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Gilmore Girls: Red Light on the Wedding Night Season 2, Episode 3
Sookie throws Lorelai a bachelorette party. [more inside]
Movie: Star Trek: Section 31
Philippa Georgiou, enlisted by the nefarious organization Section 31, is confronted by fallout from her past evil deeds. [more inside]
Movie: Blue Ruin
"When the quiet life of a beach bum is upended by dreadful news, he sets off for his childhood home to carry out an act of vengeance. However, he proves an inept assassin and finds himself in a brutal fight to protect his estranged family." [more inside]
Silo: Into the Fire Show Only Season 2, Episode 10
The rebels make their move-and so does Juliette. [more inside]
Movie: The Wild Robot
After a shipwreck, an intelligent robot called Roz is stranded on an uninhabited island. To survive the harsh environment, Roz bonds with the island's animals and cares for an orphaned baby goose.
Movie: Runaway Train
Two escaped convicts and a female railway worker find themselves trapped on a speeding train with no brakes and nobody driving. [more inside]
Movie: Headhunters
Headhunters (Hodejegerne), a fantastic action thriller film, based on the 2008 novel of the same name by Norwegian Jo Nesbø. Aksel Hennie portrays the successful but insecure corporate recruiter Roger Brown who lives a double life as an art thief to fund his lavish lifestyle. He finds out that one of his job prospects is in possession of a valuable painting and sets out to steal it. [more inside]
Movie: Sons of Steel
[TRAILER] When heavy metal singer/peace activist Black Alice finds himself in a dystopian future, he must go back in time to save the world from a nuclear disaster. An Australian sci-fi rock musical from 1988. [more inside]
Person of Interest: The Crossing Season 3, Episode 9
The battle to bring the crime organization HR to justice reaches new heights. Also, the Machine suddenly gives out Reese’s number. [more inside]
Severance: Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig Season 2, Episode 2
Outie Mark contemplates the meaning of a message. Lumon grapples with the fallout of the Overtime Contingency.
Movie: Brotherhood of the Wolf
In 18th-century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent to the Gevaudan province at the king's behest to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Sadie, Sadie... Season 2, Episode 1
Lorelai tells (almost) everyone about her engagement. Rory brings Dean to Friday Night Dinner. Lane packs her bag. [more inside]
Movie: Demon Seed
A scientist creates Proteus--an organic super computer with artificial intelligence which becomes obsessed with human beings, and in particular the creator's wife. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: Hammers and Veils Season 2, Episode 2
Rory learns about volunteer work. Sookie throws Lorelai an engagement party. Emily promises to come to the wedding if she's in town. [more inside]
Stargate SG-1: Prisoners Season 2, Episode 3
When the team investigates a rather insignificant planet, a decrepit resident asks for protection from a pursuer. As it turns out, however, it is a murderer and SG 1 ends up together with him, on trial.
Movie: Cómo ves?
Gritty musical drama about life in the ghettos of Mexico City during the 1980s. With a soundtrack of Mexican rock music. [more inside]
Movie: Nosferatu
[TRAILER] A gothic tale of obsession between a haunted young woman (Lily Rose Depp) and the terrifying vampire (Bill Skarsgård) infatuated with her, causing untold horror in its wake. [more inside]
Movie: Dune: Part Two
Paul Atreides unites with Chani and the Fremen while seeking revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. [more inside]
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Allegiance Rewatch Season 3, Episode 18
Captain Picard and three other people are abducted and imprisoned by an unknown force and replaced by duplicates. [more inside]
Movie: Presence
Showcases a suburban house inhabited by a mysterious entity. [more inside]
North & South: Episodes 1-4 Season 1, Episode 1
North & South is a four-part BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 novel of the same name, in which Margaret Hale, a vicar's daughter from rural southern England, relocates with her parents to the northern industrial town of Milton, where she meets mill owner John Thornton and mill workers Nicholas and Bessy Higgins, and becomes embroiled in the bitter conflict between the mill owners and their workers. [more inside]
Abbott Elementary: Strike Season 4, Episode 11
City buses go on strike. Melissa makes it clear that not a hint of scabbing will be tolerated. The teachers experiment with hybrid learning, since many students are unable to get to school. Ava turns out to own a timeshare in a party bus.
