Set in Perth, Australia in 1979, just as the city plays hosts the Miss Universe Pageant and NASA’s space station is about to crash nearby, everything is on the brink of upheaval in this comedy-drama about three families whose lives are mirroring the big social-political changes swirling all around them. Fans of Australian tales, 70s
Set in the 1930s Oklahoma dust bowl, a housewife grieving the loss of a child becomes convinced of a sinister presence in this psychological thriller starring Sarah Paulson, who departs from her American Horror Story character in a more grounded historical drama. From Nick Schrager at the Daily Beast: “In a genre overly taken as
Both praised and criticized for creating an idealized story about gay teen romance, the hit TV-14 high school drama returns to take the story a level deeper as its leads face their feelings, while still delivering the warmth, sentimentality, and star cameos it’s known for. This season, Bridgerton’s Jonathan Bailey, Hayley Atwell, and Stephen Fry
Based on the New York Times bestseller, The Wild Robot is a transfixing new DreamWorks film about a shipwrecked robot who has to make friends with the locals (animals) and adopt an orphan (gosling). An all-star voice ensemble (Mark Hamill, Lupita Nyong’o, Pedro Pascal ++), a dazzling world, a stirring score and a story about
Set in Navajo country, Rez Ball tells the rousing true story of a high school basketball team living on the margins that must rise up after a tragedy, and while the story of an underdog sports team sounds familiar, this one delivers a fresh world, a deeper layer, and an ending that earns its place
On the brink of our next presidential election, this timely documentary captures national security experts as they engage in a “war game” exercise — a simulated cataclysmic event, in this case between a newly elected president and an extremist group. The results of the exercise, we learn are sent confidentially to the Pentagon, Congress, and
After a D.A. (Amy Ryan) up for reelection ends up with a dead young paramour in her hotel room, she calls a fixer (George Clooney), usually a lone wolf who makes bad things go away. They’re interrupted by another fix (Brad Pitt) who was hired by the hotel, and the two rivals are forced to
Set against the stunning backdrop of Crete and adapted from a JoJo Moyes story, Killer Heat follows an American private eye (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) who’s hired to investigate the accidental death of young shipping magnate (Richard Madden), and comes up against his suspicious sister-in-law in a blend of escapism and noir. Keep in mind that critics
Rarely do romcoms match up caustic humor with warm and fuzzies and pull it off, but this story about a forthright agnostic woman (Kristen Bell) and a not-what-you’d-expect rabbi (Adam Brody) walks the line and delivers as a good date night movie for couples bridging big divides. As the Guardian‘s Lucy Mangan describes it, “It’s
With the edge of a Ryan Murphy series, the setting of Love Boat, and the high stakes of a medical drama, ABC’s hot new fall show Doctor Odyssey is taking us all on a luxury cruise with shirtless Dr. Max (Joshua Jackson). “This ship is heaven,” his new boss (Don Johnson) informs him in the