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As the sleepy seaside town of Deadloch, Tasmania, prepares for its annual festival, a man turns up dead and a rough detective from Darwin arrives to work on the investigation with the fastidious local cop and an overeager assistant.
posted by onya on Jun 8, 2023 - 28 comments

This is a short film kickstarted from a webcomic about a gang of misfits running an undercover speakeasy in 1927 St. Louis sourcing more bootleg whisky. Their opposition is happy to stop them from doing so violently. Oh and they're all anthropomorphic cats. [more inside]
posted by flamewise on Mar 31, 2023 - 5 comments

A "closer" for one of New York City's most successful law firms decides to hire an aloof genius who has passed the bar but never went to law school as his associate. [IMDB]
posted by like_neon on Aug 23, 2018 - 11 comments

The pilot for a new series on SyFy based on James SA Corey's series of books that begin with Leviathan Wakes. In the US, the show begins airing on 14 December but SyFy has put the pilot on youtube.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe on Nov 28, 2015 - 65 comments

When Maxine moves in with her boyfriend, Jerrod, she wants to tell his parents right away and Jerrod prefers never telling them.
posted by Margalo Epps on Sep 2, 2015 - 3 comments

Six strangers wake up on a derelict ship with no memories. Who they really are will change them forever - and perhaps the universe, too.
posted by rednikki on Jun 21, 2015 - 13 comments

Killjoys Dutch and John are in serious need of R&R after capturing a dangerous smuggler in the badlands of Westerley. But when a death warrant is posted for D'avin, John secretly takes the job to save his estranged brother. With a competing Killjoy also on the job, the team is in a race against time to clear D'avin's name and their own.
posted by rednikki on Jun 21, 2015 - 17 comments

A spinoff from "Captain America" and "Captain America: The Winter Soldier" and a prequel to the events of "Marvel One Shot: Agent Carter", Peggy Carter (Hayley Atwell) fights the good fight against the forces of evil as a member of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s predecessor the Strategic Scientific Reserve (the S.S.R) while maintaining her cover as a telephone operator for Ma Bell in 1946 New York. First up: Howard Stark (Dominic Cooper) is accused of selling arms to the enemies of the United States and he turns to Peggy for help in clearing his name. [more inside]
posted by inturnaround on Jan 7, 2015 - 53 comments

A medical examiner who's seen it all gets caught up in a train crash investigation. [more inside]
posted by Margalo Epps on Sep 23, 2014 - 12 comments

A team of geniuses help out the government. [more inside]
posted by Margalo Epps on Sep 23, 2014 - 26 comments

1958, B&W, Horror, Sci-Fi. A thick fog engulfs the side of a mountain, containing big puffy eyes with tentacles that control people's minds. The first cable episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 features many of the elements that would make the show a success: lots of jokes, whimsical performances, and a movie bad enough to peel paint. But as with most of the first season, it's really not the guys at their best. For devoted fans only. [more inside]
posted by JHarris on May 14, 2014 - 29 comments