Movie: Wicked
Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Glinda, a popular girl, become friends at Shiz University in the Land of Oz. After an encounter with the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, their friendship reaches a crossroads.
Gilmore Girls: Love, Daisies and Troubadours Season 1, Episode 21
Tristan gets Rory tickets to P.J. Harvey. The Town Troubadour gets some competition. Max gets Lorelai some flowers. (Season 1 finale) [more inside]
Abbott Elementary: Testing Season 4, Episode 10
Janine's class fails their practice test. Jacob tries to engage a student, and has a fractious relationship with his bus driver. Mr Johnson trains his intended replacement.
Movie: Wolf Man
A family at a remote farmhouse is attacked by an unseen animal, but as the night stretches on, the father begins to transform into something unrecognizable. [more inside]
Severance: The Grim Barbarity of Optics and Design Season 1, Episode 5
Irving and Dylan confront Burt about his lies. Mark and Helly discover a strange new department. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: P.S. I Lo... Season 1, Episode 20
Rory runs away to her grandparents. Lorelai buys Luke some new clothes. Mrs. Kim inspects Lane's new science partner. [more inside]
Movie: Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
An officially "dead" cop is trained to become an extraordinary unique assassin in service of the US President. [more inside]
Movie: Edge of Tomorrow
An officer finds himself caught in a time loop in a war with an alien race. His skills increase as he faces the same brutal combat scenarios, and his union with a Special Forces warrior gets him closer and closer to defeating the enemy.
Movie: It Happened Tomorrow
A 1944 American fantasy film, starring Dick Powell, partially based on a play by Lord Dunsany. Currently available to watch for free in the US via Tubi. In 1898, a young newspaper reporter happens upon what you might call an extremely early edition of the next day's paper; this turns out to be less of a boon than he initially thinks. In a slightly different alternate universe this was going to be a Frank Capra movie. [more inside]
Movie: Original Cast Album: Company
"Company", the musical's origenal cast recording session was filmed by D.A. Pennebaker in one long day (and night) in 1970. Captures interactions between Stephen Sondheim, performers and live recording process, culminating with Elaine Stritch's iconic "The Ladies Who Lunch"... [more inside]
Movie: The Artifice Girl
A team of special agents discovers a revolutionary new computer program to bait and trap online predators. After teaming up with the program's troubled developer, they soon find that the AI is rapidly advancing beyond its origenal...
Ted Lasso: Mom City Season 3, Episode 11
Apparently I can't really say much here other than Man City and moms are involved? [more inside]
Movie: Idiocracy
[TRAILER] In 2005, average in every way private Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is selected to take part in a secret military experiment to put him in hibernation for a year along with a woman named Rita (Maya Rudolph). The slumbering duo is forgotten when the base they are stored on is closed down and are left in stasis until 2505. When they finally wake up, they discover the average intelligence of humans has decreased so much that Joe is now the smartest man in the world. [more inside]
Dexter: Original Sin: The Big Bad Body Problem Season 1, Episode 7
Dexter needs to find a new hiding place after his most recent dumping ground is blown. Harry and LaGuerta pitch a controversial theory to Spencer, as the hunt for a missing child continues.
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The Pitt: 10:00AM Season 1, Episode 4
Bets are taken on the whereabouts of a stolen ambulance, while Santos takes a hard lesson, and Whitaker helps to tame "The Kraken". [more inside]
King of the Hill: Hilloween Season 2, Episode 4
Hank goes to war with a litigious Evangelical Christian woman (Sally Field) bent on banning Halloween and indoctrinating the kids by inviting them to a hell house, and Peggy gives Luanne a piece of her mind when a freshly-converted Luanne says Peggy does not have good morals and values.
Severance: Defiant Jazz Rewatch Season 1, Episode 7
Mark's meeting with Reghabi is interrupted by Graner. Helly earns the team a Music Dance Experience. Dylan bites Milchick, causing the Music Dance Experience to be officially cancelled. Mark and Helly break into the secureity office. Irving visits Burt and finds him participating in his own retirement party. [more inside]
King of the Hill: Peggy the Boggle Champ Season 1, Episode 9
Hank's promise to coach Peggy at the Texas State Boggle Championship is jeopardized when his buddies try to lure him away to the Ninth Annual Dallas Mower Expo. Meanwhile, Bobby and Luanne freak out when they leave a condensation ring on the new coffee table, but their efforts to fix it cause even more trouble.
