Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 7, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Apple TV+ drama series The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey will debut online on March 11.
Based on the novel by Walter Mosley, the series focuses on a lonely 93 year old man (Samuel L. Jackson) with dementia, who is temporarily able to remember his past and uses the time to investigate the death of his nephew.
The cast includes Dominique Fishback, Walton Goggins and Damon Gupton.
Here is a trailer for The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 6, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On March 10, the HBO Max original series Theodosia will debut online.
Based on the critically acclaimed 4-book series best-selling author Robin L. LaFevers, the series is set in 1906, centering on Theodosia Throckmorton [aka Theo] (Eloise Little) as she gathers an eclectic team that includes her younger brother Henry (Frankie Minchella), along with friends Will (Nana Agyeman-Bediako) and Egyptian Princess, Safiya (Yasmina El-Abd), to fight a powerful secret society bent on destroying the world with ancient Egyptian dark magic.
Here is a trailer for Theodosia:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 4, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The new NBC drama The Thing About Pam will debut on March 8 at 10 PM.
The series will be focuses on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria (and the 2019 podcast) that resulted in her husband Russ’s conviction, although he insisted he didn’t kill her. His conviction was later overturned. This brutal crime set off a chain of events that would expose a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp (a nearly unrecognizable Renee Zellweger).
The series will also star Josh Duhamel and Judy Greer.
Here is a trailer for The Thing About Pam:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on March 2, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On March 6, the UPtv movie A Bridesmaid in Love will debut at 7 PM.
Recently single professional bridesmaid and writer Cate James (Tori Anderson from NCIS: Hawai’i) is excited to help her best friend Maxine with her wedding day and is happily surprised to bump into Maxine’s handsome brother Matt (Sean Poague), who’s in town for his sister’s wedding. Just as the perfect pair get close, old flames come back into the picture confusing Cate even more – will Cate follow her heart?
Here is a trailer for A Bridesmaid in Love:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 28, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Netflix drama series Pieces of Her will debut online on March 4.
Based on Karin Slaughter’s best-selling novel, the series follows what happens when an afternoon outing explodes into violence and a young woman’s view of her mother is forever changed.
The show stars Toni Collette, Omari Hardwick, Terry O’Quinn, Gil Birmingham, David Wenham, Bella Heathcote and Joe Dempsie.
Here is a trailer for Pieces of Her:
Posted in News, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On March 3, the HBO Max 6-part series The Tourist will debut online.
Jamie Dornan stars as a British man who finds himself in the glowing red heart of the Australian outback being pursued by a vast tank truck trying to drive him off the road.
The series is an epic cat and mouse chase that unfolds with “The Man” (Dornan) waking up in the hospital, hurt, but somehow alive – except he has no idea who he is. With merciless figures from his past pursuing him, The Man’s search for answers propels him through the vast and unforgiving outback.
Here is a trailer for The Tourist:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 27, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The Hulu drama The Dropout will debut the first 3 episodes of its freshman season online on March 3.
The series follows the story of Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) and Theranos, the technology company the college drop-out founded that was set on revolutionizing the healthcare industry, making her the world’s youngest self-made female billionaire who lost everything in the blink of an eye.
The ensemble cast includes Anne Archer, Alan Ruck, Dylan Minnette, Elizabeth Marvel, Kate Burton, Kurtwood Smith, Laurie Metcalf, LisaGay Hamilton, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Michael Ironside, Michaela Watkins, Naveen Andrews, Sam Waterston, Stephen Fry and William H. Macy.
Here is a trailer for The Dropout:
Posted in Movies, Reminder, Television, Video on February 26, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On March 2, the Netflix movie Against the Ice will debut online.
In 1909, a Denmark expedition led by Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau from Game of Thrones, who also co-wrote this film) was attempting to disprove the United States’ claim to North-Eastern Greenland, a claim that was rooted in the idea that Greenland was broken up into two different pieces of land. Leaving their crew behind with the ship, Mikkelsen sleds across the ice with his inexperienced crew member, Iver Iversen.
The cast includes Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), Ed Speelers (Outlander and Downton Abbey), Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders and Gangs of London) and Heida Reed (Poldark and FBI: International).
Here is a trailer for Against the Ice:
Posted in New Shows, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
The new Showtime anthology series Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber will air at 10 PM on February 27.
The anthology series tells the story of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful and most destructive unicorns: Uber. The season pivots on Travis Kalanick (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Uber’s hard-charging CEO who was ultimately ousted in a boardroom coup, and his sometimes tumultuous relationship with his mentor Bill Gurley (Kyle Chandler), the plainspoken, brilliant Texan venture capitalist who bets his sterling reputation on Uber’s success – and then has to live with the consequences.
The ensemble cast includes Ben Feldman, David Krumholtz, Elisabeth Shue, Hank Azaria, Kerry Bishe, Richard Schiff, Rob Morrow and Uma Thurman.
Here is a trailer for Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber:
Posted in Movies, Recommendations, Reminder, Television, Video on February 23, 2022| Leave a Comment »
On February 27, the UPtv movie A Wedding to Remember will debut at 7 PM.
On opposite sides of a development project, Olivia and Brian (Cristina Rosato and Greyston Holt) are surprised to find they are the Maid of Honor and Best Man at the same wedding. They have to put their feelings aside to save their best friends’ wedding…which may turn out to be their own as well.
Here is a trailer for A Wedding to Remember:
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