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Top Chef: Brunch à la Boulud Season 22, Episode 2
Actor Sarah Levy joins Kristen and Gail for the Quickfire Challenge, tasking the chefs to put their spin on Canada’s famous poutine. For the Elimination Challenge, Daniel Boulud joins the judges’ table as the chefs team up to create a maple-soaked brunch that pays homage to Sugar Shack traditions.
Book: Molloy
Molloy goes on a bicycle tour to visit his mother. There are several distractions. Meanwhile, maybe earlier or maybe later, Moran takes his son on a road trip to visit Molloy. This adventure also does not go as planned.
The first of Samuel Beckett's trilogy of novels. [more inside]
Landman: Landman Season 1 (Full Season)
Trailer [yt] A modern-day tale of fortune seeking in the world of West Texas oil rigs. [more inside]
The White Lotus: Denials Season 3, Episode 6
In the wake of the festivities, Laurie finds herself feeling deceived by Jaclyn, while Saxon tries to bury what happened the night before. [more inside]
Movie: Poltergeist III
[TRAILER] Psychically attuned youngster Carol Anne (Heather O'Rourke) is sent to live in Chicago with her Uncle Bruce (Tom Skerritt), her Aunt Pat (Nancy Allen), and her cousin Donna (Lara Flynn Boyle). But that doesn't mean that she's escaped the apparitions that have haunted her in the past. When she starts experiencing terrifying visions, her school psychologist believes that they're figments of her imagination. But this becomes hard to believe when ghostly foes start inhabiting the mirrors in her relatives' high-rise apartment. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Deus Ex Machina Rewatch Season 3, Episode 23
The team takes desperate actions in its race to prevent their opponents' AI program Samaritan from coming online and making them its first targets. Meanwhile, the months-long battle with the anti-surveillance terrorist group Vigilance comes to a shocking conclusion. [more inside]
Movie: Palm Springs
In this surreal comedy produced by The Lonely Island, carefree Nyles (Andy Samberg) and reluctant maid of honor Sarah (Cristin Miloti) have a chance encounter at a Palm Springs wedding that leads to some hi-lar-ious complications! They soon find themselves unable to escape the venue, themselves, each other, or the extremely angry Roy (J.K. Simmons). What a day!
Movie: Leatherface: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre III
[TRAILER] Driving through Texas, young yuppie couple Michelle (Kate Hodge) and Ryan (William Butler) stop at the Last Chance Gas Station, but after they witness the owner attacking a hitchhiker named Tex (Viggo Mortensen), they panic and flee. In their hasty departure, they get lost and soon find themselves pursued by the chainsaw-toting maniac known as Leatherface (R.A. Mihailoff). While running, the couple bump into survivalist Benny (Ken Foree), who they team up with in an effort to escape. [more inside]
Movie: Nosferatu
[TRAILER] A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily Rose Depp) and the terrifying vampire (Bill Skarsgård) infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. [more inside]
Severance: Cold Harbor Season 2, Episode 10
(Season finale!) Mark forms a shaky alliance in an all-or-nothing play, while the team makes a dangerous last stand.
Movie: Bernice Bobs Her Hair
Bernice, a shy young woman, leaves her safe home to go visit her flapper cousin. When her cousin tries to teach Bernice how to be much more modern, Bernice gives her much more than she bargained for.
In 1976, Joan Micklin Silver directed a TV production created for the PBS series The American Short Story. [more inside]
Daredevil: Born Again: Sic Semper Systema Season 1, Episode 4
Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk’s darker halves fight to be unleashed.
Adolescence: All Four Episodes All Seasons
When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, therapist and the detective in charge are all left asking what really happened. Four, one hour, single shot episodes. [more inside]
Severance: Woe's Hollow Season 2, Episode 4
The team participates in a group activity.
Movie: Eephus
Grown men's recreational baseball game stretches to extra innings on their beloved field's final day before demolition. Humor and nostalgia intertwine as daylight fades, signaling an era's end.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: The Good Wound Season 2, Episode 14
The injured Sarah is guided by the image of John's father, Kyle Reese, while Weaver's move to protect John Henry results in deadly consequences. [more inside]
Severance: The After Hours Season 2, Episode 9
Mark and Devon team with an ally. Helly investigates further. [more inside]
Yellowjackets: Storytelling Season 2, Episode 9
Into the frying pan, out of the fire.
