Andor is a Star Wars/Disney+ television series, set several years before the events of Episode IV: A New Hope. Starring Diego Luna as Cassian Andor, its first season came out in 2022, along with an excellent score composed by Nicholas Britell. Season 2 of Andor has a trailer which prominently features country rocker Steve Earle’s 2004 song “The Revolution Starts Now.” A series depicting the characters involved in creating the Rebel Alliance—the primary threat to the Galactic Empire during the original Star Wars films—Andor is quite literally a film about the start of the primary revolution in the Star Wars canon.

In the world of remakes, this is a relatively obscure one—the 1993 Wedding Banquet was nominated for an Academy Award for best foreign-language film, and it was filmed on a relatively shoe-string budget of $750,000, leaning heavily on publicly available locations. Thirty-two years later, Andrew Ahn (Driveways, Fire Island) revisits the story for the twenty-first century, trading previous sources of conflict (which focused more on societal norms) for interpersonal issues. Min (Han Gi-chan) wants to marry Chris (Bowen Yang), but will lose a large Korean multinational fortune as an inheritance if the family discovers he’s gay; Angela (Kelly Marie Tran) and Lee (Lily Gladstone) are trying for a child through IVF, but can’t afford ongoing treatment. So, a deal is struck—Angela “marries” Min—a marriage of convenience, so to speak. The ruse is established, and hijinks ensue.

On tap this week is a new action thriller comedy and its K-pop soundtrack. The micro-teaser at the start of the official trailer for Novocaine has star Jack Quaid introducing himself to the audience. He then punches the camera, which cues the chorus riff from BLACKPINK’s 2020 mega hit “How You Like That.” All this happens in the first 6 seconds.