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NEW FLICKS: THE GOOD NURSE Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? R Assemble, true crime nerds! Netflix has graced us with a full-length dive into the story of nurse Charles Cullen, convicted of killing 29 patients and suspected of killing hundreds more. Eddie Redmayne stars as the seemingly quiet and caring killer, and Jessica […]

BINGEABLE: A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY (2022) Where’s it playing? Peacock What’s it rated? TV-MA Peacock’s new series A Friend of the Family starts its first episode with Jan Broberg, the real-life victim of Robert Berchtold, asking the audience to please remember that this is a story that really happened to her and her family. […]

BINGEABLE: ANDOR (2022-present) Where’s it playing? Disney Plus What’s it rated? TV-14 Created by Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Identity, Beirut), this new Star Wars TV series is a prequel to Rogue One (2016) and follows Cassian Andor’s (Diego Luna) evolution from morally questionable thief to Rebel Alliance intelligence officer whose heroism helps retrieve schematics for […]

NEW FLICKS: MONTANA STORY Where’s it playing? Showtime, On demand What’s it rated? R Cal’s (Owen Teague) father is dying on their sprawling Montana ranch, and he’s there to do the heartbreaking work of settling the estate. His father is bedridden, unable to talk, maybe even unable to have conscious thought anymore. Their relationship is […]

BINGEABLE: A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN (2022) Where’s it playing? Amazon Prime What’s it rated? Not Rated There was an attempt at A League of Their Own sitcom in 1993; however, that show barely made it out of the dugout and only a few episodes aired before it was canned. This time around, producers aren’t […]

NEW FLICKS: DAY SHIFT Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? R In his directorial debut, J.J. Perry helms this comedy-horror about Bud Jablonski (Jamie Foxx), a divorced pool cleaner with a precocious 10-year-old daughter, Paige (Zion Broadnax); and a disgruntled ex-wife, Jocelyn (Meagan Good), who’s threatening to move if Bud can’t pay for his […]

BINGEABLE: HACKS (2021-present) Where’s it playing? HBO Max What’s it rated? TV-MA Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder are comedy gold in this HBO series that follows the aging career of stand-up comedian Deborah Vance (Smart) and her new writer Ava (Einbender) as they try to reinvigorate Deborah’s career after she loses her Las Vegas residency.  […]

NEW FLICKS: THIRTEEN LIVES Where’s it playing? Amazon Prime What’s it rated? PG-13 Ron Howard directs this true-life drama about a dozen young Thai soccer players and their coach who become trapped in a cave after a monsoon arrives unseasonably early. It was international news when it occurred in 2018 in the Tham Luang Nang […]

NEW FLICKS: PREY Where’s it playing? Hulu What’s it rated? R Dan Tractenberg (10 Cloverfield Lane) directs this prequel to the Predator franchise that began with Predator (1987), followed by three sequels and two films in a crossover mashup, Alien vs. Predator. This film presents Predator’s origin story as it hunts in the Comanche Nation […]

BINGEABLE: THE BEAR (2022) Where’s it playing? Hulu What’s it rated? TV-MA Jeremy Allen White, who won hearts as Lip Gallagher in Shameless, graces The Bear as Carmy, a young chef who returns to Chicago to run his family’s sandwich shop. Carmy received culinary training in fine dining but now contends with a greasy-spoon restaurant […]

NEW FLICKS: HUSTLE Where’s it playing? Netflix What’s it rated? R Jeremiah Zager (We the Animals) directs Adam Sandler as Stanley Sugerman, a globetrotting but down-on-his-luck basketball scout for the Philadelphia ’76ers who dreams of a coaching job that will keep him closer to home and his wife Teresa (Queen Latifah) and daughter Alex (Jordan […]

BINGEABLE: JOE PICKETT (2021) Where’s it playing? Paramount Plus What’s it rated? TV-14 Now that a second season has been confirmed for release in late 2022, it’s time to dive into Joe Pickett, a soulful contemporary Western that follows Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett (Michael Dorman), who’s recently been posted to a small rural community […]