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Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Sydney Morning Herald
The best new TV shows to stream in June
Another month, another stack of streaming titles to add to your roster. There are shows that are going to hit some hard-to-reach spots, whether it's Stan's idiosyncratic sibling comedy Hal & Harper (with bonus dad energy from Mark Ruffalo) or Apple TV+'s hard-nosed arson drama Smoke. Let's get your watching squared away! Apple TV+ My top Apple TV+ recommendation is Smoke (June 27). One sure sign that the creative voices on a show genuinely enjoyed their collaboration is when they sign up to do it all again. That's the case with British star Taron Egerton (Rocketman) and American crime novelist and series creator Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), whose 2022 Apple TV+ crime drama Black Bird drew widespread praise. The pair have reunited for this investigatory thriller, which is inspired by true events in America's Pacific Northwest, where an arson investigator (Egerton) and a police detective (Jurnee Smollett, The Order) reluctantly team up to track down not one but two serial arsonists. The stacked supporting cast includes Rafe Spall (Trying), John Leguizamo (The Menu) and Greg Kinnear (Shining Vale). Loading Also on Apple TV+: Owen Wilson, good to see you! The Wedding Crashers star brings his deadpan delusions to Stick (June 4), a screwball sports comedy about a washed-up former professional golfer who seeks redemption via coaching a young prodigy. Created by screenwriter Jason Keller (Ford v. Ferrari), the limited series stars Wilson as the not entirely reliable Pryce Cahill, who is dodging divorce proceedings when he discovers teenage phenomenon Santi Wheeler (Peter Dager). Qualifying tournaments and goofy golf philosophy ensue, with Marc Maron (Glow) as an unconvinced sounding board. Meanwhile, Sydney Sweeney continues to diversify her Hollywood profile. Having already ticked off a romcom (Anyone But You), a horror flick (Immaculate), and a bad superhero movie (Madame Web), the coronated screen queen stars opposite Julianne Moore in the crime thriller Echo Valley (June 13). Written by Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown) and directed by Michael Pearce (Beast), the feature begins with a tearful, bloodied Claire Garrett (Sweeney) arriving at the horse ranch of her estranged mother, Kate (Moore), claiming that she had to kill her abusive boyfriend in self-defence. When Kate covers up the crime, she becomes an accomplice even as Claire's actions on the night raise questions. May highlights: Should a security cyborg binge space soaps or protect its human clients? Sci-fi black comedy Murderbot had the answer, plus culinary thriller Careme brought Kitchen Confidential into the Napoleonic era. Netflix My top Netflix recommendation is The Survivors (June 6). Netflix has first-rate source material for its new Australian drama: a Jane Harper novel. The author of The Dry creates menacing mysteries that resonate, as is the case with this story of a small seaside town where a tragedy that left several people dead 15 years prior returns to the public eye when a new murder takes place. Confronting the town's collective amnesia is a young couple, Kieran (Charlie Vickers), the son of a local clan returned home with his young family, and his partner, Mia (Yerin Ha), who sees the community's failings. Adapting Harper's novel is Tony Ayres, whose previous shows include Stateless and Fires. Also on Netflix: Squid Game (June 27), the blockbuster South Korean series that helped change the definition of event television, comes to an end with its third season. These new episodes were filmed back-to-back with last December's second season, which culminated in a failed rebellion among the players of the dystopian competition that once again left player turned saboteur Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) facing a very uncertain future. Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk will steer the show to its conclusion, safe in the knowledge that Squid Game fascination has not eased. The second season's first three days smashed Netflix viewing records. May highlights: Julianne Moore was compelling as a billionaire's controlling wife in Sirens, Tina Fey and Steve Carell starred in the bittersweet comedy The Four Seasons, and Conan O'Brien: the Kennedy Centre Mark Twain Prize for American Humour was an uproarious celebration. Stan * My top Stan recommendation is Hal & Harper (June 26). Mark Ruffalo is in his do-anything era. After big-screen turns as a cad in Poor Things and a pompous interplanetary dictator for Mickey 17, the former Marvel star comes back