A Time-Traveling Elisabeth Moss and a Putin-Defying Russian

A Time-Traveling Elisabeth Moss and a Putin-Defying Russian No images? [Click here]( ID=167008;size=700x180;setID=556351;uid={EMAIL}5779161; ID=167008;size=600x111;setID=491988;uid={EMAIL}5779161; [- - -] [TheWrap - SPRING TV WATCH LIST] Week of April 23 – 29 This week we’ve got a ton of brand-new content, from a prestige Apple TV+ thriller featuring a time traveling serial killer to the real-life tales of Watergate, Navalny, the Holocaust, and the making of “The Godfather.” Plus, we say goodbye to the longest-running Netflix original comedy series. As you can tell, this is a lot! On with the television! [Premiere of the week] “Shining Girls”Friday, April 29, Apple TV+ Photo: Apple TV+ “Shining Girls,” based on the novel by South African author Lauren Beukes, has an ingenious premise. Jamie Bell plays a time-traveling serial killer who targets special young women (the “shining girls” of the title). In the 1980s, he leaves one girl standing, who then decides to hunt him down. Of course, that girl is Elisabeth Moss, who through roles on “Mad Men,” “Top of the Lake” and “Handmaid’s Tale” (not to mention big screen turns in “The Invisible Man,” “Us” and “Shirley”), has become one of the most exciting and emotionally acute performers working today. If anybody can make the oversize narrative feel alive and real, it’s Moss. [[TEASER](] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=492280;uid={EMAIL}5779161; [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Grace and Frankie”Friday, April 29, Netflix Photo: Netflix Touted earlier this week during the Netflix earnings report as the longest-running Netflix original comedy series, “Grace and Frankie” started back in 2015 and will have run for more than 80 episodes by the time it wraps up. Pretty impressive, especially considering Netflix’s proclivity to drop original series after a couple of seasons, no matter how talked-about or watched they are. (“Mindhunter,” we miss you!) If you’ve never seen the series, it stars national treasures Lily Tomlin and Jane Fonda, who become BFFs after their respective husbands (played by Sam Waterston and Martin Sheen) fall in love with each other. Of course, within this outwardly cutesy set-up there was some real drama, and as the years went on the appreciation for the Marta Kauffman-created series grew. They will be missed! [[TRAILER](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “The Survivor”Wednesday, April 27 at 8 p.m., HBO [The Survivor] Photo: HBO Barry Levinson, the celebrated filmmaker behind “Diner” and “Rain Man,” has had a late-career second wind directing prestige made-for-TV movies like “Paterno,” “You Don’t Know Jack,” “The Wizard of Lies” and now “The Survivor,” which, like the earlier films, is made for HBO. “The Survivor” is another real-life story, this time following Harry Haft (played by Ben Foster), a survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp who boxed fellow inmates to survive. While the subject matter might sound incredibly solemn, we’re sure that Levinson can weave an uplifting story out of it about the nature of hope and survival. The all-star supporting cast includes Danny DeVito, Vicky Krieps, Billy Magnussen, Peter Sarsgaard and John Leguizamo. At the very least we’ll get a good cry out of it. [[REVIEW](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Navalny”Sunday, April 24 at 9 p.m., CNN [Navalny] Photo: CNN/HBO This new documentary focuses on Alexei Navalny, the Russian opposition leader who was poisoned with a toxic nerve agent — with an investigation pointing to Vladimir Putin’s Federal Security Service (the successor to the KGB). The story is harrowing, as the politician hopscotched around hospitals in a fight for his life. “Navalny” director Daniel Roher has described it as “the story of one man and his struggle with an authoritarian regime.” (Could there be a timelier documentary?) The film premiered earlier this year at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Festival Favorite Award and the Audience Award for the U.S. Documentary Competition. Expect it to stream on HBO Max before too long as well. [[TRAILER](] [- - -] ID=167008;size=300x250;setID=492280;uid={EMAIL}5779161; [Premiere