Best legal thriller is Juror number 2 streaming on apple prime google

Juror #2

Nicholas Hoult stars as a magazine writer and recovering alcoholic who ends up on the jury of a murder trial, only to realize he might have more overlaps with the accused than he should admit in this nail-biting legal thriller directed by Clint Eastwood.  Kiefer Sutherland, JK Simmons and Zoey Deutsch co-star in the PG-13

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White Lies South AFrican mystery thriller

White Lies

Game of Thrones star Natalie Dormer stars as an investigative journalist in Cape Town, South Africa who finds herself deep into the intersection of wealth and corruption when she starts to dig into her estranged brother’s murder and discovers his teenage kids are chief suspects.  A taut and twisty eight-episode mystery that drops you into

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Black Doves Keira Knightley spy thriller london

Black Doves

A surefire holiday streaming hit that combines the twinkly London Christmas backdrop and star of Love Actually (Keira Knightley) with a bloody spy thriller, woven together with quick-witted dialogue and heapings of dark humor.  Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire co-star in the story from Joe Barton (Giri/Haji). Six episodes stream today, and a second season

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DC Comics new series commandos james gunn

Creature Commandos

For the teens and grown-up fans of James Gunn and Suicide Squad, a raunchy and profusely violent DC Comics series about a WWII G.I. Robot, a child slayer, a fish-woman (Zoë Chao), Frankenstein (David Harbour), his Bride (Indira Varma), and a Doctor Phosphorous (Alan Tudyk) sent on geopolitical missions by their handler (Viola Davis).  If

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Nutcrackers ben stiller comedy foster family

Nutcrackers

Ben Stiller stars as an uptight, single Chicagoan who is suddenly charged with taking care of his sister’s four sons until they can find a foster home in this charming and light holiday comedy co-starring Linda Cardellini, Tim Heidecker, Edi Patterson, and Toby Huss. Inspired by the life of the real-life siblings who play themselves

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Beatles documentary on Disney Plus for family watch history lesson

Beatles ’64

Sixty years after their British Invasion began, Martin Scorsese and director David Tedeschi tell the story of The Beatles first trip to the U.S. in a documentary aimed not just at fans of the most iconic band in history, but at younger generations who may not grasp their significance. Weaving in newly restored footage originally

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best new spy thriller is The Agency fassbender

The Agency

Michael Fassbender stars as an undercover CIA agent who is recalled to London for a major new mission—which requires he abandon his secret identity. His new role gets complicated when a romantic interest from his previous life resurfaces in this gripping, sharply-written 10-episode English language adaptation of the hit French series The Bureau. An all-star

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Sexy college set show on HBO max Sweethearts

Sweethearts

You might confuse this one with Sex Lives of College Girls, but it has a twist.  It follows two college freshmen (Kiernan Shipka and Nico Hiraga) who break up with their high school sweethearts over “Drunksgiving” (also known as a “Turkey Dump” the night before Thanksgiving), but it casts their platonic friendship in a new

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Best japanese anime is Mononoke the sequel o netflix

Mononoke The Movie: The Phantom in the Rain

A legend among Japanese anime fans, the original Mononoke series is about a mysterious detective named Medicine Seller who investigates the motives of vengeful ghosts from 14th century Japan. Inspired by classic Japanese theater, the world is brought to psychedelic life through its highly imaginative animation, and nearly 20 years later, this feature-length film brings

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Moana 2 for ages 6 and up

Moana 2

The original has become the most streamed movie of all time, so if you haven’t caught Moana 1, ’tis the season for this all-in-the-family cultural touchstone (ages 6+).  The sequel follows the teenage protagonist (again voiced by Auli’i Cravalho) as she heeds a call from her ancestors and heads out to sea, this time with

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