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In 1987, Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) takes an entry-level job at a Wall Street brokerage firm. By the early 1990s, while still in his 20s, Belfort founds his own firm, Stratton Oakmont. Together with his trusted lieutenant (Jonah Hill) and a merry band of brokers, Belfort makes a huge fortune by defrauding wealthy investors out of millions. However, while Belfort and his cronies partake in a hedonistic brew of sex, drugs and thrills, the SEC and the FBI close in on his empire of excess. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 23, 2022 - 16 comments

Last season, Hazel made a deal with the devil. Will she be able to navigate Hell any better a second time around? [more inside]
posted by Etrigan on May 6, 2022 - 5 comments

Hazel (Cristin Milioti), on the run after 10 years in a suffocating marriage to a tech billionaire, suddenly realizes that her husband has implanted a revolutionary monitoring device in her brain that allows him to track her every move. This American dark comedy television series is based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Alissa Nutting. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Apr 9, 2021 - 9 comments

The creators of Black Mirror take a look back at the mad glory of the year 2020 in this comedic retrospective. [more inside]
posted by rhizome on Dec 28, 2020 - 24 comments

The meet-cute start of Andrew & Zelda's eight month long relationship. [more inside]
posted by Margalo Epps on Oct 3, 2014 - 5 comments