Another week in the books! Are you still high from all of the Everything Everywhere All at Once Oscar wins? Awards season might be over, but there are many titles to explore and enjoy this weekend. In addition to new episodes of Party Down, Shrinking, and Daisy Jones & the Six, there are the finales of Carnival Row, Servant, Your Honor, and Mayor of Kingstown as well as premieres of Agent Elvis, Call the Midwife, Swarm, and Lucky Hank. Apple TV+ gets star-studded with Scott Z. Burns’ Extrapolations, which is an environment-focused series starring Diane Lane, Meryl Streep, Kit Harington, Tahar Rahim, and Tobey Maguire.
Run, don’t walk over to your nearest movie theater, and plan on staying for the entire day, because there are a bunch of new titles dropping this weekend. Willem Dafoe is trapped in a penthouse in the freaky film Inside.Kiernan Shipka stars in Wildflower, a lovely and unconventional coming-of-age story that also stars Jean Smart, Brad Garrett, and Charlie Plummer. Zachary Levi is back as Shazam in the DC sequel Shazam! Fury of the Gods. All of that, plus a new project starring the iconic duo Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda? You’re going to need a bigger bucket of popcorn.
Here’s a closer look at five exciting titles hitting the big and small screens this weekend!
Moving On
Release Date: March 17 in Theaters
Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda can’t stop working together … and nor should they! The iconic stars of the big and small screens reunite once more in the revenge comedy Moving On. Written and directed by Paul Weitz, the film follows Claire (Fonda) and Evelyn (Tomlin), two estranged best friends who meet again after their mutual friend’s death. Even though it’s been over four decades, the two are still resentful about something their friend’s widower (Malcolm McDowell) did in their past. So, they plot to kill him.
Collider’s Maggie Lovitt loved the film, saying in her review, “Moving On is yet another tour de force for Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin, who once again prove that they are a force to be reckoned with. To their credit, Fonda and Tomlin continue to be trailblazers for women (of all ages) as they surround themselves with projects that remind the world that women in their 80s are still funny, determined, sexy, and powerful—and it’s thrilling to see them reclaim these tropes that are often ascribed to much younger actresses.”
Wildflower
Release Date: March 17 in Theaters
Bea Johnson (Kiernan Shipka) did not have a typical childhood. Growing up with intellectually disabled parents, Sharon (Samantha Hyde) and Derek (Dash Mihok), means that she sometimes has to look out for them more than they have to care for her. The closer college nears and leaving home becomes an option, her life gets exceedingly more complicated. Wildflower is a sweet story about the sacrifices we make for the ones we love and how we perceive others. The film premiered at TIFF and also stars Charlie Plummer, Brad Garrett, Jean Smart, Jacki Weaver, Reid Scott, and Alexandra Daddario.
The Magician’s Elephant
Release Date: March 17 on Netflix
Are you brave enough to dream? Based on the popular story by Kate DiCamillo, the animated fantasy adventure The Magician’s Elephant follows the whimsical journey of Peter (Noah Jupe), a young orphaned boy who is desperate to find his lost sister. After being told by a fortune teller (Natasia Demetriou) that a magician can help him find her, Peter embarks on a journey filled with love, risk, and the hopeful reward.
Inside
Release Date: March 17 in Theaters
We all remember what it’s like to be stuck inside, but it wasn’t quite like this. Willem Dafoe captivates and thrills in Inside, a stylized film that follows Nemo (Dafoe), an expert art thief specializing in the priciest of works who is, for the first time, stuck. Rather than escape undetected, he gets trapped during a heist inside a lavish New York City penthouse and must get creative with how to survive. Inside, which had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, was directed by Vasilis Katsoupis and co-written by him and Ben Hopkins. Marco Vito Oddo said in his review, “Everything is glued together by another Dafoe performance that proves he’s one of the greatest actors of all time, especially when given enough room to tap into the lunacy of his characters. In short, Katsoupis managed to craft a crowd pleaser that still has something interesting to say.”
Lucky Hank
Release Date: March 19 on AMC/AMC+
Don’t let the title fool you: This Hank fellow is a bit of an unhappy soul. From the producers of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and based on Straight Man by Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Russo comes the dramedy series Lucky Hank. Bob Odenkirk stars in the titular role as a reluctant English department chairman of a struggling college in Pennsylvania who maybe has just had enough. With work, family, life … everything. But, he’s going to try to keep his cool and behave—until he simply cannot.
Collider’s Tania Hussain details in her review, “As Odenkirk steers the ship with terrific, vivid immediacy, Lucky Hank embodies a plenitude of warmth and sadness that lays down the roots for a show that is whimsically lovable. Weave in some very poignant backstories with Hank’s crass, and you’ve got a story that is in no way familiar, yet feels comfortable and one you want to stick around for.”
New Episodes
Friday
Shrinking (Apple TV+)
Hello Tomorrow! (Apple TV+)
Party Down (Starz)
Lopez vs. Lopez (CBS)
Daisy Jones & The Six (Prime Video)
Grand Crew (NBC)
The Problem with Jon Stewart (Apple TV+)
Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)
Game Theory with Bomani Jones (HBO)
Your Honor (Season Finale, Showtime)
BMF (Season Finale, Starz)
Servant (Series Finale, Apple TV+)
Carnival Row (Series Finale, Prime Video)
Power Book II: Ghost (Season 3 Premiere, Starz)
Agent Elvis (Series Premiere, Netflix)
Extrapolations (Series Premiere, Apple TV+)
Swarm (Series Premiere, Prime Video)
Sunday
The Simpsons (FOX)
Bob’s Burgers (FOX)
The Equalizer (CBS)
Magnum P.I. (NBC)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth (Showtime)
NCIS: Los Angeles (CBS)
The Company You Keep (ABC)
Mayor of Kingstown (Season Finale, Paramount+)
Call the Midwife (Season 12 Premiere, PBS)
Sanditon (Season 3 Premiere, PBS)
Lucky Hank (Series Premiere, AMC)
Marie Antoinette (Series Premiere, PBS)
