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November 22
Person of Interest: The Fix Season 1, Episode 6
Reese poses as a private driver for this week's POI, Zoe Morgan. [more inside]
Only Connect: Too Many Cookes v Bloomsbury Group Season 20, Episode 15
In another tight match, the team that wins goes straight through to the next round, while the other team will have to play again to stay in the competition.
Movie: Youth Runs Wild
[TRAILER] The teens of a defense-plant town hop on the road to juvenile delinquency while their parents are busy with the war. One of just two films produced by Val Lewton for RKO that was not horror. [more inside]
November 21
Person of Interest: Judgement Season 1, Episode 5
When the Machine produces the social security number of a judge renowned for his tough sentencing, Reese and Finch have the added challenge of investigating a POI who wants nothing to do with their brand of vigilante justice. [more inside]
The Penguin: Top Hat Season 1, Episode 7
Oz fights to preserve his family and his enterprise, while Sofia makes a shocking discovery.
A Man on the Inside: Tinker Tailor Older Spy Season 1, Episode 1
Encouraged by his daughter to try something new, widower Charles Nieuwendyk answers an ad from a private eye seeking a mole at a retirement community. [more inside]
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Of Gods and Angles Season 5, Episode 6
What if [a demi-]God was one of us? [more inside]
Movie: Once Within a Time
[TRAILER] Celebrated director Godfrey Reggio (Koyaanisqatsi) returns after ten years with a new experimental film: a bardic fairy tale about the end of the world and the beginning of a new one, tinged with apocalyptic comedy, rapturous cinematography, unforgettable vistas, and the innocence and hopes of a new generation. Featuring a score by longtime collaborator Philip Glass with additional vocals from Sussan Deyhim and co-directed by veteran editor and filmmaker Jon Kane. [more inside]
Movie: World of Glory
On the outskirts of a Swedish city, a crowd watches as naked men, women, and children are herded into a lorry and driven to their deaths. A plain, middle-aged man turns to the camera. He begins a guided tour of his life, showing his loveless marriage, dull job, and mundane day-to-day activities. A short film by Roy Andersson. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Cura Te Ipsum Season 1, Episode 4
Reese and Finch follow their latest POI, Dr. Megan Tillman, while she's on call and after hours to unravel the threat surrounding the promising young physician. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Mission Creep Season 1, Episode 3
When the Machine directs Reese and Finch to a former soldier connections to a crime ring, Reese must infiltrate the gang, taking part in their heist. [more inside]
Movie: Children of Heaven
I've seen about 30+ Iranian movies in the past few years, and many (by Panahi, Kiarostami, Farhadi, Forugh Farrokhzad, Mehrjui, Makhmalbaf, Etc.) were superb. But CHILDREN OF HEAVEN, my first film by Majid Majidi, is by far the best one of the lot. [more inside]
November 20
Movie: Watchmen: Chapter I
In an alternate universe New York 1985, a CIA-sponsored former superhero is murdered by an unknown assassin, setting in motion an investigation into his death that unfolds against the spectre of looming global nuclear annihilation.
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: November 20, 2024 Season 6, Episode 8
It's the go-home show before Full Gear, and the first AEW show in a while that I can watch live! CMLL’s Hechicero, Atlantis Jr. & Mascara Dorada make a return, Kris Statlander sharpens her teeth on Hikaru Shida, Orange Cassidy attempts to beat some sense into Wheeler Yuta, and Darby Allin will (probably) get beaten senselessly by Claudio Castagnoli. [more inside]
Movie: Street Trash
[TRAILER] A group of homeless misfits must fight for survival when they discover a plot to exterminate every homeless person in the city. A requel (sort of a remake/sort of a sequel) to the 1987 cult classic. [more inside]
The Penguin: Gold Summit Season 1, Episode 6
Despite his enemies' attempts to smoke him out, Oz seeks to expand his reach in the city. Meanwhile, Victor crosses paths with a former adversary.
