Co-creators Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka ( Ugly Betty) had the excellent idea to replace the three white, straight guys in the original with two women of color and an LGBTQ+ character, and it works seamlessly. This one is mainly for romantics and record nerds, but for anyone who qualifies, High Fidelity (2020) is every bit as good as its 2000 feature film counterpart, as well as Nick Hornby’s 1995 cult-favorite novel. Music nerd Robyn ‘Rob’ Brooks (Zoë Kravitz) runs a record store and tries to figure out where her romantic life has gone wrong in High Fidelity. The show is just weird enough to coax a few giggles, but its greatest power is that it eventually wins your heart. So, there’s a surreal remove to the heartbreaking incidents, as when Maya-who ends up starting school with an unfortunate bowl haircut-is labeled as UGIS (“ugliest girl in school”), or when the friends must give up beloved childhood toys in favor of new “grown-up” things, like whippets and masturbation. home, hosting nine seasons and 61 episodes.
Beginning as a YouTube channel, it quickly turned into a TV series, and Hulu eventually became its permanent U.S.
I had no idea what to expect pressing ‘play’ on the Canadian series Letterkenny (2016-ongoing), but it quickly elicited the biggest belly laughs I’ve experienced from any Hulu original series.
Trevor Wilson) and Wayne (Jared Keeso) deal with various comical “problems” in their small town in Letterkenny. (She even lets a flirty elderly gent hold her hand.) Truthfully, Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020-ongoing) had me at episode one with burritos. This material isn’t stuffy or censored, as evidenced by some of comic Ali Wong’s comments while discussing “Chop Suey” in San Francisco. Lakshmi examines the origins of various dishes, from poke and pad Thai to kebabs and hot dogs, and does it with a little bit of sass and humor and a sense of progressiveness.
And of course, most of it isn’t even American at all. She asks the right questions, too, as the theme of her show is exploring just what makes American food-American. She’s a fashion model and the author of three cookbooks she’s good on camera, and she knows her stuff. There’s no shortage of food shows wherein a host travels around, watches other chefs make things, and then tastes them on camera, making “ooh” and “yum” noises. Host Padma Lakshmi (right) travels around the country to find the origins of favorite American foods in Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi. Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi (2020) Hulu
But what will the result of his work finally be? Sarah Gadon plays a woman of the past who complicates Jake’s stay. He must spend the years between 19 making all the right moves to be at the right place at the right time. Jake agrees to take on Al’s personal vendetta, to try to prevent the assassination of President John F. His ailing friend Al Templeton (Chris Cooper) shows him the closet of the local diner he owns, which somehow contains a time portal leading to a particular spot in the year 1960. James Franco plays Jake, a divorced teacher. Unlike another King epic ( The Dark Tower) that was turned into a truncated, very dumb movie, 11.22.63 (2016) feels fully explored and deeply satisfying. Abrams and many others-to expand the adaptation to eight, one-hour episodes was inspired. The book, published in 2011, is massive, and the idea-by producer J.J. Here’s an actual Stephen King story, based on one of his most acclaimed recent novels. Jake Epping (James Franco) travels back in time to hopefully prevent the JFK assassination, with the help of Sadie Dunhill (Sarah Gadon) in 11.22.63. The wonderful Melanie Lynskey co-stars as a woman with certain-abilities. André Holland plays the main protagonist and catalyst, Henry Deaver, returning in his capacity as an attorney to his hometown for the first time in years.
Here’s a taste: star Sissy Spacek appeared in the movie Carrie, based on King’s first novel actor Bill Skarsgård very recently played the creepy Pennywise in It Shawshank prison is mentioned a character is related to Jack Torrance (from The Shining) ex-sheriff Alan Pangborn (Scott Glenn) is a recurring character in more than one King story and a young, pre- Misery Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan) even shows up.