British detective series set on a cruise Good Ship Murder streaming on Britbox

Good Ship Murder

A new to the U.S. British crime soap set on board a luxury Mediterranean cruise ship, Good Ship Murder follows former detective Jack Graylin, who’s living out his dream as a cabaret singer aboard the ship when a series of murders pulls him back into his previous profession — this time up against the new

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Rob Lowe Comedy Unstable

Unstable S2

Billed as “a different kind of Succession story,” Rob Lowe and his son John Owen Lowe return for the second season of their very funny sitcom about a narcissistic, Elon-esque biotech guru whose wild conduct in Season 1 forces a leadership change in his empire, and the recruiting of his son into the fold.  Watch

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Bruce Wayne caped crusader prime video

Batman: Caped Crusader

An imaginative reinvention of Gotham City from J.J. Abrams, Matt Reeves, and Bruce Timm, the “animated noir” flips of the origin story of an iconic villain as it casts Bruce Wayne (Hamish Linklater) as a rich socialite trying to reckon with his trauma. Unfolding as 10 more or less stand alone episodes, it shines a

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Cowboy Cartel FBI docuseries horse racing

Cowboy Cartel

A riveting docuseries that uncovers the connection between Mexico’s largest drug cartel and American horse racing, and the investigation by a determined FBI rookie who risked his life to expose a giant money laundering operation.  Three episodes arrive on Apple TV+ today.

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Britbox comedy The Change about menopause

The Change

In the wake of her 50th birthday party, Linda leaves her husband and kid behind as she lights out on a motorcycle to the forests of her youth in this unpredictable British dramedy series created by and starring Bridget Christie. From Carol Midgley at The Times (UK): “It was a fresh, quirky, funny take on

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Good Girls Guide to Murder on Netflix teen mystery drama

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder

A fast-paced six episode TV-MA teen mystery from the BBC that follows a happy-go-lucky 17-year-old, Pip, and she and her friends become embroiled in an investigation of the disappearance of fellow student, and subsequent suicide of her boyfriend, five years earlier. Based on Holly Jackson’s award-winning 2019 novel and starring Emma Myers from Wednesday.  From

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Mother daughter tween indie drama Janet Planet

Janet Planet

Set in 1990s Massachusetts, an imaginative 11-year-old loner fakes a family crisis to leave her summer camp, instead spending her vacation orbiting her single mom’s chaotic relationships in this intimate, naturalistic indie film debut from celebrated playwright Annie Baker. The Washington Post‘s Amy Nicholson gets to the heart of it: “Its soul emerges in the

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Ghostlight movie about midlife father and husband

Gaslight

As a construction worker finds himself drifting apart from his wife and daughter, he joins a local theater’s production of Romeo and Juliet, and is forced to face a dramatic personal loss in this critically-praised indie film that brings depth and heart. From Paste’s Andrew Crump: “Ghostlight is a comedy in a loose sense, a

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Signora Volpe S2

For fans of charming British detective series ready to up the stakes with espionage in Umbria, Acorn delivers this well-timed summer escape binge watch that follows a British spy-turned-detective who falls for a handsome Italian cop as she  gets sucked back into her M16 days by her ex-husband/former colleague.  Season 2 takes the slow burn

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Touch

An enchanting romance with a mystery and a history lesson, Touch follows elderly widower Kristofer as he gets on a plane in Iceland and sets out for London and Japan in solve the mystery of the disappearance of his first love, all the while flashing back to when they met 50 years earlier. From IndieWire’s

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