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In theaters November 3, 2017LBJAfter powerful Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson (Woody Harrelson) loses the 1960Democratic presidential nomination to Senator John F. Kennedy (Jeffrey Donovan), he agrees to be his young rival’s running mate. But once they win the election, despite his extensive legislative experience and shrewd political instincts, Johnson finds himself sidelined in the role of vice president. That all changes on Nov. 22, 1963, when Kennedy is assassinated and Johnson, with his devoted wife Lady Bird (Jennifer Jason Leigh) by his side, is suddenly thrust into the presidency. As the nation mourns, Johnson must contend with longtime adversary Attorney General Bobby Kennedy (Michael Stahl-David) and one-time mentor Georgia Senator Richard Russell (Richard Jenkins) as he seeks to honor JFK’s legacy by championing the historic Civil Rights Act of 1964.Starring: Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Rich Sommer, Bill Pullman, C. Thomas Howell, Jeffrey Donovan and Richard JenkinsWritten by:

Wednesday, 10/11:Dynasty (s1, CW)A modernized reboot of the 1980s primetime soap follows two of America's wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children. Told primarily through the perspectives of two women at odds -- Fallon Carrington, daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington; and her soon-to-be stepmother, Cristal, a Hispanic woman marrying into the WASP family -- "Dynasty" not only features the glitz and gloss of extreme wealth, but also exposes the dark underbelly of a corrupt world built on backroom deals. Tuesday, 10/24:Wanted (seasons 1 & 2 now available, Netflix)Polar-opposite strangers Lola and Chelsea become partners on the run when they witness a murder involving dirty cops and are framed for the crime. Friday, 10/27:Blindspot (s3, NBC)When Jane Doe is found naked in Times Square with her memory erased and her body covered in fresh tattoos, Agent Kurt Weller and his FBI team are instantly drawn to the case. Together,

Wednesday, 10/11:Mr. Robot (s3, USA)Young, anti-social computer programmer Elliot works as a cybersecurity engineer during the day, but at night he is a vigilante hacker. He is recruited by the mysterious leader of an underground group of hackers to join their organization. Elliot's task? Help bring down corporate America, including the company he is paid to protect, which presents him with a moral dilemma. Although he works for a corporation, his personal beliefs make it hard to resist the urge to take down the heads of multinational companies that he believes are running -- and ruining -- the world. Friday, 10/13:Mindhunter (s1, Netflix)Mindhunter is an American crime drama web television series created by Joe Penhall, based on the true crime book Mind Hunter: Inside the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit written by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker. Sunday, 10/15:Good Behavior (s2, TNT)Based on the Letty Dobesh books by Blake Crouch, the seductive thriller "Good Behavior" centers on con artist Letty R

Sunday, 10/1:Wisdom of the Crowd (s1, CBS)Driven by a need to find his daughter's killer, Silicon Valley tech innovator Jeffrey Tanner takes crowdsourcing to a new level, creating a digital platform for people around the world to publicly share and evaluate evidence for criminal investigations. He uses the software as the foundation to launch a new company with a staff of passionate specialists -- including the original police officer who searched for his daughter's killer -- ultimately managing to revolutionize crime solving in the San Francisco Bay area. Sunday, 10/1:Poldark (s3, PBS)This all-new version of the vintage Masterpiece series stars Aidan Turner as Capt. Ross Poldark, a redcoat returning to Cornwall after the American Revolutionary War, only to find his father dead and his true love about to marry someone else. A Mammoth Screen production, the series is packed with action, adventure and romance. Also featured are Eleanor Tomlinson as servant Demelza, Warren Clarke as Uncle Charles, and Heida

In Theaters October 27, 2017NovitiateSet in the early 1960s and during the era of Vatican II, a young woman in training to become a nun struggles with issues of faith, the changing church and sexuality.Starring: Margaret Qualley, Dianna Agron, Morgan Saylor, Melissa LeoDirected by: Margaret BettsWritten by: Margaret BettsProduced by: Jessica Betts, Carole Peterman, Celine Rattray, Trudie tylerCinematography: Kat WestergaardDistributed by: Sony Pictures ClassicRuntime: 123 minutes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Critic and The Referee are back with part two of the fall TV shows everyone is talking about. Listen in and find out if these shows should be on your list to watch this season! Empire (s4, FOX)Hip-hop artist and CEO of Empire Entertainment, Lucious Lyon, has always ruled unchallenged, but a medical diagnosis predicts he will be incapacitated in three years, which prompts the sharks to circle. Without further damaging his family, he must decide which of his three sons will take over. His favorite, young Hakeem, is a gifted musician but values fame over hard work. Middle son, Jamal, is talented and shy but gay -- embarrassing to Lyon. The oldest, Andre, is business-minded but lacks charisma. The reappearance of Cookie, his ex-wife, complicates things; she says he owes her for taking the fall for the drug-running that financed his early career. Grey’s Anatomy (s14, ABC)The medical drama series focuses on a group of doctors at a hospital in Seattle, including several who began their careers at

