The Brainerd Dispatch - Today's Entertainment Magazine
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Brainerd Dispatch • June 27 - July 3, 2021 •19 By Raye Smith TV Media WHAT'S NEW ON HBO MAX "No Sudden Move" (2021) Don't miss the premiere of "No Sudden Move," the new crime thriller from director Steven Soder - bergh ("Ocean's Eleven," 2001), when it debuts on HBO Max Thurs- day, July 1. Set in 1950s Detroit, a team of small-time criminals is brought together for what is thought to be a simple mission to steal a document about emerging automotive technology. When the mission goes completely sideways, the group has to band together and move through the rapidly evolving, racially divided city to figure out ex - actly who hired them and what the real reason is for the job. Featuring an all-star cast including Don Chea- dle ("Iron Man 3," 2013), Benicio Del Toro ("Traffic," 2000), David Harbour ("Stranger Things"), Jon Hamm ("Mad Men"), Amy Seimetz ("Upstream Color," 2013), Brendan Fraser ("The Mummy," 1999), Kieran Culkin ("Scott Pilgrim vs. the World," 2010), Matt Damon ("The Bourne Identity," 2002), Noah Jupe ("Ford v Ferrari," 2019), Julia Fox ("Uncut Gems," 2019), Ray Liotta ("Goodfellas," 1990), Frankie Shaw ("SMILF") and Bill Duke ("Preda - tor," 1987), "No Sudden Move" blends the noir genre with modern- day heist action. WHAT'S NEW ON DISNEY+ "Monsters at Work" - Season 1 Make room for more monsters in your closet, because the new children's comedy action series "Monsters at Work" is launching its debut season on Disney+ Friday, July 2. This spinoff of the Monsters, Inc. franchise is also a direct se- quel to the 2001 children's classic "Monsters, Inc.," taking place six months after the events of the film. Lovable monsters Sulley, voiced by John Goodman ("Roseanne"), and Mike Wazowski, voiced by Billy Crystal ("When Harry Met Sally...," 1989), return as the bosses while the city of Monstropolis transitions from using children's screams to using children's laughs for fuel — laughter turned out to be a much more effective source of power. The series also features a host of new monsters as they overturn the com- pany's system and get into some wacky adventures along the way. Bonnie Hunt ("Jumanji," 1995), Mindy Kaling ("The Mindy Proj- ect"), Lucas Neff ("Big Hero 6: The Series"), Henry Winkler ("Arrested Development") and Ben Feldman ("Superstore") also voice star in the series. Created and co-written by Roberts Gannaway ("The Em- peror's New School"), Pete Docter, who was also on the writing team for the original "Monsters, Inc" in 2001, serves as Gannaway's writ- ing partner. WHAT'S NEW ON HULU "The Mighty Ones" - Season 2 Go for an adventure in your own backyard when "The Mighty Ones" returns to Hulu with its second season on Thursday, July 1. When humans aren't paying attention, a whole other world is turning right under their noses. This series fol- lows the hilarious adventures of a rag-tag group of friends made up of a rock, a strawberry, a stick and a leaf as they explore the unkempt backyard in which they live, all owned by three equally grubby humans. While small in size, the friends have larger-than-life goals to live the biggest, fullest lives they can. From the team at DreamWorks Animation Television, "The Mighty Ones" comes from creators Sunil Hall ("Gravity Falls") and Lynne Naylor ("The Powerpuff Girls"), with directors Carder Scholin ("Home: Adventures with Tip & Oh"), Ben Bury ("Home: For the Holidays," 2017) and Greg Miller ("The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle"). Josh Brener ("Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"), Alex Cazares ("Cleopatra in Space"), Jessica McKenna ("Craig of the Creek") and Jimmy Tatro ("22 Jump Street") lend their voices to the series' main cast. WHAT'S NEW ON NETFLIX "Fear Street Part One: 1994" (2021) Get spooked with the new teen horror flick "Fear Street Part One: 1994," premiering on Netflix on Friday, July 2. Set up as a trilogy of films based on R.L. Stine's book series of the same name, the Fear Street films will bring Stine's chilling stories to life. This first installment follows a group of teens in Shady- side, Ohio, as they take on an evil force that has plagued their town for centuries after a series of brutal slayings. Working together, they try to figure out how to take down this dark force before they become its next victims. From director/writer Leigh Janiak ("Honeymoon," 2014) and co-writer Phil Graziadei (also known for "Honeymoon," 2014), this first film stars Olivia Welch ("Panic"), Gillian Jacobs ("Com- munity"), Kiana Madeira ("Trin- kets"), Benjamin Flores Jr. ("Rim of the World," 2019), Julia Rehwald ("Mukbang Masarap," 2019), Fred Hechinger ("Eighth Grade," 2018), Ashley Zukerman ("Manhattan") and Darrell Britt-Gibson ("Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Mis- souri," 2017). And if you like this one, you won't want to miss the next two films when they release later this year. WHAT'S NEW ON PEACOCK "The Boss Baby: Family Busi- ness" (2021) The babies are back with a new movie: "The Boss Baby: Family Business" is coming to Peacock on Friday, July 2. A sequel to the 2017 computer animated hit, "The Boss Baby," with the franchise loosely based on the 2010 picture book of the same name by Marla Franzee, this new feature-length film is bringing back all the hilarious fam- ily fun that fans of the franchise love. With brothers Tim (James Marsden, "Hairspray," 2007) and Ted (Alec Baldwin, "30 Rock") all grown up, there's a new boss baby in town — and she's got a can-do attitude to bring through a new family business: Baby Tina (Amy Sedaris, "BoJack Horseman"). Tim's daughter and a spy for BabyCorp, her newest mission might just bring the brothers back together again. Produced by DreamWorks Animation with director Tom Mc- Grath ("Madagascar," 2005) and writer Michael McCullers ("Baby Mama," 2008), this fun family film also features the voices of Ariana Greenblatt ("Love and Monsters," 2020), Eva Longoria ("Desperate Housewives"), Jimmy Kimmel ("Jimmy Kimmel Live!"), Lisa Kud- row ("Friends") and Jeff Goldblum ("Jurassic Park," 1993). WHAT'S NEW ON PRIME "The Tomorrow War" (2021) Don't miss the premiere of "The Tomorrow War," premiering Friday, July 2, on Prime. For a war in the future, humanity's only hope is its past in this thrilling sci-fi adventure film. In the year 2051, the world is losing a war against a deadly alien species. The only hope is to travel to the past to find more soldiers and civilians to transport to the future to help them win the fight. Dan (Chris Pratt, "Guardians of the Galaxy," 2014) is set on making the world a better place for his daughter and works to change the planet's fate before the aliens destroy everything. This Prime original film comes from director Chris McKay ("The Lego Batman Movie," 2017) and writer Zach Dean ("Deadfall," 20120). Starring alongside Pratt in the film are Yvonne Strahovski ("The Handmaid's Tale"), J.K. Sim- mons ("Spider-Man," 2002), Betty Gilpin ("GLOW"), Edwin Hodge ("Chicago Fire") and Jasmine Mathews ("The Rookie"). Don Cheadle and Benecio del Toro star in "No Sudden Move" A scene from "Fear Street Part 1: 1994" Chris Pratt stars in "The Tomorrow War"