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Cause and Effect Rewatch Season 5, Episode 18
The destruction of the Enterprise near a distortion in the space-time continuum causes a temporal causality loop to form, trapping the ship and crew in time and forcing them to relive the events that led to their deaths. [more inside]
Movie: Janet Planet
In rural Western Massachusetts, 11-year-old Lacy spends the summer of 1991 at home, enthralled by her own imagination and the attention of her mother, Janet. As the months pass, three visitors enter their orbit, all captivated by Janet. The directorial debut by Pulitzer winner and MacArthur Fellow playwright Annie Baker. [more inside]
The Residence: The Residence (all episodes) First Watch Season 1, Episode 1
The White House Chief Usher is murdered during a state dinner with the Australians. [more inside]
Movie: Music by John Williams
French documentarian Laurent Bouzereau has directed 343 movies(!), many of which are hack-jobs of the 'The Making Of' type. MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS is his latest (and highest rated). From the Trailer, it looks like it might be the usual hagiographic bio-pic trash, but because of its subject matter, it isn't. (Similar to the 2021 Ennio Morricone biography,) it's a touching, inspiring and joyful trip down memory lane. A wholesome story about the wholesome man who was nominated for 54 Oscars, "One of the biggest pop stars ever". [more inside]
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]
Ludwig: Episode #1.2 Season 1, Episode 2
A man disappears, leaving his wife a cryptic message right before he does so. But it's not DCI James Taylor this time. [more inside]
Book: The Last Colony
Retired from his fighting days, John Perry is now village ombudsman for a human colony on distant Huckleberry. With his wife, former Special Forces warrior Jane Sagan, he farms several acres, adjudicates local disputes, and enjoys watching his adopted daughter grow up.
Written by MeFi's own jscalzi. [more inside]
Written by MeFi's own jscalzi. [more inside]
Wheel of Time: The Road to the Spear Show Only Season 3, Episode 4
Rand faces the forgotten history of his family as Moiraine learns the devastating truth of her future.
Special Event: March Madness! NCAA basketball tournaments 2025!
March, March, how is it March again? UConn is the defending 2024 Men's Champion, and South Carolina is the defending 2024 Women's Champion. [more inside]
Movie: Black Bag
A spy thriller directed by Steven Soderbergh that features a British intelligence officer (Michael Fassbender) who is investigating a list of potential traitors within his organization. As the investigation progresses, the officer discovers that one of the suspects could be his own wife (Cate Blanchett).
The Wire: Unto Others Rewatch Season 4, Episode 7
"Aw yeah. That golden rule." -The Bunk [more inside]
Movie: I am not a robot
I'm Not a Robot (Dutch: Ik ben geen robot) is a 2023 Dutch-language short science fiction drama film written and directed by Victoria Warmerdam. It stars Ellen Parren as a woman who plunges into a strange new reality after she fails a series of CAPTCHA tests. [more inside]
Abbott Elementary: Audit Season 4, Episode 18
Ava and the teachers must band together to hide the golf-course contraband. [more inside]
The Acolyte: The Acolyte Season 1, Episode 8
Confrontation and revelation await.
Lost: Exodus Rewatch Season 1, Episode 23
A raft; a hatch; a three-hour season finale. [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Earthlings Welcome Here Season 2, Episode 13
Sarah attends a UFO Convention looking for answers about three dots that where painted in her basement. Her obsession with the three dots intensifies when she tracks down a blogger with intimate knowledge of the symbol, and she ends up finding something she never expected. Meanwhile; Riley gets closer to John and continues to run afoul of Cameron. [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Alpine Fields Season 2, Episode 12
Sarah and Cameron work to save a family on the list with a connection to Derek in the future. Meanwhile Jesse's life hangs in the balance. [more inside]
AEW Collision: March 22 & 23, 2025 - Slam Dunk Saturday (and Sunday) Season 2, Episode 38
The NCAA Championship tournament bumps Collision to a later time slot -- that slot being "whenever the games end" -- so in compensation AEW gets to run both weekend nights. Both nights will see a title defended, Julia Hart and Queen Aminata have their rubber match, a genuine lucha tag team showcase, and Johnny TV tries to distract Bandido from his attack vector on Chris Jericho. [more inside]
Babylon 5: Revelations Season 2, Episode 2
Franklin busies himself with saving Delenn and Garibaldi. Sheridan's sister arrives to discuss his late wife, Anna. G'Kar returns with news. Morden makes a request. "The darkness has come again." [more inside]
Babylon 5: Points of Departure Season 2, Episode 1
[exposition, the episode] Goodbye Sinclair; hello Sheridan. Sheridan, previously the only Earth Force commanding officer responsible for taking down a Minbari ship during the war, has been assigned to Babylon 5 as Sinclair. A rogue Minbari warship is on the loose. Lennier reveals a secret. "I can only conclude that I'm paying off karma at a vastly accelerated rate." [more inside]
Movie: Reign of Assassins
Reign of Assassins is a 2010 wuxia film directed by Su Chao-pin and co-directed by John Woo. The film is shot in China and set during the Ming Dynasty. The film stars Michelle Yeoh, who plays an assassin who tries to return to a normal life after being counseled by a monk. After saving her husband and herself from robbers, she attracts the attention of her former assassin gang. [wikipedia]
Currently on Tubi. [more inside]
Person of Interest: A House Divided Rewatch Season 3, Episode 22
When an unknown entity prevents the Machine from seeing the full picture of an impending catastrophic event, it sends the team five separate numbers to help them piece together the bigger picture. Meanwhile, Root’s team of hackers arrives in New York. [more inside]
Movie: Tank Girl
After a comet disrupts the rain cycle of Earth, the planet has become a desolate, barren desert by the year 2033. With resources scarce, Kesslee, head of the powerful and evil Water & Power Corporation, the de facto government, has taken control of the water supply. Unwilling to cower under Kesslee's tyrannical rule, a pair of outlaws known as Tank Girl and Jet Girl rise up, joining the mysterious rebel Rippers to destroy the corrupt system.
