Another Simple Favor
Another Simple Favor
Set in Italy’s stunning isle of Capri, the follow-up to the 2018 mystery-thriller about a single mom named Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) and a glamorous PR exec named Emily who’s living a double life (Blake Lively). This time, the two are reunited for Emily’s wedding to a wealthy Italian businessman, and the plots, the fashions, and the twists are more over the top — involving the Italian mafia, conspiracies, and what’s being described as a “psycho-sexual” mystery. The reviews are mixed, but jump in for campy extravagance.
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July 16, 2025
Season 3
What’s more powerful — first loves or last loves? That’s the big question in the final chapter of this character-driven adaptation of the Jenny Han trilogy about a teenage love trial that has drawn in viewers of all ages (teens on up). After a time jump, Belly is now entering her senior year of col …
July 16, 2025
Glory and grit are celebrated at ESPN’s annual awards party, which gets bigger and broader this year. Nominees include Simone Biles, Shohei Ohtani, Caitlin Clark, Rory McIlroy, and the Philadelphia Eagles. Comedian Shane Gillis hosts and a couple of legends present, like Angela Bassett, Billie Jean …
July 16, 2025
Loosely based on the 1975 discovery of a 14th-century shipwreck, Hulu’s new Korean crime thriller has a few key ingredients that will make this one a summer binge watch: a high-stakes treasure hunt, a gritty 70s noir with moral ambiguities, and the actual true story of a sunken Chinese ship off the …
July 15, 2025
She vanished 30 years ago after delivering the morning broadcast at Iowa’s KIMT-TV, and her case remains unsolved. But after ABC’s 20/20 investigated three years ago, they followed a new tip from one of Jodi Husentruit’s friends, leading to this haunting three-part Hulu documentary that gets access …
July 14, 2025
Oscar nominee Petra Costa explores how evangelical Christianity became a dominant political force in Brazil, charting the rise of Jair Bolsonaro and connecting Brazil’s current crisis to global trends — drawing parallels to the U.S., Israel, and other democracies facing similar threats. Timely and …
July 13, 2025
Season 1
An eerie psychological thriller based on Stephen King’s 2019 novel, The Institute follows a group of teens with telekinetic talents who are kidnapped and trapped in a secret facility. Tackling themes of power, control, and resistance, the eight-episode MGM+ series has been compared to Stranger Thing …
July 11, 2025
It might seem like another retrospective about a summer blockbuster, but according to the filmmakers, Jaws was not only a pivot in how stories are told, it changed public perception of “predators.” The massive hit almost derailed director Steven Spielberg’s career. He shares the inside scoop and g …
July 11, 2025
For anyone struggling with artistic dreams in an unstable time — or a post-pandemic search for home and belonging — Everything’s Going to be Great is about a couple pursuing regional theater as they try and raise polar-opposite sons and their mental health challenges. Allison Janney and Bryan Cran …
July 11, 2025
Season 3
One of the most highly praised space operas across TV or streaming, Apple’s cerebral sci-fi adaptation of the legendary Isaac Asimov novels returns to follow the mathematician Hari Seldon in the wake of his development of a “predictive science” — one that has forecast a galactic empire’s collapse. …
July 11, 2025
Season 1
Set in New York City, where Dexter (Michael C. Hall) is now a ride share driver, the sequel series is more of “big question” look at the fascination with serial killers. Dexter faces a showdown with a billionaire (played by Peter Dinklage) who actually collects serial killers – as if they’re trading …
July 10, 2025
An upbeat, all-star rom-com series set in London, Girls creator Lena Dunham is behind this sharply written (and sometimes silly) story about a 30-something New Yorker who takes a job in London after a breakup, only to meet a Mr. Wrong. The team behind it includes two writers from Love Actually and M …
July 9, 2025
Season 1
A spinoff of Bosch, Maggie Q as Renée Ballard, LAPD’s new head of a Cold Case Division — now tasked with excavating the city’s darkest secrets through serial killer victims and “John Doe” cases, which leaders her to a conspiracy within the department itself. Bosch himself (Titus Welliver) joins th …
