Weekend Watch: September 29, 2023
Romantic do-overs, pint-sized world-enders, and a hitman goes avant-garde...
Hey there, TueNighters! As you all know, the TueNight team compiles a fantastic list of movie releases, series drops, and TV shows in our weekly TueDo List newsletter.
Here in the Weekend Watch, we get to dive even deeper into our recommendations and chat about what we're watching — ready? Let's do this!
Here are this week’s picks:
Love In Fairhope | Season 1 (Hulu): If you were given the chance to bring your fantasy love story to life on TV, how would it look? Would it be a picture-perfect fairy tale or something a bit messier? This uniquely unscripted romantic series follows five women at different stages in their lives as they experience reimagined romance in the picturesque small town of Fairhope, Alabama, a tight-knit community where everyone knows everyone else’s business and matters of the heart matter most.
The romantic drama series follows 5 real women: Mya Jo (20), Olivia (31), Abby (32), Lashoundra (41) and Claiborne (73). Narrated by Heather Graham, the nine chapters cover everything in their real life and fantasy all at once – from new beginnings and second chances to breakups and breakthroughs.
The Golden Bachelor (ABC): After more than 20 years of fostering love on “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette” and “Bachelor in Paradise,” this series showcases a whole new kind of love story — one for the golden years. Gerry Turner is given a second chance at love in the search for a partner with whom to share the sunset years of life.
Gerry was previously married: Turner married his high school sweetheart, Toni, back in 1974. The couple enjoyed 43 years of marriage before Toni suddenly fell ill and passed away in 2017.
The Creator (Theaters): Amidst a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua (John David Washington), a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife (Gemma Chan), is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war… and mankind itself. Joshua and his team of elite operatives journey across enemy lines, into the dark heart of AI-occupied territory… only to discover the world-ending weapon he’s been instructed to destroy is an AI in the form of a young child (Madeleine Yuna Voyles).
Critics Consensus via Rotten Tomatoes: Visually stunning and packed with spectacular set pieces, The Creator serves up timely, well-acted sci-fi that satisfies in the moment even if it lacks substance.
The Irrational | Season 1 (NBC): World-renowned behavioral science professor Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) uses his unique expertise in psychology, body language, emotion and more to help solve difficult, high-stakes cases. With the support of his research assistants, his tech-savvy sister and his ex-wife — who also happens to be an FBI agent — and guided by his fierce curiosity about human decision-making, Mercer truly has solving crime down to a science. By asking the right questions, making observations no one else can and studying every scene in new ways, there's no case too tough for his brilliant mind to crack — except maybe his own mysterious past.
Fun fact: Broadway fans might know that Martin, an 'Law and Order' alum, originated the role of Tom Collins in the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Jonathan Larson's 'Rent' in the mid-90s.
The Kill Room (Theaters): a dark comedic thriller follows an art dealer (Uma Thurman) who teams with a hitman (Joe Manganiello) and his boss (Samuel L. Jackson) for a money laundering scheme that accidentally turns the hitman into an overnight Avant-Garde sensation, forcing the dealer to play the art world against the underworld.
Thurman is also a producer on the film, and Thurman’s daughter, Maya Hawke (a.k.a. Buckley in Stranger Things), co-stars as a feminist artist.
A Thousand And One (Amazon Prime Video, Peacock): You might recall that we featured this incredible award-winning film, starring the mesmerizing Teyana Taylor, in our April 1st Weekend Watch issue. Unapologetic and free-spirited Inez (Taylor) kidnaps her 6-year-old son from the foster care system. They set out to reclaim their sense of home, identity and stability in a rapidly changing New York City.
ICYMI: we’re thrilled to share it’s now available for streaming on Amazon Prime and Peacock — don’t miss it!