Best films and TV series (June 14-16)

Clockwise from top: House of the Dragon, The young, BridgertonAnd Inside Out 2.
Photo illustration: Vulture; Photos: Ollie Upton/HBO, Pixar/Disney, Liam Daniel/Netflix, Jasper Savage/Prime Video

This weekend’s releases make me feel like Nicole Kidman is in The Stepford Wives when she speaks as if she had taken coke and listened brat for the first time. Like Nicole, I'm so excited and pumped up about this week. Pumped up, almost literally, because Westeros' most dysfunctional family returns on Sunday as the Dance of Dragons heats up. And speaking of pumped up: Bridgerton Season three ends this week with four final episodes, one of which features the main cast of the season breaking furniture. And speaking of broken furniture, I'm sure that happens in The young or at the Tonys sometime, right? Anyway, here are the best new movies and TV shows this week.

Pixar releasing a sequel to one of the most popular films in its catalog is no easy task. It's been nearly ten years since the original, but after exploring young Riley's feelings about moving, Inside Out 2 is now in puberty. Amy Poehler's joy and Phyllis Smith's sadness return, but with more complicated experiences come more emotions, such as fear (Maya Hawke), envy (Ayo Edebiri) and boredom (Adèle Exarchopoulos). —SS

I know you think you're going to spend the summer enjoying the warm weather and having barbecues, but be honest: You're really going to be inside, basking in the air conditioning and arguing with people online about the Machiavellian maneuvers Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) attempted in the latest episode of this series. game of Thrones Prequel. Hot dragon summer, baby! —Jen Chaney

➽ Do not worry, we will pick you up about all the dragons and incest.

Last month, Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington finally shared a smooch in a horse-drawn carriage. Since then, I've been impatiently waiting for the remaining four episodes of the season to come out, so forgive me, but I must excuse myself so I can find out if the two are going to get married and, if so, how Penelope is going to handle the whole Whistledown issue. —JC

➽ But have you heard extra-spicy audio descriptions?

Decades later new York Magazine author David Blum coined the phrase Brats, the brats fight back in a documentary by Andrew McCarthy. Blum has revisited the nickname on our pages to list his “notebook full of examples of naughty behavior” and other reflections on the consequences. (Read more here.) —Eric Vilas-Boas

➽ Our critic Jen Chaney also “revises” the Brat Pack earlier this week.

If you have not checked out yet The young But starting with season four, you'll be immersed in a mind-blowing spectacle of violence, cynical, dark anti-corporate humor, and enough bodily fluids to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool. If you've already checked out The youngthen there is good news: it's back! —Kathryn VanArendonk

This series adaptation of the 1990 Harrison Ford film fits perfectly into your summer TV schedule: “I need a drama that basically does what I think it does.” Jake Gyllenhaal plays prosecutor Rusty Sabich with breathtaking intensity. (His eyes pop, and yours might too.) —KVA

Ariana DeBose will host the Tonys this year and unlike last year, she will have a script. Although we would much prefer if she had prepared a song. But at least there will be performances by Stereophonic, We roll along happily, Illinoisand more. —SS

Greetings to the fathers! Ultraman: On the rise is a Kaiju Action thriller about a superhero who accidentally hatches a monster egg. Without warning, he becomes a father and is as unprepared and ill-equipped as every other new parent you know. It's an absolutely perfect piece of Father's Day programming, directed by Shannon Tindle and John Aoshima. —EVB

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Can you Dev Patel's Monkey Man was almost a Netflix movie? Well, after a theatrical run, you can now watch it on Peacock. (Read more here.) —SS

➽ I have seen that I saw the TV light up is on VOD. Go look!

The girls like to talk, what can we say? Bridgerton As the second installment concludes the Lady Whistledown storyline, you may think of another notorious scandal writer (blogger), Gossip Girl. The original 2007 series airs on Max, so immerse yourself in the drama surrounding Blair, Serena, Chuck, Nate, and lonely boy Dan (played by singer Penn Badgley). —SS

Want more? Read our recommendations from the Weekend of June 7.