This week’s list of recommendations for the weekend features an off-beat film from the hilarious mind of Seth Rogen, a fictionalized retelling of the Rob Ford scandal and a new
Star Trek series sure to delight all Trekkies.
An American PickleSeth Rogen does double duty as the star of the new HBO Max Original Comedy
An American Pickle. Told over the course of a century, the quirky flick follows an immigrant worker at a pickle factory in the 1900s who is accidentally preserved in a barrel of pickle brine and wakes up in modern-day Brooklyn. Rogen plays both Herschel Greenbaum, an Ashkenazi Jew from the old country who finds himself a fish out of water when he wakes up in 2020, and Ben Greenbaum, a shy and mild-mannered computer programmer and Herchel’s only surviving relative. Rogen is also joined by
Succession star and 2020 Emmy nominee, Sarah Snook in this briny tale is based on a Simon Rich story. Stream
An American Pickle on Crave today.
Run This TownA brewing scandal, a bizarre Jimmy Kimmel appearance and a secret video of the mayor smoking crack cocaine to finally bring him down. It sounds like a movie plot but it’s the actual story of Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford’s last two years in office.
Run This Town offers a fictionalized account of the madness from the points of view of the young staffers at City Hall and a cub newspaper reporter caught in the whirlwind that was Rob Ford's mayoralty. With an all-star cast of Canadians including Nina Dobrev and Aladdin himself, Mena Massoud, alongside Ben Platt and Damian Lewis, the movie hits close to home while offering a new perspective. You can catch
Run This Town on Crave today.[video_embed id='1916906']RELATED: How 'Run This Town' stars Nina Dobrev and Mena Massoud first reacted to the Rob Ford scandal[/video_embed]Hidden Gem:
Star Trek: Lower DecksHave you ever wondered what happens below the captain’s deck? In a change of tone for the long-standing sci-fi series,
Star Trek: Lower Decks is a comedic, animated adventure series following the support crew of one of Starfleet’s lesser known ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos. Throughout the series, the hopeful lower deck staff comedically struggle to keep up with their duties while exploring familiar Star Trek universe. The series includes the voices of Tawny Newsome, whom you may recognize from
Spaceforce, Jack Quaid (The Hunger Games) and Noël Wells (
Master of None). You can catch the first episode of
Star Trek: Lower Deck on Crave today, with new episodes dropping every Thursday.
