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from The Brainerd Dispatch TV Week February 23rd 2020

by Brainerd Dispatch and Echo Journal

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‘Better Call Saul’ is back on AMC

By Kyla Brewer TV Media

Television has evolved. With entire series available at the touch of a button through on-demand and streaming services, TV fans don’t need to wait to be entertained. Still, some things are worth waiting for. After a long hiatus, everyone’s favorite “criminal” lawyer is headed back to prime time.

Bob Odenkirk (“Mr. Show With Bob and David”) returns as Jimmy McGill, aka Saul Goodman, in the two-night season premiere of “Better Call Saul,” beginning Sunday and continuing Monday, Feb. 23 and 24, on AMC. The character famously originated in AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and proved so popular that Odenkirk was given his own show, which serves as a prequel to the previous series.

Goodman’s origin story continues in the new season of “Better Call Saul,” which follows Jimmy/Saul as

Mike Ermantraut (Jonathan Banks, “Breaking Bad”) is also back this season. The cantankerous former cop finds himself on the oth er side of the law as he works for underworld figure Gustavo Fring (Giancarlo Esposito, “The Mandal orian”). Both Fring and Ermantraut were main characters who met their demise in “Breaking Bad.”

Fans have been waiting a long time for new episodes of “Saul.”

The Season 4 finale aired in October 2018, and fans will likely be expect ing a big payoff for their patience. By all accounts, Odenkirk appears to think that they will be satisfied with “Better Call Saul’s” 10-epi sode fifth season. At the 2020 Winter Television Critics Associa tion Press Tour, the actor said that the new season would be “bigger.” faster in Season 5,” he said. “More happens. It’s a bigger season. The

Late Laughs

Conan Popeye’s chicken is coming out with its own line of clothing. The clothes come in small, medium, large and “oh you must eat at Popeye’s.”

Our Best Deals Are Ready To Roll

Instead of just my dad walking me down the aisle, both my parents walk with me — I can’t think of anything more romantic than the sound of my mom and dad arguing.

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It’s totally normal to leave some clumps of hair behind when you shower, but after I take a shower, it looks like

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

There was an impeachment bombshell that just came out, and it could possibly bring down Trump’s presidency, or as

Congrats to Billie Eilish for winning five Grammys — she’s feeling so happy and upbeat now, she has no idea how

Super Bowl LIV is on Sunday! So many exciting questions: Who will win? Who will lose? Most importantly, who will take the hint when the game’s over, it’s time to leave my

Not only is the Super Bowl on Sunday, it’s also Groundhog Day. Things are going to be a little different this year. Now, if the groundhog sees his shadow, it means six more weeks

By Jessica Gosse TV Media

WHAT’S NEW ON NETFLIX

“I

Am Not Okay With This”

Based on the graphic novel of the same name by Charles Forsman, this new coming of age series premieres Wednesday, Feb. 26. Sophia Lillis (“Sharp Objects”) stars as Sydney, an awkward teenage girl facing the difficulties of high school, including being (secretly) in love with her best friend, Dina (Sofia Bryant, “The Code”), and dealing with issues within her family. As if being a teenager isn’t hard enough, Sydney’s life gets even more complicated when she starts exhibiting telekinetic powers that flare up at the worst possible moments. Luckily, she has Dina as well as her neighbor and other best friend, Stanley Barber (Wyatt Oleff, “It,” 2017), to help her figure things out.

“Followers”

Don’t miss the premiere of this Japanese Netflix original series on Thursday, Feb. 27. The show revolves around two very different women living in Tokyo whose lives begin to overlap. Limi Nara (Miki Nakatani, “Ghost Writer”) is a fashion photographer who, despite having fame and an extremely successful career, still wants more. At almost 40 years old, she wants to be a mother. On the other side of things is Natsume Hyakuta (Elaiza Ikeda, “Room Laundering”), a young aspiring actress and model whose career is floundering. Despite being confident and making assurances that she will raise the child alone, Limi struggles to find a man willing to father her child. Meanwhile, after Limi photographs Natsume and posts the photo on Instagram, Natsume’s career begins to take off, but her confidence and sense of self-worth is drastically affected by how many followers she has and what they say in their comments.

“All The Bright Places”

Finch (Justice Smith, “The Get Down”) and Violet (Elle Fanning, “Mary Shelley,” 2017) seem to have nothing in common in this poignant film that debuts Friday, Feb. 28, on Netflix. She’s a cheerleader, super popular and on student council, while he is obsessed with death and is considered a freak by most of his classmates. But when they run into each other at the top of the school’s bell tower, both intending to jump, they bond and talk each other down. The pair become friends as Violet tells Finch about her survivors guilt and how she feels responsible for the car accident that killed her sister, and Finch tells Violet about his depression and suicidal thoughts.

