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Movie: Big Game

Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness of Finland. 13-year-old Oskari is on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.
posted by chavenet on Jan 19 at 10:30 AM - 2 comments

Movie: Chasing Amy

Holden and Banky are successful Superhero comic book artists. Everything is going great until Holden meets Romance comic book artist Alyssa. Holden falls for her, but there's a problem... she's a lesbian! Can they be friends while constantly talking about sex and comic books in the mid 90s? [more inside]
posted by WhackyparseThis on Jan 18 at 8:36 PM - 8 comments

Severance: Hello, Ms. Cobel  Season 2, Episode 1

Mark returns to work under different circumstances. Secrets from the Outie world come to light. [more inside]
posted by Rock Steady on Jan 16 at 7:22 PM - 82 comments

Black Doves: Go Bang Time  Season 1, Episode 4

Investigations into the ambassador's death reach the highest corridors of power; Helen pays a visit to an old friend; Sam faces a tough choice.
posted by bunderful on Dec 19 at 8:32 AM - 11 comments

Movie: Last Summer

Follows Anne, a brilliant lawyer who lives with her husband Pierre and their daughters. Anne gradually engages in a passionate relationship with Theo, Pierre's son from a previous marriage, putting her career and family life in danger. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin on Jan 19 at 1:54 PM - 1 comment

Silo: Into the Fire  Show Only   Season 2, Episode 10

The rebels make their move-and so does Juliette. [more inside]
posted by tjgrathwell on Jan 17 at 11:11 AM - 11 comments

Not Dead Yet: Pilot  Season 1, Episode 1

Nell tries to restart her life in a new area with a new job writing obituaries at the local paper and a new roommate; Nell receives life advice from an unlikely source. [more inside]
posted by oh yeah! on Feb 10 at 6:26 PM - 6 comments

Movie: Altered States

A psycho-physiologist experiments with drugs and a sensory-deprivation tank and has visions he believes are genetic memories.
posted by Lemkin on Jan 17 at 8:00 PM - 8 comments

Movie: Chasing Chasing Amy

In 2018, Sav Rodgers gave a talk "The Rom-Com That Saved My Life". That rom-com was Chasing Amy. Chasing Chasing Amy is the documentary they made after, examining the movies production and legacy from a queer perspective, and Sav's deepening relationship with girlfriend Regina. [more inside]
posted by WhackyparseThis on Jan 18 at 9:18 PM - 5 comments

Movie: Birdy (1984)

Two high school friends return home from the Vietnam War, one seriously wounded, the other mentally traumatized and obsessed with becoming a bird. [more inside]
posted by Pedantzilla on Jan 19 at 1:20 AM - 4 comments

Black Doves: The Coming Night  Season 1, Episode 3

Memories of Sam's past come back to haunt him as he prepares to finish the job he started seven years ago; Wallace secretly meets with a Chinese envoy.
posted by bunderful on Dec 17 at 4:12 PM - 9 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Price  Rewatch   Season 3, Episode 8

The Enterprise hosts negotiations for possession of the only known stable wormhole. [more inside]
posted by hanov3r on Oct 12 at 7:30 AM - 16 comments

Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: The Real Good Guys  Season 1, Episode 8

A journey filled with adventure comes to a surprising end.
posted by 1970s Antihero on Jan 15 at 5:50 AM - 23 comments

Movie: Dune

[TRAILER] In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom. This post is for the 1984 adaptation by the late David Lynch. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 16 at 1:44 PM - 36 comments

Movie: The Hills Have Eyes

On the way to California, a family has the misfortune to have their car break down in an area closed to the public, and inhabited by violent savages ready to attack. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Oct 31 at 1:30 PM - 8 comments

American Primeval: "There is no safe haven in these brutal lands."  Season 1 (Full Season)

This six-episode limited series follows the gritty and adventurous exploration of the birth of the American West, the violent collisions of cults, religion, and men and women fighting for control of the new world. [more inside]
posted by box on Jan 10 at 10:30 AM - 10 comments

