Cumberbatch netflix thriller Eric

Eric

Based on a true story, this six-episode thriller starring Benedict Cumberbatch follows the NYPD’s 1980s search for a missing nine-year-old boy, the son of a popular TV show puppeteer (Cumberbatch), who copes with his grief by talking to a monster that lives under his son’s bed, all while corruption within NYPD impedes the quest to

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Tina Fey political comedy

Mulligan: Part 2

An animated grown-up PG-14 comedy from 30 Rock and Kimmy Schmidt writers set in a post-alien-invasion D.C., where a President Mulligan has to figure out how to rebuild the U.S. and manage its feral kids and musical-inclined survivors.  The all-star voice cast includes Ayo Edebiri from “The Bear” as a 12-year-old boy who convinces everyone

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Jennifer Lopez AI movie thriller

Atlas

A renegade AI soldier (Simu Liu) wants to destroy humanity in order to end war forever, but a jaded data analyst (Jennifer Lopez) is on the case to capture the renegade robot…and it turns out they share a mysterious past.  Sterling K. Brown also stars in the timely action thriller, but critics have been decided

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Sexiest date night movies of 2024

Hit Man

A good reason to head to theaters for Memorial Day weekend, Glen Powell leads this dark action slash romcom from the legendary director Richard Linklater, and it’s based on a “somewhat true story” about a guy who goes undercover as a pretend hitman to nail would-be murderers…only to fall for a woman trying to off

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Civil War movie about journalists

Civil War

The controversial new blockbuster about a near-future America where a team of military-embedded journalists must race to reach Washington, D.C., before rebel factions descend upon the White Houses. Starring Kirsten Dunst and written and directed by Alex Garland (Annihilation).  From WIRED: “Civil War is a big and loud and visually arresting film, but its politics

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Travel show focused on drinking around the world

Thirsty with Shay Mitchell

But not the thirsty you’re thinking of, this is one big bar crawl around the world.  In time for summer, consider this a vicarious vacation travel series hosted by actress Shay Mitchell (best known for Pretty Little Liars) that drops you into stunning destinations to teach you the cultural importance of ….drinking. The bonding of

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History of Soul documentary Stax

STAX: Soulsville, USA

A moving, often thrilling four-part docuseries and American history lesson that focuses on an underdog Memphis record label that began as a country music store and rose up to launch the some of the most influential soul music artists of the 60s and 70s — until several forces intervened in its success. From The New

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Spain's rape investigation Hell on Earth Veronica

Hell on Earth: The Verónica Case

Part documentary, part dramatized true story, the three-part Spanish series investigates the aftermath of the 1998 rape of a 13-year-old girl by a 63-year-old man, how authorities refused to believe her accusations, and the role her mother played in pursuing justice.

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The Fall Guy is now streaming on apple

The Fall Guy

They didn’t advertise the plot of this Ryan Gosling-Emily Blunt action romance (probably because it features the stars of Barbenheimer), but it’s a got a great premise:  A stunt man is facing a career-ending injury when he’s tasked with finding a missing movie star and winning back his ex …all while unraveling a conspiracy theory. 

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The 8 Show

A stylish scripted dark comedy with nods to Squid Game, the new K-drama follows eight down-and-out “contestants” who have been whisked off to a house for what they’re told is a game show where they can change their fortunes…but only by entertaining people at home watching them through dozens of cameras. As the audience grows

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