
Tom Brady's soccer docuseries, plus more new TV shows and movies to watch this weekend
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"Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues" premieres Friday on Prime Video.
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'Built in Birmingham: Brady & the Blues'
Taking a page out of Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney's 'Welcome to Wrexham' playbook, Brady tries to bring his winning ways to a soccer team across the pond in his new docuseries for Prime Video. With all five episodes dropping on Friday, the show follows Brady, who became a minority owner of the Birmingham City club in 2023, as he and the Blues look to take the team to the next level.
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Hiroyuki Sanada in "Shōgun."
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From left: Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder in "Blazing Saddles."
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'Blazing Saddles'
We could all use a laugh these days, and there's no better classic to queue up for a fun movie night than 'Blazing Saddles,' which streams on Paramount+ beginning Friday. The Mel Brooks-directed film, which turned 50 last year, stars Gene Wilder and Cleavon Little as unlikely Old West heroes who must protect their town from being taken over by an unscrupulous railroad company. Globe film critic Odie Henderson called the western parody a 'masterpiece' in
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