Rueben's Ramblings

On July 27, the new half-hour action series Twisted Metal will debut online on Peacock.

Based on the classic PlayStation game, the series is a high-octane action comedy about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.

The show stars Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, the voice of Will Arnett and Richard Cabral.

Read Full Post »

The Paramount+ series Special Ops: Lioness will debut online on July 23.

Joe (Zoe Saldana) attempts to balance her personal and professional life as the tip of the spear in the CIA’s war on terror. She enlists Cruz (Laysla De Oliveira), a Marine Raider, as an undercover operative in the Lioness Program.

The ensemble cast includes Nicole Kidman, LaMonica Garrett, Michael Kelly, Morgan Freeman, Jill Wagner and Dave Annable.

Here is a trailer for Special Ops: Lioness:

Read Full Post »

The reboot series Justified: City Primeval will premiere its first two episodes on FX at 10 PM on July 18.

Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant) now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl (played by Olyphant’s own daughter Vivian Olyphant). His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit.

There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell (Boyd Holbrook), aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who’s already slipped through the fingers of Detroit’s finest once and aims to do so again. Mansell’s lawyer, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder (Aunjanue Ellis), has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught in between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well.

The cast includes Marin Ireland, Norbert Leo Butz, Vondie Curtis Hall, Ravi Patel and Adelaide Clemens.

Here is a trailer for Justified: City Primeval:

Read Full Post »

On July 13, the new limited series Full Circle will debut online on Max.

An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.

The ensemble cast includes Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant, Dennis Quaid, CCH Pounder, Jim Gaffigan and Zazie Beetz.

Here is a trailer for Full Circle:

Read Full Post »

On July 9, the new PBS police drama D.I. Ray will debut at 10 PM.

D.I. Rachita Ray (Parminder Nagra), a British Asian policewoman new to homicide, is assigned to investigate the suspected honor killing of a young Muslim man.

Here is a trailer for D.I. Ray.

Read Full Post »