to Earth in this bittersweet comic drama. Ruffalo plays a suburban single father whose child-raising techniques have resulted in stunted, co-dependent lives for his now 20-something children, Hal (Cooper Raiff, the show's writer and director) and Harper (Lili Reinhart, Riverdale). The pair's attempts to understand where they're at, and engage with their emotionally shifty dad, form the basis of this limited series. Raiff turned heads with his last movie, Apple TV+'s idiosyncratic rom-com Cha Cha Real Smooth, so there's real promise here. Loading Also on Stan: There are currently many shows about London's fictional crime gangs, including Stan's Gangs of London, so thankfully the setting for this latest British organised crime drama moves north to Liverpool. This City is Ours (June 4) stars Sean Bean (Snowpiercer) as Ronnie Phelan, a drug dealer who has cornered the city's narcotics business and built an empire. Wealth and age have Ronnie thinking of retirement, but that soon creates chaos and instability when he leans towards his right-hand man, Michael Kavanagh (James Nelson-Joyce, A Thousand Blows), over his impatient son, Jamie (Jack McMullen, Hijack). The unofficial mediation process, as fans of this genre well know, is violent and vengeful. May highlights: The murder mystery is never more fun than when Natasha Lyonne's rogue detective is solving them on Poker Face, plus The Walking Dead devotees got a new season of post-apocalyptic New York with the return of Dead City. Disney+ My top Disney+ recommendation is The Bear (June 26). I love this outstanding show's scheduling commitment – late June every year, a new season appears. The fourth instalment of Christopher Storer's celebrated comic-drama about an obsessive chef turning his family's Chicago sandwich spot into a fine-dining restaurant has plenty to resolve. The third season ended with a crucial newspaper review leaving Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), once more, torn between satisfaction and torment, while the bills mount and the staff start to fray. All the 'yes, chef!' cast return, plus a further appearance by Jamie Lee Curtis as Carmy's troubled mother, Donna. I wouldn't be completely surprised if the show recalibrated after the third season and leant more into its drama. Loading Also on Disney+: Having previously flooded Disney+ with spin-off superhero series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has tapped the breaks these past two years. Quality over quantity has been the goal. The latest offering is Ironheart (June 25), a six-part comic-book drama about young scientist Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who was introduced in the 2022 blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as the creator of her own Iron Man-like suits. Williams returns to her hometown of Chicago, where her belief in technology comes up against magic in a show that leans into community struggle and personal responsibility. May highlights: The accolades continued for Andor, the Star Wars show that matters, while Tucci in Italy was a truly delicious food and travel documentary. Max My top Max recommendation is Mountainhead (June 1). Succession hive assemble! The tech billionaires are far richer and far less regulated than everyone's favourite toxic media moguls in the new feature film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. The British satirist, whose inspired dialogue can cause whiplash, charts a weekend retreat for a quartet of digital titans – played by Steve Carell (The Four Seasons), Ramy Youssef (Ramy), Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City), and Cory Michael Smith (May December) – just as new AI features on one of their platforms is stoking violence and economic panic around the world. A crisis? No, it's an opportunity. Armstrong, who also directs, dissects his delusional new subjects with one tech bro nightmare after another. Also on Max: Mariska Hargitay is one of television's most enduring stars. Since 1999, she's played Olivia Benson, the unyielding New York detective investigating sexual crimes on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The 61-year-old has always been open about the void in her own life – when Hargitay was just three her mother, Hollywood bombshell Jayne Mansfield, died in a car accident; Hargitay was asleep in the vehicle's back seat. My Mum Jayne (June 28) is a documentary about Hargitay's attempts to delve into her mother's personal and public legacy. Hargitay, who directs, calls it a, 'a labour of love and longing'. Amazon Prime Video My top Amazon Prime recommendation is We Were Liars (June 18). Shows about the young and privileged are timeless: wealth porn, aristocratic beauty, and