Published February 4, 2021, 3:57 PM
Are you ready for Star Wars, Kimchi-style? Or ready to watch Zendaya tackle a mature role? And can you accept a magpie as part of the family? The Goonies head to Hawaii, is that a pitch you’d nod to? That’s this week’s streaming options. Enjoy! Space Sweepers and Malcolm & Marie drop on Netflix on February 5th.
Space Sweepers (Netflix – Korea) – Here’s something that does come from South Korea but actually tries to be different from the K-dramas and Korean horror fare we’ve grown used to – and judging from how they rate on Netflix’s Most Watched, we Filipinos have embraced. It’s a space saga, a film being touted as Korea’s answer to Star Wars and Star Trek, but with a wonderful sense of humor, it’s about the space ‘basureros’. Sweepers in the title refers to the ones tasked getting rid of the space debris that has accumulated over the decades – the film is set in the far future of 2092.
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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Friday, January 29, and Saturday, January 30. All times are Eastern.
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The Little Things (HBO Max, Friday, 3:01 a.m.): “
The Little Things is pure boilerplate. There’s scarcely a moment in the movie that doesn’t recall a dozen predecessors, in form or content or both. That the supporting cast of second-string officers features two alums of
The Wire provides a sense of the procedural vibe writer-director John Lee Hancock is slickly but imprecisely approximating. His script is a breathless, goofily enjoyable flurry of jargon and platitude and quip. When his characters aren’t endlessly pointing out the biblical dimension of their work there’s lots of talk of God, church, angels, and reverends, augmented with a significant shot of a cross looming on a hill like the Hollywood sign they’re arguing over who’s buying breakfast. To enjoy the film on its own cookie-
What to stream this weekend: Palmer, Little Things
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The Little Things and John Krasinski hosts
Saturday Night Live this weekend.
In addition, WWE presents its Royal Rumble pay-per-view event, Blackpink performs a ticketed livestream concert and
Desus & Mero return for Season 3.
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Here s a rundown on some of the films, television shows and concerts set to be released this weekend.
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The Little Things, which comes to HBO Max and theaters on Friday. Washington and Malek butt heads while investigating a series of murders with Leto as Washington s prime suspect. Palmer Apple TV+
Justin Timberlake is a former high-school football star who recently got out of jail and starts caring for a 7-year-old boy, portrayed by Ryder Allen, in
Alternative Viewing: This Week’s TV Premieres
Welcome to the weekly TV thread! As I’ve long said going back to the earliest days online doing this, one cannot live on anime alone. And compared to twenty years ago, there’s so much more content out there now and so much more to talk about. This coming week of new shows brings us to the latest week of regular TV and a number of premieres. I look forward to getting way too many suggestions about good shows to check out!
Optional discussion topic: What midseason show are you looking forward to the most?