Best baseball movie for middle aged men

Eephus

A tribute to small towns, adult rec leagues, and the power of baseball to create community, Eephus is for anyone who remembers the Bad News Bears.  It follows two recreational baseball teams filled with aging men as they play their final game on a field doomed for demolition, and it features two Red Sox legends

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Dying for Sex

Five-time Oscar nominee Michelle Williams stars in this true story-inspired comedic drama about a woman who decides to leave her husband and explore all of her sexual fantasies after being diagnosed with late-stage breast cancer.  Jenny Slate, Jay Duplass, Rob Delaney, and Sissy Spacek also star.  From LA Times‘ Mary McNamara: “It could also be

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Handmaid’s Tale S6

Revolution is in the air in the final season of the powerful drama about a totalitarian society that subjugates women, which found all new relevance during the 2024 election, as commentators and activists compared some of the campaign rhetoric to that coming from the authoritarian regime depicted in the hit Hulu series. The sixth and

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North of North

After getting divorced in her small, tight-knit Inuit community in the Arctic, a young mom has to reinvent herself and find new purpose in this warm and cheerful comedy. With Greenland in the news, the series also offers a timely look at Inuit culture and its emphasis on cooperation and resilience. All eight episodes stream

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Dr. Who S2

The BBC/Disney reboot offers an easy jump-in for newcomers curious about how the 62-year-old British sci-fi story draws in so many generations. It continues the story of the 15th Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) but pairs him with an all-new companion, ER nurse Belinda (Varada Sethu), who gets kidnapped by robots and ushered off to a mysterious

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Warfare

From Alex Garland’s production banner, Warfare drops you into a real-time combat mission in Iraq. Set in 2006, it follows a team of Navy SEALs on a surveillance mission gone awry. Co-written and co-directed by Garland and Ray Mendoza—whose own platoon was ambushed during the real-life event. From Watercooler’s Felipe Patterson: “The film is both

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The Last of Us S2

The long-awaited follow-up to the Emmy-winning drama about life in the wake of a pandemic, Season 1 followed a teenager who was immune to the virus and a father figure who somehow survived and protected her in their harrowing cross-country quest to reach the scientists with the cure. Play catch-up on Season 1 before you

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New political thriller on Amazon about terrorist attack G20

G20

Terrorists attack a G20 summit in South Africa filled with world leaders, and it’s up to the American president (Viola Davis) to save the day as they use deepfake technology to take over the world’s financial markets. The tense, timely political thriller rose straight to the top of Amazon’s charts. It also stars Anthony Anderson,

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Jon Hamm apple series

Your Friends & Neighbors

Jon Hamm plays a newly divorced hedge fund manager who gets fired in disgrace and takes a turn into a life of crime. Breaking into his rich neighbors’ homes to steal things they won’t miss, he discovers a wealth of very dark secrets that place him in even greater danger. Amanda Peet, Olivia Munn, Hoon

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Spy High Documentary about laptop surveillance

Spy High

After a Pennsylvania high student was summoned to the principal’s office with accusations of selling drugs, photos and videos taken from his school-issued laptop camera are revealed — exposing a shocking pattern of school-sponsored surveillance. The four-part docuseries chronicles the student, his lawsuit, and a far-reaching debate.

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