Common Side Effects: Pilot Season 1, Episode 1
Former high school lab partners Marshall and Frances unravel a conspiracy involving big pharma and the government to suppress knowledge of a rare mushroom that could cure all disease. [adult swim] [full episode] [more inside]
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Outcast Rewatch Season 5, Episode 17
The Enterprise responds when the J'naii need help finding a missing shuttlecraft. Meanwhile, Riker needs no help responding to questions about his sexual organs. [more inside]
Special Event: Rifftrax Live: BIRDEMIC
MST Club presents! DirtyOldTown has already posted the unriffed version. This is the version with extra added fun in the form of joshes and japes from professional comedy professionals. A guy works at a company selling software. He meets a woman. They hit it off. There's a TV report about something environmental going on. He gets a big bonus from work. He goes on a date with the woman. They get a hotel room. It is about halfway through the movie now. They have sex. As if that were a secret signal, the next morning, BIRDS TRY TO KILL EVERYONE. Not just those two, EVERYONE. Riff originates from 2012. Good luck folks.
The Wire: Margin of Error Rewatch Season 4, Episode 6
"Don't try this shit at home." -Norman Wilson [more inside]
Movie: Agnes of God
Norman Jewison's adaptation of John Pielmeier's stage play. When naive novice nun Agnes is discovered with a dead newborn baby in her convent quarters, court-appointed psychiatrist Dr. Martha Livingston investigates her case.
Movie: Gladiator II
After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Movie: The Electric State
An orphaned teen (Millie Bobby Brown) hits the road with a mysterious robot to find her long-lost brother, teaming up with a smuggler (Chris Pratt) and his wisecracking sidekick (Anthony Mackie). [Trailer] [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Self Made Man Season 2, Episode 11
She never sleeps, so what does she do at night? Cameron's surprising, secret life is revealed. Also, history is forever changed when a Terminator is sent back to the wrong time. [more inside]
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Strange Things Happen at the One Two Point Season 2, Episode 10
Sarah's obsession with the three dots leads her to a company that she believes may have Andy Goode's Turk. Meanwhile, Jesse's plans complicate things even further, and Weaver introduces Ellison to someone very important. [more inside]
North of North: Top of the World Season 1, Episode 1
Siaja is an Inuk woman living in a teeny Arctic village. She isn't happy and she's trying to figure out how to sort out her life. She wants a job, and a better relationship with her family. She makes a big, public change and has to figure out how to live with it.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Safe House Season 5, Episode 12
Brooklyn Nine-Nine returns to Sunday nights! Official FOX synopsis: "After Seamus (guest star Paul Adelstein) threatens Kevin (guest star Marc Evan Jackson), Holt devises an elaborate plan to hide him in a safe house, with Jake as his guard. Kevin is miserable as the 99 works overtime to find Seamus and take him down." [more inside]
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Ethics Rewatch Season 5, Episode 16
After Worf is paralyzed by a freak accident, his only hope may be a visiting doctor with questionable medical ethics. [more inside]
Movie: Anora
Anora, a young exotic dancer and sex worker, meets and accepts the marriage proposal of the hard-partying son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news hits the tabloids, Anora's fairytale is threatened as enforcers are dispatched to take control of the situation before his parents arrive in New York to undo what's been done.
Movie: Flow
An animated, dialogue-free film following a solitary cat whose home is devastated by a great flood, and who must find its way in an unfamiliar world... [more inside]
Barry: the wizard Season 4, Episode 6
Barry heads to LA to track down Cousineau. Fuches gets out of prison. Sally struggles to parent John. [more inside]
Movie: Singin' in the Rain
A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. [more inside]
Movie: Frankie Freako
[TRAILER] Boring normie yuppie Conor is in a rut until one night he catches a bizarre ad for a party hotline hosted by a strange dancing goblin: Frankie Freako. Could this be just the recipe to spice up his humdrum life? The writer/director of Psycho Goreman delivers a throwback to 80's PG puppet horror comedy schlock like Ghoulies or The Garbage Pail Kids Movie. [more inside]