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On this episode of Why Watch That: MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Website: Netflix Synopsis: Tensions and temperatures rise over the course of an afternoon recording session in 1920s Chicago as a band of musicians await trailblazing performer, the legendary “Mother of the Blues,” Ma Rainey (Academy Award® winner Viola Davis). Late to the session, the fearless, fiery Ma engages in a bat...

On this episode of Why Watch That: SERIES PREMIERES Big Sky Website: ABC No Man’s Land   Website: Hulu The Flight Attendant Website: HBO Max Your Honor  Website: Showtime FINAL SEASON PREMIERE Shameless   Website: Showtime SEASON FINALE Fargo   Website: FX Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS Minari   Website: A24 Synopsis: A tender and sweeping story about what roots us,  Minari  follows a Korean-American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. The family home changes completely with the arrival of their sly, foul-mouthed, but incredibly loving grandmother. Amidst the instabili...

On this episode of Why Watch That: MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS Farewell Amor Website: IFC Films Synopsis: After 17 years apart, Angolan immigrant Walter is joined in the U.S. by his wife and teen daughter. Now absolute strangers sharing a one-bedroom Brooklyn apartment, they struggle to overcome the emotional distance between them. Walter is trying to let go of a previous relationship while his wife Esther...

On this episode of Why Watch That: MOVIE SNEAK PEEK I’m Your Woman   Website: Prime Video Synopsis: Suburban housewife Jean (Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) lives a seemingly easy life, supported by husband Eddie’s (Bill Heck) career as a thief. But when Eddie betrays his partners, Jean and her baby are forced to go on the run, and Eddie’s old friend Cal (Arinzé Kene) is tasked...

On this episode of Why Watch That: Nomadland Website: Official Site Synopsis: Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fer...

On this episode of Why Watch That: Uncle Frank   Website: Prime Video Synopsis: In 1973, teenaged Beth Bledsoe (Sophia Lillis) leaves her rural Southern hometown to study at New York University where her beloved Uncle Frank (Paul Bettany) is a revered literature professor. She soon discovers that Frank is gay, and living with his longtime partner Walid “Wally” Nadeem (Peter Macdissi) — an arr...

On this episode of Why Watch That: SERIES PREMIERES Roadkill   Website: PBS A Teacher   Website: FX on Hulu Valley of Tears   Website: HBO Max SEASON PREMIERES Young Sheldon  Website: CBS Grey’s Anatomy  Website: ABC SEASON FINALE  We Are Who We Are   Website: HBO Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: The Nest Website: The Nest Synopsis: Rory (Jude Law), an ambitious entrepreneur and former commodities broker, who persuades his American wife, Allison (Carrie Coon), and their children to leave the comforts of suburban America and return to his native England during the 1980s. Sensing opportunity, Rory rejoins his former firm and leases a centuries-old country m...

On this episode of Why Watch That: The Life Ahead   Website: Netflix Synopsis: In seaside Italy, a Holocaust survivor with a daycare business, Madame Rosa (Sophia Loren), takes in 12-year-old street kid Momo, the boy who recently robbed her. The two loners become each other’s protectors, anchoring an unconventional family. Release Date: November 13, 2020 Directed by: Edoardo Ponti Screenplay...

On this episode of Why Watch That: Dash & Lily (Season 1) Website: Netflix The Crown (Season 4) Website: Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: FIRST LOOK Roald Dahl’s The Witches Website: HBO Max Synopsis: Reimagining Dahl’s beloved story for a modern audience, Zemeckis’s visually innovative film tells the darkly humorous and heartwarming tale of a young orphaned boy (Bruno) who, in late 1967, goes to live with his loving Grandma (Spencer) in the rural Alabama town of Demopolis. As the boy and his grand...

On this episode of Why Watch That: SERIES PREMIERE The Undoing Website: HBO SEASON PREMIERES Deutschland 89 Website: Sundance TV This Is Us   Website: NBC Black-ish   Website: ABC The Mandalorian Website: Disney+ SEASON FINALE Tehran   Website: Apple TV+ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: Sneak Peek: His House Website: Netflix Synopsis: After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface. Release Date: October 30, 2020 Directed by: Remi Weekes Screenplay by: Remi Weekes Story by: Felicity Evans and Tob...

