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Movie: Basquiat
Julian Schnabel’s tribute to his friend and fellow painter Jean-Michel Basquiat is less a conventional biopic than an impressionistic, sensory immersion into the much-mythologized downtown-Manhattan art world of the 1980s. Jeffrey Wright, in his first lead film role, stars as the visionary artist whose rise from graffiti tagger to art star forces him to confront the glare of sudden fame, along with racism, his own struggles with addiction, and the difficulties of being self-determining and free in America. [more inside]
The Agency: Overtaken By Events Season 1, Ep 10
As command of the operation shifts out his hands, Bosko shares a grim reality; Naomi receives troubling news out of Iran; Richardson runs a rogue operation; Felix gets overtaken by events; Martian, desperate, makes a devil's bargain.
The Agency: The Rubicon Season 1, Ep 9
Martian tricks Langley. Blair and Owen are looking for the White Rabbit. Osman increases the stakes. Henry commissions Dr. Blake for an evaluation. Danny makes an irreversible decision. With Bosko's green light, a trap is activated.
The Agency: Truth Will Set You Free Season 1, Ep 8
A botched recruitment, a decoded play, and a promising lead shake things up. Tensions rise as stakes are clarified and moral dilemmas surface. Meanwhile, an unexpected revelation threatens to change everything.
The Agency: Hard Landing Season 1, Ep 7
Mr. Dalaga intensifies pressure on Sami. Bosko learns about Valhalla's scope. Jerome receives horoscope advice. Martian's hand forced when Poppy threatened; with Henry's team, he plans risky recruitment strategy involving her life.
The Agency: Spy For Sale Season 1, Ep 6
Richardson's arrival at the Fishbowl catches Henry off guard; Martian scrambles to unravel Cossack's game as the stakes escalate; Naomi, uncovering a secret, cautions Danny; Sami's attempts to reach Martian lead to naught.
The Agency: Rat Trap Season 1, Ep 5
Facing pressure from Langley, Henry sends Owen to Minsk on an intelligence mission. Danny's work with Reza generates an unforeseen result. Sami confronts Osman about delicate issues, and Martian, prepares a trap.
The Agency: Quarterback Blitz Season 1, Ep 4
Henry and Martian wade into a diplomatic incident with the Belarusian delegation. Dropped into her mission by Naomi, Danny walks a tightrope. Poppy and Martian attempt a fresh start. Osman threatens Sami.
The Agency: Hawk from a Handsaw Season 1, Ep 3
Henry questions Martian's thinking. Bosko is briefed on a top-secret operation. Poppy makes a startling discovery. Martian confronts Sami about why she's in London and finds a needle in a haystack before a heated session with Dr. Blake.
The Agency: Wooden Duck Season 1, Ep 2
Dr. Blake arrives from Langley and is put to a test by Martian and Henry. A spooked source threatens to put an operation at risk. Danny's cover is put in play. Martian, overtaken by events, begins to question Sami's motives.
The Agency: The Bends Season 1, Ep 1
Season premiere. Adaptation of Le Bureau des Légendes. [more inside]
What If...?: What If... Hela Found the Ten Rings? Season 2, Ep 7
What If...?: What if… Captain Carter Fought the Hydra Stomper? Season 2, Ep 5
The Watcher does not normally do sequels but... [more inside]
What If...?: What if… Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster? Season 2, Ep 4
Here we have the 'missing' episode from season 1 that was the source of the Gamora we met in What If…The Watcher Broke His Oath? [more inside]
Movie: American Fiction
Thelonious "Monk" Ellison (Jeffrey Wright)'s writing career has stalled because his work isn't deemed "Black enough." Monk, a writer and English professor, writes a satirical novel under a pseudonym, aiming to expose the publishing world's hypocrisies. The book's immediate success forces him to get deeper enmeshed in his assumed identity and challenges his closely-held worldviews. (Based on Percival Everett's Erasure.)
Movie: The Batman
When the Riddler, a sadistic serial killer, begins murdering key political figures in Gotham, Batman is forced to investigate the city's hidden corruption and question his family's involvement.
Movie: The French Dispatch
A love letter to journalists set in an outpost of an American newspaper in a fictional twentieth century French city that brings to life a collection of stories published in "The French Dispatch Magazine". [more inside]
What If...?: …The Watcher Broke His Oath? Season 1, Ep 9
The Uatcher gathers heroes all across the multiverse for one final battle against "Ultra-Vison" [more inside]
What If...?: … Killmonger Rescued Tony Stark? Season 1, Ep 6
An American soldier called Killmonger rescues Tony Stark when his Humvee is attacked in Afghanistan. [more inside]
What If...?: …the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes? Season 1, Ep 3
Nick Fury struggles to launch The Avengers when candidates are targeted by a serial killer. [more inside]
What If...?: … Captain Carter Were the First Avenger? Season 1, Ep 1
When Steve Rogers is seriously injured, Peggy Carter becomes the world's first super soldier. [more inside]
Westworld: Riddle of the Sphinx Season 2, Ep 4
Is this now? If you're looking forward, you're looking in the wrong direction [more inside]
Movie: Syriana
A politically charged epic about the state of the oil industry in the hands of those personally involved and affected by it. [more inside]
Westworld: Chestnut Rewatch Season 1, Ep 2
A pair of guests arrive at Westworld with different expectations; Bernard and Theresa Cullen debate about the recent host anomaly; a behavior engineer tweaks the emotions of a madam in Sweetwater's brothel; a cocky programmer pitches a new narrative. [more inside]
Westworld: The Original Rewatch Season 1, Ep 1
As another day of fantasy plays out in Westworld - a vast, remote park where guests pay top dollar to share wild-west adventures with android "hosts" - top programmer Bernard Lowe alerts park founder Dr. Robert Ford about incidents of aberrant behavior cropping up in some recently re-coded hosts. Meanwhile, in the Westworld town of Sweetwater, a rancher's daughter named Dolores encounters a gunslinger named Teddy in the street - but their predictable narrative is upended by the appearance of a ruthless Man in Black and, later, by a supporting host's unscripted encounter with an artifact of the outside world. [more inside]
Westworld: The Original Season 1, Ep 1
As another day of fantasy plays out in Westworld - a vast, remote park where guests pay top dollar to share wild-west adventures with android "hosts" - top programmer Bernard Lowe alerts park founder Dr. Robert Ford about incidents of aberrant behavior cropping up in some recently re-coded hosts. Meanwhile, in the Westworld town of Sweetwater, a rancher's daughter named Dolores encounters a gunslinger named Teddy in the street - but their predictable narrative is upended by the appearance of a ruthless Man in Black and, later, by a supporting host's unscripted encounter with an artifact of the outside world. [more inside]
Movie: Quantum of Solace
James Bond descends into mystery as he tries to stop a mysterious organization from eliminating a country's most valuable resource. All the while, he still tries to seek revenge over the death of his love. [more inside]
Movie: Casino Royale
Armed with a licence to kill, Secret Agent James Bond sets out on his first mission as 007 and must defeat a weapons dealer in a high stakes game of poker at Casino Royale, but things are not what they seem. [more inside]
Movie: Source Code
CRFC3: In Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal plays soldier Colter Stevens who finds himself in an experimental computer simulation, taking on the life of another in a desperate attempt to find the person who bombed a commuter train in Chicago. [more inside]
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