Foundation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C53xEOdxz70 In season three of the sprawling sci-fi epic, humanity’s long-prophesied Dark Age is upon us, at the hands of a terrifying new villain Season three of ambitious science fiction series Foundation, based on Isaac Asimov’s expansive world, presents a dark timeline. The collapse of the entire Empire — which mathematician Hari Seldon (Jared Harris)…

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The Wild Ones

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18J8R1BzYEE Former commando Aldo Kane, camera trap expert Declan Burley and wildlife cinematographer Vianet Djenguet pull back the curtain on their extraordinary wildlife docuseries The Wild Ones A blue-chip documentary from the likes of David Attenborough can take up to four years to produce, which means that by the time an animal makes it to…

The Buccaneers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p6ZMqvw3XY A group of brash American socialites continue to shake up the stodgy British aristocracy in the second season of The Buccaneers The first season of The Buccaneers — based on Edith Wharton’s tome about five young American women shaking up English high society — ended in hopeful chaos. Annabelle “Nan” St. George (Kristine Frøseth) went through…

Stick

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72oB_zVF_6o A washed-up golf pro regains his mojo by mentoring a talented young phenom in new sports comedy Stick A 50-something year old man, who once was on top of the world, now finds himself at a loss in his life. Variations of this show have existed before — many of them starring Jon Hamm…

Fountain of Youth

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gB9h0ELEf0&t=5s John Krasinski & Natalie Portman star in ’80s-style action-adventure romp Fountain of Youth When starring in a Guy Ritchie movie, there is no mistaking the English director for any other filmmaker. “Guy comes dressed to set as if he’s a character in the movie,” says Fountain of Youth star Natalie Portman. “He wouldn’t wear…

Echo Valley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQiZ5zMhliw Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney star as a mother and daughter caught up in crisis in Echo Valley Each relationship comes with its own particularities and complications, but few have been as elusively captured on screen as the complicated bond between a mother and her adult daughter. From jealousy to pride and protectiveness, a…

Murderbot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEioDeOiqEs&t=4s Alexander Skarsgård is a cyborg grappling with emotions it doesn’t understand in sci-fi comedy Murderbot When a security cyborg manages to override its settings, finally freeing itself from servitude, it decides to name itself Murderbot. The moniker is catchy, hinting at a dark agenda, but rather than go on a killing spree, this robot,…

Government Cheese

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fQf2o2kEMQ An ex-con brims with hope when he returns to his family in surrealist comedy Government Cheese To post-Second World War Americans, the term “Government Cheese” has a certain connotation. The processed cheese was provided to welfare beneficiaries, seniors receiving social security, as well as food banks and churches. With a taste that lands somewhere…

Carême

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-d4aZI-S0S0 New drama focuses on Antonin Carême, history’s first superstar chef Legendary French chef Antonin Carême was a fascinating character. Abandoned as a child, the Parisian rose from obscurity to become head chef for French stateman Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord, serving both Tsar Alexander I and Napoleon. Known as “the king of chefs and the…

Your Friends & Neighbors

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVRFMd6dEOE&t=2s Jon Hamm stars as a wealthy guy who turns to burglary when his life crumbles in Your Friends & Neighbors When Andrew “Coop” Cooper (Jon Hamm) loses his job as a hedge fund manager, it is really just the cherry on top of an already crap cake. His ex-wife Mel (Amanda Peet) is in…

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