Reviews: The Morning Show, Blue Bayou, and Best Sellers

On this episode of Why Watch That:

TV SNEAK PEEK

The Morning Show

Website: Apple TV+

MOVIE SNEAK PEEKS

Best Sellers

Website: Screen Media

Synopsis: Lucy Standbridge (Aubrey Plaza) has inherited her father's publishing house, and the ambitious would-be editor has nearly sunk it with failing titles. She discovers she is owed a book by Harris Shaw (Michael Caine), a reclusive, cantankerous, booze-addled author who originally put the company on the map decades earlier. In a last-ditch effort to save the company, Lucy and Harris release his new book and embark on a book tour from hell that changes them both in ways they didn't expect.

Release Date: Available in theaters and on demand September 17, 2021

Directed by: Lina Roessler

Screenplay by: Anthony Greico

Starring: Sir Michael Caine, Aubrey Plaza, Ellen Wong, Scott Speedman, and Cary Elwes

Distributor: Screen Media Films

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Not Rated 

Blue Bayou

Website: Official Site

Synopsis: An official selection of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival from award-winning writer/director Justin Chon, Blue Bayou is the moving and timely story of a uniquely American family fighting for their future. Antonio LeBlanc (Chon), a Korean adoptee raised in a small town in the Louisiana bayou, is married to the love of his life Kathy (Alicia Vikander) and step-dad to their beloved daughter Jessie. Struggling to make a better life for his family, he must confront the ghosts of his past when he discovers that he could be deported from the only country he has ever called home.

Release Date: In theaters September 17, 2021

Directed by: Justin Chon

Screenplay by: Justin Chon

Starring: Justin Chon, Alicia Vikander, Mark O'Brien, Linh Dan Pham, and Emory Cohen

Distributor: Focus Features

Genre: Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 52 minutes 

Rated R

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