Stargate SG-1: Solitudes Season 1, Episode 17
After fleeing from a planet full of Jaffa, a mysterious power surge from the Stargate separates Dr. Daniel Jackson and Teal'c from Captain Samantha Carter and Colonel Jack O'Neill. Carter and O'Neill discover they've ended up on an ice planet. Little do they know, they are actually closer to home than they think. [more inside]
Movie: Cat People
Irena Dubrovna (Simone Simon), a Serbian-born NYC fashion designer, begins a romance with marine engineer Oliver Reed (Kent Smith). Oliver becomes concerned about Irena's notion that she is cursed and may transform into a large cat in the heat of passion. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Ghosts Season 1, Episode 2
When they are given the Social Security number of a teenager who was killed two years ago, Reese and Finch begin to question the infallibility of The Machine. Meanwhile, Finch flashes back to The Machine's origin and how it was developed. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Pilot Season 1, Episode 1
When a drunk vagrant is attacked by a group of youths, he reveals impressive fighting skills. Back at the police station after the fight, they realize the man in question is connected to several crimes. [more inside]
November 19
The Great British Bake Off: Patisserie Week Season 15, Episode 9
It's the semi-final and the bakers show off their patisserie prowess with buttery breakfast pastries and a classic-but-theatrical Technical. Who'll make final-worthy fruit entremets?
Movie: Gladiator II
After his home is conquered by the tyrannical emperors who now lead Rome, Lucius is forced to enter the Colosseum and must look to his past to find strength to return the glory of Rome to its people.
Prime Suspect: Prime Suspect Series One (Two Episodes) Season 1 (Full Season)
Following the death of a senior investigating officer, Jane Tennison (Helen Mirren) is grudgingly given the opportunity to take over his latest homicide investigation, the brutal assault and murder of a young woman. Intelligent and ambitious, Tennison struggles to construct a case against the prime suspect while also dealing with institutional sexism and the toll her career takes on her personal life.
Person of Interest: Super Season 1, Episode 11
Reese works the computer while Finch does the legwork with their latest POI, a building super who keeps too close an eye on his tenants. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Number Crunch Season 1, Episode 10
As Detective Carter deals with the fallout from her recent encounter with Reese, The Machine ups the ante for the duo by giving them four Social Security numbers instead of one. [more inside]
Movie: Evil Does Not Exist
[TRAILER] In the rural alpine hamlet of Mizubiki, Takumi and his daughter, Hana, lead a modest life gathering water, wood, and wild wasabi for the local udon restaurant. Increasingly, the townsfolk become aware of a plan to build an opulent glamping site nearby. When two company representatives arrive and ask for local guidance, Takumi becomes conflicted in his involvement, as it becomes clear that the project will have a pernicious impact on the community. [more inside]
November 18
Movie: The Most Terrible Time in My Life
When Yokohama-based private eye Maiku Hama agrees to track down the missing brother of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang, he becomes embroiled in a gang war. [more inside]
The Penguin: Homecoming Season 1, Episode 5
With his nascent operation at stake, Oz makes a desperate move to turn the tables. Meanwhile, Sofia strives to build a new legacy for herself. [more inside]
Dune: Prophecy: (Full Season) Books Included Season 1 (Full Season)
The third TV adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune universe, a "prequel" set some 10,000 years before the first book and recent films. [more inside]
Doctor Odyssey: Oh, Daddy! Season 1, Episode 7
Bears, otters and cubs on board can only mean one thing: It's Gay Week on The Odyssey. As Max, Avery and Tristan navigate their relationships, Capt. Massey's brother arrives with an unexpected guest.
Doctor Odyssey: I Always Cry at Weddings (CW: suicide) Season 1, Episode 6
When a wealthy family charters The Odyssey for a weeklong wedding cruise, all eyes are on the "bridezilla" as she wreaks havoc on board. Amid the chaos, love and lust manage to find their way through the air with sparks flying among the crew.