unfulfilled privilege have powered everything from Gossip Girl to Elite. The latest variant is an adaptation, by Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries), of E. Lockhart's 2014 best-selling young adult novel about a teenager, Cadence Eastman (Emily Alyn Lind, the Gossip Girl reboot), trying to fill in the trauma-induced gap in her memory connected to a summer she spent at her family's island compound with her cousins and best friends. Something bad obviously happened, but the truth gets twisted in a narrative that leans more towards psychological thriller than pouty melodrama. Loading Also on Amazon Prime: Adding to the conspiratorial thriller genre – think Condor, Deep State and Rabbit Hole – Countdown (June 25) is a law enforcement drama about an LAPD detective, Mark Meachum (Jensen Ackles), assigned to a task force responding to the murder of a government official. Once the investigators start to unwind the plot, the stakes are very much raised. Derek Haas, who kept procedural television afloat with both Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., is responsible for a series that should add to Amazon Prime's Reacher -led stable of tough guy TV. May highlights: The Marvellous Mrs Maisel crew put their mark on the ballet world with Etoile, while a new season of Nicole Kidman's Nine Perfect Strangers continued to do heads in (including our critic). ABC iview My top iview recommendation is Bay of Fires (June 15). The first season of this Australian drama was the anti- SeaChange: at-risk finance CEO Stella (co-creator Marta Dusseldorp) and her children are given new identities and relocated to a small Tasmanian town, only to discover that it's full of suspicious criminals, a budding cult and other untrustworthy former government assets. If the debut season required Stella to fight for survival, with a tone that mixed heightened black comedy and thriller tension, the second instalment finds her trying to hold together the fractious coalition she built. It's a very different kind of local politics. This is a chance for the ABC to build a series that doesn't just endure, it evolves. May highlights: It was a month of hardy crime dramas that crisscrossed Britain – The One That Got Away was a gritty Welsh mystery, while Bergerac rebooted the Channel Islands detective, plus feel-good reality series The Piano hit all the right notes. SBS On Demand My top SBS On Demand recommendation is Families Like Ours (June 20). Much like the British drama Years and Years, which viewed that nation's fictional dystopian descent through the lens of an everyday Manchester clan, this Danish drama tackles the vastness of climate change through an ordinary family's struggle. A what-if set in the not-quite near-future, it's driven by the need to evacuate Denmark as rising sea levels will flood the nation. Certainty ends as the country's millions of citizens explore immigration options or forced relocation, facing separation and a loss of a lifestyle taken for granted. The co-writer and director is Thomas Vinterberg (The Celebration, Another Round), who has stressed that his focus is more personal than political. May highlights: A dedicated team of German police detectives made The Black Forest Murders a gripping investigation drama, while an iconic character got a new twist in the period adventure Sherlock & Daughter. Other streamers My top recommendation for the other streaming services is Binge's Mix Tape (June 12). A romantic second chance couched in the past's unquenchable promise and the siren's song of beloved teenage tunes, this Irish-Australian limited series tells a then-and-now story. In 1989, in Britain a connection is slowly forged between teenagers Alison (Florence Hunt) and Daniel (newcomer Rory Walton-Smith), only for them to be irrevocably separated. Cut to the current day and both have built lives of their own, only for Daniel (Jim Sturgess) to discover that Alison (Teresa Palmer) is living in Sydney. What they do next – with a soundtrack of vintage classics – is in the hands of writer Jo Spain (Harry Wild), who adapted Jane Sanderson's 2020 novel of the same name, and director Lucy Gaffy (Irreverent). Loading Also: The Agatha Christie mystery-industrial complex rolls onwards with the BBC's new three-part adaptation of a 1944 novel from the doyenne of detective fiction. Towards Zero (June 3) is very much classic Christie, albeit with an impressively credentialled cast, set at a 1930s British country estate where the imperious order maintained by Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston) is interrupted by visitors and then a murder. It falls to Inspector Leach (Matthew Rhys) to interview the assembled suspects and sift the clues.
