It’s a new week, and that means a new batch of trailers and movie releases to look forward to! Here are the exciting TV and movie trailers and releases that dropped this week, Apr 24, 2023.
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Love to Love You, Donna Summer | May 20
LOVE TO LOVE YOU, DONNA SUMMER is a deeply personal portrait of the Queen of Disco. Directed by Oscar and Emmy-winning filmmaker Roger Ross Williams, and Brooklyn Sudano, daughter of Donna Summer, the documentary explores the highs and lows of fame, offering an intimate glimpse at the artist’s life on and off stage.
Director: Roger Ross, Brooklyn Sudano
Where to Watch: Max
Judge Me Not | May 25
Judge Me Not is the story of Zelma Jay Johnson, an unusually bright, young black woman who struggles with mental health issues, a ludicrous family, and volatile love life. We join her as she takes on her new role as a judge in a court full of outrageous characters both in front of and behind the bench.
As her passionate relationship with her live-in lover takes them both on a ride, she finds herself caught in the crosshairs a psychological thriller that puts her life at risk.
Director: Judge Lynn Toler
Writer: Judge Lynn Toler
Cast: Chyna Lane, Javon Terrell, Terrence Green, Jonathan Chase, Gena Shaw and Bonita Brisker.
Where to Watch: ALLBLK
For Khadija | Jun 16
Moroccan-born and New York-bred multiplatinum artist French Montana gives a deeper look into his roots and globe-spanning upbringing, led by the sacrifices of his single mother. After the Movie: A performance by French Montana, Triplets Ghetto Kids, and special guests.
Director: Mandon Lovett
Cast: French Montana, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Aubrey “Drake” Graham
Where to Watch: Tribeca Film Festival
Twisted Metal (S1) | Jul 26
Twisted Metal, a half-hour live-action TV series based on the classic PlayStation game series, is a high-octane action comedy about a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck.
Created By: Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick
Writer: Reese, Wernick, Michael Jonathan Smith, Grant DeKernion, Alyssa Forleiter, Alison Tafel, Irving Ruan, Becca Black, Shaun Diston, Francesca & Jacqueline Gailes
Cast: Anthony Mackie, Stephanie Beatriz, Thomas Haden Church, Will Arnett, Richard Cabral, and Samoa Joe
Where to Watch: Peacock
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes | Nov 17
Based on the most recent novel by “Hunger Games” author Suzanne Collins, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” takes place decades — 64 years, to be precise — before the adventures of Katniss Everdeen, which were immortalized on screen by Jennifer Lawrence.
In the new film, a young Coriolanus Snow (who eventually becomes the tyrannical president of Panem) takes the spotlight as he is chosen to mentor an impoverished tribute named Lucy Gray Baird during the 10th Hunger Games. For anyone who needs a refresher, the Hunger Games are a televised event in which teenagers are chosen via lottery to fight to the death.
Cast: Viola Davis, Tom Blyth, Rachel Zegler, Peter Dinklage, Hunter Schafer, Josh Andrés Rivera, Jason Schwartzman
Where to Watch: In theaters
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts | Jun 9
Set in the mid-1990s, the Autobots return to action along with a new breed of transformers known as the Maximals (think Bumblebee as a gorilla, or an eagle). Previously the Maximals have stayed hidden from humans, but they are recruited to team on a fight against Unicron, a world-eating force that has Earth in its sights.
Director: Steven Caple Jr
Cast: Anthony Ramos, Dominique Fishback, Luna Lauren Velez, Dean Scott Vazquez, Tobe Nwigwe, Peter Cullen, Ron Perlman, Peter Dinklage, Michelle Yeoh, Liza Koshy, John DiMaggio, David Sobolov, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez, Pete Davidson, Colman Domingo, Cristo Fernández, Tongayi Chirisa
Where to Watch: In theaters
The Equalizer | Sep 3
Since giving up his life as a government assassin, Robert McCall (Denzel Washington) has struggled to reconcile the horrific things he’s done in the past and finds a strange solace in serving justice on behalf of the oppressed. Finding himself surprisingly at home in Southern Italy, he discovers his new friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends’ protector by taking on the mafia.
Director: Antoine Fuqua
Writer: Richard Wenk
Cast: Denzel Washington, Dakota Fanning, David Denman
Where to Watch: In theaters
Run The World (S2) | May 26
“Run the World” chronicles the euphoric highs and heartbreaking lows that Whitney, Renee and Sondi must endure in their pursuit of world domination. As they strive for personal growth and self-discovery, these powerful Black women will rely on their impenetrable friendship to propel them onward and upward in a world in which they were never meant to do so.
Created by: Leigh Davenport
Showrunner: Rachelle Williams
Cast: Bresha Webb, Amber Stevens West, and Corbin Reid
Where to Watch: Starz
Black Mirror | June
You’ve been wondering. You’ve been waiting. You’ve been warned. The sixth season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror is BACK. The most unpredictable, unclassifiable and unexpected season yet
Director: Charlie Booker
Cast: Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Annie Murphy, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman, Danny Ramirez, David Shields, Himesh Patel, John Hannah, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Michael Cera, Monica Dolan, Myha’la Herrold, Paapa Essiedu, Rob Delaney, Rory Culkin, Salma Hayek Pinault, Samuel Blenkin and Zazie Beetz.
Where to Watch: Netflix
Sistas | May 31st 9/8c
Nothing bonds a group of single women together more than sidestepping the land mines of living, working and dating in Atlanta. In a sea of swipe-lefts, social media drama and unrealistic #relationshipgoals, these friends try to find their Mr. Right.
