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MAKING THE CUT Stream on Amazon. “It’s an ambush!” Is that quote from the new James Bond movie? No? How about “1917”? Wrong again. It’s Tim Gunn speaking in the first episode of this new Amazon fashion-design reality series. When he says it, Gunn and Heidi Klum, his co-host, have just arrived at a fancy Manhattan hotel, where the show’s international group of contestants have gathered — each apparently unaware that Gunn and Klum are about to walk in, surprise them and kick off the competition. The group’s first challenge? Designing for a fashion show near the Eiffel Tower. Rewards for the season’s winner include mentorship and $1 million. Also, this: “The winner will get to create a collection that will be sold on Amazon,” Klum says.
UNCORKED (2020) Stream on Netflix. Elijah (Mamoudou Athie) is a young man with a problem: He dreams of becoming an elite sommelier, but his father, Louis (Courtney B. Vance), wants him to take over the family’s Memphis barbecue restaurant. That friction is at the heart of this drama, the feature directorial debut of the “Insecure” showrunner Prentice Penny. The plot sees Elijah preparing for the Master Sommelier Exam while trying to keep his family life intact (Niecy Nash plays his mother) and balancing a romantic relationship. The movie “succeeds when it focuses on Elijah’s relationship with his family,” Lovia Gyarkye wrote in her review for The New York Times. “In moments where they gather, the writing and cast shine in equal measure,” Gyarkye added. She called it a “refreshing upgrade” to the father-son drama genre.
What’s on TV
ONCE UPON A TIME … IN HOLLYWOOD (2019) 8 p.m. on Starz. “Leo, I’ll ride on your coattails any day, man,” Brad Pitt said when accepting the Oscar for best supporting actor for his performance in this most recent feature from Quentin Tarantino. The ride here is a wild one: Set in 1969, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” casts Leonardo DiCaprio and Pitt as an over-the-hill Hollywood actor and his stunt double, with a plot that involves career problems, L.S.D. and Charles Manson. It’s a passionate look back at a particular time in Hollywood. It’s also a story of friendship between the two men — a relationship that, A.O. Scott wrote in his review for The Times, serves as “an organizing principle and a source of meaning, and a major reason that ‘Once Upon a Time’ is more than a baby-boomer edition of Trivial Pursuit brought to life.”
STEVEN UNIVERSE FUTURE 7 p.m. on Cartoon Network. Rebecca Sugar’s hit animated show “Steven Universe” ended last year, but it has already had a pair of postscripts: “Steven Universe: The Movie” and “Steven Universe Future,” an epilogue show that has explored Steven’s life after the end of the human-alien conflict covered by the original series. “Future” ends Friday night with a set of four short episodes.
Source: Television - nytimes.com