The Age
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Age
The best new TV shows to stream in June
Another month, another stack of streaming titles to add to your roster. There are shows that are going to hit some hard-to-reach spots, whether it's Stan's idiosyncratic sibling comedy Hal & Harper (with bonus dad energy from Mark Ruffalo) or Apple TV+'s hard-nosed arson drama Smoke. Let's get your watching squared away! Apple TV+ My top Apple TV+ recommendation is Smoke (June 27). One sure sign that the creative voices on a show genuinely enjoyed their collaboration is when they sign up to do it all again. That's the case with British star Taron Egerton (Rocketman) and American crime novelist and series creator Dennis Lehane (Mystic River), whose 2022 Apple TV+ crime drama Black Bird drew widespread praise. The pair have reunited for this investigatory thriller, which is inspired by true events in America's Pacific Northwest, where an arson investigator (Egerton) and a police detective (Jurnee Smollett, The Order) reluctantly team up to track down not one but two serial arsonists. The stacked supporting cast includes Rafe Spall (Trying), John Leguizamo (The Menu) and Greg Kinnear (Shining Vale). Loading Also on Apple TV+: Owen Wilson, good to see you! The Wedding Crashers star brings his deadpan delusions to Stick (June 4), a screwball sports comedy about a washed-up former professional golfer who seeks redemption via coaching a young prodigy. Created by screenwriter Jason Keller (Ford v. Ferrari), the limited series stars Wilson as the not entirely reliable Pryce Cahill, who is dodging divorce proceedings when he discovers teenage phenomenon Santi Wheeler (Peter Dager). Qualifying tournaments and goofy golf philosophy ensue, with Marc Maron (Glow) as an unconvinced sounding board. Meanwhile, Sydney Sweeney continues to diversify her Hollywood profile. Having already ticked off a romcom (Anyone But You), a horror flick (Immaculate), and a bad superhero movie (Madame Web), the coronated screen queen stars opposite Julianne Moore in the crime thriller Echo Valley (June 13). Written by Brad Ingelsby (Mare of Easttown) and directed by Michael Pearce (Beast), the feature begins with a tearful, bloodied Claire Garrett (Sweeney) arriving at the horse ranch of her estranged mother, Kate (Moore), claiming that she had to kill her abusive boyfriend in self-defence. When Kate covers up the crime, she becomes an accomplice even as Claire's actions on the night raise questions. May highlights: Should a security cyborg binge space soaps or protect its human clients? Sci-fi black comedy Murderbot had the answer, plus culinary thriller Careme brought Kitchen Confidential into the Napoleonic era. Netflix My top Netflix recommendation is The Survivors (June 6). Netflix has first-rate source material for its new Australian drama: a Jane Harper novel. The author of The Dry creates menacing mysteries that resonate, as is the case with this story of a small seaside town where a tragedy that left several people dead 15 years prior returns to the public eye when a new murder takes place. Confronting the town's collective amnesia is a young couple, Kieran (Charlie Vickers), the son of a local clan returned home with his young family, and his partner, Mia (Yerin Ha), who sees the community's failings. Adapting Harper's novel is Tony Ayres, whose previous shows include Stateless and Fires. Also on Netflix: Squid Game (June 27), the blockbuster South Korean series that helped change the definition of event television, comes to an end with its third season. These new episodes were filmed back-to-back with last December's second season, which culminated in a failed rebellion among the players of the dystopian competition that once again left player turned saboteur Seong Gi-hun (Lee Jung-jae) facing a very uncertain future. Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk will steer the show to its conclusion, safe in the knowledge that Squid Game fascination has not eased. The second season's first three days smashed Netflix viewing records. May highlights: Julianne Moore was compelling as a billionaire's controlling wife in Sirens, Tina Fey and Steve Carell starred in the bittersweet comedy The Four Seasons, and Conan O'Brien: the Kennedy Centre Mark Twain Prize for American Humour was an uproarious celebration. Stan * My top Stan recommendation is Hal & Harper (June 26). Mark Ruffalo is in his do-anything era. After big-screen turns as a cad in Poor Things and a pompous interplanetary dictator for Mickey 17, the former Marvel star comes back to Earth in this bittersweet comic drama. Ruffalo plays a suburban single father whose child-raising techniques have resulted in stunted, co-dependent lives for his now 20-something children, Hal (Cooper Raiff, the show's writer and director) and Harper (Lili Reinhart, Riverdale). The pair's attempts to understand where they're at, and engage with their emotionally shifty dad, form the basis of this limited series. Raiff turned heads with his last movie, Apple TV+'s idiosyncratic rom-com Cha Cha Real Smooth, so there's real promise here. Loading Also on Stan: There are currently many shows about London's fictional crime gangs, including Stan's Gangs of London, so thankfully the setting for this latest British organised crime drama moves north to Liverpool. This City