As Yellowjackets dives into Shauna’s backstory, get ready for Hanukkah with Eight Crazy Nights
Plus: Doctor Who: Flux, Succession, Dexter: New Blood, Insecure, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and several holiday options
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Here’s what’s happening in the world of television for Sunday, November 28. All times are Eastern.
Top picks
Yellowjackets (Showtime, 10 p.m.): Leila Latif saw the second episode of this acerbic and gory new series as an “unsettling villain origin story.” She was referring to Misty (played by Sammi Hanratty in the past, and Christina Ricci in the present), but given that there are still several episodes to go in the first season, there are any number of characters who might join her in that category—like, say, Shauna (Melanie Lynskey)?
Regular coverage
Doctor Who: Flux (BBC America, 8:00 p.m.)
Succession (HBO, 9:00 p.m.)
Dexter: New Blood (Showtime, 9:00 p.m.)
Insecure (HBO, 10:00 p.m)
Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO, 10:30 p.m.)
Season’s streamings
Eight Crazy Nights (Netflix): Celebrate the first night of Hanukkah with Adam Sandler’s animated movie, which was a response to the fact that there weren’t (and still aren’t) enough Hanukkah movies out there. Can you spot all the characters he plays?
Lamb Chop’s Special Chanukah (YouTube): For a more family-friendly option, you can watch Lamb Chop on YouTube.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (Netflix): Everyone should watch this show anyway, but especially for this song.
The Night Before (FXNOW app; Hulu with Live TV subscription): Seth Rogen wears a Hanukkah sweater, so it counts. Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anthony Mackie, Mindy Kaling, Jillian Bell, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Shannon (!), Jason Mantzoukas, Ilana Glazer, Tracy Morgan, and more star. Honestly, this one’s overdue to become a new classic.
For Christmas-related features, here are recent additions from our Holiday movie list:
A Castle For Christmas (Netflix) Brooke Shields plays a famed author who travels to Scotland in hopes of buying a castle, only to discover its owner (Cary Elwes) is reluctant to sell to a foreigner.
The Nine Kittens Of Christmas (Hallmark) A pair of estranged cat lovers clash while struggling to find homes for a litter of nine tiny kittens.
Christmas Deja Vu (BET) A Christmas-hating woman meets an angel who grants her wish to become a singer. Don’t you love it when Christmas movies include witchcraft magic?
Elves (Netflix, 3:01 a.m.): Here’s something a little more sinister: After moving to a random island, a brother and sister find elves—no, not that kind of Elf. Trust the Danes to make Christmas scary. What if, in a Midnight Mass-esque twist, elves were actually evil bloodthirsty little gremlins?
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The Nine Kittens Of Christmas starring Brandn Routh premiered on Thanksgiving but you waited until now to tell us about it?TUAYPCW Although I wouldn’t consider myself a MOTU fan, I am definitely a fan of MOTU Revelation!
(I’m surprised The AV Club had extra coverage on the first half & nothing for the second.) This Thanksgiving I have Evil-Lyn to be thankful for. Everything else
is gravy. Cersei Lannister displays both Sersei & Circe powers.
https://mattthecatania.wordpress.com/2021/11/24/thanksgiving-for-masters-of-the-universe-revelation/The Wellington Paranormal Christmas episode was delightful. I often think this series is unfairly overshadowed by What We Do In The Shadows. It was less obnoxious copaganda than the Nash Bridges reunion TV movie.
Wellington Paranormal episode is good to know about. Bless you for letting me know.
I watched way too much TV this weekend, because I was nervous about football.I’m fully caught up with the Wheel of Time, because of course I am, and I’ve also caught up with three podcasts reviewing the show and comparing it to the books. I don’t like a lot of the changes from the books, but I also really like the show, if that makes sense. Diverting from a strict retelling early on really helped set my expectations and has made me like the show more than I thought I would.I am crawling through Cowboy Bebop. Not having seen the source material, I don’t know if it’s too faithful an adaptation. It feels fine.I watched a bunch of Paw Patrol, for obvious (1 year old) reasons but we haven’t watched the new movie, as we still don’t have paramount plus.I watched exactly three plays of the Michigan – Ohio State game, and, as all season, the first play was something bad (an interception) for Michigan. The last play I watched was a kneel down and I loved it.
If you can find a replay of The Game, I highly recommend watching it. I don’t care about either team, but it was a delight to watch. It really set the tone for what would be a bonkers day of football.
OK, School of Chocolate on Netflix was pretty wild. Some of the artistry that went into their desserts was just unbelievable. If I was in that competition though, I would never want to eat, smell or otherwise be in the same room as chocolate ever again (I used to share kitchen space with a small chocolatier and it’s just overpowering in a way that’s not as pleasant as you’d think).I wonder how many people are still BIG MAD about Masters of the Universe: Revelation? However many it is, I am not one of them! It told an interesting new story in the universe, had some fantastic action, cool animation, and somehow did all that without ruining my childhood.We’ve only done three Hallmark/Lifetime/Freeform Christmas movies so far, which means we need to pick up the pace. On the plus side, one of them led me to a gem of a schlockfest called Spare Parts about a female rock band that gets kidnapped while on tour, then the band members have their limbs replaced with weapons by the kidnappers and are forced to fight, Thunderdome-style. It was a 99 cent rental on Amazon and it was easily 99 cents worth of entertainment.
Eight Crazy Nights didn’t do anything to alleviate how few Hannukah movies there are, because it’s more a movie about calling people freaks and retards and stuff. It’s absolute dogshit and I can’t believe you’d even try to recommend it, honestly.
In addition I watched “The Night Before” for the first time on Christmas 2020 and was pretty disappointed. The setup is funny but the execution isn’t that good. It’s just pretty middling. I don’t think it’s good enough to become any kind of tradition for anyone.
Shame such good animation went to something like that.
If we’re recommending Hanukkah productions, don’t watch Eight Crazy Nights—watch the “Rugrats Chanukah” special instead. It’s far better, and gets to the actual origins of the holiday in an informative, entertaining way. Do the same for their Passover special when the time comes.