This weekend’s releases have me feeling like Nicole Kidman in The Stepford Wives when she speaks like she had coke and listened to Brat for the first time. Like Nicole, I feel so excited and so on fire about this week. On fire almost literally because Westeros’ most dysfunctional family returns Sunday as the Dance of the Dragons picks up steam. And speaking of steam, Bridgerton season three concludes this week with four final episodes, one of which features the season’s leads breaking furniture. And speaking of breaking furniture, I’m sure that happens in The Boys or at the Tonys at some point, right? Anyway, here’s this week’s best new movies and TV. —Savannah Salazar
Featured Presentations
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House of the Dragon season 2
I know you think you’re going to spend summer enjoying the warm weather and hitting up barbecues, but be honest: You’re really going to be inside, basking in the air-conditioning and arguing with people online about whatever Machiavellian maneuvers Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) has tried to pull off in the most recent episode of this Game of Thrones prequel. Hot Dragon Summer, baby! —Jen Chaney
➽ Don’t fret, we’ll catch you up on all the dragons and incest.
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Inside Out 2
Pixar releasing a sequel to one of the most beloved films in its catalogue is no easy task. It’s been almost ten years since the original, but after exploring a young Riley’s emotions about moving, Inside Out 2 is now on puberty. Amy Poehler’s Joy and Phyllis Smith’s Sadness return, but with more complicated experiences comes more emotions, like Anxiety (Maya Hawke), Envy (Ayo Edebiri), and Ennui (Adèle Exarchopoulos). —S.S.
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Bridgerton season 3, part 2
Last month, Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington finally snogged inside a horse carriage. I’ve been impatiently waiting ever since for the remaining four episodes of the season to drop. So forgive me, but I must excuse myself so I can find out if they are going to get married and, if so, how Penelope is going to handle the whole Whistledown problem. —J.C.
➽ But have you listened to its extra-spicy audio descriptions?
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Brats
Decades after New York Magazine writer David Blum coined the phrase Brat Pack, the brats are pushing back on it in a documentary directed by Andrew McCarthy. Blum revisited the moniker in our pages to note his “notebook bulging with examples of bratty behavior” and other reflections on its fallout. (Read more here.) —Eric Vilas-Boas
➽ Our critic Jen Chaney also “revised” the Brat Pack earlier this week.
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The Boys season 4
If you have not checked out The Boys yet, starting with season four will drop you into an overwhelming spectacle of violence, cynically bleak anti-corporate humor, and enough bodily fluids to fill an Olympic-size swimming pool. If you have already checked out The Boys, then good news: It’s back! —Kathryn VanArendonk
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Presumed Innocent
This series adaptation of the 1990 Harrison Ford movie will slot perfectly into your “I need a drama that does basically what I think it’s going to do” summer-TV space. Jake Gyllenhaal plays prosecutor Rusty Sabich with eye-popping intensity. (His eyes pop; yours may as well.) —K.V.A.
Awards Season
The 77th Annual Tony Awards
Ariana DeBose tackles hosting duties for this year’s Tonys, and unlike last year, she will have a script. Though we’d much prefer she have a song prepared. But at least there will be performances from Stereophonic, Merrily We Roll Along, Illinoise, and more. —S.S.
Animation Station
Ultraman: Rising
Shout-out to the dads! Ultraman: Rising is a kaiju action throw-down about a superhero who accidentally hatches a monster egg. Without warning, he’s Dad, and just as unprepared and ill-equipped as every other new parent you know. It’s a pitch-perfect piece of Father’s Day programming, directed by Shannon Tindle and co-directed by John Aoshima. —E.V.B.
Finally Streaming
Monkey Man
Can you believe Dev Patel’s Monkey Man was almost a Netflix movie? Well, after a run in theaters, you can now watch it on Peacock. (Read more here.) —S.S.
➽ I saw that I Saw the TV Glow is on VOD. Go watch!
Double Feature
Gossip Girl
The girls love to talk, what can we say? As Bridgerton concludes its Lady Whistledown plot in part two, you may be thinking about another notorious scandal writer (blogger), Gossip Girl. The original 2007 series is on Max, so dig into the drama of Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate, and lonely boy Dan (played by songstress Penn Badgley). —S.S.
Want more? Read our recommendations from the weekend of June 7.
