What’s worth your time in TV and movies this weekend?
Strange In the Multiverse of Madnessreview.
But isn’t that the story of 2022?
Xochitl Gomez, Benedict Wong, and Benedict Cumberbatch in ‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’.Marvel Studios
And Vartolomei is a tricky protagonist, prickly and emotionally opaque for much of the movie.
The new tunes aren’t as catchy.
All the jokes aboutBusy Philipps' Summer seem like softball celebrity-Christian gags from 2007.
Anamaria Vartolomei in ‘Happening’.Everett Collection
The nostalgic perspective can be sharp, observing how the characters were both victimsandbeneficiaries of early 2000s shallowness.
(A flashback to theirPunk’d-style prank show is especially vicious.)
But too often the show settles for goofy sentiment, oversimplifying the group’s complex friendships.
Melanie Lynskey and Jessica Biel in ‘Candy’.Tina Rowden/Hulu
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder in ‘Hacks’.Karen Ballard/HBO Max
Paula Pell, Sara Bareilles, Renée Elise Goldsberry, and Busy Philipps on ‘Girls5eva’.Heidi Gutman/Peacock