is Ours (June 4) stars Sean Bean (Snowpiercer) as Ronnie Phelan, a drug dealer who has cornered the city's narcotics business and built an empire. Wealth and age have Ronnie thinking of retirement, but that soon creates chaos and instability when he leans towards his right-hand man, Michael Kavanagh (James Nelson-Joyce, A Thousand Blows), over his impatient son, Jamie (Jack McMullen, Hijack). The unofficial mediation process, as fans of this genre well know, is violent and vengeful. May highlights: The murder mystery is never more fun than when Natasha Lyonne's rogue detective is solving them on Poker Face, plus The Walking Dead devotees got a new season of post-apocalyptic New York with the return of Dead City. Disney+ My top Disney+ recommendation is The Bear (June 26). I love this outstanding show's scheduling commitment – late June every year, a new season appears. The fourth instalment of Christopher Storer's celebrated comic-drama about an obsessive chef turning his family's Chicago sandwich spot into a fine-dining restaurant has plenty to resolve. The third season ended with a crucial newspaper review leaving Carmy Berzatto (Jeremy Allen White), once more, torn between satisfaction and torment, while the bills mount and the staff start to fray. All the 'yes, chef!' cast return, plus a further appearance by Jamie Lee Curtis as Carmy's troubled mother, Donna. I wouldn't be completely surprised if the show recalibrated after the third season and leant more into its drama. Loading Also on Disney+: Having previously flooded Disney+ with spin-off superhero series, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has tapped the breaks these past two years. Quality over quantity has been the goal. The latest offering is Ironheart (June 25), a six-part comic-book drama about young scientist Riri Williams (Dominique Thorne), who was introduced in the 2022 blockbuster Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as the creator of her own Iron Man-like suits. Williams returns to her hometown of Chicago, where her belief in technology comes up against magic in a show that leans into community struggle and personal responsibility. May highlights: The accolades continued for Andor, the Star Wars show that matters, while Tucci in Italy was a truly delicious food and travel documentary. Max My top Max recommendation is Mountainhead (June 1). Succession hive assemble! The tech billionaires are far richer and far less regulated than everyone's favourite toxic media moguls in the new feature film from Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. The British satirist, whose inspired dialogue can cause whiplash, charts a weekend retreat for a quartet of digital titans – played by Steve Carell (The Four Seasons), Ramy Youssef (Ramy), Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City), and Cory Michael Smith (May December) – just as new AI features on one of their platforms is stoking violence and economic panic around the world. A crisis? No, it's an opportunity. Armstrong, who also directs, dissects his delusional new subjects with one tech bro nightmare after another. Also on Max: Mariska Hargitay is one of television's most enduring stars. Since 1999, she's played Olivia Benson, the unyielding New York detective investigating sexual crimes on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. The 61-year-old has always been open about the void in her own life – when Hargitay was just three her mother, Hollywood bombshell Jayne Mansfield, died in a car accident; Hargitay was asleep in the vehicle's back seat. My Mum Jayne (June 28) is a documentary about Hargitay's attempts to delve into her mother's personal and public legacy. Hargitay, who directs, calls it a, 'a labour of love and longing'. Amazon Prime Video My top Amazon Prime recommendation is We Were Liars (June 18). Shows about the young and privileged are timeless: wealth porn, aristocratic beauty, and unfulfilled privilege have powered everything from Gossip Girl to Elite. The latest variant is an adaptation, by Julie Plec (The Vampire Diaries), of E. Lockhart's 2014 best-selling young adult novel about a teenager, Cadence Eastman (Emily Alyn Lind, the Gossip Girl reboot), trying to fill in the trauma-induced gap in her memory connected to a summer she spent at her family's island compound with her cousins and best friends. Something bad obviously happened, but the truth gets twisted in a narrative that leans more towards psychological thriller than pouty melodrama. Loading Also on Amazon Prime: Adding to the conspiratorial thriller genre – think Condor, Deep State and Rabbit Hole – Countdown (June 25) is a law enforcement drama about an LAPD detective, Mark Meachum (Jensen Ackles), assigned to a task force responding to the murder of a government official. Once the investigators start to unwind the plot, the stakes are very much raised. Derek Haas, who kept procedural television afloat with both Chicago Fire and Chicago P.D., is responsible for a series that should add to Amazon Prime's Reacher -led stable of tough guy TV. May highlights: The Marvellous Mrs Maisel crew put their mark on the ballet world with Etoile, while a new season of Nicole Kidman's Nine Perfect Strangers continued to do heads in (including our critic). ABC iview My top iview recommendation is Bay of Fires (June 15). The first season of