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Movie: Young Adult
Mavis Gary (Charlize Theron) is a successful writer of teen literature who returns to her hometown with a dual mission: to relive her glory days and steal away her now-married high-school sweetheart (Patrick Wilson). However, her mission does not go exactly to plan, and she finds her homecoming more problematic than she expected. Instead, Mavis forms an unusual bond with a former classmate (Patton Oswalt), who has also found it difficult to move past high school. [more inside]
Movie: Me and You and Everyone We Know
Single dad Richard (John Hawkes) meets Christine (Miranda July, who also wrote and directed), a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard's divorce has left him emotionally damaged, and he struggles to remain open to the possibilities of this new relationship. Meanwhile, Richard's sons, the adolescent Peter (Miles Thompson) and 6-year-old Robby (Brandon Ratcliff), take part in their own clumsy experiments with the opposite sex. [more inside]
The Resort: El Espejo Season 1, Ep 5
Emma, Noah and Baltasar team up and try to uncover the truth behind Sam and Violet’s disappearance. [more inside]
Movie: Con Air
Just-paroled army ranger Cameron Poe (Nicolas Cage) is headed back to his wife (Monica Potter), but must fly home aboard a prison transport flight dubbed "Jailbird" with some of the worst criminals living. Along with Diamond Dog (Ving Rhames) and Baby-O (Mykelti Williamson), genius serial killer Cyrus "The Virus" Grissom (John Malkovich) unleashes a violent escape plot in mid-flight. Secretly working with U.S. Marshall Vince Larkin (John Cusack), Poe tries to foil Grissom's plan. [more inside]
Movie: Terms of Endearment
Widow Aurora Greenway (Shirley MacLaine) and her daughter, Emma (Debra Winger), have a strong bond, but Emma marries teacher Flap Horton (Jeff Daniels) against her mother's wishes. When the marriage sours, Emma returns to her mother, who is involved with a former astronaut (Jack Nicholson). Soon, Emma learns that she has terminal cancer. In the hospital, supported by Aurora, she tries to make peace with Flap and her children. Based on the novel by Larry McMurtry. [more inside]
Movie: Little Miss Sunshine
The Hoover family -- an overworked mother (Toni Collette), her failed motivational speaker husband (Greg Kinnear), a depressed uncle (Steve Carell), a brother (Paul Dano) and a grandfather (Alan Arkin) -- puts the fun back in dysfunctional by piling into a VW bus and heading to California to support a daughter (Abigail Breslin) in her bid to win the Little Miss Sunshine Contest. The sanity of everyone involved is stretched to the limit as the group's quirks cause epic problems as they travel along their interstate route. [more inside]
Movie: Submarine
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy, Oliver (Craig Roberts) struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana (Yasmin Paige), his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents’ marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana. Written & directed by Richard Ayoade. [more inside]
Movie: The Happiness of the Katakuris
The Katakuris are a four-generation family of failures. Aiming to change their luck, they purchase a large old home situated on a former garbage dump near Mount Fuji, aiming to make it a bed and breakfast. When they finally get their first guest, he commits suicide, and the Katakuris make the decision to save their business by burying the body and concealing the death. Stuff gets worse from there. Two things: this is a horror musical; it is by Takashi Miike (Audition). [more inside]
The Bear: The Bear Season 1, Ep 0
A young chef from the world of fine dining comes home to Chicago to run his family's sandwich shop. [more inside]
Movie: This Must Be the Place
A bored, retired goth rock star (Sean Penn) sets out to find his father's executioner, an ex-Nazi war criminal who is a refugee in the U.S. [more inside]
Vincenzo: Vincenzo Season 1, Ep 0
A mafia consigliere heads to South Korea to claim a gold stash that's hidden in the basement of a commercial building. However, he soons finds himself drawn into a legal battle against a corrupt pharmaceutical company. [more inside]
As We See It: Season 1 (All Episodes) Season 1, Ep 0
Amazon: "Finding love, making friends, getting a job, adulting. Watch as three roommates on the autism spectrum navigate their early 20s with all its joy, tears and laughter. From the Emmy award winning Jason Katims (Parenthood, Friday Night Lights) comes the new series As We See It, launching January 21st, only on Prime Video." [more inside]
Supernatural: Love Hurts Season 11, Ep 13
Sam and Dean investigate a set of murders on Valentine's Day and discover they are dealing with the ripple effects of a curse. [more inside]
PEN15: Season 2: Part 2 Season 2, Ep 2
Comics Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle play versions of themselves as 13-year-old outcasts in middle school in the year 2000.