Movie: Slade In Flame

Struggling musicians form a band named Flame, and are picked up by new, slick management, only to break up at their peak. A depiction of the rock band business in the UK starring the 70s glam band Slade, as the fictional band. [more inside]
posted by 2N2222 on Jan 18 at 6:38 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Instruments of a Beating Heart

First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing "Ode to Joy" at the ceremony for the new incoming first graders. Little girl Ayame, who often struggles to keep up with the group, is determined to play a major part - the big drum. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Jan 17 at 6:23 AM - 2 comments

Columbo: Dead Weight  Rewatch   Season 1, Episode 3

In which Eddie Albert (Oklahoma!, Dreamscape, Green Acres) is a charismatic general who shoots a military contractor, and Suzanne Pleshette (The Bob Newhart Show, The Birds) is the sole witness. Boating ensues.
posted by condour75 on Aug 21 at 7:06 PM - 4 comments

Movie: Red Rooms

The high-profile case of serial killer Ludovic Chevalier has just gone to trial, and Kelly-Anne is obsessed. [more inside]
posted by The Notorious SRD on Jan 9 at 10:43 AM - 8 comments

Person of Interest: Mors Praematura  Season 3, Episode 6

Now free, Root receives a directive from the Machine that requires Shaw's assistance – by any means necessary – and takes extreme measures to gain her compliance. Also, Reese and Finch look for clues as to why a mild-mannered estate investigator’s number has come up. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Jan 18 at 5:36 PM - 1 comment

Movie: The Dead Don't Die

The peaceful town of Centerville finds itself battling a zombie horde as the dead start rising from their graves, in a new film directed by Jim Jarmusch and featuring Bill Murray, Adam Driver, Chloe Sevigny, Tilda Swinton, Selena Gomez, Iggy Pop, RZA, Tom Waits, and lots more!
posted by chrchr on Jun 19 at 12:22 PM - 15 comments

The Great Pottery Throw Down: 1: A Salad Set and Sangria Jugs  Season 8, Episode 1

The bucket of doom returns! Twelve potters assemble for the 2025 season. No doubt there will be the usual spot tests, requests for personal stories in ceramics, throwing off the hump, need for Siobhán to talk someone down, hopefully the odd cat in the pieces about the contestants, and of course tears from Keith. [more inside]
posted by paduasoy on Jan 10 at 1:26 PM - 10 comments

AEW Collision: January 18, 2024: Maximum Carnage  Season 2, Episode 29

Powerhouse Hobbs may have lost his shot at the AEW World Championship on Dynamite this week, but now he's got a posse together to vent their frustrations on the Death Riders and Jericho's Learning Tree. The consequences of Harley Cameron getting evil-misted by Julia Hart will (probably) start unfolding, and Okada defends his International belt against his former CHAOS teammate in Tomohiro Ishii. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta on Jan 18 at 5:16 PM - 5 comments

Movie: The Hunger

The Egyptian vampire lady Miriam subsists upon the blood of her lovers. In return the guys or girls don't age... until Miriam has enough of them. Unfortunately that's currently the case ... [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Mar 12 at 12:07 PM - 9 comments

Columbo: An Exercise in Fatality  Season 4, Episode 1

In which we learn the importance of using safeties. Always lift with a buddy. [more inside]
posted by The corpse in the library on Jan 18 at 3:27 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Gerald's Game

While trying to spice up their marriage in their remote lake house, Jessie must fight to survive when her husband dies unexpectedly, leaving her handcuffed to their bed frame. [more inside]
posted by jazon on Oct 5 at 7:51 AM - 7 comments

Person of Interest: Razgovor  Season 3, Episode 5

When Shaw is tasked to stay close to a 10-year-old identified by The Machine, she grudgingly develops respect for the young girl's skills in surveillance and realizes it could be the very reason why her number has come up. Meanwhile, Carter's mission to bring HR to justice risks exposure. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Jan 18 at 7:04 AM - 1 comment

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.
posted by AzraelBrown on Nov 13 at 4:22 PM - 9 comments

Columbo: Negative Reaction  Season 4, Episode 2

In which Dick Van Dyke is revealed to be the villain we always knew he was.
posted by The corpse in the library on Jan 18 at 11:26 AM - 5 comments