Created By: Tyler Perry
Cast: KJ Smith, Mignon Von, Ebony Obsidian, Novi Brown, DeVale Ellis, Chido Nwokocha, Anthony Dalton, Brian Jordan Jr., Kevin Walton, Crystal Renee Hayslett, Trinity Whiteside, Chris Warren
Where to Watch: BET Plus
Silo | May 5
In a ruined and toxic future, a community exists in a giant underground silo that plunges hundreds of stories deep; there, people live in a society full of regulations they believe are meant to protect them.
Director: Graham Yost
Cast: Rashida Jones, David Oyelowo, Common, Tim Robbins, Rebecca Ferguson
Where to Watch: Apple TV
Working: What we do All Day | May 17
Former President Barack Obama narrates and is featured in “Working: What We Do All Day,” a new docuseries from Higher Ground Productions coming to Netflix.
In the four-part series, Obama visits everyday people in their homes and places of work as part of exploring questions like, What brings you joy in work and what gives you purpose — and what makes a good job good? The series follows individuals at all levels of the workforce, from service jobs up to the C-suite, in home care, technology and hospitality industries.
Director: Caroline Suh
Where to Watch: Netflix
A Haunting in Venice | Sep 15
“A Haunting in Venice” is set in eerie, post-World War II Venice on All Hallows’ Eve, “A Haunting in Venice” is a terrifying mystery featuring the return of the celebrated sleuth, Hercule Poirot. Now retired and living in self-imposed exile in the world’s most glamorous city, Poirot reluctantly attends a séance at a decaying, haunted palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of shadows and secrets.
Director: Kenneth Branagh
Writer: Michael Green
Cast: Michelle Yeoh, Kenneth Branagh, Kyle Allen, Camille Cottin, Jamie Dornan, Tina Fey, Jude Hill, Ali Khan, Emma Laird, Kelly Reilly, Riccardo Scamarcio
Where to Watch: In theaters
Victim/Suspect |
Victim/Suspect chronicles journalist Rae de Leon’s investigation into a shocking nationwide pattern: Young women tell the police they’ve been sexually assaulted, but instead of finding justice, they’re charged with the crime of making a false report, arrested, and even imprisoned by the system they believed would protect them.
Director: Nancy Schwartzman
Where to Watch: Netflix
Wish | Nov 22
In “Wish,” Asha, a sharp-witted idealist, makes a wish so powerful that it is answered by a cosmic force—a little ball of boundless energy called Star. Together, Asha and Star confront a most formidable foe—the ruler of Rosas, King Magnifico—to save her community and prove that when the will of one courageous human connects with the magic of the stars, wondrous things can happen.
Director: Chris Buck, Fawn Veerasunthorn
Writer: Lee and Allison Moore
Cast: Ariana DeBose, Chris Pine as Magnifico, Alan Tudyk
Where to Watch: In theaters
Black Knight | May 12
In a dystopian future devastated by air pollution, the survival of humanity depends on a group of deliverymen known as the Black Knights who navigate the wastelands using unconventional means.
Director: Cho Ui-Seok
Writer: Lee Yoon-Kyun
Cast: Kim Woo-Bin, Esom, Kang You-Seok, Song Seung-Heon, Jin Kyung, Kim Eui-Sung, Park Jun-Hyuk
Where to Watch: Netflix
Buddy Games: Spring Awakening | May 19
Dan Bakkedahl, Kevin Dillon, Josh Duhamel, James Roday Rodriguez, and Nick Swardson reunite for the hilariously outrageous sequel to the hit comedy! Faced with their biggest challenge yet, the gang sets out to honor a lost friend only to find themselves in the middle of where it all began – Spring Break – where they learn their old school ways of partying hardly compete with today’s generation.
Director: Josh Duhamel
Writer: Josh Duhamel, Bob Schwartz and Jude Weng
Cast: Dan Bakkedahl, Kevin Dillon, Josh Duhamel, James Roday Rodriguez, Nick Swardson, Lochlyn Munro, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jensen Ackles
Where to Watch: Select Theaters
Platonic | May 26
Platonic follows a platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife (Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne) who reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes all consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way.
Director/Creator: Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco.
Writer: Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco
Cast: Seth Rogan, Rose Byrne, Luke Macfarlane, Tre Hale, Carla Gallo, and Andrew Lopez
Where to Watch: Apple TV+
And Just Like That (S2) | June
Showrunner: Michael Patrick King, Darren Star
Writer:
Cast: Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sara Ramírez, Sarita Choudhury, Nicole Ari Parker, Karen Pittman, Mario Cantone, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, Christopher Jackson, Niall Cunningham, Cathy Ang and Alexa Swinton.
Where to Watch: Max
The Tailor | May 2
A famous tailor begins to sew a wedding dress for his best friend’s fiancée – but all three have dark secrets that will soon upend their lives.
Where to Watch: Netflix
The Other Two (S3) | May 4
After comparing themselves for years to their much-younger pop star brother, Chase Dreams (Case Walker), who is now a full adult, and their talk show host mother (Molly Shannon), who’s now more powerful than she could have ever imagined, Brooke and Cary (Heléne Yorke and Drew Tarver) are finally standing on their own two feet – fully “successful” in their own right! And yet, they somehow find themselves comparing themselves to new people once again???
Director: Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider
Writer: Chris Kelly & Sarah Schneider
Cast: Drew Tarver, Heléne Yorke, Molly Shannon, Ken Marino, Case Walker, Josh Segarra, Wanda Sykes, Brandon Scott Jones
Where to Watch: Max
Reality | May 29
A true story, as recorded by the FBI
Director:
Writer:
Cast: Sydney Sweeney
Where to Watch: Max
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