TRAILBLAZING Two and a half years ago, my brother hatched a scheme to visit every one of the U.S. National Parks. We’re not talking about drive-through visits—this plan involves camping in the parks whenever feasible and truly experiencing what each one has to offer. We started in California. Farthest south is Joshua Tree National Park, […]
Anna Starkey
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What’s the right backpack for a long walk?
GEAR HUB I’m getting ready to take a very long walk. In October, I fly to Madrid. From Madrid, I will board a train. That train will unceremoniously take me to Astorga, where I will carry my life on my back for 250 or so miles through the Spanish countryside, through towns, and finally sink […]
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Dracula is mostly straightforward take on Bram Stoker’s Gothic vampire tale
French writer-director Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, The Professional, The Fifth Element, Lucy) reimagines Bram Stoker’s classic vampire story about 15th century prince Vladimir of Wallachia (Caleb Landry Jones) who after the death of his wife, Elisabeta (Zoë Bleu), renounces God and is cursed with vampirism. Determined to find the reincarnation of Elisabeta, he searches […]
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Queen of Chess documents prodigy Judit Polgár as she becomes a grandmaster
Queen of ChessWhat’s it rated? TV-14 When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Netflix Hungarian chess prodigy Judit Polgár was raised to be a champion, and that’s exactly what she became. Alongside her sisters and under the controlling hand of her father, the Polgár family forwent formal education, instead focusing on a singular task—mastering chess. Judit especially […]
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The Wrecking Crew is a well-cast mismatched buddy action comedy
Angel Manuel Soto (Blue Beetle) directs Jonathan Tropper’s (The Adam Project) script about estranged half-brothers—reckless Oklahoma reservation cop Jonny (Jason Momoa) and disciplined former Navy SEAL turned drill instructor James Hale (Dave Bautista)—who reunite in Honolulu after their shady private eye father, Walter (Brian L. Keaulana), dies in a hit-and-run. Was it murder? As they […]
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Kidnapped reveals new insights into the Elizabeth Smart abduction
Kidnapped: Elizabeth SmartWhat’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Netflix It’s a familiar story for anyone who was around in the early 2000s. At 14, she was abducted from her Utah home while her family slept, except her little sister Mary Katherine, who witnessed the kidnapping. The media storm that followed was deafening, […]
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Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials is a throwback whodunit with old-school charm
Agatha Christie’s Seven DialsWhat’s it rated? TV-14 What’s it worth, Anna? Full price What’s it worth, Glen? Full price Where’s it showing? Netflix Created by Chris Chibnall (Doctor Who, Broadchurch) and directed by Chris Sweeney (Back to Life, The Tourist, Apples Never Fall), this British three-part miniseries is based on Christie’s 1929 novel The Mystery […]
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His & Hers is a hardboiled whodunit pitting a journalist against her estranged detective husband
His & HersWhat’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Netflix Small town Dahlonega, Georgia, has plenty of secrets to hide. Anna (Tessa Thompson) grew up there but has moved on to Atlanta where she works as a news anchor. When she catches wind that her hometown is the scene of a murder, she’s […]
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28 Years Later: The Bone Temple is good but gory
Nia DaCosta (Candyman, The Marvels) directs this fourth installment of the 28 Days Later franchise, the second film in what’s being billed as the 28 Years Later trilogy. Alex Garland (28 Days Later, Ex Machina, Civil War) returns as screenwriter. Taking up where 28 Years Later (2025) left off, the story follows young Spike (Alfie […]
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People We Meet on Vacation presses familiar rom-com buttons
People We Meet on VacationWhat’s it rated? PG-13 When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Netflix Quite literally pulled from the storyline of one of the greatest rom coms ever made, this very When Harry Met Sally flick presents us with two opposites who end up being magnets. Both Boston College students, both from Nowheresville, Ohio—that seems […]
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Is This Thing On? explores a dissolving marriage
Director Bradley Cooper (A Star Is Born, Maestro) helms this dramedy he co-wrote with leading man Will Arnett and Mark Chappell about Alex (Arnett), who turns to stand-up comedy as a way to cope with his dissolving marriage to Tess (Laura Dern). The story is loosely inspired by the life of British comedian John Bishop. […]
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Run Away follows a father’s desperate search for his runaway daughter
Run AwayWhat’s it rated? TV-MA When? 2026 Where’s it showing? Netflix When Simon Greene (James Nesbitt) gets a tip that his estranged daughter, Paige (Ellie de Lange), is busking at a local park, he rushes over to find the young, troubled girl. When Paige met her boyfriend, Aaron Corval (Thomas Flynn), she adopted his bad […]