By Jessica Gosse
TV Media
“6 Underground”
(2019)
On Friday, Dec. 13, Ryan Reyn-
olds and the creators of “Dead-
pool” reunite in this star-studded
new action film premiering on
the streamer. Reynolds stars as
the leader of a vigilante special
ops team targeting the most
dangerous criminals throughout
Europe. Joining him as his care-
fully selected team of operatives
are Melanie Laurent (“Inglorious
Bastards,” 2009), Ben Hardy
(“EastEnders”), Corey Hawkins
(“BlacKkKlansman,” 2018),
Adria Arjona (“Emerald City”)
and Manuel Garci-Rulfo (“The
Magnificent Seven,” 2016). Hav-
ing faked their deaths, the six are
essentially ghosts, and they work
to pull off covert missions aimed
at taking out truly evil people.
They know that they won’t be
remembered but take solace in
the fact that their actions sure as
hell will be. As if it wasn’t already
sure to be a hit based on the cast
alone, Michael Bay (“Transform-
ers”) is on board as director and
has described the film as him
getting “back to his old-school
self.” Don’t miss the comedy and
explosion-filled premiere of “6
Ryan Reynolds stars in “6 Underground”
Underground” when it premieres
this Friday.
“Family Reunion: A
Family Reunion
Christmas”
Everyone who fell in love with
the McKellan family when “Fam-
ily Reunion” premiered on Net-
flix this summer may still have a
while to wait for a new season,
but on Monday, Dec. 9, you can
get a small fix of the family fun
when “A Family Reunion Christ-
mas” premieres on the streamer.
For those who are unfamiliar, Tia
Mowry (“The Game”) stars as
Cocoa McKellan, a free-spirited
mother from Seattle who moves
her husband, Moz (Anthony
Alabi, “Raven’s Home”), and
four children — Jade (Talia Jack-
son, “Station 19”), Shaka (Isaiah
Russell-Bailey, “Throwback
Holiday,” 2018), Mazzi (Cameron
J. Wright, “Tall Girl,” 2019) and
Ami (Jordyn Raya James, “Five
Points”) — to a small town in
Georgia to be closer to family.
Everyday life is already a huge
adjustment for the family, which
has gone from the big city to a
small southern town, and Christ-
mas is sure to be even more of an
adjustment with already lengthy
church services undoubtedly
running longer and the home
cooking of family matriarch
M’Dear (Loretta Devine, “Grey’s
Anatomy”) becoming even more
elaborate.
the fifth premieres in February
on Starz — but fans who have
been waiting for the next install-
ment can rejoice: Season 3 lands
on the streamer Tuesday, Dec. 10.
The series is pulled from the pag-
es of Diana Gabaldon’s bestsell-
ing series, and this season more
or less sticks to the events of the
third novel, “Voyager.” We pick
up with Jamie (“Doctors”) and
Claire (“Ford v Ferrari,” 2019) af-
ter Claire has gone back through
the standing stones to her own
time: 1948. She’s pregnant with
Jamie’s baby, but with no way
to return to 1746, she must stay
with Frank (Tobias Menzies, “The
Crown”), who genuinely loves
her, but struggles to understand
her. They move to Boston, where
she struggles to readjust, and
ultimately enrolls in medical
school (a strange endeavor for
a woman at that time). Mean-
while, in 1746, Jamie has faced
what he knew would be a grim
defeat at the Battle of Culloden,
and is gravely injured. The first
five episodes of the season
chronicle the lovers’ individual
journeys in their own time, but
the reunion you’re waiting for
does happen, and we get to see
Claire and Jamie together again.
They’ve aged and changed, and
so have the times, but there are
some things that never change.
Claire still manages to let her
sassiness get the better of her,
and always ends up embroiled
in some scandal or dangerous
situation. Jamie is as devoted
as ever to Claire, and still nobly
puts the needs of others before
his own. Jenny (Laura Donnelly,
“Britannia”) and Ian (Steven
Cree, “Deep Water”) make
some memorable appearances
this season, but it’s an almost
fully grown Young Ian (John
Bell, “Into the Badlands”) who
instigates Jamie and Claire’s
voyage to America, and takes the
show in a whole different direc-
tion. Murtagh (Duncan Lacroix,
“Vikings”) is back this season,
too, and we finally get to see a
couple of vital book characters,
Brianna (Sophie Skelton, “Ren”)
and Roger (Richard Rankin,
“Thirteen”). If you’ve never seen
this steamy drama, it’s certainly
worth a binge.
“Outlander” Season 3
Netflix is a little behind with
these “Outlander” seasons —
Loretta Devine in “Family Reunion”
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Sam Heughan in a scene from “Outlander”