The world is vastly different from the one that existed last week. The Knicks are NBA champions again, Elon Musk is somehow even richer and the White House just hosted a UFC fight.
We live in strange and uncertain times, so it’s reassuring to know that streamers like Netflix and HBO Max are still offering some great content to binge while everything around us falls apart.
At the top of Watch With Us’ can’t-miss list is I Will Find You, a new Harlan Coben thriller featuring Avatar, Severance and Gilmore Girls stars.
We also recommend you book a trip with Ryan Gosling in Project Hail Mary, which sees the Barbie actor befriend an alien rock creature in an attempt to save the world.
Male models, New Age cults, brainwashing and Studio 54 – Bring Me the Beauties has everything you could want in a summertime, must-binge true crime show. The three-episode series, which just dropped its devastating finale today, recounts the bizarre life of Frederick von Mierers, a former model who, at the tail end of a ‘70s decade full of excess, gets an ear infection, recovers and then proclaims his body is a healing vessel for the cosmic star Arcturus. Yes, really.
Even more absurd is that von Mierers accumulated followers over the years, many of whom he hustled for money in exchange for spiritual enlightenment. The series focuses mainly on one of his disciples/victims, the ‘80s model Hoyt Richards, but other members are interviewed as well. With the recent announcement that He-Man star Nicholas Galitzine will be playing Richards in a forthcoming biopic from director Gus Van Sant, it’s the perfect time to watch Bring Me the Beauties and discover someone in the modeling industry stranger than Tyra Banks. (Please, Tyra, don’t sue me.)
We all have those recurring nightmares when we’re back in high school and have to take classes again to graduate, but for the mid-30s adults in Never Change!, that nightmare becomes their sad, hilarious reality. In 2008, a tornado disrupted the final weeks of high school seniors Sunny (John Reynolds), Katie (Sofia Black-D’Elia) and the rest of their small class. Almost 20 years later, they’re notified that they never actually finished high school and must return to complete their coursework to graduate.
It’s a neat premise for a comedy, and while the film elicits some laughs due to its absurd premise, it also works as a drama that examines all the hopes, fears and disappointments each returning student shares with one another. The talented supporting cast features That ‘70s Show vet Topher Grace and SNL alum Ana Gasteyer, who is currently killing it on Broadway in the Tony Award-winning musical, Schmigadoon!
So far, this summer has been lacking a big, juicy mystery series that really swings for the fences. Our streaming thriller drought is soon to end with I Will Find You, the latest Harlan Coben adaptation on Netflix that’s sure to dominate the streaming charts. David Burroughs (Sam Worthington) is in prison for a crime he didn’t commit: the murder of his 3-year-old son, Matthew. After five years, he’s accepted his fate until his ex-wife, Cheryl (Erin Richards), shows him a photo of an 8-year-old boy who looks exactly like Matt. Is his son alive? And how can he prove it? For David, the only way to know for sure is to do the unthinkable: break out of jail and track the kid down himself.
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Stuff like that just doesn’t happen in real life, but you don’t watch a Harlan Coben crime series for reality. You watch it for high-stakes thrills, insane plot twists and talented actors like Britt Lower, Madeleine Stowe and Gilmore Girls crush Milo Ventimiglia playing characters who almost always have one or two skeletons in their closet. You can call it absurd or even bats*** crazy, but you can’t claim I Will Find You is boring.
Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling) is an ordinary middle-grade science teacher with an extraordinary problem – he just woke up in a spaceship with no memory of how he got there or why he’s the only human left alive. Gradually, his memory returns, as does his purpose for travelling the stars – he needs to save Earth from certain destruction. No biggie. His only salvation lies with Rocky (James Ortiz), a sightless, rock-like alien whose planet is also in danger. Together, they’ll try to save their homes while gradually accepting that their heroic mission is also a suicidal one.
A huge critical and commercial success, Project Hail Mary is a sci-fi movie that, despite its downer premise, makes you feel warm and fuzzy. That’s due largely to Ryland’s out-of-this-world bromance with Rocky, who’s brought to life through a mixture of Ortiz’s performance and some neat advanced puppeteering. The film is brainy without being bogged down in jargon and emotional without being saccharine. It also boasts some of the most gorgeous cinematography (by Dune cameraman Greig Fraser) you’ll see this year.
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