The 2nd half of Season 2 of Pen15 was released in December 2021; consisting of 7 episodes (not including the Animated special released in August) which concludes Pen15. [more inside]
Supernatural: Don't You Forget About Me Season 11, Ep 12
Claire thinks some recent murders in town are the work of a supernatural entity and calls on Sam and Dean for help, but when they arrive in Sioux Falls, Jody Mills tells them that Claire has been attacking ordinary people and accusing them of being monsters. [more inside]
Supernatural: Bloodlines Season 9, Ep 20
Sam and Dean visit Chicago and find the city's underworld is divided between powerful clans of monsters, including werewolves and shapeshifters. [more inside]
Supernatural: Alex Annie Alexis Ann Season 9, Ep 19
Sheriff Mills calls on Sam and Dean for help after she apprehends a teenage runaway who is trying to escape from a pack of vampires that abducted her as a child and consider her one of their own. [more inside]
Supernatural: Meta Fiction Season 9, Ep 18
When Castiel rejects Metatron's offer to join forces, a surprising plan is set in motion; Sam and Dean apprehend Gadreel. [more inside]
Supernatural: Mother's Little Helper Season 9, Ep 17
Dean copes with the side effects of the Mark of Cain, as Sam investigates a series of violent murders related directly to Abaddon. [more inside]
Supernatural: Blade Runners Season 9, Ep 16
Sam and Dean assist Crowley in the search for the First Blade. [more inside]
Supernatural: #thinman Season 9, Ep 15
When Dean and Sam investigate the murder of a teenage girl, they once again cross paths with the Ghostfacers. [more inside]
Supernatural: Captives Season 9, Ep 14
Kevin's spirit returns to ask Sam and Dean to find his mother. Castiel is taken to Bartholomew. [more inside]
Supernatural: The Purge Season 9, Ep 13
After several people are murdered by having the fat sucked out of their bodies, Sam and Dean go undercover and apply for jobs at a local weight loss spa. [more inside]
Supernatural: Sharp Teeth Season 9, Ep 12
Sam and Dean learn that Garth has joined a community of werewolves. [more inside]
Supernatural: First Born Season 9, Ep 11
Sam and Castiel believe that they found a way to track Gadreel. Dean and Crowley team up to find the First Blade, which is in the hands of the biblical Cain. [more inside]
Supernatural: Road Trip Season 9, Ep 10
Dean and Castiel ask Crowley for help in finding Gadreel and getting him out of Sam's body. [more inside]
Supernatural: Holy Terror Season 9, Ep 9
The angels go to war against each other, and Ezekiel is revealed to be not what he has claimed to be. [more inside]
Supernatural: Rock and a Hard Place Season 9, Ep 8
Sheriff Mills calls Sam and Dean for help with multiple disappearances in the town. Discovering all four victims belonged to the same church chastity group, Sam and Dean decide to investigate by taking an pledge of abstinence and joining the group themselves. [more inside]
Supernatural: Bad Boys Season 9, Ep 7
Dean and Sam visit Dean's former group home for boys, which is now being haunted by a ghost. [more inside]
Supernatural: Heaven Can't Wait Season 9, Ep 6
Dean and Castiel team up to find a Rit Zien, an angel healer, who is easing peoples' suffering by killing them. Sam and Kevin ask Crowley for help in finding a way to open the gates to Heaven. [more inside]
Supernatural: Dog Dean Afternoon Season 9, Ep 5
When the only witness to a couple of mysterious murders is a dog, Dean performs a risky spell to help him communicate with canines. [more inside]
Supernatural: Slumber Party Season 9, Ep 4
Sam and Dean accidentally free Dorothy Gale, who has been trapped in the bunker for years, and with her the Wicked Witch of the West. [more inside]
