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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]
posted by bcwinters on Mar 9 at 7:23 PM - 13 comments

Movie: Judge Dredd

In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes. [more inside]
posted by Kyol on Mar 12 at 7:34 PM - 5 comments

Movie: Sometimes Always Never

After reading Oliver Roeder's On the Insanity of Being a Scrabble Enthusiast, I wondered if there are any good Scrabble movies. Sometimes, Always, Never is about fathers and sons who play badly together. Bill Nighy plays a sophisticated tailor who‘s also an obsessive Scrabble grifter, setting up confidence games with strangers. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Mar 13 at 6:20 AM - 1 comment

The Pitt: 4:00 PM  Season 1, Episode 10

"I can't wait for this shift to be over." [more inside]
posted by cocoagirl on Mar 6 at 7:45 PM - 18 comments

Movie: Uncle Buck

[TRAILER] Buck Russell (John Candy), a lovable but slovenly bachelor, suddenly becomes the temporary caretaker of his nieces (Jean Louisa Kelly, Gaby Hoffmann) and nephew (Macaulay Culkin) after a family emergency. His freewheeling attitude soon causes tension with his older niece Tia, loyal girlfriend Chanice (Amy Madigan) and just about everyone else who crosses his path. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 11 at 11:53 AM - 10 comments

Movie: Dredd

[TRAILER] Mega City One is a vast, violent metropolis where felons rule the streets. The only law lies with cops called "judges," who act as judge, jury and executioner, and Dredd (Karl Urban) is one of the city's most feared. One day, Dredd is partnered with Cassandra (Olivia Thirlby), a rookie with powerful psychic abilities. A report of a terrible crime sends Dredd and Cassandra to a dangerous area controlled by Ma-Ma (Lena Headey), a drug lord who will stop at nothing to protect her empire. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 12 at 9:10 AM - 16 comments

Movie: Dave

1993 American political film directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. A scrupulously honest little guy who becomes a force for good against a corrupt system. One of my favorite comedies about presidents.
posted by growabrain on Jun 27 at 2:48 PM - 15 comments

Person of Interest: Most Likely To...  Season 3, Episode 19

Reese and Shaw pose as alumni at a high school reunion in order to keep eyes on the latest POI. Meanwhile, Finch and Fusco travel to Washington, D.C., to investigate the motivations behind Vigilance’s latest attack. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Mar 12 at 4:59 PM - 4 comments

Stargate SG-1: The Tok'ra Part 1  Rewatch   Season 2, Episode 11

Captain Samantha Carter has an intense dream in which she sees the mysterious Tok'ra Goa'Uld who briefly occupied her body. She finds out that Martouf and Jolinar were partners for a very long time. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Mar 12 at 3:38 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Love Hurts

[TRAILER] Marvin Gable (Ke Huy Quan) is a realtor working the Milwaukee suburbs, where 'For Sale' signs bloom. He receives a crimson envelope from the mysterious Rose (Ariana DeBose), a former partner-in-crime that he had left for dead. She’s not happy. Marvin's brother Knuckles (Daniel Wu), a volatile crime lord, is hunting him, and he's not happy either. Marvin struggles to preserve his cozy new life, explore his connection with Rose, as killers come at him from all sides. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 11 at 9:42 AM - 9 comments

Movie: Wicked

Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Glinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads.
posted by BuddhaInABucket on Nov 26 at 1:09 PM - 36 comments

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: March 12, 2025  Season 6, Episode 24

Fresh from pulling off an excellent Revolution in Los Angeles -- at least three 5+ star matches and one overbooked main event -- Dynamite gathers reactions on the way to Dynasty, the next PPV in early April. An elimination tournament kicks off to find an opponent for new International champ Kenny Omega, Penelope Ford seeks to reverse a losing streak, and a big-man-little-luchador tag team match. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Mar 12 at 4:46 PM - 5 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Disaster  Rewatch   Season 5, Episode 5

Each senior officer gets trapped in an uncomfortable social, biological, and/or respiratory situation when a quantum filament disables the Enterprise, stranding the crew in various parts of the ship. [more inside]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil on Apr 1 at 3:38 AM - 14 comments

Movie: Maelstrom

Long before Dune and Blade Runner 2049, long before LA, Denis Villeneuve made a movie in Quebec that mashed up kitchen-sink drama, dark humour, Tom Waits songs, and a narrator that is also a dying fish. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd on Mar 11 at 4:53 PM - 5 comments

Daredevil: Born Again: The Hollow of His Hand  Season 1, Episode 3

The trial of Hector Ayala begins. Fisk’s old business associates seek to claim his vacant mantle. [more inside]
posted by 1970s Antihero on Mar 12 at 4:36 AM - 5 comments

