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March 10
Movie: Heaven Help Us
A new transfer student to St. Basil's Boys' Prep School tries to fit in while romantically pursuing a troubled young girl.
The Wire: Boys of Summer Rewatch Season 4, Episode 1
"Lambs to the slaughter here." -Marcia Donnelly [more inside]
Movie: Lowlifes
[TRAILER] The survival instincts of a road-tripping family are put to the test when they have no other choice but to stay the night at a remote homestead. [more inside]
Book: The End of All Things
Humans expanded into space...only to find a universe populated with multiple alien species bent on their destruction. Thus was the Colonial Union formed, to help protect us from a hostile universe. The Colonial Union used the Earth and its excess population for colonists and soldiers. It was a good arrangement...for the Colonial Union. Then the Earth said: no more.
Written by MeFi's own jscalzi. [more inside]
Doctor Odyssey: Shark Attack! Season 1, Episode 9
Max and Avery are at a crossroads as Avery faces a difficult pregnancy decision. Meanwhile, after Munroe is bitten by a shark, The Odyssey takes a dangerous detour to rescue a sinking boat, where a mysterious new passenger catches Max's eye. [more inside]
March 9
The White Lotus: Hide or Seek Season 3, Episode 4
Jaclyn's resort getaway with friends falls flat when the destination proves less exciting than expected. Meanwhile, Piper seeks support for a family announcement aboard a yacht, and Rick reveals his past to Chelsea. [more inside]
Movie: Birds Do It, Bees Do It
[Trailer] Mating rituals of animal life make for a fascinating documentary, from insects to mammals. [more inside]
Movie: Dead Ringers
[Trailer] Twin gynecologists take full advantage of the fact that nobody can tell them apart, until their relationship begins to deteriorate over a woman. [more inside]
The Americas: The Frozen North Season 1, Episode 5
The Frozen North, where wolves and polar bears vie for food, hares outsmart lynx and walrus sing on rocky shores; as summer arrives, grouse perform mating dances, caribou migrate vast distances and salmon race upstream to survive. [more inside]
AEW Collision: March 8, 2025 Season 2, Episode 36
Daniel Garcia defends his TNT Championship for the second week in a row. Momo Watanabe shows off a day before Revolution by taking on Serena Deeb. Hologram and Dralistico put on a Lucha clinic. [more inside]
Movie: Colonel Redl
Set during the fading glory of the Austro-Hungarian empire, the film tells of the rise and fall of Alfred Redl (Brandauer), an ambitious young officer who proceeds up the ladder to become head of the Secret Police only to become ensnared in political deception. [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Mousetrap Season 2, Episode 3
Sarah and Derek are put to the test after Cromartie kidnaps Charley’s wife; John is in a sticky situation of his own when he finds himself caught between Cameron and Riley. [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Automatic For The People Season 2, Episode 2
Sarah and Cameron take it upon themselves to investigate a nuclear power plant. John becomes less enthusiastic about academics, but flourishes socially with the help of a new friend. Meanwhile, Catherine Weaver gains another piece of the puzzle for her pet project. [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Samson & Delilah Season 2, Episode 1
Rocked by the Jeep explosion, John’s 16th birthday forces him to confront the reality of his destiny alone. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison faces off with his faith and the Feds in the aftermath of Cromartie’s massacre, and a new player is introduced, Catherine Weaver, who is the CEO of a high-tech corporation. [more inside]
March 8
Movie: Monster
When a young boy begins behaving strangely, shocking truths emerge as the story unfolds through the eyes of his single mother, a teacher who is believed to be responsible, and the child himself. (Dir. Hirokazu Kore-eda.) [more inside]
Movie: Io Island
A company hopes to open a spa hotel named after Ieodo, a mythical island inhabited by the souls of drowned sailors. During a boat trip to promote the project, a journalist disappears under mysterious circumstances. One of the developers goes to Ieodo’s neighboring island, populated almost solely by haenyeo, women freedivers who harvest seafood, to investigate. Directed by Kim Ki-young (The Housemaid), this genre-bending bad-trip fairy tale of environmental destruction is among South Korea's most acclaimed films. It features a complex structure of layered flashbacks and a famously audacious ending. [more inside]
Movie: Mickey 17
Mickey 17, known as an "expendable," goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet.
