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Clockwise from top: Scrubs, Survivor, Pillion, and Bridgerton.
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Dearest gentle readers, Valentine’s Day may be long gone, but the month of love still has a few gifts to give — not chocolates or roses but movies and television. This weekend’s offerings have a little bit of everything: BDSM, a Cinderella story, a foray into dating apps, and whatever the bisexual hell is going on in Industry will attempt to satiate your appetite for romance. Here’s everything.
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Harry Melling and Alexander Skarsgård star in this tenderhearted comedy from Harry Lighton. Melling plays a shy young man, Colin, who meets a hot biker, Ray (Skarsgård); the two sweetly and awkwardly develop a BDSM relationship as Colin starts to grasp on to what he really wants from his life.
After weeks of teasing, we’re finally getting the four final episodes of Benedict and Sophie’s love story. Like Benedict desperate for the Lady in Silver, we were desperate to see the fallout from Benedict asking Sophie to … “be my mistress?” Ugh, the result is a real emotional and stellar finish to this season of Bridgerton.
➽ Yerin Ha’s Sophie? Bridgerton needed her.
David Harbour and Jason Bateman star as Floyd and Clark, a pair of co-workers turned friends who get caught up in using a new dating app as a way to combat their woes about being middle-aged. But as this is a prestige-y limited series, there is — yes — death! Possible murder! It may have to do with Floyd’s wife (Linda Cardellini) and Clark making some real passes at each other in that DTF St. Louis trailer.
➽ Read the review; in theaters now.
Bill Lawrence’s revival turns the lights of Sacred Heart back on after 16 years, reuniting Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke, and others from the original cast. Everyone’s older, and the medical-TV landscape is now defined by The Pitt. Will the show’s sensibility still land? Only one way to find out. —Nicholas Quah
In the previous season, the residents of an elitist apocalypse bunker suddenly realized that crucial characters were maybe still alive outside! Will lead actor Sterling K. Brown head into the nuclear-fallout zone, calling desperately for his lost loved one as he carefully navigates the rubble and smoke? Tough to say; doesn’t sound like that guy at all. —Kathryn VanArendonk
In this Alexander Payne–esque comedy series, one negative review sends Broadway star Richard Bean (Kevin Kline) into a tailspin. In a cloud of shame, he returns to the small town he grew up in and learns that the theater where he honed his craft is slated to become a casino. How to stop this plan? By getting the town involved in community theater, of course! —Roxana Hadadi
This Yellowstone spinoff brings Luke Grimes and Gil Birmingham back as Kayce Dutton and Thomas Rainwater; the focus shifts to Kayce as he joins a U.S. Marshals unit tasked with protecting Montana. For the first Taylor Sheridan series to debut on linear broadcast (CBS), expect more crime-fighting and less family politicking. —N.Q.
The start of (a very loooonnnngggg) premiere for this landmark 50th season took us all the way back to the beginning. Look at how old! Look at how quaint! Look at the square format! Kids, gather round and let Grandpa Moylan tell you about the old days when TVs were all square and so big that they came in fake cabinets that sat on the floor on a swivel. That’s the exact set I watched Survivor on when it premiered in May 2000. —Brian Moylan
➽ Enjoy Moylan’s thoughts throughout this anniversary season of Survivor here. I know you’re at least a little curious to see how Mike White does.
The newly named Actor Awards [shudders] are here to give actors more awards! At least the name gets right to the point. Kristen Bell will, again, host the show, which will stream live on Netflix. One Battle After Another leads the nominations with Sinners trailing close behind. As one of those key pre-Oscars cursors, and with most of the acting categories still being anyone’s game, you’d better keep a close eye on it for your Movies Fantasy League.
The fun thing about the Godzilla universe is that it insists on a version of Earth where new monsters appear constantly: The second season of this show sees the reveal of a kaiju that looks like a cross between an octopus and a scorpion. It seems the only way to defeat it is with Godzilla and King Kong, so yeah, we’ve got another “Let them fight” situation —R.H.
The best way to describe this season of Industry is, as Trinity the Tuck says, “I don’t know what the fuck she’s saying, but girl, I am living.” I can’t even remember the right banking terms to repeat back to you to complete the joke. Stocks? Shorts? Whatever the hell is going on with Whitney? Yeah, girl, it’s confusing, but we’ll see Harper and Yasmin through to the very end.
It’s Oscars season, meaning a whole crop of awards contenders is popping up on streaming services. This week, two of the more striking movies come to Hulu: Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident and Kleber Mendonça Filho’s The Secret Agent. The latter is nominated for Best Picture and Actor, and while Actor is a tough race, Wagner Moura is phenomenal in this generational drama.
➽ Also on Hulu, the Jennifer Lopez musical Kiss of the Spider Woman.
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