The Newsreader
The Newsreader
A hidden gem that debuted on the Roku Channel in 2022, The Newsreader is an 80s-set drama that follows a veteran Australian news anchor (Anna Torv) as she’s paired up with a handsome young reporter (Sam Reid) to cover everything from the Challenger explosion to Halley’s Comet to the AIDS crisis. Blackmail, workplace romance, racism, sexuality, and ethical quagmires are all set against a sunny Melbourne backdrop to make this one a brisk, addictive escape watch. Season 2 arrives today on AMC+. Start with the first season’s six epsiodes. From The Guardian‘s Barbara Ellen: “Like nothing else on the box.” (Read the review)
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September 11, 2025
On the eve of the big screen final chapter of this cultural phenomenon, NBC and Peacock are airing this behind-the-scene reunion special with the cast from Downton Abbey’s six seasons and two movies. Breakout stars like Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Joanne Froggatt, Elizabeth McGovern and other …
September 10, 2025
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A twisty psychological mystery told from multiple points of view, Robin Wright stars as a high-end London gallery owner who begins to suspect her son’s new girlfriend is a gold-digging schemer as a series of lies, betrayals, and shocking acts of revenge unfold. Olivia Colman and Olivia Cooke co-sta …
September 10, 2025
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A riveting, cinematic historical drama that follows Benito Mussolini’s transformation from a socialist journalist to becoming Italy’s fascist dictator, blending archival footage with the flare of director Joe Wright (Darkest Hour). Unfolding through Mussolini’s gaze, it portrays him as an almost sym …
September 10, 2025
Mark Ruffalo stars as a widowed ex-priest turned FBI agent who leads an investigation into a string of violent drug-house robberies in the Philly suburbs in this layered HBO crime drama from the creator of Mare of Easttown (Brad Ingelsby). Grief, duty, faith, moral compromise, and the line between …
September 9, 2025
Season 5
New guest stars, new ripped-from-the-headlines intrigue, and, yes, a new murder drive the fifth season of Hulu’s playful murder mystery. Meryl Streep returns along with newcomers Renée Zellweger, Christoph Waltz, Beanie Feldstein, Keegan-Michael Key, and Bobby Cannavale, as the trio of sleuths (play …
September 4, 2025
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A smart, laugh-out-loud satire from the team behind The Office, Peacock’s much-anticipated fall comedy is an ode to journalism – and to NBC’s mockumentary phenomenon. It stars Domhnall Gleeson as the newly-appointed editor of the Toledo Truth-Teller, a once on-top newspaper struggling to survive wit …
August 29, 2025
An end of summer adrenaline rush and ode to 1990s New York, Austin Butler stars as a baseball prodigy turned bartender with a drinking problem who agrees to catsit for a friend, only to stumble into an underworld of gangsters and big wads of cash. Lighter and more comedic take than you’d expect from …
August 28, 2025
The dramatization of the real-life story of a British model who was drugged and kidnapped by a European trafficking ring during a photoshoot in Italy — only to become the center of a tabloid circus that accused her of making up her story. A taught and suspenseful six-part series, it’s the rare true …
August 27, 2025
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August 27, 2025
This crowd-pleasing caper might make you wish you were moving into a retirement community. Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, and Ben Kingsley play sharp-witted amateur sleuths trying to solve cold cases when they get a warm one: their retirement community’s co-owner is found dead, and they have to stop …
August 20, 2025
With the hype dating back to last summer’s Olympics, Tom Cruise finally returns to wrap up Ethan Hunt’s action hero story with an emotional, high-stakes crescendo — one that ties together several threads and answers long-gestating questions. The plot is timely: Hunt faces down an AI known as “Entit …
August 20, 2025
A vicarious summer romance that will transport you to Portugal, Spain, France, Italy, Amsterdam, and Prague, The Map that Leads to You tells the story of a Type A college grad on a last hurrah adventure before starting her banking career, and the spontaneous traveler she meets who is following his g …
