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18 ENTERTAINMENT EXTRA Royal Center Locker Plant 1 x 9" By Michelle Rose TV Media T he hunt for the ultimate Iron Chef begins this Wednesday, June 15. That's when the all-new, highly anticipated "Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend" finally arrives on Netflix. "Iron Chef" fans have been looking forward to the streamer's revival of the high-octane culinary competi- tion ever since it was announced back in January. The concept originated on Japan's Fuji Television Network, and Netflix has stressed that the new series is based on the original Japanese format. Food Network's "Iron Chef America" is probably the incarnation that most people remember, mind you, since it was a massive hit in North America from 2004 to 2018. And if that series holds a special place in your heart, you'll be happy to know that some key personnel have returned for the reboot, including executive producer/ director Eytan Keller. Without question, the most famous familiar face (and voice) of the Iron Chef fran- chise is Alton Brown, who returns as host of the revival and will provide commentary alongside "Top Chef" Season 10 winner Kristen Kish. Actor/ martial artist Mark Dacascos will also be back as The Chairman. You probably know some (if not all) of Netflix's five new Iron Chefs who will defend Kitchen Stadium against the Challenger Chefs. They include celebrity chef Curtis Stone; three-Michelin-star chef Dominique Crenn; frequent "Chopped" judge Marcus Samuelsson; "Simply Ming" host Ming Tsai, who defeated Bobby Flay in Season 1 of "Iron Chef America"; and famed Mexico City restaura- teur Gabriela Cámara. Andrew Zimmern and recur- ring "Top Chef" judge Nilou Motamed will serve as the judges, with guest appearanc- es from "Machete" (2010) actor Danny Trejo, culinary icon Wolfgang Puck, Iron Chef Masaharu Morimoto and more. The Challenger Chefs, meanwhile, are Mason Hereford, Curtis Duffy, Claudette Zepeda, Esther Choi, Gregory Gourdet, Mei Lin and Yia Vang, the most successful of whom gets to return in the grand finale for a chance at the title of the first-ever Iron Legend. If you're in need of a show to binge-watch on a rainy day, this might be it — all eight 45-minute episodes of "Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend" will be released at once on Netflix Wednesday, June 15. The 'Quest' begins: Netflix fires up reboot of 'Iron Chef' Alton Brown and Kristen Kish star in "Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend" Everything Everywhere All at Once Evelyn Wang (Yeoh) runs a fail- ing laundromat and struggles in her relationships with her hus- band (Quan), father (Hong) and daughter (Hsu). When the IRS comes along to audit her, Evelyn is certain things can't get any worse. But when an interdimen- sional rupture occurs during her meeting with the auditor, Evelyn is suddenly given the ability to inhabit different versions of her- self across the multiverse. With her newfound powers, the un- likely hero is tasked with stop- ping an evil force from destroy- ing all of the worlds inhabited by her various selves. Director: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert. Stars: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tallie Medel, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr. 2022. 139 mins. Action. Morbius Suffering from a rare blood dis- order, Dr. Michael Morbius (Leto) turns to an unheard-of solution to save himself and others like him. Despite it first appearing to be a success, the doctor's "solution" quickly re- veals itself to have horrifying side effects that Morbius strug- gles to control. While he puts the benefits to good use, his in- ner darkness threatens to turn the once passionate doctor into an evil menace to society. Director: Daniel Espinosa. Stars: Jared Leto, Matt Smith, Adria Ar- jona, Jared Harris, Micheal Ke- aton, Al Madrigal, Zaris-Angel Hator. 2022. 104 mins. Action. Stephanie Hsu stars in "Everything Everywhere All at Once" video releases Cass Plaza 2 x 2" U Know Pizza 2 x 2.5"

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