The Mandalorian 3 // Disney+
Oh yes, the original series in which Pedro Pascal (“The Last of Us”) is a tough mercenary who has to guard a character who is quite a few years younger than him and gradually a parental bond is forged between them. After “The Mandalorian” drew massive amounts of attention to the cutest thing on TV (Grogo, or Baby Yoda, to you), we’ve gotten used to how cute he is – and now we can just enjoy a great series of adventures in the “Star Wars” universe, which stands out more than ever its roots as a Western in space. (1.3)
True Lies // CBS
Honestly, we’re not sure what we think of the idea of turning one of the greatest action movies of all time into a series on CBS. But we admit that we are intrigued – what’s more, it seems that the main actors here are not really trying to imitate Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis (there’s no point, it’s not possible) but are doing something of their own, and also that the main starting point of the series is more or less the point where The movie ended (Helen discovers that Harry, her nice and boring husband, is a super spy and the agency, having no choice, recruits her as well). All is well and good, the action seems successful, but don’t you dare not give us a kiss against the background of a nuclear explosion at the end. (1.3)
Shipwreck // Hulu
The truth is, we don’t know much about this series, but a British horror comedy? On a cruise ship? With a serial killer walking around in a too cute duck mask? Yes please. Besides, six episodes and the business is over, so obviously we’re in for it. (1.3)
Sex/Life 2 // Netflix
Netflix’s hot Divorce series, based on the book “44 episodes about four men”, returns for a second season starring the equally hot Sara Shahi, and continues the plots of the suburban housewife who reconnects with her wild past. Last season she sweated trying to be erotic and the critics loathed her, but 67 million hours of Netflix viewing can’t mistake your lust and we have a hit. (2.3)
Daisy Jones and the Six // Amazon Prime
The TV people ran out of ideas for series a long time ago, here is another new series based on a successful book. This time it’s “Daisy Jones and the Six” by author Taylor Jenkins Reed, which is being adapted into an Amazon Prime series by the screenwriters of “500 Days of Summer”. The story follows the rise and fall of one of the biggest rock bands in the world, and the series is designed as a documentary, but it is a fictitious band and basically the unfunny answer to Final Tap. Curious. (3.3)
The Mad History of the World, Part 2 // Hulu
Mel Brooks is back. Mel Brooks is back! Mel Brooks is back. The elderly and brilliant comic director will try to recreate his brilliance from the beginning of the eighties, in a film full of parodic sketches about great moments in history with a brilliant team of comedians. Hulu has spread all this fun over four consecutive nights, so it’s going to be four times the fun. How good to live. (6.3)
Perry Mason 2 // HBOMax
HBO’s cute “Perry Mason” is also a comeback to the character of the lawyer-skeptic-private-detective who starred in a mythological series from the 1950s, also a fun detective/period drama without too many pretensions that wallows in its fun in film noir clichés, and, most Important, television comeback for the mighty Matthew Rhys (“The Americans”). What is there to complain about? Nothing to complain about. (6.3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkM_TNfB-gA
The 4 Part 2 // Netflix
The hottest psychopath on TV returns to close the second part of the fourth season, and if you liked him until now, you’re probably going to love him more now, when empathy for the hunter who became the hunted during his not-so-wholesome adventures in Europe is expected to reach its peak. With all due respect to the comeback of “Heirs”, you know that this is going to be the most watched series of the month, yes? (9.3)
Top Chef 20 // Bravo
The best reality TV competition – Except for MasterChef Australia of course – returns for season number 20 with Padme Lakshi, Tom Colicchio and Gail Simmons, the holy trinity of mentors-judges-stars who have been leading the hit Bravo show Eret since its inception and succeed every year in turning good chefs into top-chefs with a program on the Food Channel. Those who have already become addicted to pleasure cannot quit. (9.3)
Luthor: An Open Case // Netflix
The reviews in England were harsh and merciless, but we don’t care, because Idris Elba returns to play detective John Luther from the excellent BBC drama series. The first season was broadcast in 2010, the fifth season arrived only in 2019, 20 episodes in total as is the custom of the uptight Brits. Now it comes in the form of a motion picture that hit the screens in limited distribution last weekend and will quickly arrive on Netflix from there. We’ll be there. (10.3)
Moonshine // FreeVee
The story of FreeVee is quite interesting: it is a free and ad-supported streaming service of Amazon in the United States, and in recent years Amazon has been producing content specifically for it. “Moonshine” is the service’s first significant effort in the drama field, co-produced with the Canadian CBC, and at the center of the plot is a dysfunctional family in the midst of a struggle for ownership of the troubled family resort. Sound a bit like “Schit’s Creek”? You are probably not wrong. (10.3)
All for all // Netflix
Netflix does not give up and continues to look for its big reality hit. This time it’s two teams competing in an extreme and extremely tough survival battle in the snowy prairies and frozen forests of Alaska. The prize? A million fucking dollars of course. Good to die for the dollar. (10.3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ4a-H5wvPM
Lights and shadows // here 11
Ido Har and Kahan 11’s sequel to “Heavy Shadow: AK’s Story”, in which he continues to follow the story of Ola Karavchenko during the retrial of Roman Zdorov, and after the ongoing nightmare of her life trying to clear her name. Must watch. (11.3)
Ted Lasso 3 // Apple TV+
It was this small, positive and good-hearted comedy that became Apple TV’s first big television hit, so it can be assumed that we can expect quite a few more seasons with the naive and mustached football coach played by Jason Sudeikis. How many hits? Enough for the fictitious British football club at its center, AFC Richmond, to become a playable team in FIFA23. And if this is not a certificate of honor in the world of football, then what is? (15.3)