The Great Pottery Throw Down: Mantelpiece Clock and Blindfold Challenge  Season 8, Episode 2

Episode 2 of the current season.
posted by paduasoy on Jan 18 at 10:11 AM - 1 comment

Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Enemy  Rewatch   Season 3, Episode 7

Romulan mischief in the Neutral Zone strands an injured Geordi on a stormy world with a stormier fellow castaway. [more inside]
posted by CheesesOfBrazil on Oct 9 at 5:40 AM - 18 comments

Silo: The Safeguard  Show Only   Season 2, Episode 9

Billings' faith is shaken. Lukas heads to the down deep. Knox identifies the traitor. Juliette uncovers the truth about Solo's past. [more inside]
posted by tjgrathwell on Jan 10 at 11:13 PM - 20 comments

Movie: Lost Highway

[TRAILER] David Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 16 at 1:56 PM - 5 comments

Columbo: By Dawn's Early Light  Season 4, Episode 3

A sweaty head of a military academy, played by Patrick McGoohan, will not put up with his institution being turned into a co-ed junior college. [more inside]
posted by The corpse in the library on Jan 17 at 7:10 AM - 6 comments

Movie: The End

Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life—until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, upends their happy routine. As tensions rise, their seemingly idyllic existence starts to crumble. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Jan 18 at 6:29 AM - 5 comments

Star Trek: Lower Decks: The New Next Generation  Season 5, Episode 10

Don't cry because it's over, smile because [redacted] saved the universe. Well, maybe cry a little if you feel like it. We've earned it. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack on Dec 19 at 9:42 PM - 23 comments

Special Event: Rifftrax Live: THE RETURN OF SWAMP THING

MST Club presents! Features a blooming relationship been a lady and a plant monster. It's a sequel to the Wes Craven cult classic, but it isn't itself directed by Wes Craven, so beware! Movie released in 1989, riff released November 2022.
posted by JHarris on Jan 16 at 4:07 PM - 2 comments

Movie: A Real Pain

Mismatched cousins reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother, but their old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. Available to stream in Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Amazon Video and YouTube. Official Trailer.
posted by Omon Ra on Jan 12 at 9:51 AM - 5 comments

Dexter: Original Sin: The Joy of Killing  Season 1, Episode 6

Miami Metro is shaken by a kidnapping that hits close to home, as Dexter sets his sights on a killer that slipped through the cracks of the justice system. But first, Dexter must survive a double date with Deb and her new boyfriend.
posted by ellieBOA on Jan 10 at 3:47 PM - 2 comments

Dexter: Original Sin: And in the Beginning...  Season 1, Episode 1

Miami, 1991. When his bloodthirsty urges can't be ignored any longer, young Dexter Morgan must learn to channel his inner darkness as he transitions from student to avenging serial killer with the guidance of his father, Harry. [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA on Jan 10 at 3:41 PM - 7 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 - 32 comments

Stargate SG-1: Prisoners  Season 2, Episode 3

When the team investigates a rather insignificant planet, a decrepit resident asks for protection from a pursuer. As it turns out, however, it is a murderer and SG 1 ends up together with him, on trial.
posted by Carillon on Jan 15 at 11:27 AM - 7 comments

Severance: Half Loop  Rewatch   Season 1, Episode 2

Helly's attempted message to herself gets Mark sent to the break room. Irv gets a trip to wellness and meets Burt for the first time. Mark's outie goes on a terrible date and Petey moves into his basement. [more inside]
posted by simonw on Dec 21 at 7:20 PM - 10 comments

Movie: Singles

[TRAILER] In Seattle during the era of grunge music, the lives and relationships of a group of young people, all living in the same apartment building, go through a period of flux. Among them are waitress and aspiring architect Janet (Bridget Fonda), who finds herself obsessed with bad boy musician Cliff (Matt Dillon) ; Linda (Kyra Sedgwick), an emotionally fragile environmentalist on the look-out for love; and Steve (Campbell Scott), a quintessential nice guy who studies traffic patterns. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 10 at 8:05 AM - 22 comments