of the week] “Gravity Falls”Disney+ [Gravity Falls] Photo: Disney There’s a lot of heavy subject matter on this week’s list, so why not lighten things up with “Gravity Falls,” a kind of “Twin Peaks” for kids that ran on the Disney Channel? Creator Alex Hirsch ingeniously packs each episode with so much information (visual cues, cyphers, allusions) that it can sometimes feel like an animated scavenger hunt (in a good way). By the time you reach the early Season 1 episode “The Time Traveler’s Pig,” you will start to notice hidden details and realize that there is a grand design to “Gravity Falls,” and one that’s wildly ambitious. Performers Jason Ritter, Kristen Schaal, J.K. Simmons and Hirsch himself bring these colorful characters to vibrant life. And the show’s singular design aesthetic is always a thrill. Also, it’s just delightful and funny. It might be the most flawless 40 episodes of animated television ever. [[WATCH](] [- - -] [Premiere of the week] “Gaslit”Sunday, April 24 @ 8 p.m., StarzReady to revisit the Watergate scandal? “Gaslit,” based on the Slate original podcast “Slow Burn,” has a ridiculously starry cast, including Julia Roberts (as Martha Mitchell), Sean Penn (as John Mitchell), Dan Stevens (as John Dean), Shea Whigham (as G. Gordon Liddy), along with Betty Gilpin, Alison Tolman, Chris Messina, Hamish Linklater, Patton Oswalt and Nat Faxon. And yes, we love seeing celebrities play famous historical figures but this could be a great new take on some well-worn material, especially since its executive produced by “Mr. Robot” creator Sam Esmail). [[TRAILER](] “Barry”Sunday, April 24 at 10 p.m., HBO“Barry” is back (finally). The last episode of the HBO dark comedy aired almost three years ago. But that hasn’t done anything to lessen our excitement for the series that stars Bill Hader (who also co-created and often writes and directs the show) as a reformed hitman attempting to live his life as a struggling actor in Los Angeles. Remember that at the end of last season Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler) realized that Barry really is a killer. Where does the show go from here? Early promotional materials suggest that there could be a showdown between Barry and Gene. Can you imagine? Bring it on! [[REVIEW](] “We Own This City”Monday, April 25 at 9 p.m., HBOThe latest project from “The Wire” creator David Simon and frequent collaborator and novelist George P. Pelecanos is once again set in Baltimore. Based on the nonfiction book by Baltimore Sun writer Justin Fenton, “We Own This City” is based on the development and implementation of Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force, a unit riddled with corruption and racketeering. All six episodes are directed by “King Richard” director Reinaldo Marcus Green and the cast includes Jon Berenthal, Wunmi Mosaku and Treat Williams. Excited yet? [[TRAILER](] “The Offer”Thursday, April 28, Paramount+Just in time for the 50th anniversary of the first “Godfather” film, this Paramount+ original miniseries follows the making of the masterpiece, with Miles Teller as film producer Albert Ruddy, Matthew Goode as Paramount exec and producer Robert Evans and Dan Folger as director Francis Ford Coppola. (The cast also includes Juno Temple, Colin Hanks, Burn Gorman and Giovanni Ribisi.) Partially directed and executive produced by “Rocketman” filmmaker Dexter Fletcher, “The Offer” could be some campy fun as well as an illuminating look at the creation of a cinematic classic. [[TRAILER](] “Under the Banner of Heaven”Thursday, April 28, HuluBased on the bestselling nonfiction book by “Into Thin Air” author Jon Krakauer, “Under the Banner of Heaven” uses a real-life murder within the Mormon Church to investigate the religion’s history of violence. (The book is shocking and absolutely riveting.) Andrew Garfield, as the detective investigating the case, leads an all-star cast that also includes Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sam Worthington, Wyatt Russell and Rory Culkin. And the behind-the-scenes talent is just as impressive – the limited series is written by “Milk” scribe Dustin Lance Black and directed, in part, by “Hell or High Water” filmmaker David Mackenzie. 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