this Australian drama was the anti- SeaChange: at-risk finance CEO Stella (co-creator Marta Dusseldorp) and her children are given new identities and relocated to a small Tasmanian town, only to discover that it's full of suspicious criminals, a budding cult and other untrustworthy former government assets. If the debut season required Stella to fight for survival, with a tone that mixed heightened black comedy and thriller tension, the second instalment finds her trying to hold together the fractious coalition she built. It's a very different kind of local politics. This is a chance for the ABC to build a series that doesn't just endure, it evolves. May highlights: It was a month of hardy crime dramas that crisscrossed Britain – The One That Got Away was a gritty Welsh mystery, while Bergerac rebooted the Channel Islands detective, plus feel-good reality series The Piano hit all the right notes. SBS On Demand My top SBS On Demand recommendation is Families Like Ours (June 20). Much like the British drama Years and Years, which viewed that nation's fictional dystopian descent through the lens of an everyday Manchester clan, this Danish drama tackles the vastness of climate change through an ordinary family's struggle. A what-if set in the not-quite near-future, it's driven by the need to evacuate Denmark as rising sea levels will flood the nation. Certainty ends as the country's millions of citizens explore immigration options or forced relocation, facing separation and a loss of a lifestyle taken for granted. The co-writer and director is Thomas Vinterberg (The Celebration, Another Round), who has stressed that his focus is more personal than political. May highlights: A dedicated team of German police detectives made The Black Forest Murders a gripping investigation drama, while an iconic character got a new twist in the period adventure Sherlock & Daughter. Other streamers My top recommendation for the other streaming services is Binge's Mix Tape (June 12). A romantic second chance couched in the past's unquenchable promise and the siren's song of beloved teenage tunes, this Irish-Australian limited series tells a then-and-now story. In 1989, in Britain a connection is slowly forged between teenagers Alison (Florence Hunt) and Daniel (newcomer Rory Walton-Smith), only for them to be irrevocably separated. Cut to the current day and both have built lives of their own, only for Daniel (Jim Sturgess) to discover that Alison (Teresa Palmer) is living in Sydney. What they do next – with a soundtrack of vintage classics – is in the hands of writer Jo Spain (Harry Wild), who adapted Jane Sanderson's 2020 novel of the same name, and director Lucy Gaffy (Irreverent). Loading Also: The Agatha Christie mystery-industrial complex rolls onwards with the BBC's new three-part adaptation of a 1944 novel from the doyenne of detective fiction. Towards Zero (June 3) is very much classic Christie, albeit with an impressively credentialled cast, set at a 1930s British country estate where the imperious order maintained by Lady Tressilian (Anjelica Huston) is interrupted by visitors and then a murder. It falls to Inspector Leach (Matthew Rhys) to interview the assembled suspects and sift the clues.
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Smoke Trailer: Taron Egerton Hunts a Serial Arsonist in New Apple TV+ Show
Apple TV+ has released a blazing new trailer for its new crime drama, Smoke, starring Emmy Award nominee Taron Egerton. It is set to debut on the streamer on June 27. Best known for his roles in Robin Hood, Rocketman, Tetris, and the Kingsman film series, Smoke serves as Egerton's latest project following Netflix's Carry-On in 2024. The forthcoming series also marks the actor's latest project with Apple TV+ after he starred as James Keene in the true crime drama Black Bird back in 2022. 'Smoke follows an arson investigator who begrudgingly teams up with a police detective as their race to stop two arsonists ignites a twisted game of secrets and suspicions,' the plot description reads. Billed as a 'gripping crime drama,' the newly released trailer for Smoke introduces Egerton's Dave Gudsen, an arson investigator unraveling a series of destructive fires. Working alongside Jurnee Smollett's Detective Michell Calderon, who Dave initially doubts due to her lack of experience in arson cases, the two struggle to find significant leads concerning the two serial arsonists. They now must work against the clock before the unfortunate event claims more lives. 'Serial arsonists tend to be powerless in their own lives. They want other people to know what that feels like,' Egerton's Dave said in the trailer. You can watch the trailer for Smoke down below: Smoke is inspired by Firebug podcast, which was hosted by Kary Antholis. Egerton also serves as one of the show's executive producers. It is created and written by Black Bird creator Dennis Lehane. The rest of the cast includes Rafe Spall, Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, Hannah Emily Anderson, Anna Chlumsky, Adina Porter, Greg Kinnear, and John Leguizamo. The first two episodes of Smoke will arrive on Apple TV+ on June 27, with new episodes arriving Fridays through August 15. The post Smoke Trailer: Taron Egerton Hunts a Serial Arsonist in New Apple TV+ Show appeared first on - Movie Trailers, TV & Streaming News, and More.