 The Critic and The Referee are back with part one of a two part discussion on the fall TV shows everyone is talking about. Listen in and find out if these shows should be on your list to watch!Outlander (s3, Starz)After serving as a British Army nurse in World War II, Claire Randall is enjoying a second honeymoon in Scotland with husband Frank, an MI6 officer looking forward to a new career as an Oxford historian. Suddenly, Claire is transported to 1743 and into a mysterious world where her freedom and life are threatened. To survive, she marries Jamie Fraser, a strapping Scots warrior with a complicated past and a disarming sense of humor. A passionate relationship ensues, and Claire is caught between two vastly different men in two inharmonious lives. "Outlander" is adapted from the best-selling books by Diana Gabaldon.Fear the Walking Dead (s3, FX)There's a sign of the apocalypse in Los Angeles, where reports of a strange flu and the disappearance of people underscore this gritty drama, a preque

The Fall TV season has picked up, and "The Critic" and "The Referee" are back to let you know what’s happening in TV land.Premiered Sunday, 8/6:Ray Donovan (s5, Showtime)Ray Donovan is a "fixer" for Hollywood's elite. He is the go-to guy that the city's celebrities, athletes and business moguls call to make their problems disappear. It's a much more lucrative job than his previous work as a ruthless South Boston thug, vaulting him within reach of the truly wealthy and powerful. But no amount of money or the expensive things it can buy can completely mask Ray's past, a past that continues to haunt him with troubled brothers always calling and his father's recent release from 20 years spent in prison. Now a free man, Ray's father, Mickey, arrives in Los Angeles to get what he feels is rightfully his. Mickey's desire to reconnect and settle old scores with his family -- including Ray's wife and kids, who have never met the family's patriarch and are anxious to get to know him -- threatens to destroy everything R

The 55th New York Film Festival took place September 28th and ran through – October 15th, 2017 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Why Watch That was there to cover it. Check out "The Critics" final thoughts on the film festival and the last few films he had the opportunity to catch. Wonderstruck (Currently in theaters)Ben and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out on quests that unfold with mesmerizing symmetry.Starring: Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Millicent SimmondsDirected by: Todd HaynesProduced by: Pamela Koffler, John Sloss, Christine VachonCinematography by: Edward LachmanDistributed by: Amazon Studios, Roadside AttractionsRuntime: 117 minutes  Lady BirdIn Lady

In the second half of our best of summer TV reviews, the Critic and the Referee wrap up their thoughts on the summer season shows that dominated 2017. Manhunt: Unabomber (miniseries, Discovery)This miniseries tells the story of the FBI's hunt for the Unabomber in the 1990s. Agent Jim "Fitz" Fitzgerld, a fresh-faced criminal profiler with the agency, faces an uphill battle in tracking the infamous criminal but also has to fight against the bureaucracy of the Unabom Task Force (UTF), of which he is a part. Although Fitz pioneers the use of forensic linguistics, others in the UTF dismiss his maverick ideas and new approaches. Ultimately, though, his new techniques help him identify and capture the Unabomber.  The Sinner (anthology, USA)Young mother Cora Tannetti is overcome by an inexplicable fit of rage that leads her to commit a startling -- and very public -- act of violence, with no explanation as to why she did it. When Detective Harry Ambrose begins his investigation and grows obsessed with

In theaters October 20, 2017WonderstruckBen and Rose are children from two different eras who secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known, while Rose dreams of a mysterious actress whose life she chronicles in a scrapbook. When Ben discovers a puzzling clue in his home and Rose reads an enticing headline in the newspaper, both children set out on quests that unfold with mesmerizing symmetry.Starring: Oakes Fegley, Julianne Moore, Michelle Williams, Millicent SimmondsDirected by: Todd HaynesProduced by: Pamela Koffler, John Sloss, Christine VachonCinematography by: Edward LachmanDistributed by: Amazon Studios, Roadside AttractionsRuntime: 117 minutes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

(Limited Release) In theaters October 20, 2017BPM (Beats Per Minute)Early 1990s. With AIDS having already claimed countless lives for nearly ten years, Act Up-Paris activists multiply actions to fight general indifference. Nathan (Arnaud Valois), a newcomer to the group, has his world shaken up by Sean (Nahuel Pérez Biscayart), a radical militant.Starring:Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Arnaud Valois, Adèle Haenel, Antoine ReinartzDirected by: Robin CampilloProduced by: Hugues Charbonneau, Marie-Ange Luciani, Jacques AudiardWritten by: Robin Campillo, Philippe MangeotDistributed by: Memento FilmsRuntime: 140 minutes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The summer may be over, but before we jump into our fall TV reviews, we thought we'd revisit the TV shows which rounded out our 2017 summer season. In this first part of a two-part discussion, the Critic and the Referee talk about summer shows that were well worth watching and others that fell just short of the mark. Sit back, relax and revisit the best of summer TV right here with Why Watch That!  Game of Thrones (penultimate season; Season 7, HBO) George R.R. Martin's best-selling book series "A Song of Ice and Fire" is brought to the screen as HBO sinks its considerable storytelling teeth into the medieval fantasy epic. It's the depiction of two powerful families -- kings and queens, knights and renegades, liars and honest men -- playing a deadly game for control of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, and to sit atop the Iron Throne. The penultimate season focuses primarily on the convergence of the show's main plotlines, featuring major events such as Daenerys Targaryen arriving in We