Movie: Band of the Hand

Five juvenile lost causes are sent to the Everglades where a war veteran tries to reform them using survival tactics. Their new skills and resolve are tested when a Miami drug lord targets them for trying to clean up their neighbood. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin on Jan 16 at 3:38 PM - 2 comments

Star Trek: The Next Generation: Booby Trap  Rewatch   Season 3, Episode 6

While investigating a 1,000-year-old alien derelict, the Enterprise gets caught in the same energy trap which doomed that vessel a millennium ago. [more inside]
posted by hanov3r on Oct 5 at 6:59 AM - 19 comments

Movie: Knock at the Cabin

While vacationing, a young girl (Kristen Cui) and her dads (Jonathan Groff, Ben Aldridge) are taken hostage by a band of armed strangers (Dave Bautista, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Abby Quinn, Rupert Grint) who demand that the family choose one of themselves to sacrifice to avert the apocalypse. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 3 at 9:13 AM - 35 comments

Laid: Season One  Season 1 (Full Season)

Everyone Stephanie Hsu has ever slept with is dying, one by one. In the order she slept with them. And Zosia Mamet is here to help crack the case. (With cameos from John Early, playing himself, and Simu Liu, not playing himself.) [more inside]
posted by nobody on Jan 17 at 6:43 PM - 1 comment

Silo: The Engineer  Season 2, Episode 1

Apple TV's adaption of Hugh Howey's "Silo" is back for a second season. It picks up with Juliette leaving her Silo, declining to clean the camera, and walking over the hill to discover a landscape filled with Silos.
posted by autopilot on Nov 18 at 4:55 AM - 23 comments

Extraordinary: Extraordinary Season 2  Season 2 (Full Season)

Extraordinary, the delightful British superhero share-house sit-com is back with Season Two. [more inside]
posted by Coaticass on Mar 16 at 3:12 PM - 4 comments

Stranger Things: The Piggyback  Season 4, Episode 9

With selfless hearts and a clash of metal, heroes fight from every corner of the battlefield to save Hawkins - and the world itself
posted by Navelgazer on Jul 1 at 1:19 PM - 125 comments

Movie: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

When both he and a colleague are about to lose their job, Walter takes action by embarking on an adventure more extraordinary than anything he ever imagined.
posted by kokaku on Jan 12 at 5:46 PM - 7 comments

Person of Interest: Reasonable Doubt  Season 3, Episode 4

The team gets the number of a prominent New York lawyer and has to determine whether she orchestrated the death of her recently murdered husband, or if she is being framed. Meanwhile, Carter faces an issue with her new partner, Laskey. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin on Jan 13 at 7:53 AM - 4 comments

Ted Lasso: Big Week  Season 3, Episode 4

Richmond vs. West Ham. [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon on Apr 4 at 10:14 PM - 58 comments

Movie: Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1

Kevin Costner's first chapter in a multi-film story depicting a history of the American West, which focuses on events occurring in the Wyoming and Montana territories to the north and those situated around hopeful dreams of establishing a town called Horizon in the Southwest. [more inside]
posted by Atreides on Jan 16 at 10:21 AM - 4 comments

Movie: The Straight Story

THE SPIRIT OF 99 VIEWING CLUB - 73 Year old Alvin Straight has heard his brother is dying and goes on a cross-country trip on his riding mower/tractor to pay his respects. But in true Lynchian fashion, there is more going on.... [more inside]
posted by The Whelk on Nov 27 at 10:04 AM - 8 comments

The Diplomat: Full Season  Season 1 (Full Season)

In the midst of an international crisis, Kate Wyler a career diplomat lands in a high-profile job for which she was not suited, with tectonic implications for her marriage and her political future. [more inside]
posted by sammyo on Apr 22 at 9:30 PM - 47 comments

Movie: Ultraman: Rising

Ken Sato, a superstar baseball player who returns to Japan to become the latest hero to carry the mantle of Ultraman. [more inside]
posted by ursus_comiter on Jun 27 at 10:25 AM - 4 comments