News18
13-05-2025
- Entertainment
- News18
Cannes 2025: A Throwback To Iconic Red Carpet Moments Of Indian Celebs Over The Years
1/7 2/7 Deepika Padukone: She made her debut as a Cannes Jury member in a striped Sabyasachi sequined saree. The headband paid homage to the traditional Indian matha patti headpiece with Art Nouveau detailing, and she completed the look with a pair of classic chandelier earrings with an Art Deco gaze. (Image: Instagram) 3/7 Priyanka Chopra: The global star stunned in a strapless gown at the premiere of the film 'Rocketman' in 2019. She wore Chopard jewels to complete her look. (File Pic) 4/7 5/7 Kiara Advani: The Bollywood actress made her Cannes debut last year in a Nedret Taciroglu pink and black ensemble featuring a corset top and fishtail skirt. She paired the outfit with black lace gloves, a high-top bun and a statement diamond neckpiece. (Image: Instagram) 6/7 7/7
Buzz Feed
06-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Buzz Feed
25 Side-By-Sides Of Famous Actors Vs. The Actual Musicians They Played, And Some Of Them Could Literally Be Twins
1. This is Bob Dylan, who's widely known as one of the best songwriters of all time. Here's Timothée Chalamet as Bob in A Complete Unknown (2024). Searchlight Pictures And here's a side-by-side of Bob Dylan and Timothée Chalamet in the movie. 2. This is Amy Winehouse, who was best known for her deeper-sounding voice and jazz influence. Here's Marisa Abela as Amy in the movie Back to Black (2024). And here's a side-by-side of Amy Winehouse and Marisa Abela in the movie. 3. This is Bob Marley, who is best known as one of the main pioneers of the reggae genre. Here's Kingsley Ben-Adir as Bob in the movie Bob Marley: One Love (2024). And here's a side-by-side of Bob Marley and Kingsley Ben-Adir in the movie. 4. This is " Weird Al" Yankovic, who is best known for his songs that parody other famous musicians'. Here's Daniel Radcliffe as "Weird Al" in the movie Weird: The Al Yankovic Story (2022). And here's a side-by-side of "Weird Al" Yankovic and Daniel Radcliffe in the movie. 5. This is Elvis Presley, who was dubbed "The King of Rock and Roll." Here's Austin Butler as Elvis in Elvis (2022). And here's a side-by-side of Elvis Presley and Austin Butler in the movie. 6. This is Elton John, who is one of the most influential singer-songwriters in pop music history. Here's Taron Egerton as Elton in the movie Rocketman (2019). And here's a side-by-side of Elton John and Taron Egerton in the movie. 7. This is Whitney Houston, who is considered to be one of the best entertainers ever and simply dubbed "the Voice." Here's Naomi Ackie as Whitney in the movie Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody (2022). And here's a side-by-side of Whitney Houston and Naomi Ackie in the movie. 8. This is Freddie Mercury, who was a singer-songwriter and the iconic lead singer of the band Queen. Here's Rami Malek as Freddie in the movie Bohemian Rhapsody (2018). And here's a side-by-side of Freddie Mercury and Rami Malek in the movie. 9. This is Aretha Franklin, who has been dubbed "The Queen of Soul." Here's Jennifer Hudson as Aretha in Respect (2021). And here's a side-by-side of Aretha Franklin and Jennifer Hudson in the movie. 10. This is Tina Turner, who's dubbed the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll." Here's Angela Bassett as Tina in the movie What's Love Got to Do with It (1993). And here's a side-by-side of Tina Turner and Angela Bassett in the movie. Getty Images / Buena Vista / Everett Collection 11. This is James Brown, who's dubbed the "Godfather of Soul." Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Here's Chadwick Boseman as James in the movie Get On Up (2014). Universal / ©Universal/courtesy Everett / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of James Brown and Chadwick Boseman in the movie. