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Nia Long and Larenz Tate in 1997 "Love Jones".

What to watch this Valentine’s Day

From "Love Life" to "True Romance," we've rounded up 11 films and TV shows to stream this weekend for Valentine's Day. "Love Life" "Love Life" is a must-binge this weekend....
Even with Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan front and center, little in the trailer of "The Dig" seemed particularly promising,? I gave it a go and it's good. Some of it's true, too: Along the east coast of Britain in 1939, with war clouds looming, self-taught Suffolk archeologist Basil Brown was hired by ailing widow Edith Pretty to discover if anything of value lay beneath the earth mounds on her property. There was indeed, and the remains and artifacts of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship stunned the world. Fiennes is Basil; Mulligan is Edith; around the halfway point of director Simon Stone's film, the focus (for better or worse) shifts to others in the orbit of the excavation effort, particularly characters played by Lily James and Johnny Flynn. Based on the 2007 novel by John Preston, "The Dig" freely mixes fact and invention, overloading the crises a bit but generally succeeding. A fair amount of screenwriter Moira Buffini's dialogue plays out as Terrence Malick-styled voiceover, while the camera focuses on the stark beauty of the surroundings, and men and women actually doing the work. The results are trim, well-made and quite moving. So much for my prejudgments. (Netflix) — Michael Phillips

What we’re watching: January 15

Wondering what to watch this weekend? Check out our weekly film and TV recommendations. We want to know what you're streaming, too. Tell us about it @ChiTribEnt on Twitter or...
Even with Ralph Fiennes and Carey Mulligan front and center, little in the trailer of "The Dig" seemed particularly promising,? I gave it a go and it's good. Some of it's true, too: Along the east coast of Britain in 1939, with war clouds looming, self-taught Suffolk archeologist Basil Brown was hired by ailing widow Edith Pretty to discover if anything of value lay beneath the earth mounds on her property. There was indeed, and the remains and artifacts of a sixth-century Anglo-Saxon burial ship stunned the world. Fiennes is Basil; Mulligan is Edith; around the halfway point of director Simon Stone's film, the focus (for better or worse) shifts to others in the orbit of the excavation effort, particularly characters played by Lily James and Johnny Flynn. Based on the 2007 novel by John Preston, "The Dig" freely mixes fact and invention, overloading the crises a bit but generally succeeding. A fair amount of screenwriter Moira Buffini's dialogue plays out as Terrence Malick-styled voiceover, while the camera focuses on the stark beauty of the surroundings, and men and women actually doing the work. The results are trim, well-made and quite moving. So much for my prejudgments. (Netflix) — Michael Phillips

What we’re watching: Jan. 8

Wondering what to watch this weekend? Check out our weekly film and TV recommendations. We want to know what you're streaming, too. Tell us about it @ChiTribEnt on Twitter or...
In this video grab captured on Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, RuPaul Charles from "RuPaul's Drag Race" accepts the award for outstanding competition program during the 72nd Emmy Awards broadcast.

The best tweets from the 2020 Emmys

We knew it wasn't going to be a normal Emmy Awards ceremony with Jimmy Kimmel hosting and all of the stars watching from home. But there were quite a ew...