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On this episode of Why Watch That: SERIES PREMIERES The Wheel of Time Website: Prime Video The Sex Lives of College Girls Website: HBO Max SEASON PREMIERES The Hot Zone: Anthrax Website: Nat Geo Star Trek: Discovery Website: Paramount+ SEASON FINALES Dopesick Website: Hulu BMF Website: Starz TV SNEAK PEEK Lost in Space   Website: Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informa...

On this episode of Why Watch That: FIRST LOOK King Richard Website: HBO Max Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV SNEAK PEEK True Story Website: Netflix MOVIE FIRST LOOKS The Harder They Fall Website: Netflix Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings Website: Disney+ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: SEASON PREMIERE Condor Website: Epix SERIES PREMIERE Mayor of Kingstown   Website: Paramount+ REVIVAL Dexter: New Blood Website: Showtime SNEAK PEEK Cowboy Bebop Website: Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: SERIES PREMIERES Wakefield Website: Showtime Queens Website: ABC SEASON PREMIERES Insecure Website: HBO Curb Your Enthusiasm Website: HBO SEASON FINALE Wu-Tang: An American Saga Website: Hulu SNEAK PEEKS Narcos: Mexico Website: Netflix Dr. Brain Website: Apple TV+ SNEAK PEEK AT AN UPCOMING SERIES FINALE Baptiste Website: PBS Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

On this episode of Why Watch That:   FIRST LOOK Army of Thieves Website: Netflix Synopsis: In this prequel to Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead, small-town bank teller Dieter gets drawn into the adventure of a lifetime when a mysterious woman recruits him to join a crew of Interpol’s most wanted criminals, attempting to heist a sequence of legendary, impossible-to-crack safes across Europe. Rele...

On this episode of Why Watch That: FIRST LOOK Dune Website: HBO Max Synopsis: A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into c...

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV SERIES PREMIERES Dopesick Website: Hulu Squid Game Website: Netflix TV SEASON PREMIERES Young Sheldon Website: CBS The Equalizer Website: CBS Succession Website: HBO TV SEASON FINALES Evil Website: Paramount+ Ted Lasso Website: Apple TV+ TV SNEAK PEEK Invasion Website: Apple TV+ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: FIRST LOOK The Many Saints of Newark Website: HBO Max Synopsis: Witness the making of Tony Soprano. Set in 1967, The Many Saints of Newark reveals the humanity behind Tony’s struggles and the influence his family  — especially his uncle, Dickie Moltisanti — had over him becoming the most iconic mob boss of all time. Release Date: Available via HBO Max for 31...

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV SERIES PREMIERES Our Kind of People Website: FOX The Wonder Years Website: ABC BMF Website: Starz TV SNEAK PEEK Acapulco Website: Apple TV+ MOVIE SNEAK PEEK Mass Website: Bleecker Street Synopsis: Years after an unspeakable tragedy tore their lives apart, two sets of parents (Reed Birney and Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs and Martha Plimpton), agree to talk privately...

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV SEASON FINALES Reservation Dogs Website: Hulu Fantasy Island Website: FOX Nine Perfect Strangers Website: Hulu Grown-ish Website: Freeform The White Lotus   Website: HBO Power Book III: Raising Kanan Website: Starz The Good Fight Website: Paramount+ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: SNEAK PEEK Old Henry Website: Shout Factory Synopsis: Old Henry is an action-Western about a widowed farmer and his son who warily take in a mysterious, injured man with a satchel of cash. When a posse of men claiming to be the law come for the money, the farmer must decide whom to trust. Defending against a siege of his homestead, he reveals a talent for gunslin...

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV SERIES PREMIERES American Rust Website: Showtime Scenes from a Marriage Website: HBO TV SEASON PREMIERES Wu-Tang: An American Saga Website: Hulu See Website: Apple TV+ TV SNEAK PEEK Foundation Website: Apple TV+ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: Featuring reviews of the following films at 2021’s Toronto International Film Festival : Sundown Tim Roth stars in writer-director Michel Franco’s chilling drama about a wealthy Briton attempting to abandon his life while vacationing in Acapulco. From the outside, it would appear that Neil Bennett (Tim Roth, also at the Festival with Bergman Island), a wealthy Br...