Doctor Odyssey: Halloween Week Season 1, Episode 5
It's Halloween on The Odyssey, featuring a high-stakes costume contest; but when a zombie-like illness plagues select passengers, the festivities take a dark turn. Meanwhile, Avery and Max embark on a rescue mission.
Doctor Odyssey: Wellness Week Season 1, Episode 4
While focusing on wellness, The Odyssey is flooded with sick patients. Tristan's new relationship causes jealousy. Amid a hurricane, Capt. Massey navigates the ship to safety.
Silo: The Engineer Season 2, Episode 1
Apple TV's adaption of Hugh Howey's "Silo" is back for a second season. It picks up with Juliette leaving her Silo, declining to clean the camera, and walking over the hill to discover a landscape filled with Silos.
November 17
Person of Interest: Get Carter Season 1, Episode 9
The Machine identifies Detective Carter as a POI. [more inside]
Movie: Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance
When the devil resurfaces with aims to take over the world in human form, Johnny Blaze reluctantly comes out of hiding to transform into the flame-spewing supernatural hero Ghost Rider -- and rescue a 10-year-old boy from an unsavory end. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Foe Season 1, Episode 8
Reese and Finch hunt an escaped East German spy who is eliminating his former Cold War colleagues in retribution for betraying him and causing his wife's death. [more inside]
Person of Interest: Witness Season 1, Episode 7
The Machine identifies a teacher living in Brighton Beach as the next POI. [more inside]
AEW Collision: November 16, 2023 (& Rampage November 15) Season 2, Episode 22
This week, women's matches both open and main-event Collision... technically. A classic little-vs-big matchup as Komander fights Shelton Benjamin, the final teams for Full Gear's tag title bout are decided, and Jack Perry finally reaches the "find out" portion after fucking around with Daniel Garcia. [more inside]
Movie: His Three Daughters
This tense, touching and funny portrait of family dynamics follows three estranged sisters as they converge in a New York apartment to care for their ailing father and try to mend their own broken relationship with one another. [more inside]
November 16
Movie: Ghost Rider
In order to save his dying father, young stunt cyclist Johnny Blaze sells his soul to Mephistopheles and sadly parts from the pure-hearted Roxanne Simpson, the love of his life. Years later, Johnny's path crosses again with Roxanne, now a go-getting reporter, and also with Mephistopheles, who offers to release Johnny's soul if Johnny becomes the fabled, fiery 'Ghost Rider'. [more inside]
Cobra Kai: Part II of the Final Season Season 6, Episode 6
The Miyagi Do students travel to Barcelona for the Sekai Taikei.
Movie: Demon Pond
Japanese New Wave renegade Masahiro Shinoda transforms a classic Kabuki tale with his own extravagant visual style in this dimension-shattering folk-horror fantasia. When a lone traveler (Tsutomu Yamazaki) stumbles upon a remote, drought-stricken village, he finds himself engulfed in a whirlpool of myth, mystery, and magic: in a nearby pond reside spirits who hold the fate of the town’s inhabitants—including lovers Akira (Go Kato) and Yuri (Kabuki legend Tamasaburo Bando; he also plays the ethereal princess reigning over the water)—in their hands. Set to the swirling strains of electronic-music pioneer Isao Tomita’s synth score, Demon Pond blends theatrical artifice with cinematic surrealism for an aquatic-apocalyptic fable of human love and folly caught in the current of nature’s wrath. [more inside]
Movie: Cape Fear
[Trailer] When Max Cady (Robert Mitchum) is released from prison, he begins stalking the family of the lawyer (Gregory Peck) who helped put him away. [more inside]
November 15
Abbott Elementary: The Deli Season 4, Episode 6
A beloved neighborhood deli faces closure. Jacob's canvassing shows a rare spark of effectiveness. Ava gives a speech.