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images / Universal / ©Universal/courtesy Everett / Everett Collection 12. This is Tommy Lee (and Pamela Anderson), who is a founding member and drummer for the metal band Mötley Crüe. Jeff Kravitz / FilmMagic / Getty Images Here's Sebastian Stan (and Lily James) as Tommy in the limited series Pam & Tommy (2022). Hulu And here's a side-by-side of Tommy Lee and Sebastian Stan in the series. Getty Images / Hulu 13. This is Jonathan Larson, who was a composer and lyricist best known for the musicals Rent and Tick, Tick... Boom! Here's Andrew Garfield as Jonathan in the movie tick, tick... BOOM! (2021). Netflix And here's a side-by-side of Jonathan Larson and Andrew Garfield in the movie. / Netflix 14. This is Jim Morrison, who was a songwriter, poet, and lead singer of the band the Doors. Picture Alliance / via Getty Images Here's Val Kilmer as Jim in the movie The Doors (1991). Tristar Pictures / Courtesy Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Jim Morrison and Val Kilmer in the movie. Getty Images / TriStar / Everett Collection 15. This is Selena Quintanilla, who's dubbed the "Queen of Tejano Music." Arlene Richie / Getty Images Here's Christian Serratos as Selena in the TV series Selena: The Series (2020–2021). Sara Khalid / ©Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Selena Quintanilla and Christian Serratos in the series. Arlene Richie / Getty Images/ Sara Khalid / ©Netflix / Courtesy Everett Collection / 16. This is Jimi Hendrix, who was a singer, songwriter, guitarist, and "the most gifted instrumentalist of all time." David Redfern / Redferns / Getty Here's André 3000 as Jimi in the movie Jimi: All Is by My Side (2013). Open Road Films / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Jimi Hendrix and André 3000 in the movie. Getty Images / Open Road Films / Everett 17. This is Buddy Holly, who was a singer-songwriter and one of the most influential artists in mid-1950s rock 'n' roll. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Here's Gary Busey as Buddy Holly in The Buddy Holly Story (1978). Columbia Pictures / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Buddy Holly and Gary Busey in the movie. Getty Images / Columbia / Everett Collection 18. This is Johnny Cash, who was a singer-songwriter and an influential figure in American country music history. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty This is Joaquin Phoenix as Johnny in the movie Walk the Line (2005). 20th Century Fox / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Johnny Cash and Joaquin Phoenix in the movie. Getty Images / 20th Century Fox / Everett Collection 19. This is Sid Vicious, who was an English musician best known as being the bassist for the band the Sex Pistols. Roberta Bayley / Redferns / Getty Images Here's Gary Oldman as Sid in the movie Sid and Nancy (1986). Samuel Goldwyn Films / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Sid Vicious and Gary Oldman in the movie. Getty Images / Samuel Goldwyn Films / Everett Collection 20. This is Judy Garland, who was an actor and singer, best known for starring in The Wizard of Oz (1939). Keystone / Getty Images Here's Renée Zellweger as Judy in the movie Judy (2019). Roadside Attractions / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Judy Garland and Renée Zellweger in the movie. Getty Images / Roadside Attractions / Everett Collection 21. This is Ray Charles, who was a singer-songwriter, pianist, and composer often regarded as "The Genius." Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Here's Jamie Foxx as Ray in the movie Ray (2004). Universal / Courtesy Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Ray Charles and Jamie Foxx in the movie. Getty Images / Universal / Everett Collection 22. This is Joan Jett, who is a singer best known for the group Joan Jett & the Blackhearts and a founder of the band the Runaways. Roberta Bayley / Redferns / Getty Images Here's Kristen Stewart as Joan in the movie The Runaways (2010). Apparition / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Joan Jett and Kristen Stewart in the movie. Getty Images / Apparition / Everett Collection 23. This is Édith Piaf, who was one of France's most popular singers internationally. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Here's Marion Cotillard as Édith in the movie La Vie En Rose (2007). Picturehouse / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Édith Piaf and Marion Cotillard in the movie. Getty Images / Picturehouse / Everett Collection 24. This is Brian Wilson, a singer-songwriter and cofounder of the Beach Boys. Michael Ochs Archives / Getty Images Here's Paul Dano as Brian in the movie Love & Mercy (2014). Roadside Attractions / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Brian Wilson and Paul Dano in the movie. Getty Images / Roadside Attractions / Everett Collection 25. Finally, this is Ian Curtis, who was the lead singer and lyricist for the band Joy Division. Rob Verhorst / Redferns / Getty Here's Sam Riley as Ian in Control (2007). Weinstein Company / Everett Collection And here's a side-by-side of Ian Curtis and Sam Riley in the movie. Getty Images / TWC / Everett Collection
