show stars Adrian Grenier as Nick Brewer, a seemingly upstanding father, husband, and brother who suddenly disappears one day and winds up at the center of a deadly viral stunt. Beaten and bloody, Nick appears on camera holding cards that read, “I abuse women. At 5 million views, I die.” The Clickbait teaser offers a glimpse at the frantic chaos that ensues as Nick’s sister (played by Zoe Kazan) and...

Netflix has released a new trailer for Season 3 of Sex Education, parodying an ad for Moordale Secondary School. The series returns September 17th. Introducing the school’s new headmistress, Hope (Jemina Kirke), who replaced Mr. Groff (Alistair Petrie) when he was put on administrative leave, the ad encourages prospective students to “choose Moordale,” albeit with more than a few hiccups. There’s quite a bit of cheap green screen, and several Moordale students who clearly were not briefed on what to say before appearing in the ad. “Choose Moordale, so all this...

Meet Paul McCartney: the ultimate Beatles geek. The excellent new Hulu documentary series McCartney 3, 2, 1 gets up close with the most legendary of rock stars, alone in the studio with Rick Rubin, telling stories and listening deep to the Beatles. It’s a fascinating thrill just to listen with him. Like anyone else, he’s mystified by how these four nowhere boys from Liverpool managed to create this music. As Paul says, “For me, I’ve grown to be a fan of the Beatles. Because then, I was just a Beatle....

Loki will return for a second season on Disney+. The news was revealed during the mid-credits scene of the first season finale, which premiered Wednesday. The series, the third from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, stars Tom Hiddleston as the titular character and concluded its first season with something of a cliffhanger. Instead of teasing an upcoming film or series during the mid-credit scene, the show instead concluded with the words “Loki will return in season 2.” The season finale of Loki, which introduces a potential upcoming villain, will lead into...

On Tuesday, May 13th, Mj Rodriguez made history as the first trans woman to be nominated for an Emmy in a lead acting category. Rodriguez was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her turn as Blanca Rodriguez-Evangelista, a trans woman with HIV, who forms her own ballroom house, House Evangelista, and in the show’s third and final season, works as a nurse aid in a hospital ward. Speaking with Variety after receiving her nomination, Rodriguez said, “I do believe this is a pivotal moment. There’s never...

“Do you believe in ghosts, Ted?” Ted Lasso’s boss, Rebecca, asks him in the first episode of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso. “I do,” Ted replies, “but more importantly, I think they need to believe in themselves.” Rebecca (Hannah Waddingham) has hired Ted (Jason Sudeikis) — a second-tier American college football coach with no soccer experience — to coach her Premier League club, AFC Richmond, as part of a clandestine plan to sabotage the team and punish its biggest fan, her adulterous ex-husband. She takes Ted’s joke about ghosts as confirmation...

Wu-Tang: An American Saga, Hulu’s series about the birth of the Staten Island hip-hop collective, will return to the streaming service for its second season this September. The 10-episode Season One premiered on Hulu in September 2019. The second season kicks off two years later on September 8th with the first three episodes of Season 2; subsequent episodes will be released on “Wu-Wednesdays.” The RZA — a.k.a. Bobby Diggs — serves as executive producer and co-creator of Wu-Tang: An American Saga, with the Clan’s Method Man also on board as...

Products featured are independently selected by our editorial team and we may earn a commission from purchases made from our links; the retailer may also receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Paul McCartney and Rick Rubin have come together — heads nodding — for a new six-episode series titled McCartney 3, 2, 1, which arrives on Hulu this week. The documentary series gives fans a peek behind all the classics and deep cuts throughout McCartney’s iconic career, from his work with the Beatles to Wings and even his solo...