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Movie: The Banshees of Inisherin
Two lifelong friends (Brendan Gleeson, Colin Farrell) find themselves at an impasse when one abruptly ends their relationship, with alarming consequences for both of them. [more inside]
Movie: Sightseers
A new couple (Alice Lowe, Steve Oram) embarks on a cross-country road trip that takes a turn when they decide to start killing everyone who annoys them. A dark comedy from director Ben Wheatley (A Field in England, In the Earth.) [more inside]
Movie: Tragedy Girls
Teenage crime reporters Sadie and McKayla are hot on the trail of a crazed serial killer. After capturing the maniac and holding him hostage, they soon realize that the best way to boost their social media stardom is to commit the murders themselves. [more inside]
Movie: Reklaw
When a woman wakes up to a dead body, a strange group of people show up to dispose of the corpse. [more inside]
Movie: Bloody Hell
When Rex stops a bank robbery, a video of his heroics makes him famous. [more inside]
Movie: Anything For Jackson
In a darkly comedic take on entitlement, two grieving grandparents attempt to resurrect their dead grandchild. [more inside]
Movie: It Cuts Deep
While on Christmas vacation, a young man with commitment issues tries desperately to hang on to his relationship [more inside]
Movie: Come to Daddy
A naive young adult (Elijah Wood) visits his estranged father in a remote location after receiving a cryptic letter. [more inside]
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: Go Getters Gonna Go Getcha Season 1, Ep 10
Krystal helps Judd out of a jam. Cody finds himself pulled in two directions. Bets puts her foot down. Buck and Pat see an opportunity. [Season finale] [more inside]
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: Wham Bam Thank You FAM Season 1, Ep 9
The Orlando FAM community braces for the Wham Bam Thank You FAM 37th Anniversary Jam. Krystal's loyalties are tested. Obie opens his heart to some orphans. Harold says a cuss word. [more inside]
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: Birthday Party Season 1, Ep 8
Krystal does a J-O-B two-step. Ernie and Bets cha-cha. Roger celebrates his birthday with Cody. [more inside]
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: American Merchandise Season 1, Ep 6
Krystal rubs elbows with the upper crust. Cody makes a surprising business proposal. Ernie finds his rhythm as a recruiter and celebrates with pizza. Dreams are realized, and dreams are shattered.
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: Many Masters Season 1, Ep 5
Obie and Louise Garbeau host a lavish motivational retreat at Paradise Cay for Washington-level entrepreneurs. Krystal and Cody try different tactics to get approval. "You know, folks, I've always felt that we could learn a great deal from our brethren in the animal kingdom. But none more so than the noble pelican."
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: Manifest Destinee Season 1, Ep 4
Things get weird -- Krystal goes on an odyssey, and meets a new adversary. A partnership takes a heated turn, and a collection of vintage motivational tapes just might change Cody's destiny. [more inside]
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: A Positive Spin! Season 1, Ep 3
Cody throws FAM a rally, where Krystal really gets into the spirit. Ernie tries to connect with his son, while Stan finds a new supplier for the water park. Meanwhile, Judd Waltrip tries to share his story with Mirta Herrera, who's more interested in positive spin, like hip-hop youth who breakdance for peace, and the aligator widow. (But he has a real hot story!)
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: The Gloomy-Zoomies Season 1, Ep 2
Krystal networks her way into an opportunity in the beauty pageant industry. Cody tries to be his own workhorse. Ernie builds a time capsule. [more inside]
On Becoming a God in Central Florida: The Stinker Thinker Season 1, Ep 1
Krystal Stubbs (Kirsten Dunst) doubles down on her husband's dreams while he wrestles with leaving his J-O-B. Cody (Théodore Pellerin) loses a friend, but meets his hero. [more inside]
Norsemen: Seasons 1 & 2, It's good to be the chieftain? Season 1, Ep 0
Waiting for the return of Game of Thrones? Missing the awkward comedy of The Office? Check out Norsemen on Netflix! [more inside]
Movie: Throw Momma from the Train
In his directorial debut, Danny DeVito plays Owen, the put-upon momma's boy who enlists his writing teacher (Billy Crystal) in a Strangers on a Train-style murder scheme. [more inside]
Movie: Anthony Jeselnik: Thoughts and Prayers
It's not new, but inspired by his role on the much beloved Garfunkel and Oates series, I checked out this special. I laughed…a lot. In fact, I'm a bit concerned about some of the things I laughed at and I'm curious to discuss it and others' reactions. [more inside]
Movie: Look Who's Back
Adolf Hitler wakes up in the 21st century. He quickly gains media attention, but while Germany finds him hilarious and charming, Hitler makes some serious observations about society. [more inside]
Vice Principals: Season 1 Season 1, Ep 0
Vice Principals just finished airing on HBO this past weekend. Another collaboration between Jody Hill and Danny McBride, the show treads familiar ground, featuring two terrible men (McBride and Walton Goggins) who plot and scheme against one another in an attempt to take the top spot of the pecking order at a South Carolina high school after the previous principal (Bill Murray) retires. However, an outsider named Dr. Brown (Kimberly Herbert Gregory) ends up taking the job that each man sees as rightfully his. Through 9 episodes, the two sink lower and lower in their efforts to unseat Brown. [more inside]
Movie: Bad Words
An adult man uses a loophole to get into National Spelling Bee and a reporter goes along with him to figure out his reasons. [more inside]
Movie: The Cable Guy
A lonely and disturbed cable guy raised on television just wants a new friend. His target, rejects him, with bad consequences, but not before creepy karaoke, awkward family game nights, and other hijinks ensue. Relatively early appearances of Jack Black, Owen Wilson, and Bob Odenkirk, among others. [more inside]
Anyone want to watch Nurse Jackie?
"Nurse Jackie" is a dark comedy about a cynical ER nurse with a heart of gold. I've seen four episodes so far. I think the moment it won me over was when student nurse Zoey apologizes for vomiting, promising it'll never happen again, and all Jackie says, "Yes, it will." [more inside]
Movie: Re-Animator
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus. [more inside]
MeFi Horror Film Club, #8: Re-Animator
Next up is Stuart Gordon's 1985 cult classic Re-Animator! [more inside]
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