Shadow and Bone 2 // Netflix
Netflix managed not to destroy in the first season the complex and multicultural fantasy world of this fantasy series, which is based on the excellent book series by Lee Bardugo, the result was interesting and won the affection of geeks and fans of the books, and here we have a second season. To explain to you what’s going on here we’ll have to dig you two hours about the Grisha Wars (yes), so just watch an episode or two, it’s easier. (15.3)
Magal Tefah: The Story of Furnahub // Netflix
The story of the largest and most successful porn site in the world, in a documentary that describes its rise and rise and examines the allegations against the site that profits from practices of sexual exploitation and human trafficking. Can the porn industry exist without victims? The short answer is no, if you want a longer answer then you have 94 minutes. (15.3)
Swarm // Amazon Prime
Okay, this is what we’re really looking forward to: a mystery horror thriller that’s Donald Glover’s next TV project after “Atlanta,” has been cast in a Beyoncé-like pop star obsession. As usual with Glover, all other details are kept under a veil of secrecy – the question is whether, as in “Atlanta”, even when the veil of secrecy is lifted, we will leave even more confused than how we were when we entered. (17.3)
Extrapolations // Apple TV+
A futuristic anthology drama with a completely deranged cast – Meryl Streep, Edward Norton, Matthew Rhys, Keri Russell (“The Americans”), Tobey Maguire, Forest Whittaker, really, who else – about the increasingly catastrophic effects of the climate crisis. Did you want a dystopia? Oh, how much you got. (17.3)
Lucky Hank // AMC and Netflix
It’s going to be interesting: Apple TV+, which has excelled in the last two years with particularly high-quality productions, brings here a very Woke TV series, which is an anthology of stories about the future of the climate crisis. The cast is international and shiny, in the trailer you can see that Israel and Palestine are also referenced, and if this is the escapism we have left then probably that the situation is nothing at all. (19.3 on AMC and 27.3 on Netflix)
Yellowjackets // Showtime
Showtime’s excellent and suspenseful thriller (or maybe it’s even a horror series? We haven’t decided yet and we feel like we haven’t gotten all the answers we’re supposed to get about it yet) from Showtime returns for a second season after a particularly tiresome wait (the previous season aired at the end of 2021), and we’ll return to this explosive combination between ” “Little White Lies” to “Baal Zevov”: the story of youth soccer players who had to survive for 19 months in the Canadian forests after a plane crash (and did some not so good things to each other along the way), which is mixed with their story in the present, 25 years later, they still face with the consequences of the traumatic event. (24.3)
Heirs 4 // HBO
The fourth and final season of the greatest series of the era and a serious contender for the title of “greatest of all time”. We miss you already. We really have nothing to add. (26.3)
Rabbit Hole // Paramount+
A mini-series that returns Kiefer Sutherland to the shoes of a spy, which he wore so naturally in “24” (which has been somewhat forgotten over the years, which is a shame) – this time a corporate spy (intriguing) who is going to get involved in something much bigger than himself (of course) and finally also fight for democracy. Just don’t say Jack Bauer, he’s called “John Weir” now. Probably. (26.3)
Destroying Angel // Here 11
The very intriguing series by Noah Stollman and Oded Davidoff, the pair of creative minds who brought us the excellent “Tamirat Eshan” and return together with Abigail Ben-Dor Niv to the worlds of mystery and fantasy in “Destroying Angel”, a co-production with the American A&E about a murderous demon that sows destruction and terror in Mea Shearim . If it sounds wow to you, it’s probably because it sounds really wow. (26.3)
The prize behind the big door // Apple TV+
Apple TV really, really likes to base their series on books: “The prize behind the big door” is an adaptation of Em’s novel. or. Walsh – a small, sleepy American town, a mysterious machine that appears out of nowhere and allows the residents to glimpse into the true destiny they could have if they would only realize their potential… Reminds you of something? It certainly sounds like a slightly less scary version of Stephen King’s “Things to Do.” Or maybe more frightening, we don’t know exactly where they’re going with it yet. (29.3)
The Power // Amazon Prime
Based on a sci-fi/fantasy novel by Naomi Alderman, which is influenced by Margaret Atwood in the general feminist mindset but much less dark and disturbing than “The Handmaid’s Tale” (although at least based on what we see at the end of the trailer, there will definitely be some disturbing moments as well). An increasing number of girls around the world suddenly develop a superpower – they can generate electricity with their brains. We’ve seen a lot of X-Men, we know other people aren’t going to really go crazy over these powers. (31.3)
Unstable // Netflix
Rob Lowe and his son, John Owen Lowe, star as a father and son – the father is a biotechnological genius, the son is just an ordinary young man but a little more grounded than his father – who try to fix their relationship and on the way also save their company. It sounds like the wholesome version of “Heirs”. (31.3)
A spy named Elvis // Netflix
Perhaps the most bizarre production on the list: a cartoon series for adults in which Elvis Presley (voiced by Matthew McConaughey. Seriously) is recruited into a spy agency and becomes a super agent who protects the United States from all its enemies. Sound far-fetched? Basically yes, but it does wink at Elvis’ very real obsession with law enforcement, his tendency to make friends with senior police officers and add them to his entourage, his disdain for the hippie culture of the 1960s and even his friendship with Richard Nixon. In any case, the trailer promises much more violence than we would expect from such a project, and the one signed here as the creator is… his widow, Priscilla Presley. In the best case scenario we’ll get another “Archer” here, in the worst case scenario we’ll get a trash crash here that will at least be interesting to look at. (March)