Movie: Quick Change

Bill Murray's only directing credit is this 1990 heist comedy, starring him and Geena Davis, Randy Quaid, and Jason Robards. (Justwatch.) Starts with Murray's character robbing a mid-Manhattan bank while dressed as a clown. Turns into a chase .... sort of. Also features Reg E. Cathey, Phil Hartman, Tony Shalhoub, Stanley Tucci, and Kurtwood Smith, plus some grimy on-location bits of late-1980s New York City, a monster truck, a comparison of rental prices, and an assiduous city bus driver. Co-directed by Howard Franklin, who also wrote the screenplay (adapting it from a book).
posted by brainwane on Mar 12 at 11:02 AM - 2 comments

Rome: E.P 6 'Egeria'  Season 1, Episode 6

"Mark Antony is running Rome while Caesar pursues Pomey in the east, but when news comes that the tide has turned and that Pompey now pursue Caesar, Antony must decide whether to remain loyal to his old Commander or turn against him as Atia and Pompey wish. Pullo takes Octavian to a brothel; Atia offers Servilla an Olive branch; Vorenus and Niobe rediscover their intimacy, albeit briefly. (from DVD header) [more inside]
posted by clavdivs on Mar 10 at 6:09 PM - 6 comments

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]
posted by johnofjack on Mar 9 at 9:42 AM - 4 comments

Person of Interest: Endgame  Season 3, Episode 8

The POI team’s war with HR nears a boiling point when Finch receives 38 numbers at once from the Machine. Meanwhile, Carter’s past is seen through flashbacks with her son’s father. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Jan 23 at 12:58 PM - 5 comments

Reacher: Dominique  Season 3, Episode 4

Reacher approaches Quinn's location and meets Duffy and Villanueva. Duffy demands to know how Reacher is connected to Quinn.
posted by TheophileEscargot on Feb 27 at 10:34 PM - 8 comments

Movie: Stopmotion

[TRAILER] Stop-motion animator Ella Blake (Aisling Franciosi) struggles to control her demons after her overbearing mother suffers a stroke. She embarks upon the creation of a film that becomes the battleground for her sanity. As Ella's mind starts to fracture, the characters in her project take on a life of their own. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 24 at 3:35 PM - 3 comments

The Wire: Soft Eyes  Rewatch   Season 4, Episode 2

"I still wake up white in a city that ain't." -Carcetti [more inside]
posted by Saxon Kane on Mar 12 at 10:32 AM - 1 comment

The Righteous Gemstones: Prelude  Season 4, Episode 1

Yea, and there shall come extensive rending of garments and great gnashing of teeth as the word go out that this be, in the sight of Our Lord, the final season of this fine televisual saga; and far be it from me to spoil one high-definition frame of its magnificent debut, save to say that whatever you may be expecting, this is most likely not that thing.
posted by kittens for breakfast on Mar 10 at 8:42 PM - 6 comments

Severance: Sweet Vitriol  Season 2, Episode 8

Discoveries are made. [more inside]
posted by Pronoiac on Mar 6 at 6:08 PM - 101 comments

Movie: Hellboy: The Crooked Man

[TRAILER] Hellboy (Jack Kesy) and a rookie B.P.R.D. agent (Adeline Rudolph) in the 1950s are sent to the Appalachians, where they discover a remote community dominated by witches and led by the sinister local demon, the Crooked Man. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 13 at 10:19 AM - 7 comments

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.
posted by kokaku on Mar 5 at 4:43 PM - 12 comments

Paradise: You Asked For Miracles  Season 1, Episode 6

Xavier and Robinson execute their plans as Sinatra strives to maintain Paradise's current state.
posted by Kyol on Feb 18 at 6:53 PM - 6 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Silicon Avatar  Rewatch   Season 5, Episode 4

The Enterprise gives chase to the Crystalline Entity after it destroys a Federation colony. A xenologist, who has a motivation all her own with respect to the Crystalline Entity, is assigned to the Enterprise to assist in the investigations. [more inside]
posted by hanov3r on Mar 29 at 9:01 AM - 15 comments

Paradise: Sinatra  Season 1, Episode 2

Agent Xavier Collins is interrogated. Samantha Redmond (codenamed Sinatra) begins to reassure the community as she reflects on how she got to Paradise. [more inside]
posted by chavenet on Feb 3 at 4:11 PM - 12 comments

The Day of the Jackal: Episode 5  Season 1, Episode 5

The Jackal visits Norman with a special commission, but with Bianca also tracking Norman down, she is starting to close in on him.
posted by ellieBOA on Dec 2 at 11:52 AM - 1 comment

Movie: The Substance

A fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself. [more inside]
posted by bcwinters on Sep 24 at 10:24 AM - 34 comments

Elsbeth: Elsbeth Season 2  Season 2 (Full Season)

Elsbeth continues to help the NYPD follow procedures and solve murders one bag, scarf, and awesome guest star at a time. [more inside]
posted by emkelley on Feb 5 at 3:53 PM - 12 comments

Movie: Someone's Watching Me!