Supernatural: I'm No Angel Season 9, Ep 3
Sam and Dean track down Castiel, while Bartholomew, a new leader of the fallen angels, tries to destroy him. [more inside]
Supernatural: Devil May Care Season 9, Ep 2
Sam and Dean reveal to Kevin that they have Crowley hostage, while Abaddon returns to hunt them all down. [more inside]
Supernatural: I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here Season 9, Ep 1
Sam is comatose with a grim prognosis due to the aftereffects of the trials, and Dean asks for help from the angels. Castiel has been stripped of his powers and tries to adjust to being human as the angels pursue him. [more inside]
Supernatural: Sacrifice Season 8, Ep 23
Sam and Dean capture Crowley to finish the trials and close the gates of Hell, while Castiel and Metatron continue the trials to close the gates of Heaven. [more inside]
Supernatural: Clip Show Season 8, Ep 22
Sam and Dean try to figure out how to cure a demon. Crowley starts killing victims that Sam and Dean have saved from previous jobs. Castiel and Metatron begin the trials to close the gates to Heaven. [more inside]
Supernatural: The Great Escapist Season 8, Ep 21
Sam and Dean search for the Word's author, Metatron. Castiel tries to protect the angel tablet. Kevin tries to translate more of the Word regarding the third trial while under Crowley's surveillance. [more inside]
Supernatural: Pac-Man Fever Season 8, Ep 20
Charlie teams up with Sam and Dean to track down a creature that's been liquefying its victims. [more inside]
Supernatural: Taxi Driver Season 8, Ep 19
The second trial in the endeavour to shut the gates of Hell is to rescue an innocent soul from Hell and deliver it to Heaven. [more inside]
Supernatural: Freaks and Geeks Season 8, Ep 18
Sam and Dean learn that a hunter has established a sort of group home for orphaned teenaged hunters in which he is training Krissy and two other kids in hunting, as well as insisting on their going to school and living some semblance of a normal life. [more inside]
Supernatural: Goodbye Stranger Season 8, Ep 17
Sam and Dean hunt down the angel tablet with assistance from Castiel and Meg. [more inside]
Supernatural: Remember the Titans Season 8, Ep 16
Sam and Dean come across a mysterious man who dies once every day. [more inside]
Supernatural: Man's Best Friend With Benefits Season 8, Ep 15
James Frampton, an old friend of Sam and Dean, has become a witch. Now he's supposedly killing innocent people. [more inside]
Supernatural: Trial and Error Season 8, Ep 14
Kevin has found out that in order to close the gates of Hell, the person needs to accomplish three tasks, the first of which is to kill a hellhound. [more inside]
Supernatural: Everybody Hates Hitler Season 8, Ep 13
Sam and Dean find themselves battling a group of Nazi necromancers. [more inside]
Supernatural: As Time Goes By Season 8, Ep 12
Sam and Dean's paternal grandfather Henry Winchester time travels from 1958 to 2013, and tells his skeptical grandsons that he has something to protect from a demonic being named Abaddon, who is hot on his trail. [more inside]
Supernatural: LARP and the Real Girl Season 8, Ep 11
When two LARPers turn up dead, Sam and Dean investigate the fictional world of Moondoor, where they find a familiar face. [more inside]
Supernatural: Citizen Fang Season 8, Ep 9
Some people have died of vampire attacks in the Louisiana town where Benny is living, and only Dean believes he's innocent. [more inside]
Supernatural: Hunteri Heroici Season 8, Ep 8
Castiel decides to become a hunter like Sam and Dean, and his first case with them involves a series of murders that strongly resemble classic cartoon mishaps. Meanwhile, Sam thinks back to the evening he met Amelia's father. [more inside]