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Paddington returns to Peru to visit his beloved Aunt Lucy, who now resides at the Home for Retired Bears. With the Brown family in tow, a thrilling adventure ensues when a mystery plunges them into an unexpected journey.
posted by TheophileEscargot on Nov 24, 2024 - 2 comments

[TRAILER] A TransSiberian train journey from China to Moscow becomes a thrilling chase of deception and murder when an American couple (Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer) encounters a mysterious pair of fellow travelers (Kate Mara, Eduardo Noriega). [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 26, 2024 - 3 comments

The implausible escape of a brilliant murderess brings U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his new partner (Mark Ruffalo) to Ashecliffe Hospital, a fortress-like insane asylum located on a remote, windswept island. The woman appears to have vanished from a locked room, and there are hints of terrible deeds committed within the hospital walls. As the investigation deepens, Teddy realizes he will have to confront his own dark fears if he hopes to make it off the island alive. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Sep 29, 2022 - 5 comments

When Edna, the elderly and widowed matriarch of the family, goes missing, her daughter Kay (Emily Mortimer) and granddaughter Sam (Bella Heathcote) travel to their remote family home to find her. Soon after her return, they start to discover a sinister presence haunting the house and taking control of Edna. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 11, 2020 - 8 comments

Janet hosts a party to celebrate her new promotion, but once the guests arrive it becomes clear that not everything is going to go down as smoothly as the red wine. [more inside]
posted by sapagan on Feb 17, 2019 - 3 comments

Racecar Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson) and his tow-truck buddy, Mater (Larry the Cable Guy), have had their share of adventures together but nothing like what they experience when they head overseas for the first-ever World Grand Prix. While Lightning has his eye on the road to the championship, Mater takes a detour to international espionage when he meets British master spy Finn McMissile (Michael Caine) and stunning spy-in-training Holley Shiftwell (Emily Mortimer). [more inside]
posted by the man of twists and turns on May 14, 2017 - 2 comments

In the series finale, the newsroom staff attends Charlie Skinner's funeral. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Dec 15, 2014 - 21 comments

Jim and Maggie fly to Russia to attempt to get seats on Edward Snowden's flight to Havana. Will spends 52 days in jail. Sloan butts heads with Neal's replacement. Don does a pre-interview with a college student who started a website allowing people to anonymously accuse others of rape. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Dec 8, 2014 - 11 comments

Will continues to refuse to reveal the source of the leaked documents. Jim and Hallie fight over journalistic ethics. Charlie and Sloan try to find a "white knight" buyer to purchase ACN in lieu of Pruit. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Dec 1, 2014 - 16 comments

The Newsroom team faces off with the FBI and DOJ, while AWM seeks to spin off ACN to prevent the hostile takeover. The EPA story set up in last week's episode ends unexpectedly. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Nov 24, 2014 - 11 comments

Reese, Charlie, and Leona confront Reese's half siblings over the hostile takeover, while Neal, the producers, and the lawyer Rebecca Halliday argue about what to do with the the classified document trove and Neal's source. Don and Sloan argue about their relationship status after Don purchases stock on an inadvertent tip from Sloan before she reports it. Hallie tweets an in-poor-taste joke from the ACN twitter account and gets faces the fallout. Maggie overhears an EPA administrator on the train back from Boston. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Nov 17, 2014 - 5 comments

The Newsroom's third (and final) season opens with a story based around the Boston Marathon bombing coverage. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Nov 10, 2014 - 4 comments

"What is this meeting?" "Is it News 101?" "To artificially hype the threat of a bomb? You're confusing it with Douchebaggery 101!" [more inside]
posted by axiom on Aug 13, 2014 - 3 comments

The newsroom team capitalizes on the great new start from the pilot by promptly screwing up. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Aug 10, 2014 - 2 comments

Can you say why America is the greatest country in the world? It's not... but it can be. Season 3 starts "Fall 2014" which is... soonish. I suggest a rewatch, starting at S1E01. [more inside]
posted by axiom on Aug 6, 2014 - 6 comments