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Only Murders in the Building: Valley of the Dolls  Season 4, Ep 7

Terrified by a threat inside the Arconia, the trio race out of the city. A member of Charles' family provides refuge, and yet, this safe house proves to be anything but.
posted by Pronoiac on Oct 8, 2024 - 3 comments

Movie: The Devil Wears Prada

[TRAILER] Andy (Anne Hathaway) is a recent college graduate with big dreams. Upon landing a job at prestigious Runway magazine, she finds herself the assistant to diabolical editor Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). Andy questions her ability to survive her grim tour as Miranda's whipping girl without getting scorched. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 13, 2024 - 24 comments

Only Murders in the Building: Opening Night  Season 3, Ep 10

The show circles back to the end, and by the end I mean opening night, as the Besties attempt to solve the murder of Ben Glenroy before the curtain falls.
posted by Kattullus on Oct 3, 2023 - 41 comments

Only Murders in the Building: Thirty  Season 3, Ep 9

It's Mabel's birthday and she wants to spend it solving a crime! Official rundown from IMDB: Having amassed a plethora of clues, suspects and theories but no concrete answers about Ben's murder, the trio devise a peculiar method of recreating the final moments of his life. AV Club review. [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon on Sep 26, 2023 - 32 comments

Only Murders in the Building: Ah, Love!  Season 3, Ep 5

Date night! New York proves itself both a jewel box and a fish tank of romance as Charles, Mable & Oliver take their relationships to the next stage. And dating can reveal many hidden secrets, too...
posted by Navelgazer on Aug 29, 2023 - 19 comments

Only Murders in the Building: Grab Your Hankies  Season 3, Ep 3

Oliver races to bring new life to his show as Mabel's investigation into the actual murder collides with a surprising ally. Charles bonds with the cast and Loretta proves her voice is invaluable. [more inside]
posted by rednikki on Aug 15, 2023 - 25 comments

Movie: A.I. Artificial Intelligence

A robotic boy, the first programmed to love, David (Haley Joel Osment) is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee (Sam Robards) and his wife (Frances O'Connor). Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David. Without final acceptance by humans or machines, David embarks on a journey to discover where he truly belongs, uncovering a world in which the line between robot and machine is both vast and profoundly thin. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Feb 2, 2023 - 15 comments

Movie: Out of Africa

[TRAILER] Initially set on being a dairy farmer, the aristocratic Karen Blixen (Meryl Streep) travels to Africa to join her husband, Bror (Klaus Maria Brandauer), who instead spends their money on a coffee plantation. After discovering Bror is unfaithful, Karen develops feelings for hunter Denys (Robert Redford), but realizes he prefers a simplistic lifestyle compared to her upper class background. The two continue on until a series of events force Karen to choose between her love and personal growth. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jan 23, 2023 - 3 comments

Movie: The Hours

[TRAILER] Three women are searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories intertwine, and finally come together in a surprising, transcendent moment of shared recognition. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Nov 14, 2022 - 1 comment

Movie: Defending Your Life

Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) isn't having a good week. For starters, he died after he got hit by a bus. Then he discovers that in the afterlife he must defend his actions on Earth in order to ascend to a higher plane of existence. While awaiting judgment, he falls in love with Julia (Meryl Streep), whose near-perfect life on Earth seemingly makes her a shoe-in for ascension. However, Daniel's actions in his lifetime might not be enough for him to move on. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown on Jul 17, 2022 - 6 comments

Movie: Don't Look Up

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth. [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon on Dec 25, 2021 - 95 comments

Movie: Adaptation.

A lovelorn screenwriter becomes desperate as he tries and fails to adapt 'The Orchid Thief' by Susan Orlean for the screen. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Jun 18, 2020 - 6 comments

Big Little Lies: She Knows  Season 2, Ep 4

Celeste accuses Mary Louise of overstepping boundaries with Jane; Renata endures a prying court hearing with Gordon; Jane opens up to Corey at Amabella's birthday party; Madeline continues to try to make things right with Ed.
posted by guiseroom on Jul 1, 2019 - 6 comments

Big Little Lies: The End of the World   Season 2, Ep 3

Mary Louise tries to get closer to Jane; Renata focuses her wrath on Principal Nippal; Madeline is forced to confront her issues at couples therapy; Celeste struggles with her memories of Perry.
posted by guiseroom on Jun 25, 2019 - 6 comments

Big Little Lies: Tell-Tale Hearts   Season 2, Ep 2

Renata faces an uncertain future when Gordon lands in legal trouble; Celeste opens up to Mary Louise about her relationship with Perry; Ed confronts Madeline about her secrets.
posted by guiseroom on Jun 16, 2019 - 7 comments

Big Little Lies: What Have They Done?  Season 2, Ep 1

Following first-day-of-school events, Madeline is worried by Bonnie’s behavior and, later, is shocked when Abigail says she doesn’t want to go to college. Mary Louise, Celeste’s mother-in-law, offers her unvarnished assessment of Madeline’s character. Jane learns from her new coworker, Corey, that she’s known in town as one of the “Monterey Five.” Directed by: Andrea Arnold Teleplay by : David E. Kelley Story by : David E. Kelley and Liane Moriarty
posted by guiseroom on Jun 9, 2019 - 17 comments

Movie: Doubt

This quiet, powerful film takes place in a 1964 Roman Catholic elementary school in the Bronx. Sister James (Amy Adams) tells the strict principal (Meryl Streep) that Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman) might have too much personal attention with the school's only black student, thus leading to a crusade against Flynn. Viola Davis has one scene only as Donald Miller's mother. [more inside]
posted by growabrain on Mar 30, 2019 - 12 comments

Movie: Death Becomes Her

When a woman learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival. [more inside]
posted by Ten Cold Hot Dogs on Sep 12, 2018 - 13 comments

Movie: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

The hybrid sequel/prequel follow-up to the 2008 ABBA musical, this time with less Meryl Streep but more Cher. [more inside]
posted by lunasol on Jul 30, 2018 - 8 comments

Movie: The Post

A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. [more inside]
posted by DevilsAdvocate on Jan 15, 2018 - 13 comments

Movie: Fantastic Mr. Fox

An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation. [more inside]
posted by MoonOrb on Feb 2, 2016 - 11 comments

Movie: Kramer vs. Kramer

Ted Kramer's wife leaves her husband, allowing for a lost bond to be rediscovered between Ted and his son, Billy. But a heated custody battle ensues over the divorced couple's son, deepening the wounds left by the separation. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Dec 7, 2015 - 3 comments

Movie: The Seduction of Joe Tynan

Respected liberal Senator Joe Tynan is asked to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment. It means losing an old friend and fudging principles to make the necessary deals, as well... [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Dec 3, 2015 - 2 comments

Movie: Manhattan

The life of a divorced television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Nov 17, 2015 - 4 comments

Movie: Suffragette

The foot soldiers of the early feminist movement, women who were forced underground to pursue a dangerous game of cat and mouse with an increasingly brutal State. [more inside]
posted by joseph conrad is fully awesome on Nov 6, 2015 - 2 comments

Movie: Ricki and the Flash

A musician who gave up everything for her dream of rock-and-roll stardom returns home, looking to make things right with her family. [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon on Aug 9, 2015 - 6 comments

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