What to Watch This Weekend

PAM & TOMMY

Watch on Hulu

Nothing is hotter right now than nostalgia-driven reevaluations of scandals from the 90s. This Hulu miniseries is centered around the 1995 leak of Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee’s sex tape and features transformative performances from Lily James and Sebastian Stan. Needless to say, it’s fascinating to look back at what was ultimately one of the first major internet scandals through a 2022 lens. Although Anderson has not sanctioned the project, the show’s creator has stated that he wanted to use the series to “change the perspective of what happened.” Whether or not this is merely further exploitation is up to the viewer. But it’s certainly a riveting story of an incident that informed our internet culture of today.

SINGLE BLACK FEMALE

Watch on Lifetime

Watch your back, Eve Harrington! After losing her father and going through a breakup, Monica (Raven Goodwin) is trying to move on with her life by landing a hosting job for a daytime talk show. Her life changes after she hires a new assistant, Simone (Amber Riley), who quickly enmeshes herself into Monica’s world. Soon Monica begins to discover the cracks under Simone’s sweet exterior and must find a way to stop her before she takes over her life for good.

BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS

Watch on NBC and Peacock

If you feel like we JUST had the Olympics, don’t worry that’s not the pandemic totally warping your sense of time! The summer Olympics did, in fact, just happen after being delayed from the year prior. Strap on your snow boots, because now it’s winter sports’ time to shine! This year’s ceremony is being held in Beijing, China, and runs from February 4th through the 20th. We’re total suckers for the inspirational stories of everyday athletes achieving superhuman feats and the spectacle of the Opening Ceremony, so you know we’ll be tuning in.

Further Viewing:

CELEBRITY BIG BROTHER (Watch on CBS)

If the Olympics aren’t your speed, CBS is offering counter-programming by way of season three of Celebrity Big Brother. This season’s houseguests include Teddi Mellencamp, Todrick Hall, Chris Kattan, Chris Kirkpatrick, Carson Kressley, and Lamar Odom. Don’t expect triple axels, but do tune in for the betrayal, blindsiding, and sabotage.

RAISED BY WOLVES: Season 2 (Watch on HBO Max)

This Ridley Scott-helmed sci-fi series is back for a second season. The first season of the show introduced viewers to robots known as Mother and Father who were tasked with raising human children on a distant planet. When the show premiered, it was HBO Max’s top-performing original program, so it makes sense that the show would be back for more. If you hear android and only think of a phone, you’ve got a lot of catching up to do!

SUSPICION (Watch on Apple TV)

Uma Thurman stars in this thriller about four Brits who are accused of kidnapping the son of a famous U.S. media mogul. These strangers must work together to prove their innocence before time runs out- but are they all telling the truth?

JACKASS FOREVER (Watch in Theaters)

If you’ve ever watched a Jackass movie before, you know exactly what you’re in for. Johnny Knoxville and company are back in action and pulling off the same stupid, dangerous, and outlandish pranks on one another that they’ve become famous for. Who knows- in the crazy times in which we’re living, perhaps some Jackass craziness is just what we need.

MURDERVILLE (Watch on Netflix)

If your interests fall within a Venn diagram of murder mystery and improv comedy, then have we got the show for you! Will Arnett stars in this series as a murder detective who is helped by a special celebrity guest each episode. The gag is that the celebrity guest is not provided with a script! Together, a straight-faced Arnett and a clueless special guest fumble their way through solving a crime. After all, murder is serious business.

MOONFALL (Watch in Theaters)

After a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit, NASA executive Jo Fowler (Halle Berry), astronaut Brian Harper (Patrick Wilson), and a conspiracy theorist must mount a last-ditch mission into space in order to save the entire world. You know… just a regular day at work!

THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Watch in Theaters)

This dark romantic comedy-drama follows a young woman’s life for four years in Oslo, Norway as she navigates her love life and struggles to find a career path. Yes, this is a foreign Norwegian film- but trust us when we say that you’ll still be enraptured by this film’s beauty- subtitles and all.

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