Re: Selected programming for May 1-4, 2025

On Sat, 3 May 2025 13:51:35 -0700, "Ian J. Ball" <ijball@mac.invalid>
wrote:

On 5/3/25 11:10 AM, Robin Miller wrote:
>

RM: The completion of the week. It's late, but the best I could do this
week.
 
 
 
         Thursday, May 1
 
 
     Streaming:
 

The Comeback Trail       (movie; streaming premiere)       (3:01 am,
Paramount+)
 
A film producer who owes money to a mobster tries to "accidentally" kill
his aging movie star for an insurance scam so he can payoff his debt,
but he begins to realize that the movie they're shooting is a
masterpiece in the making. 2020 film starring Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee
Jones and Morgan Freeman; 1h 44m.
 
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5420210/
[rating 5.7]

>
Meh.

Eh, it at least has a good cast.

     Broadcast and cable:
 
 

>

         Sunday, May 4
 
 
         Streaming:
 
 
Star Wars: Tales of the Underworld           [new; complete limited
series]         (3:01 am, Disney+)
 
Six new Star Wars animated shorts stream today.

>
I'm hoping Arthur will watch this, and report back.
>

Just checked out the first episode. It's worth watching. Good back
story and action with decent voice acting. The animation style is off
putting but that's been their thing for a while.