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Look, sometimes you just need a good cry, and right now, there's no better movie to put on if you want to feel your feelings than All of Us Strangers. The romantic drama is now streaming on Hulu after a short theatrical run last year. I found that All of Us Strangers is best experienced when you know as little as possible going in, but trailers...
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One of the best and most beloved dramas of the '90s is finally on streaming! Northern Exposure follows neurotic big city lawyer Joel Fleischman (Rob Morrow) as he is forced to work as a small town Alaskan doctor to pay back his student loans. The quirky drama is a classic "fish-out-of-water" set up as the New Yorker consistently butts heads with...
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If you spent any part of 2023 wondering why on Earth everyone seemed to be watching this largely forgotten USA Network drama, the answer lies in its stellar pilot episode. It's not often that a show hooks viewers in one try, but Suits manages to do just that. The pilot episode doesn't shy away from the fact that the characters may be talented, but...
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Netflix's latest crime hit Griselda is a glittering look at the debauched world of 1970s and 1980s Miami, a kingdom of crime ruled over by none other than Griselda Blanco (Sofia Vergara). The six part limited series plays fast and loose with Blanco's true story, but that doesn't matter. Griselda is a decadent drama full of delicious performances,...
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Jonathan Glazer is (rightfully!) being heralded as one of the best directors of his generation, thanks to The Zone of Interest, one of this year's Best Picture nominees at the 2024 Oscars. Like so many directors of his era, Glazer got his start in music videos — "Virtual Insanity," anyone!?! — but graduated to the silver screen way back in...
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Ryan Murphy's latest FX joint, FEUD: Capote vs. the Swans, looks at how famed American writer Truman Capote (Tom Hollander) destroyed his social standing by pissing off the high-powered socialites he nicknamed "the Swans." Struggling to come up with a follow up to his masterpiece, In Cold Blood, Capote turned to the gossip he'd been privy to for...
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Written and directed by Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene, The Iron Claw), The Nest—now streaming on Netflix—stars Jude Law and Carrie Coon as a 1980s husband and wife whose lives quickly unravel, thanks to a series of bad business decisions on the part of the husband. This is a movie that will make modern women grateful that it’s at...
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