Person of Interest: Full 1st Season Season 1 (Full Season)
When a homeless alcoholic is attacked on a subway train, he reveals he has a surprising set of skills. Skills that attracted the interest of reclusive billionaire Harold Finch. [more inside]
Movie: To Fire You Come at Last
In rural 17th-century England, a group of men gather to carry a young man's coffin on the long walk to the local graveyard for burial: his father; his father's right-hand man; his best friend; and the town drunk. Much ancient folklore and superstition surround the "corpse road," and several of the party are afraid to walk it after dark. [more inside]
Only Connect: Four Opinions v Cat Cows Season 20, Episode 14
Two teams of talented quizzers wrestle with such questions as -1: OAT, -2: BAT, -3: BOT. What comes next in the sequence?
November 14
Star Trek: Lower Decks: Starbase 80?! Season 5, Episode 5
Ransom uses too much disinfectant gel while Mariner gets paranoid about curses. [more inside]
Special Event: RiffTrax: SHE GODS OF SHARK REEF
MST Club presents! Bridget Nelson and Mary-Jo Pehl riff this one, directed by Roger Corman himself. The purchase page asks, is it a hula movie with sharks, or a shark movie with hula? Released August 2024.
Movie: Kes
[TRAILER] Bullied at school and ignored and abused at home by his indifferent mother and older brother, Billy Casper, a 15-year-old working-class Yorkshire boy, tames and trains his pet kestrel falcon whom he names Kes. Helped and encouraged by his English teacher and his fellow students, Billy finally finds a positive purpose to his unhappy existence, for a time. [more inside]
Podcast: Search Engine: How did the first democracy die?
The story of the first people who invented democracy, and what it did to them. [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: November 13, 2024 Season 6, Episode 7
Full Gear matches are determined tonight, as Adam Cole and Roderick Strong race to acquire their third win to face MJF, and the House Of Black takes on FTR to contend for the tag titles. Britt Baker returns from illness to face Penelope Ford, Lio Rush attempts Swerve Strickland, and the Death Riders "take over the superstation" to demand more Young Sheldon episodes Orange Cassidy's attention. [more inside]
Agatha All Along: Rewatch Rewatch Season 1 (Full Season)
For folks who want to discuss the season after a rewatch
November 13
Movie: Anora
Anora, a young exotic dancer and sex worker, meets and accepts the marriage proposal of the hard-partying son of a Russian oligarch. Once the news hits the tabloids, Anora's fairytale is threatened as enforcers are dispatched to take control of the situation before his parents arrive in New York to undo what's been done.
The Great British Bake Off: 1970s Week Season 16, Episode 8
The bakers get groovy with towering profiteroles. Whose gateau will steal the show?
Stargate SG-1: Enigma Season 1, Episode 16
After the SG-1 team rescues refugees from war-torn Tollan, they risk court-martial to protect the planet from self-destruction. [more inside]
November 12
Movie: Paris, Texas
Travis Henderson, an aimless drifter who has been missing for four years, wanders out of the desert and must reconnect with society, himself, his life, and his family. [more inside]
Movie: Vampires
[TRAILER] Jack Crow (James Woods) has a business: putting stakes through bloodsuckers' hearts. With his battle-hardened crew of vampire killers and the assistance of the Catholic Church, Crow roams the New Mexico desert looking for undead lairs to annihilate. But he meets his match when, at a roadside motel, he comes face to face with Jan Valek (Thomas Ian Griffith), a vampire kingpin possessed of incredible powers. [more inside]
Movie: Ghosts of Mars
[TRAILER] In 2176, a Martian police unit (Natasha Henstridge, Pam Grier, Jason Statham, Clea Duvall) is sent to pick up a highly dangerous criminal (Ice Cube) at a remote mining post. Upon arrival, the cops find the post deserted and something far more dangerous than any criminal... the original inhabitants of Mars, hellbent on getting their planet back. [more inside]
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