What to stream: The Veil, Hacks and Welcome to Wrexham
The return of Hacks and a new Jerry Seinfeld movie are some of the new television, movies, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by the Associated Press’s entertainment journalists: New episodes of Behind the Music, Selena Gomez taking her cooking skills to restaurants and a video game for political junkies.
Movies
• Jerry Seinfeld has been very picky about his post-Seinfeld projects, but the comedian stars in, co-writes and directs the new Netflix comedy Unfrosted (out now). The film, an origin story for the Pop-Tart, is as stocked with comic talent as it is ridiculousness. Melissa McCarthy, Jim Gaffigan, Amy Schumer, Hugh Grant and many others co-star in Seinfeld’s satire of Kellogg’s and Post in a heated raced to create a new breakfast treat.
• If you missed The Holdovers, Alexander Payne’s Oscarwinning ’70s-set boarding school comic drama, the film arrived Monday on Prime Video. The film was nominated for five Oscars, including best actor for Paul Giamatti, and went home with one: best supporting actress for Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Giamatti stars as a curmudgeonly teacher tasked with watching a student (Dominic Sessa) over Christmas break. — Jake Coyle
Series
• The long-awaited third season of Hacks, starring Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder returned last week. The show picks up about a year after the finale of season two, with its two stars seemingly worlds apart. Smart’s Deborah Vance is at the top of her stand-up game in Las Vegas and Einbinder’s Ava is busy working as a writer in Los Angeles. The separation doesn’t last long as the two can’t seem to quit each other. Another reason to tune in? The comedic duo Paul W. Downs and Megan Stalter (playing agent Jimmy and his not at all trusty assistant, Kayla) have been bumped up to series regulars. The first two episodes of Hacks, season 3 are now out on Crave.
• Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds continue their grand experiment of owning a football club on season three of FX’s Welcome to Wrexham. We begin with a rewind to last summer –- with the Red Dragons on a high, touring America and enjoying the perks of upgrades to their facility. Welcome to Wrexham season 3 debuted last week on Disney+.
• While fans wait for the sixth and final season of The Handmaid’s Tale, a new Elisabeth Moss series called The Veil is streaming on Disney+. The series takes place in the high-stakes world of international espionage with Moss portraying a MI6 agent. “I can change into anything, become 100 strangers,” Moss says in the show’s trailer.
• We watched Selena Gomez learn to cook over Zoom for four seasons of Selena + Chef, and now she’s ready to say Yes, Chef! in restaurant kitchens. In her new Food Network series Selena + Restaurant, Gomez and her bestie Raquelle Stevens visit popular L.A.-area restaurants to try to create a dish that would make the menu. The show is now on Food Network and streams on Crave.