On Netflix October 13, 2017The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is the emotional, and comic intergenerational tale of adult siblings (Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, and Elizabeth Marvel) contending with the long shadow their strong-willed father (Dustin Hoffman) has cast over their lives.Starring: Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller, Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Elizabeth MarvelDirected by: Noah BaumbachProduced by: Eli Bush, Noah Baumbach, Scott Rudin, Lila YacoubWritten by: Noah BaumbachDistributed by: NetflixRuntime: 110 minutes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Select Theaters October 13Breathe is an inspiring true love story between Robin and Diana Cavendish (Academy Award® nominee Andrew Garfield, Golden Globe® winner Claire Foy), an adventurous couple who refuse to give up in the face of a devastating disease. When Robin is struck down by polio at the age of 28, he is confined to a hospital bed and given only a few months to live. With the help of Diana's twin brothers (Tom Hollander) and the groundbreaking ideas of inventor Teddy Hall (Hugh Bonneville), Robin and Diana dare to escape the hospital ward to seek out a full and passionate life together — raising their young son, traveling and devoting their lives to helping other polio patients.Starring: Andrew Garfield, Claire Foy, Tom Hollander, Hugh BonnevilleDirected by: Andy SerkisWritten by: William NicholsonProduced by: Jonathan CavendishCinematography by: Robert RichardsonDistributed by: Bleeker Street, STX Entertainment, Elevation PicturesRuntime: 117 minutes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out

The 55th New York Film Festival took place September 28th and will run through – October 15th, 2017 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Why Watch That was there to cover it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In theaters Friday, October 6, 2017An estranged father and son are forced to rely on one another to survive an unforgiving wilderness in this riveting, richly emotional thriller. Once a year, fourteen-year-old David (Josh Wiggins) travels from his mother’s home in Texas to visit his loner father, Cal (Matt Bomer), in the remote mountains of Montana. There, the two embark on their annual hunting excursion, during which the taciturn Cal attempts to connect with his smartphone-addicted son. But when a terrifying turn of events leaves Cal critically wounded, it’s up to the teenage David to summon enough strength for both of them. Infused with a deep reverence for the rugged beauty and harsh realities of the Montana landscape, Walking Out is both a tense survival saga and a disarmingly moving father-son tale. Featuring Bill Pullman.Starring: Matt Bomer, Josh Wiggins, Bill Pullman, Alex Neustaedter, Chaske Spencer, Lily GladstoneWritten by: Alex Smith, Andrew SmithDirected by: Alex Smith, Andrew SmithProduced by: B

In theaters October 6, 2017Set over one summer, the film follows precocious 6-year-old Moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother, all while living in the shadows of Disney World.Starring: Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Kimberly Prince, Bria Vinaite, Valeria Cotto, Christopher Rivera, Caleb Landry JonesWritten by: Sean Baker, Chris BergochDirected by: Sean BakerProduced by: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching TsouCinematography: Alexis ZabeDistributed by: A24Runtime: 115 minutes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In theaters October 6, 2017After the cancellation of their flight due to stormy weather, Dr. Ben Bass (Idris Elba) and photojournalist Alex Martin (Kate Winslet) board a charter plane. The plane crashes midflight and they survive the incident with injuries, but get lost in the wilderness. Stranded, the two strangers must forge a connection to survive the extreme elements of a remote snow covered mountain. When they realize help is not coming, they embark on a perilous journey across hundreds of miles of wilderness, pushing one another to endure and discovering strength they never knew possible. The film is directed by Academy Award nominee Hany Abu-Assad and stars Academy Award winner Kate Winslet and Golden Globe winner Idris Elba.Starring: Idris Elba, Kate WinsletDirected by: Hany Abu-AssadProduced by: Peter Chernin, Dylan Clark, David Ready, Jenno ToppingScreenplay by: Chris Weitz, J. Mills GoodloeDistributed by: 20th Century FoxRuntime: 104 minutes See acast.com/privacy

Still reeling from his break-up with college sweetheart Allison (Cobie Smulders), Adam (Justin Long) is devastated when she announces her plan to marry to a man she’s only known for a year. What’s worse is that Adam is invited to the wedding. When he returns home for the festivities, which for him include a nightmarish rehearsal dinner and a bizarre wedding date (with a scene-stealing Kristen Schaal), Adam is forced to grapple with his unresolved feelings, ghosts from his past, and an uncertain future. Starring: Justin Long, Cobie Smulders, Ryan Hansen, John Cho, Kristen Schaal, Dana Delany, Peter Gallagher, Lea Thompson, Luis GuzmánDirected by: Ryan EggoldWritten by: Ryan EggoldProduced by:  Ryan Eggold, Ross Kohn, Cassandra Kulukundis, Nancy LeopardiDistributed by: Screen Media FilmsRuntime: 97 minutes See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.