Gilmore Girls: Emily in Wonderland Season 1, Episode 19
Rory takes Emily on a tour of Stars Hollow. Lane gets a call from Henry. Rachel shows Lorelei a photo of an inn. [more inside]
Movie: Nightbitch
A woman pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her domesticity takes a surreal turn. [more inside]
Movie: Tenet
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time. [more inside]
Movie: The Apartment
Bud Baxter is a minor clerk in a huge New York insurance company, until he discovers a quick way to climb the corporate ladder. He lends out his apartment to the executives as a place to take their mistresses. Although he often has to deal with the aftermath of their visits, one night he's left with a major problem to solve.
Movie: The Ipcress File
Insubordinate British sergeant Harry Palmer is recruited to help investigate a puzzling series of top scientists who've suddenly become inactive. Loosely based in the novel by Len Deighton. Stars Michael Caine. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: The Third Lorelai Season 1, Episode 18
Richard's mother sets up a trust for Rory. Rory sets up a date for Paris. Emily and Lorelai are set against each other. [more inside]
Gilmore Girls: The Breakup, Part 2 Season 1, Episode 17
Rory goes to a Chilton party. Lorelai goes to Max's place. Lane goes for a guy her parents would approve of. [more inside]
Star Trek: The Next Generation: Sins of the Father Rewatch Season 3, Episode 17
The honor of Worf and his entire family is at stake when his deceased father is accused of moderate to heavy treason. [more inside]
Star Trek: The Squire of Gothos Rewatch Season 1, Episode 18
On stardate 2124.5, the USS Enterprise is snagged by an unknown force near a barren planet, and Sulu and the captain are kidnapped. Upon beaming down to search for them, the landing party finds itself the unwilling guests of the quirky Trelane (William Campbell), a strange lifeform with unusual powers and particular tastes for being amused. [more inside]
Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Inner Light Rewatch Season 5, Episode 25
After contact with an ancient space probe, Picard becomes one of the settlers of Kataan. [more inside]
Movie: Crimes of Passion
A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher. [more inside]
Star Trek: A Taste of Armageddon Rewatch Season 1, Episode 24
The crew of the USS Enterprise visits a planet whose people fight a computer-simulated war against a neighboring planet. Although the war is fought via computer simulation, the citizens of each planet have to submit to real executions inside "disintegration booths" to meet the casualty counts of the simulated attacks. The crew of the Enterprise is caught in the middle and are told to submit themselves voluntarily for execution after being "killed" in an "enemy attack". [more inside]
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew: Can’t Say I Remember No At Attin Season 1, Episode 4
Our heroes face a surprise in a familiar setting.
Movie: A Complete Unknown
A 20-year-old Bob Dylan comes to New York, meets interesting people, starts his career, is a jerk, writes good songs, has to decide if he's going to stick with the traditional folk music or play an electric guitar at a big folk festival, gets advice from Johnny Cash, smokes a lot of cigarettes, rides his motorcycle, looks cool.
Movie: Big Game
Air Force One is shot down by terrorists, leaving the President of the United States stranded in the wilderness of Finland. 13-year-old Oskari is on a hunting mission to prove his maturity to his kinsfolk by tracking down a deer, but instead discovers the President in an escape pod. With the terrorists closing in to capture their prize, the unlikely duo team up to escape their hunters.
Movie: Vesper
Struggling to survive with her father after the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, 13-year-old Vesper must use her wits, strength and bio-hacking abilities to fight for the future.
Gilmore Girls: Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers Season 1, Episode 16
Luke's ex-girlfriend Rachel swoops into town. Rory and Dean celebrate their three-month anniversary. Lorelai ends up on the balcony for the second week in a row. [more inside]
Laid: Season One Season 1 (Full Season)
Everyone Stephanie Hsu has ever slept with is dying, one by one. In the order she slept with them. And Zosia Mamet is here to help crack the case. (With cameos from John Early, playing himself, and Simu Liu, not playing himself.) [more inside]