That series ended too soon, running just two seasons, but White makes a return to HBO with this miniseries set at an exclusive tropical resort designed to pamper the privileged. With Enlightened, writer/director Mike White mixed satire with a deft character study via the story of a self-destructive woman (Laura Dern) trying her best to live a meaningful life. It’s a troubled past, however: set after the events of Captain America: Civil War, this Cate Shortland-directed film finds Black Widow reckoning with her days as a Russian super-spy, and figures from her past played by Florence Pugh and David Harbour. Yes, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) died a tragic death in Avengers: Endgame, but that doesn’t mean the movies can’t mine her past for adventures. ![]() Kristen Bell still narrates as the unseen Gossip Girl, a character whose blog apparently survived all the changes that have swept through online media in the past decade. One of the signature shows of the ’00s returns, this time with a focus on a new generation of New York teens getting into trouble against a backdrop of wealth and privilege. Watch with a free trial to Showtime here. This aptly titled documentary, the feature debut of director Andre Gaines, mixes archival footage with interviews of those who knew and were influenced by the singular Gregory. The One and Only Dick Gregory (Showtime, July 4)Ĭomedian, author, and activist Dick Gregory lived a life that took him from the Playboy Mansion to the civil rights protests of the 1960s to Tehran, where he launched a hunger strike in an attempt to help free American hostages. The three-film series kicks off with an installment set in the Nineties with its sequels - one set in 1978, the other in 1666 - scheduled to appear weekly. With the Fear Street series, Stine aimed for an older, more jaded crowd, the kind that might be interested in, say, a trilogy of horror films about the history of a cursed Ohio town. ![]() Stine has struck fear into generations of elementary school readers. Watch with a free trial to Amazon Prime.įear Street Part One: 1994 (Netflix, July 2) What if aliens invaded Earth and we needed to fight them? That’s a pretty well-explored premise, but this first live-action feature from director Chris McKay (The Lego Batman Movie) offers a twist: What if aliens invaded Earth 30 years in the future and the only hope for survival came from recruiting fighters from the past? Chris Pratt stars as one such fighter, heading a cast that includes Yvonn Stahovski and J.K. Thompson mixes scorching, never-before-seen performance footage with interviews that put the event in the historical context of New York at a turning point. Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Hulu, July 2)Īhmir “Questlove” Thompson makes his directorial debut with this look back at 1969’s Harlem Cultural Festival, a six-week concert series that featured everyone from Stevie Wonder to Sly and the Family Stone to Nina Simone. If the cast alone wasn’t intriguing enough, consider this: the last time Soderbergh went to Detroit the result was Out of Sight. The latest from Steven Soderbergh finds a cast of the director’s regulars (Don Cheadle, Benicio del Toro) and newcomers to the Soderbergh fold (Amy Seimetz, David Harbour, and Jon Hamm) uniting for a crime story set against the backdrop of a troubled 1950s Detroit. Kicking things off: an intriguing crime film from an always busy, seldom predictable filmmaker. There’s life beyond blockbusters, on screens big and small, however, thanks to an offbeat Nicolas Cage drama, a love letter to a forgotten music fest, and the return of one of the defining TV shows of the Aughts. The season continues in full swing this month with the release of the first Marvel movie since Spider-Man: Far From Home in 2019 and a long-awaited sequel to a Nineties NBA/Looney Tunes team-up. ![]() History will decide for sure, but it seems likely that F9 sending cars into space at the end of June 2021 will mark the moment summer moviegoing started to return to something like normalcy. If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission.
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