[TRAILER] Leigh Michaels (Lauren Hutton) rents a unit in a high-rise apartment building where the previous tenant committed suicide. She tries settling in, finding a boyfriend Paul (David Birney) and making fast friends with her lesbian co-worker Sophie (Adrienne Barbeau). Weird "prizes" from a supposed sweepstakes and strange calls begin to make her worried that someone in the neighborhood is out to get her. This TV movie was made immediately prior to Carpenter's theatrical hit Halloween and aired on NBC on November 29, 1978. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 11 at 12:12 PM - 3 comments

Andor: Season 2 trailer  Season 2, Episode 1

Not shocking, but the poobahs at Disney seem to have looked at serious, gritty, written for adults Andor and decided to kill it by making it a fun, "action-packed!" blow em up show. [more inside]
posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi on Feb 24 at 1:14 PM - 38 comments

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]
posted by mrgoat on Mar 6 at 3:53 PM - 6 comments

Movie: The Stepfather

Jerry Blake seems like the perfect man to Susan, a widowed mother. Her daughter Stephanie, however, thinks there is something very wrong with Jerry. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Nov 28 at 11:37 AM - 3 comments

The Wire: Boys of Summer  Rewatch   Season 4, Episode 1

"Lambs to the slaughter here." -Marcia Donnelly [more inside]
posted by Saxon Kane on Mar 10 at 2:58 PM - 7 comments

Movie: Waxwork II: Lost in Time

[TRAILER] Lovers (Zach Galligan, Monika Schnarre) flee through centuries on a time-trip of terror in a showdown with a demon lord (Alexander Godunov). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Aug 3 at 12:20 PM - 7 comments

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]
posted by Frayed Knot on Mar 10 at 11:37 AM - 1 comment

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.
posted by Lemkin on Mar 10 at 3:52 PM - 2 comments

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.
posted by TheophileEscargot on Mar 6 at 11:26 PM - 12 comments

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]
posted by maryellenreads on Mar 10 at 7:51 AM - 1 comment

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]
posted by johnofjack on Mar 9 at 5:20 PM - 11 comments

Paradise: Wildcat is Down  Season 1, Episode 1

It's just another day in Paradise until Xavier Collins discovers one of the world's most powerful individuals has been viciously murdered. Xavier analyzes the crime scene while recalling his complex relationship with the victim.
posted by chavenet on Feb 3 at 12:14 PM - 7 comments

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]
posted by Halloween Jack on Mar 3 at 8:42 AM - 31 comments

The Americans: Start  Season 6, Episode 10

The Jennings face a choice that will change their lives forever.
posted by bleep on May 30 at 10:28 PM - 143 comments

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]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 10 at 12:18 PM - 4 comments

The Americans: Harvest  Season 6, Episode 7

Philip shares his worries over the failing business with Stan, then visits Chicago where the planned extraction of Harvest doesn't turn out quite as planned. Stan drives Henry to his friend's house and then visits the Jennings residence. At the FBI, Aderholt grieves over the failure of his operation while Stan begins to work a new theory. Erika gives Elizabeth another drawing lesson. Elizabeth briefs Paige. Philip reminisces about his wedding day.
posted by orange swan on May 9 at 10:09 PM - 42 comments

Movie: Speed

A young police officer must prevent a bomb exploding aboard a city bus by keeping its speed above 50 mph. [more inside]
posted by Carillon on Feb 27 at 10:59 PM - 14 comments

Movie: Mickey 17

Mickey 17, known as an "expendable," goes on a dangerous journey to colonize an ice planet.
posted by kokaku on Mar 8 at 10:38 AM - 12 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ensign Ro  Rewatch   Season 5, Episode 3

Picard confronts Bajoran terrorists and the Starfleet ensign nobody likes. (No, not him; the other one.) [more inside]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil on Mar 25 at 3:37 AM - 12 comments

Movie: Get Away

A family's vacation to a remote island to witness a local tradition is greeted with intense hostility by the locals. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Jan 23 at 10:55 PM - 5 comments

Movie: Strange Darling

A twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer's vicious murder spree. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 8 at 8:12 AM - 16 comments

Silo: The Harmonium  Show Only   Season 2, Episode 4

Juliette sets out on a dangerous quest to retrieve a suit so she can return home and save her silo. Mechanical plans a meeting with Judge Meadows. [more inside]
posted by tjgrathwell on Dec 7 at 12:04 PM - 12 comments

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]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Mar 8 at 2:11 PM - 4 comments

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]
posted by Frayed Knot on Mar 3 at 4:19 PM - 2 comments

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]
posted by 1970s Antihero on Mar 4 at 8:03 PM - 13 comments

Silo: Descent  Show Only   Season 2, Episode 5

Sims finds himself with a new position. Juliette learns Solo isn't being honest. Bernard and Lukas make an important discovery.
posted by tjgrathwell on Dec 12 at 10:43 PM - 18 comments