Movie: Homo Sapiens
This "documentary" is an eerie, wordless and scoreless vision of post-human abandonment. Without explanations and with a static camera, it visits deserted locations around the world years after the people had given up on them. Derelict concert halls, prison cells, bank vaults, cathedrals and train cabins, from Fukushima, and Chernobyl, and the many other disaster areas people have left behind, surrounding them to the elements, letting the birds and the rain and the weeds take over again. It’s hypnotic and transcendental. The trailer. [more inside]
March 7
Person of Interest: Allegiance Season 3, Episode 18
Finch and Reese must delve into the murky waters of international politics when they are given the number of a former government contractor who is stalking a UN diplomat. Also, an enemy attempts to gain an upper hand on Root. [more inside]
Movie: Dark Match
[TRAILER] A small-time wrestling company accepts a well-paying gig in a backwoods town only to learn, too late, that the community is run by a mysterious cult leader with devious plans for their match. [more inside]
Earth Abides: Earth Abides Books Included Season 1 (Full Season)
After months of isolation, Isherwood "Ish" Williams, learns that most of the world has fallen to a mysterious illness. Yet, despite his instincts to further isolate, Ish explores a depleted world. [more inside]
March 6
Reacher: Smackdown Season 3, Episode 5
When a DEA tragedy puts the entire mission at risk, Reacher, Duffy, and Villanueva improvise a drastic plan to save their cover.
Special Event: Ryan K. Johnson's Riff of STAR TREK V
Long ago, before MST3K Seasons 11-13, before The Mads Are Back, before Cinematic Titanic, and Rifftrax... before Master Pancake, Mister Sinus, Mystery Fandom Theater 3000 and FilmRoasters... before, yet, the Sci-Fi Channel era, even before Mike Nelson became host of the original show... possibly the first MST3K fanwork was Ryan K. Johnson's riff of Star Trek V, from 1992. 33 years old now! Made for friends, never distributed and hard to find. We arranged for a special showing and can vouch, Ryan and his friends have got the chops.
The Pitt: 4:00 PM Season 1, Episode 10
"I can't wait for this shift to be over." [more inside]
Severance: Sweet Vitriol Season 2, Episode 8
Discoveries are made. [more inside]
Movie: Killer Sofa
A killer reclining chair becomes enchanted by a girl and starts committing crimes of passion.
Tagline: Don't sit on the furniture [more inside]
March 5
Movie: Still of the Night
A Manhattan psychiatrist probes a patient's murder and falls for the victim's mysterious mistress. [more inside]
Special Event: 2nd annual NHL trade deadline post
Here be sadness and woe! [more inside]
Movie: Endorphine
After witnessing her mother's murder, young Québecois woman Simone becomes both profoundly emotionally damaged, and unstuck in time. [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: March 5, 2025 Season 6, Episode 23
With four days left before Revolution, Adam Copeland hunts the last Death Rider standing between him and Jon Moxley. Swerve and Ricochet sign on the dotted line. A big tag match from the women's roster and a 4-on-4 match with the men's. [more inside]
Movie: The Menu
A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Stargate SG-1: Bane Rewatch Season 2, Episode 10
O'Neill and the SG-1 team are attacked by giant insects as they explore planet BP6-3Q1. Teal'C is stung by the animals, and after returning through the stargate, a strange change happens to him. [more inside]
Movie: Central Station
"The emotive journey of a former schoolteacher who writes letters for illiterate people, and a young boy whose mother has just died, as they search for the father he never knew." [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: What He Beheld Season 1, Episode 9
Sarah finds herself in a business transaction with a mysterious business man. Meanwhile, Cromartie closes in on John and Agent Ellison discovers a nemesis at the agency. [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Vick's Chip Season 1, Episode 8
Derek finds the brain chip from Vick that Cameron had kept. John builds an interface for it and they discover a computerized traffic system is important to Skynet. Sarah decides it must be sabotaged. Meanwhile, Cromartie is checking through school records in search of John. [more inside]
March 4
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Demon Hand Season 1, Episode 7
Paperwork from Sarah's time in Pescadero State Hospital leads her to Dr. Silberman. Ellison gets in deeper as he pursues recent leads. [more inside]
Daredevil: Born Again: Optics Season 1, Episode 2
Matt Murdoch gets a new client who’s more than he claims to be. Fisk learns the power of optics.
Daredevil: Born Again: Heaven’s Half Hour Season 1, Episode 1
Matt Murdoch gives up the mask. Wilson Fisk has his sights set to new heights. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Root Path / Season 3, Episode 17
The Machine assigns Root to seek out a janitor with a mysterious past, but when her very presence puts his life in danger, Finch also receives his number. [more inside]
Movie: Seance on a Wet Afternoon
A medium and her husband stage a kidnapping in order for her to pretend to solve the crime and achieve fame. [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Dungeons & Dragons Season 1, Episode 6
Flashing in and out of consciousness, fighting for his life, Derek Reese recalls his future life battling the machines in 2027. Meanwhile, Sarah tries to explain the past to Charley. [more inside]
Paradise: The Man Who Kept the Secrets Season 1, Episode 8
Season finale. The touching story of a project manager and his best friend, a typical teenager who just wants to play Wii Sports, and a dramatic showdown on a catwalk.