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV SNEAK PEEK The Morning Show Website: Apple TV+ MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS Best Sellers Website: Screen Media Synopsis: Lucy Standbridge (Aubrey Plaza) has inherited her father's publishing house, and the ambitious would-be editor has nearly sunk it with failing titles. She discovers she is owed a book by Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), a reclusive, cantankerous, booze-add...

On this episode of Why Watch That: Our reviews (so far) at this year's Toronto International Film Festival , including: Petite Maman Following a girl’s journey to her mother’s childhood home, French auteur Céline Sciamma’s latest is a tender tale of intergenerational connection. Céline Sciamma’s TIFF ’19 selection Portrait of a Lady on Fire garnered international acclaim for its sumptuous renderin...

On this episode of Why Watch That: MOVIE FIRST LOOK The Night House   Website: Searchlight Pictures Synopsis: THE NIGHT HOUSE follows a widow (Rebecca Hall of GODZILLA VS. KONG) who begins to uncover her recently deceased husband’s disturbing secrets. Release Date: Only in theaters August 20, 2021 Directed by: David Bruckner Screenplay by: Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski Starring: Rebecca Hal...

On this episode of Why Watch That: MOVIE SNEAK PEEK CODA Website: Apple TV+ Synopsis: Seventeen-year-old Ruby (Emilia Jones) is the sole hearing member of a deaf family – a CODA, child of deaf adults. Her life revolves around acting as interpreter for her parents (Marlee Matlin, Troy Kotsur) and working on the family's struggling fishing boat every day before school with her father and older broth...

On this episode of Why Watch That: MOVIE FIRST LOOK Gunpowder Milkshake Website: Netflix Synopsis: Sam (KAREN GILLAN) was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (LENA HEADEY), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her. Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15 years later, Sam has followed in her mother’s footsteps and grown into a fierce hit-wom...

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV SERIES PREMIERES The White Lotus   Website: HBO The Beast Must Die Website: AMC Power Book III: Raising Kanan Website: Starz TV SERIES FINALES Good Girls Website: NBC Mr Inbetween Website: FX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS Old Website: Official Site   Synopsis: This summer, visionary filmmaker M. Night Shyamalan unveils a chilling, mysterious new thriller about a family on a tropical holiday who discover that the secluded beach where they are relaxing for a few hours is somehow causing them to age rapidly … reducing their entire lives into a single day. Relea...

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV SEASON FINALE Loki Website: Disney+ MOVIE FIRST LOOK A Quiet Place Part II Website: Paramount+ Synopsis: Following the deadly events at home, the Abbott family (Emily Blunt, Millicent Simmonds, Noah Jupe) must now face the terrors of the outside world as they continue their fight for survival in silence. Forced to venture into the unknown, they quickly realize...

On this episode of Why Watch That: TV REBOOT Gossip Girl   Website: HBO Max TV SEASON PREMIERE Grown-ish Website: Freeform TV SNEAK PEEK Schmigadoon!   Website: Apple TV+ MOVIE SNEAK PEEK Pig Website: Neon Synopsis: A truffle hunter who lives alone in the Oregonian wilderness must return to his past in Portland in search of his beloved foraging pig after she is kidnapped. Release Date: I...

On this episode of Why Watch That: FIRST LOOKS Infinite Website: Paramount+ Synopsis: For Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg), skills he has never learned and memories of places he has never visited haunt his daily life. Self-medicated and on the brink of a mental breakdown, Evan is sought by a secret group that call themselves "Infinites," revealing to him that his memories may be real – but they are f...

On this episode of Why Watch That:  SNEAK PEEKS The Tomorrow War Website: Prime Video Synopsis: The world is stunned when a group of time travelers arrive from the year 2051 to deliver an urgent message: Thirty years in the future mankind is losing a global war against a deadly alien species. The only hope for survival is for soldiers and civilians from the present to be transported to the fu...