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The majority of music documentaries tend to play up the drama and the breakups. This tribute to the unsung musicians behind the rock stars of the 70s and 80s shows the affection and respect they share for one another, and rarely have so many legends appeared in one documentary:  James Taylor, Neil Young, Stevie Nicks,

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Carol & the End of the World

Can a series about an impending apocalypse bring joy to your life?  That’s what some reviewers think about this adult animated comedy series about a woman who finds purpose and connection as earth faces an oncoming planet. A very original mix of whimsy, absurdity, and big existential questions.  Ten episodes air on Netflix.

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Such Brave Girls

An edgy British comedy-drama series focused on single mother Deb (Louise Brealey) and her two adult daughters, Josie and Billie (Kat Sadler and Lizzie Davidson), who are facing some trauma and not afraid to serve up some raw talk about it – and find the humor in it all. Critics have described it alternately as

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Reacher S2

Part revenge thriller, part investigative action drama, the popcorn series follows retired military police officer Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) after he’s arrested for murder soon after landing in a small Georgia town.  The second season has more humor and more subversion. Based on Lee Child’s Reacher novels, the second season adapts the 11th Jack Reacher

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Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour [extended]

After selling out international stadiums and blowing away the box office, Taylor Swift’s epic Era tour is now arriving in living rooms via the pay-as-you-go streaming platforms, and the film offers an added treat of three new songs that were missing from the theatrical release.  Watch it to see how a 33-year-old singer songwriter captivated

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Walden

Walden Dean (Emile Hirsch) is a stenographer in the deep south who has witnessed all types of injustices in the courtroom and killers who’ve gone free. After learning that he’s terminally ill, all the anger he’s stifled bubbles up in him, and he decides to seek revenge in the most gruesome ways imaginable.  Part horror,

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Under Pressure: The U.S. Women’s World Cup Team

An inspiring four-part Netflix documentary series that captures the tensions and drama behind the U.S. women’s national team’s journey through 2023 World Cup, with a focus on co-captain Alex Morgan as she does double duty parenting a toddler, “bubble” player Lynn Williams’ unlikely journey at 30, and the sweet yet fierce 18-year-old future of the

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Trees and Other Entanglements

A stirring and enlightening documentary about the many ways that human beings and trees are intertwined, with stories about a young boy hidden among a forest, an artist refining American bonsai, a photographer who observes trees, a mother fighting to protect forests, and a man who is determined to plant them. Spotlights our connection to

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Bank of Dave

Based on the real life experiences of a British man named Dave Fishwick, a crowd pleasing comedy-drama about a working class man (played by Rory Kinnear) who became a self-made millionaire and fought to set up a community bank after the big financial institutions failed the residents of his town.  Also starring Bridgerton breakout Phoebe

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The Billion Dollar Goal

A three-part documentary about the unlikely arc of soccer in the United States, beginning with its origins as “an immigrant’s game” to the historic 1989 goal that ended a 40-year World Cup drought to its rise as a cultural phenomenon despite resistance. Featuring narration and interviews with the late sports journalist Grant Wahl, who died

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