{"id":866709,"date":"2026-08-21T22:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/866709\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T22:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T22:46:10","slug":"what-to-watch-this-weekend-best-new-movies-and-tv-aug-21-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/866709\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Watch This Weekend: Best New Movies and TV Aug 21-23"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Clockwise from top: Tony, Conan O\u2019Brien Must Go, Spa Weekend, and It\u2019s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
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For those of us still mourning the end of The Vampire Lestat<\/a>, thankfully, AMC is releasing a whole concert of the bratty vampire in performance at the Beacon Theatre. If you didn\u2019t catch the hottest ticket in town you can now flip it on this weekend in between going to the movies for an Anthony Bourdain biopic and a new Insidious flick. Here\u2019s everything.<\/p>\n

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Instead of spotlighting Anthony Bourdain at the height of his fame, Tony, directed by Matt Johnson<\/a>, follows a directionless 19-year-old Bourdain (played by The Holdovers breakout Dominic Sessa) as he heads to Provincetown one summer to see about a girl he\u2019s interested in (Emilia Jones). There, he starts working at a local restaurant under a man who goes by Chef (Antonio Banderas).<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The previous season of the longest-running live-action TV comedy devoted a lot of time to Frank Reynolds\u2019s (Danny Devito) appearance on The Golden Bachelor. This season sounds like a return to the usual antics and schemes, including the gang fighting with their rival McPoyles and, surely, Glenn Howerton screaming in character as the deranged Dennis Reynolds. \u2014Roxana Hadadi\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u27bd In theaters<\/a>; read the full review<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Every so often we get a comedy about a group of women \u2014 in this case, Leslie Mann, Anna Faris, Michelle Buteau, and Isla Fisher \u2014 that tries to chase the highs of Bridesmaids. In Spa Weekend, three of them get together for a relaxing Palm Springs weekend until they cross paths with Fisher\u2019s Mel.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

\u201cJason Statham Rips a Guy\u2019s Face Open With a Padlock<\/a>.\u201d Gauge your own reaction to that headline to decide whether it\u2019s worth the price of admission. \u2014Eric Vilas-Boas<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

At the Beacon Theatre in June, Sam Reid<\/a>, in character as Lestat de Lioncourt, performed the original tracks<\/a> written for the recently aired series The Vampire Lestat. Now everyone who couldn\u2019t make it into the limited-capacity show can cry along in the privacy of their own home. \u2014R.H.<\/p>\n

\u27bd We were there, by the way<\/a>: \u201cThe Upper West Side has never seen so many goths in one place, especially not in broad daylight.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

In the first two seasons, the comedian and very good Oscars host took his shtick around the world, visiting fans and celebrities and mostly getting razzed by them. (His longtime nemesis, producer Jordan Schlansky, was along for the ride.) He\u2019s back for more international travel in the third season, which filmed in India and Morocco. \u2014R.H.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Directed by The Green Knight\u2019s<\/a> David Lowery, Anne Hathaway<\/a> plays a pop star looking to relaunch herself with a massive comeback performance. She tries to enlist the help of her former designer, Sam Anselm (Michaela Coel), but the two have resentments to work through in this atmospheric drama.<\/p>\n

\u27bd For a Michaela Coel double feature, watch The Christophers<\/a> on Hulu.<\/p>\n

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