WHAT’S NEW ON PRIME

“Run the Race” (2019) new vicar has come to Grantchester: Rev. Will Davenport (Tom Brittney, “UnREAL”). Davenport is not your average vicar — he’s young, has a love for rock music and rides a motorcycle. Season 4 features shifting dynamics as Davenport begins working with Keating and Chambers.

Former football star Tim Tebow takes on a new role as producer of this high school football film coming to Prime on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Brothers Zach (Tanner Stine, “Impulse”) and Dave (Evan Hofer, “Dwight in Shining Armor”) haven’t had an easy life — their mother died when they were young and their dad (Kristoffer Polaha, “Ringer”) walked out on them — but the one thing they have going for them is that Zach is the star football player at their school. When Zach finds out he’s being scouted by the University of Florida for a scholarship, he sees it as a ticket out of their dead-end town, but his dream is shattered when he is injured while at a party and is unable to play football. Zach is convinced his chance to get out is gone until his coach (Mykelti Williamson, “Chicago P.D.”) tells him they give scholarships for track, and both brothers set out to earn themselves track scholarships.

WHAT’S NEW ON HULU

“Grantchester” Season 4

Meet the newest vicar in Grantchester when Season 4 of this popular drama (based on the books by Jame Runcie) debuts on Prime on Tuesday, Feb. 25. Set in the 1950s, the series stars James Norton (“Happy Valley”) as Sidney Chambers, an Anglican vicar and war veteran who begins sleuthing after a woman begs him to look into a death that was ruled a suicide. Chambers eventually begins working with Det. Geordie Keating (Robson Green, “Strike Back”). The two make an unlikely duo, with Chambers being extremely charming and Keating being extremely grumpy, but they go on to solve many local cases. The end of Season 3 saw Chambers lose faith in the church and hand in his resignation. He had plans to move to London but ended up staying instead. Now, a

“After the Wedding” (2019) This emotional drama based on a 2006 Danish film comes to Hulu on Friday, Feb. 28. Michelle Williams (“Fosse/Verdon”) stars as Isabel Andersen, who runs an orphanage in Calcutta and travels to New York City to meet with a potential benefactor. When she arrives, she meets Theresa Young (Julianne Moore, “Still Alice,” 2014), who explains that she is selling her company and wants to donate millions of dollars to the orphanage on the condition that Isabel attends her daughter Grace’s (Abby Quinn, “Little Women,” 2019) wedding the next day. Isabel is shocked when she realizes that Theresa’s husband, Oscar (Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”), is her ex-boyfriend, and Grace is, in fact, the child they had given up for adoption. Theresa denies having any knowledge of Isabel’s relation to her family and insists she stay in New York to get to know Grace, but the more time Isabel spends with Theresa’s family, the more she begins to question Theresa’s motives.

WHAT’S NEW ON DISNEY PLUS

“Shop Class”

Justin Long (“F Is for Family”) gets creative as he hosts this new competition series, premiering Friday, Feb. 28, on Disney Plus. Proving that children are the future, teams of students from all over go head to head as they design and build a variety of contraptions and gadgets in this series. A panel of experts is then brought in to grade their work on not just design and engineering but also function. While all these students are clearly brilliant, only one team can be named Shop Class Champions.

Knives Out

When celebrated mystery writer Harlan Thrombey (Plummer) dies under mysterious circumstances not dissimilar to a plot in his own crime novels, private detective Benoit Blanc (Craig) is tasked by an anonymous party to investigate the old man’s untimely demise. After learning that several members of Harlan’s immediate family, including his own children and grandchildren, had motive to murder him, Benoit Blanc sets out to navigate the family’s complicated and strained relationships and to uncover the truth behind the patriarch’s death.

Director:RianJohnson.Stars:DanielCraig,ChrisEvans,AnadeArmas,JamieLeeCurtis,Michael Shannon,DonJohnson.2019.131 mins.Comedy.

Frozen II

Three years after her coronation, Queen Elsa (Menzel) begins to hear a mysterious voice calling to her from beyond Arendelle. After following the voice, Elsa unintentionally awakens the elemental spirits of earth, fire, water and air, and the people of Arendelle are forced to leave their homes for their own safety. Along with Anna (Bell), Kristoff (Groff) and Olaf (Gad), Elsa sets out for an enchanted forest she learned about as a girl, and meets a new cast of characters that she hopes will help her lift a longstanding enchantment and learn the origin of her own magical powers.

Directors:ChrisBuck,JenniferLee. Stars:KristenBell,IdinaMenzel, JoshGad,JonathanGroff,Sterling K.Brown,EvanRachelWood,AlfredMolina,MarthaPlimpton,JasonRitter,JeremySisto.2019.103 mins.Animation.

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