Laid sex comedy on Peacock

Laid

After learning that all of her former lovers have been dying “in unusual ways,” a woman sets out on a tailspinning mission to find out what exactly is wrong with her in this dark “sex comedy” series starring Oscar winner Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Sima Liu, SNL’s Chloe Fineman, Girls’ Zosia Mamet,

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Inside out's new tv series Dream Productions streams on Disney+ December 10th 2024

Dream Productions

A spinoff from the Inside Out films that is set in between the events of the original and its sequel, Pixar’s first-ever TV series is a mockumentary set in the “studio of Riley’s mind,” where a director (voiced by Paula Pell) is trying to come up with her next hit dream with the help of

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Bart Simpson and Homer simpson play Monday Night Football on ESPN+

The Simpsons Sunday Football

Bart and the Bengals face off against Homer and the Cowboys on Monday Night Football — “Live from Springfield!” — in this never-been-done / never-occurred-to-anyone-to-do mashup that merges two of America’s biggest franchises…somehow!  We’ll just have to watch and figure out how they pulled this off.  (Disney+ and ESPN+)

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Lake George crime comedy

Lake George

After he’s hired by mobsters to take out the boss’s girlfriend before she exposes any secrets, an unwitting hit man end up a mischievous road trip with his target in this offbeat dark comedy starring Carrie Coons and Shea Whigham.  Fargo fans will love it, and its quick, unexpected caper on the lighter side.

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Good One

An emotionally resonant indie about a 17-year-old who heads out a weekend camping trip to the Catskill Mountains with her father and her oldest friend and is forced to quietly come to terms with her own simmering conflicts.  One of those movies that the less said, the better, but critics and Sundance audiences love this

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The Sticky

The wild true story of Quebec’s “Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist” is dramatized with comedic flare in a quick six-episode series led by Margo Martindale (best known for The Americans).  From Daily Beast’s Nick Schrager: “A quirky and spirited lark that maintains a requisite degree of suspense and silliness throughout its brief maiden season.” (Read

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Paris Has Fallen

Just in time for the real-life upheavals in France comes this brisk political thriller series that jumps off the Gerard Butler film to take you a high-adrenaline ride through a France filled with mercenaries, snipers, politicos as a French protection officer  (Tewfik Jallab) teams up with MI6 operative (Ritu Arya) to catch a double agent

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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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