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What to Watch: Notable New TV Series and Movies

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Film critic Chris Nashawaty recommends the top movies and TV shows for grownups this spring

Image of young Michael Jackson singing and dancing along with Jackson 5

MICHAEL

In theaters April 24

This sweeping biopic traces Michael Jackson’s complicated life, from growing up under the same roof as an emotionally distant and physically abusive father (played by two-time Oscar nominee Colman Domingo, 56) to finding fame as the pint-size front man of the Jackson 5 to becoming the biggest star on the planet with the 1982 megahit Thriller and beyond.


Still from Margo’s Got Money Trouble

MARGO’S GOT MONEY TROUBLES

On Apple TV April 15

This series tells the story of a cash-strapped single mom (A Complete Unknown’s Elle Fanning). Created by David E. Kelley (Boston Legal, Big Little Lies), it also features Nicole Kidman, 58, Nick Offerman, 55, and Michelle Pfeiffer, 67, as Margo’s ex-Hooters-waitress mom.


Image of Anna Hathway and Maryl Streep standing in the elevator

THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2

In theaters May 1

Meryl Streep, 76, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt return for this fashion-​forward sequel to the deliciously witty 2006 smash. This time, Streep’s haughty magazine editor in chief faces the decline of print journalism.


Still from Malcome In the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair

MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE: LIFE’S STILL UNFAIR

On Hulu April 10

In this four-episode revival of the beloved dysfunctional-family sitcom that ran on Fox from 2000 to 2006, star Frankie Muniz (still boyish at 40) is back. So are his on-screen mom and dad, Jane Kaczmarek, 70, and Bryan Cranston, 70. The new story revolves around Muniz’s Malcolm returning home (with his daughter!). High jinks must ensue.


Still from Window’s Bay. Matthew Rhys is sitting at a wooden desk, clutching a leather folder and looking distantly into space

WIDOW’S BAY

On Apple TV April 29

Fans of The Americans should find plenty to satisfy their Matthew Rhys sweet tooth in this new 10-episode series about a mayor trying to breathe new life into his sleepy New England island community by turning it into a tourist destination. Problem is, the superstitious locals are convinced the place is cursed. All of this spells trouble as those hoped-for vacationers start pouring in. Widow’s Bay looks promising, especially since Emmy winner Rhys, 51, is an ace at balancing horror and comedy.


Still from the show the The Testaments

THE TESTAMENTS

On Hulu April 8

Less than a year after The Handmaid’s Tale finale, this spin-off series brings viewers back to Gilead. Set 15 years later, it focuses on a new generation of repressed women, one of whom is played by Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another). But Handmaid’s scene-stealing Aunt Lydia (Ann Dowd, 70) returns.

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