Back for more: Season 2 of 'Kitchen Crash' continues
Jeff Mauro hosts "Kitchen Crash"
The Sandwich King wants to crash your cookout.
More laughs: Burnett joins Wiig in new Apple TV series
Carol Burnett to star in "Mrs. American Pie"
More laughs: The queen of comedy television will soon return to the medium in a big way.
New Releases for the week of July 17 -23
Drive My Car
Two years after his wife unexpectedly died, stage actor and director Yûsuke Kafuku (Nishijima) receives an offer to direct a production of "Uncle Vanya" at a theater in Hiroshima. It is there he meets the reserved Misaki Watari (Miura), who is assigned to be his chauffeur. As the production's premiere approaches, tensions arise between cast and crew, including between Yûsuke and the handsome actor Koji Takatsuki (Okada), who shares an unwelcome connection to Yûsuke's late wife. Forced to confront the painful truths of his past, Yûsuke, with the help of his driver, must now unravel the mysteries his wife left behind.
Director: Ryûsuke Hamaguchi. Stars: Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tôko Miura, Reika Kirishima, Park Yu-rim, Jin Dae-yeon, Sonia Yuan, Ahn Hwitae, Perry Dizon, Satoko Abe, Masaki Okada. 2021. 179 mins. Drama.
Let Them All Talk
A celebrated author, Alice (Streep) takes a journey to Great Britain to receive an award. She goes along with some friends, Susan (Wiest) and Roberta (Bergen), to have some fun and heal old wounds. Not wanting to fly, Susan takes a transatlantic cruise dragging her nephew (Hedges), who is curious to learn from a group of older women, along for the ride. However, everyone seems to be obsessed with the next book Alice is writing and what it's going to be about. The great mystery will be not only if the friends can hash out old problems but also if they will make an appearance in Alice's next book.
Director: Steven Soderbergh. Stars. Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen, Gemma Chan, Lucas Hedges, Dianne Wiest. 2020. 113 mins. Comedy. Drama.
Dual
After coughing up blood, Sarah (Gillan) finds herself at the hospital again. After tests are taken, she finds out she has an incurable terminal disease despite feeling fine. Because she is dying, she is offered a replacement clone. The double is made immediately, as the more time the clone spends with Sarah, the more she will be like her. After 10 months, Sarah is still feeling fine. The doctor tells her she has gone into remission, which is great news for Sarah, but she still has the clone to deal with and now the clone gets along better with Sarah's mom and her boyfriend, Peter (Koale), than she does. However, the law says there can only be one, so Sarah will have to fight to the death against her clone.
Director: Riley Stearns. Stars: Karen Gillan, Beulah Koale, Theo James, Aaron Paul. 2022. 95 mins. Sci-Fi. Thriller.
Q: I just re-watched "Jason Bourne," and the young CIA agent seems to have an accent, but I can't place it. Why is that?
It's never addressed in the film, which suggests that actress Alicia Vikander was trying to do an American accent but just couldn't suppress her Swedishness.
That's just a guess, of course. It's possible that the character was supposed to be from abroad, but given the fact that her name is Heather Lee and she works for the CIA, that's not as likely.
To be fair to Vikander, she's had to play a load of different nationalities and accents in her short but accomplished career.
Prime-time jewel: Barr, Pernas return for more 'Blood & Treasure'
Sofia Pernas and Matt Barr from "Blood & Treasure"
If there's anything the Indiana Jones, Tomb Raider, Mummy and National Treasure movie franchises have shown, it's that historical fiction and action make a great pair. So, why not make the most of it in the world of prime-time television?
Q: I've started watching "Chicago Fire" and there are a few times when the mayor of Chicago shows up, but the actor is never listed. Why not?
He's not listed because he's not really an actor — and because he asked for a different kind of compensation.
The guy playing the mayor of Chicago in two episodes of "Chicago Fire" and an episode of its spinoff, "Chicago Med," was the actual mayor at the time, Rahm Emanuel (he left office in 2019 and is now the U.S. Ambassador to Japan).
Q: Who plays the sheriff in "Ghostbusters: Afterlife"? The one who gets the iconic "Who you gonna call" line? I know I recognize him from somewhere.
Why you recognize Bokeem Woodbine depends on how long you feel like you've known him.
If your screen relationship with Woodbine feels new, you likely know him from the ensemble cast of the buzzy new sci-fi adaptation "Halo" on Paramount . He plays a privateer and former member of the Spartan program who was on the run and now lives on the fringes of society.
Late Laughs for the week of July 10 - 16
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
[During the Jan. 6 hearings] we learned that Trump did not call in the National Guard to stop the attack. He made that up when he said it. We also learned that when his supporters were breaking in windows, chanting "hang Mike Pence," Trump was watching on TV and said, "Maybe they have the right idea" .... Mike must have been crapping his Pence while this was happening.
That's my 'cue: Competitive barbecue circuit continues with 'BBQ USA'
Chef Michael Symon in "BBQ USA"
From "Iron Chef" to "BBQ Brawl" and "Throwdown," Food Network star/restaurant owner Michael Symon knows what it takes to stand out in a culinary competition. But in his newest series, Symon won't be the one competing; instead, he'll be watching all the action unfold, just like viewers at home.
Dear Hahn: 'WandaVision' actress boards new Hulu series
Kathryn Hahn to star in "Tiny Pretty Things"
Dear Hahn: Last year, Kathryn Hahn's Emmy-nominated performance as villainous Agatha Harkness in Disney 's Marvel series "WandaVision" was widely acclaimed by fans and critics, who are eager to see more from the veteran character actress. There is certainly more to come, since a spinoff titled "Agatha: House of Harkness" is in the works.