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A physician who can talk to animals embarks on an adventure to find a legendary island with a young apprentice and a crew of strange pets.
posted by ellieBOA on Feb 22, 2020 - 1 comment

A lonely woman befriends a group of teenagers and decides to let them party at her house. Just when the kids think their luck couldn't get any better, things start happening that make them question the intention of their host. [more inside]
posted by Gin and Broadband on Jun 2, 2019 - 2 comments

A Brooklyn couple has always known that their four-year-old son is more interested in fairy tale princesses than toy cars. But when his preschool director points out that his gender-nonconforming play may be more than a phase, the couple rethink their roles as parents and spouses.
posted by ellieBOA on Jul 29, 2018 - 0 comments

In Guillermo del Toro's magical realism twist on monster movies, isolated and mute Elisa (Sally Hawkins) works as a nighttime janitor at a government research facility in a 1960s-like Baltimore. Her life is changed forever when she discovers a secret classified "asset" and experiment, and develops an unusual relationship. [more inside]
posted by gemmy on Dec 12, 2017 - 47 comments

Host: Octavia Spencer, Musical Guest: Father John Misty [more inside]
posted by DizzyOnBugSpray on Mar 5, 2017 - 28 comments

A team of African-American women provide NASA with important mathematical data needed to launch the program's first successful space missions.
posted by noneuclidean on Jan 7, 2017 - 38 comments

A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways. [more inside]
posted by numaner on Jul 13, 2016 - 2 comments

Teenagers in a hospital get to know each other. [more inside]
posted by Margalo Epps on Sep 21, 2014 - 5 comments