Movie: Born of Fire
[TRAILER] For reasons unknown, a flautist and an astronomer find themselves drawn to one another. But, when the flautist stumbles upon a secret regarding his late father, the two wind up in a celestial duel against the ancient Master Flautist for earth's future. Pakistani/French director Jamil Dehlavi directs this surreal fantasy with striking visuals that make use of real locations in Turkey. [more inside]
March 3
Movie: More Than Ever
The wonderful Vicky Krieps plays a married woman who is dying of a rare lung disease in Bordeaux, France. As she struggles with her inevitable mortality, she decides to leave her loving husband behind and travel alone to a remote spot in Norway, and spend the rest of her days there. [more inside]
Book: The Human Division
Following the events of The Last Colony, John Scalzi tells the story of the fight to maintain the unity of the human race.
Written by MeFi's own jscalzi. [more inside]
Rome: 'The ram has touched the wall' Season 1, Episode 5
EP.5. "Caesar weighs Pompeys counteroffer against Antony's recommendation to chase down Pompey's vulnerable army. Vorinus is forced to
reconsider his career choices after a series of business setbacks leave him with little income to support his family. A jealous Atia. concocts a clever scheme to separate Caesar from Servilla. Pullo is recruited to tutor Octavian in the art of soldiering, but ends up learning a lesson or two from the boy."
(from DVD header) [more inside]
Movie: Roadgames
[TRAILER] A truck driver (Stacy Keach) suspects a man in a green van on the long and desolate road to Perth (Grant Page) is a serial killer, targeting hitchhiking women. When he befriends one such hitchhiker (Jamie Lee Curtis), the game of cat-and-mouse between the two men escalates. An Aussie take on Rear Window, setting the action along the highway through the Australian outback. [more inside]
Movie: Razorback
[TRAILER] In the Australian outback, a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community. [more inside]
Movie: Body Bags
[TRAILER] When Showtime scuttled a TV horror anthology series before it went to air, the three episodes (two by John Carpenter, one by Tobe Hooper) were linked with connecting segments featuring Carpenter as a ghoulish Crypt-Keeper-like host in a morgue to make a feature film. [more inside]
Movie: The Dead Thing
[TRAILER] Alex (Blu Hunt) is a young woman lost in a series of meaningless connections and hookups. She falls fast and hard for charismatic and sensitive Kyle (Ben Smith-Petersen) after their internet match/date, but it turns out that Kyle hides a dark secret. [more inside]
Movie: Watchmen
In a gritty and alternate 1985, the glory days of costumed vigilantes have been brought to a close by a government crackdown. But after one of the masked veterans is brutally murdered, an investigation into the killer is initiated. The reunited heroes set out to prevent their own destruction, but in doing so they uncover a sinister plot that puts all of humanity in grave danger. [more inside]
Movie: Live in Kingston
LIVE in Kingston is a romantic comedy and snapshot of downtown Kingston's live music scene. Emily, an eternal grad student, scrambles to save the campus radio station and earn her final ...
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Queen's Gambit Season 1, Episode 5
Sarah reevaluates the capabilities of her friend Andy's computer after he enters it in a chess competition. During the competition Sarah meets a stranger with a history similar to hers. Meanwhile, Agent Ellison finds remnants from a past terminator battle. [more inside]
March 2
Book: Tangles: A Story of Alzheimer’s, My Mother, and Me
Graphic memoir by Sarah Leavitt about her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's dementia aged 52. There's an article by Leavitt where she writes about her sparse drawing style. An academic essay by Jane Tolmie talks about the "cross-connections between caregiving, the politics of queer resistance, and mother-daughter closeness" in the book. There is a review at Graphic Medicine, another by Casey the Canadian Lesbrarian, and a less positive one by Fran Slater at bookmunch. In 2024 an animated film of the book was announced.
The White Lotus: The Meaning of Dreams Season 3, Episode 3
Saxon gets work calls too, so Timothy enforces a no-phone rule. Chelsea faces danger after going to town with Rick. Jaclyn pushes Laurie toward Valentin, while Gaitok fears trouble with his superiors. [more inside]
Special Event: The Oscars
The Americas: The Amazon Season 1, Episode 4
The Amazon, the largest rainforest on Earth; drone footage captures giant otters hunting together while black caimans prey on newly hatched turtles; a harpy eagle chick's first days in the canopy and army ants on the move reveal new behaviours. [more inside]
The Americas: The Wild West Season 1, Episode 3
The Wild West, where coyotes face a snowbound Yellowstone, rattlesnakes emerge in the hundreds, woodpeckers compete to store food, bison battle on the Great Plains and cranes gather in vast numbers on their age-old migration.
Movie: Watchmen: Chapter II
1986! (Again!) Against the looming shadow of nuclear conflict, retired superheroes Nite Owl and Silk Spectre alone try to figure out how to save the world, their one-time compatriots all dead, exiled, or otherwise occupied with chasing glory.
Movie: Candyman: Day of the Dead
The Candyman is back, trying to convince his descendent, an artist, to join him.