The Old Man

2022 - 6 - 17

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What to stream this weekend: 'The Old Man,' 'Summer I Turned Pretty' (UPI.com)

Among other highlights this weekend, Netflix will air the film, The Martha Mitchell Effect, featuring documentary footage of the Cabinet wife, known as "Martha ...

It will premiere on Friday. The film is based on the Jenny Han novel of the same name. Han is also known for the To All the Boys book series. It will stream on Saturday on Hulu. Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award winner and Oscar winner Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart), who has recently gone through health scares with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, and COVID-19, stars as Dan Chase, a man who has absconded from the CIA decades ago and is living off the grid, but is driven out of hiding and must reconcile with his past. It will premiere on Friday. She was the wife of John Mitchell, who served as U.S. attorney general during Nixon's first term and later transitioned to working on his re-election campaign. 'The Ledge' -- Hulu

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Keeping an Eye on The Old Man's Dogs (Vulture)

If I asked you whether your favorite character in FX's The Old Man was Jeff Bridges's grizzled former CIA operative Dan Chase or John Lithgow's grizzled FBI ...

Later that night, the dogs end up in the midst of a real dustup when Chase confronts two CIA operatives — they come to his aid with a whistle and chomp a guy! But their addition to the cast also creates a great deal of tension for those of us who would rather be in a minor car accident with no injuries than see a good dog die on screen. Chase brings these dogs everywhere: restaurants, apartment rentals, gun fights with much younger CIA dudes — and they are very good in each scenario, yes they are!

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