To hear the Critic’s quick reactions to the first half of offerings that he saw at AFI Fest 2020, click here . On this episode of Why Watch That: HIGHLIGHTED OFFERINGS AT THE END OF  AFI FEST 2020 : 1. World Cinema: Wolfwalkers In 17th-century Ireland, a magical friendship takes shape. Young Robyn and her wolf-hunter father, Bill, are sent from England tasked with ridding the woodland outside...

On this episode of Why Watch That: SERIES PREMIERES Soulmates   Website: AMC NEXT   Website: FOX The Right Stuff   Website: Disney+ Helstrom   Website: Hulu Flesh and Blood  Website: PBS   Cobra  Website: PBS SEASON PREMIERE Star Trek: Discovery   Website: CBS All Access SEASON FINALES Last Tango in Halifax   Website: PBS   Lovecraft Country  ...

On this episode of Why Watch That: First Look: The Trial of the Chicago 7 Website: Netflix Synopsis: What was intended to be a peaceful protest at the 1968 Democratic National Convention turned into a violent clash with police and the National Guard. The organizers of the protest — including Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Tom Hayden and Bobby Seale — were charged with conspiracy to incite a riot and...

On this episode of Why Watch That: HIGHLIGHTED OFFERINGS FROM AFI FEST 2020 SO FAR: 1. Special Presentation: Opening Night World Premiere: I’m Your Woman Suburban housewife Jean (Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”) lives a seemingly easy life, supported by husband Eddie’s (Bill Heck) career as a thief. But when Eddie betrays his partners, Jean and her baby are forced to go on the run, a...

On this episode of Why Watch That: NETFLIX TV SNEAK PEEKS Grand Army   Website: Netflix Social Distance  Website: Netflix The Queen’s Gambit  Website: Netflix Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Why Watch That: The complete AFI FEST program includes 124 titles (54 features, 3 episodic, 33 shorts, 19 Meet the Press Film Festival at AFI FEST shorts and 15 AFI Conservatory Showcase shorts) of which 53% are directed by women, 39% are directed by BIPOC and 17% are directed by LBGTQ+. This year's program represents 35 countries and includes 7 World Premieres. The total film b...

On this episode of Why Watch That: FIRST LOOK Enola Holmes   Website: Netflix Synopsis: England, 1884 – a world on the brink of change. On the morning of her 16th birthday, Enola Holmes (Millie Bobby Brown) wakes to find that her mother (Helena Bonham Carter) has disappeared, leaving behind an odd assortment of gifts but no apparent clue as to where she’s gone or why. After a free-spirited ch...

On this episode of Why Watch That: SERIES PREMIERES Filthy Rich   Website: FOX Tehran Website: Apple TV+ Utopia Website: Amazon Prime The Good Lord Bird Website: Showtime SEASON PREMIERES Manhunt: Deadly Games   Website: CBS   Fargo   Website: FX   Britannia Website: Epix SEASON FINALES Ted Lasso Website: Apple TV+  Raised by Wolves   Website: HBO Max Hosted on A...

On this episode of Why Watch That: NETFLIX TV SNEAK PEEK Emily in Paris   Website: Netflix SNEAK PEEK Possessor: Uncut   Website: Neon Synopsis: From the visionary mind of writer/director Brandon Cronenberg, POSSESSOR is an arresting sci-fi thriller about elite, corporate assassin Tasya Vos. Using brain-implant technology, Vos takes control of other people's bodies to execute high profil...

On this episode of Why Watch That: SNEAK PEEKS Once Upon a River Website: Film Movement Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Bonnie Jo Campbell, Once Upon A River is the story of Native American teenager Margo Crane (Kenadi DelaCerna) in 1970s rural Michigan who after enduring a series of traumas and tragedies, sets out on an odyssey on the Stark River in search of her estranged mother. On...

On this episode of Why Watch That: Website: Urbanworld We experienced these offerings The Water Man Bad Hair Conversation The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain AMC Networks’ TV Preview: Gangs of London, Soulmates, and The Walking Dead: World Beyond Forty-Year-Old Version Conversation Charm City Kings A Shot Through the Wall   Farewell Amor Come Away  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...