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April 21

Top Chef: Pickle Me This  Season 22, Episode 6

“Top Chef Masters” alum Susur Lee and his son Jet Bent-Lee join Kristen for the Quickfire Challenge, where the chefs must create a dish using a limited amount of ingredients. For the Elimination Challenge, the chefs must create dishes that highlight pickles. The judges are joined by season 21 winner Danny Garcia and Clare Reichenbach, the James Beard Foundation’s Executive Officer. [more inside]
posted by Frayed Knot at 1:13 PM - 2 comments

Movie: The Radleys

It follows a seemingly ordinary family with a dark secret: they are vampires. They choose not to drink blood despite their natural cravings, but their truth is revealed one day. [more inside]
posted by Shepherd at 9:04 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Cocoon

[TRAILER] When a group of trespassing seniors (Wilford Brimley, Don Ameche, Hume Cronyn) swim in a pool containing alien cocoons, they find themselves energized with youthful vigor. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 9:02 AM - 8 comments

April 20

The Righteous Gemstones: For Jealousy Is the Rage of a Man  Season 4, Episode 7

Eli confronts Cobb, Dr. Watson gets a bath, and Jesse and Judy try to lift Kelvin from despair.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 7:50 PM - 2 comments

The Last of Us: Through the Valley  Books Included   Season 2, Episode 2

As a storm brews in the mountains, the people of Jackson Hole prepare for the worst amid increased sightings of Infected. Meanwhile, Abby weighs her options. [more inside]
posted by Rhaomi at 7:06 PM - 11 comments

The Last of Us: Through the Valley  Show Only   Season 2, Episode 2

As a storm brews in the mountains, the people of Jackson Hole prepare for the worst amid increased sightings of Infected. Meanwhile, Abby weighs her options. [more inside]
posted by Rhaomi at 7:05 PM - 1 comment

Person of Interest: Pretenders  Rewatch   Season 4, Episode 6

Reese, Shaw and Fusco must protect an unassuming office worker who stumbles into a dangerous conspiracy while moonlighting as fake detective. Meanwhile, Finch travels to Hong Kong as part of his academic cover identity. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 12:16 PM - 2 comments

Abbott Elementary: Please Touch Museum  Season 4, Episode 22

It's field trip day! Gregory's dad is also visiting. [more inside]
posted by jenfullmoon at 11:53 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Quest

A child has only an 8 day life-span to complete a mysterious journey from the dim cave-dwelling society where he is born to a final gateway, the object of folklore. The abstract learning-games taught to the child bear an eerie resemblance to mammoth tasks and obstacles that hinder him in his journey. Can he complete the quest before his 8 days are up, and what lies at the end of this arcane sunless world? The gray, stagnating civilization place all their hope in a future they cannot comprehend and learned tasks whose meaning they no longer understand. A 30 minute short film by Saul and Elaine Bass. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:29 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Scales

[TRAILER] A poor fishing village is governed by dark tradition: every family must give away a daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters nearby. In turn, the sea creatures are hunted by the men of the village. Saved from this ordeal as a baby by her father, 12 year-old Hayat (Basima Hajjar) is shunned and considered a curse. When Hayat's mother gives birth to her new-born brother, Hayat must accept the brutal custom by sacrificing herself to these creatures or find a way to escape. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 6:18 AM - 3 comments

April 19

Wheel of Time: He Who Comes with the Dawn  Season 3, Episode 8

Nynaeve, Elayne, Mat, and Min confront the Black Ajah and their futures. Moiraine and Lan prepare to face their fate. Rand and Egwene set their destinies in motion. [more inside]
posted by Kyol at 6:34 PM - 7 comments

Special Event: WrestleMania 41: Night One & Night Two (4/19/2025 & 4/20/2025)

Pro-wrestling's has it's season finale as WrestleMania returns to Las Vegas for the first time since 1993 -- don't watch WM IX, it's really awful (except for the togas and Bobby Heenan riding backwards on a camel). John Cena's long-awaited heel turn means trouble for red-meat American babyface Cody Rhodes. CM Punk traded his principles and reputation for a chance to (sort of) achieve his remaining life goal of main-eventing the biggest show. Recent AEW alums Rey Fenix and Penta El Zero Miedo will make their Mania debuts, blonde-on-blonde combat as Tiffany Stratton will try to overcome Queen Charlotte Flair, basically every title being fought over these two nights. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 4:09 PM - 16 comments

Doctor Who: Lux  Season 2, Episode 2

The Doctor's quest to get Belinda home takes the Tardis to Miami in 1952, where an abandoned cinema is hiding a terrifying secret. Can the Doctor uncover Lux's power? [more inside]
posted by jjderooy at 4:02 PM - 9 comments

Movie: All We Imagine as Light

In Mumbai, Nurse Prabha's routine is troubled when she receives an unexpected gift from her estranged husband. Her younger roommate, Anu, tries in vain to find a spot in the city to be intimate with her boyfriend. [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 2:10 PM - 4 comments

AEW Collision: April 17, 2025: Spring Breakthru  Season 2, Episode 42

Collision was bumped forward to Thursday since there's no way it could hope to compete for viewers with this weekend's WrestleMania, but Tony Khan rewarded Boston's loyalty by giving fans two title defense and some unexpected wrestler returns. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 12:31 PM - 0 comments

Movie: The Sect

[TRAILER] Something something, slaughtered hippies, devil cult, secret basement, mystery beetles. Look, it's a Michele Soavi film, co-written by Dario Argento, the plot is incidental; it's the vibes. AKA The Devil's Daughter. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:50 AM - 6 comments

April 18

Movie: The Killer

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, when beautiful nightclub chanteuse Jennie is blinded in the crossfire of his most recent hit, Jeffrey chooses to retire after one last job to pay for his unintended victim's sight-restoring operation. [more inside]
posted by mark k at 7:57 PM - 9 comments

Movie: Sinners

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (played by Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown in 1932 to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.
posted by kitten kaboodle at 7:49 PM - 15 comments

Movie: The Amateur

A CIA cryptographer manages to blackmail his agency into training him to let him go after a group of terrorists who killed his wife.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 9:02 AM - 3 comments

Your Friends and Neighbors: Deuce  Season 1, Episode 2

After an unsuccessful job interview, Coop pawns a stolen watch.
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 8:20 AM - 0 comments

Your Friends and Neighbors: This Is What Happens  Season 1, Episode 1

Hedge fund manager Andy "Coop" Cooper (Jon Hamm) resorts to burglary after losing his job, targeting wealthy neighbors to maintain his family's lifestyle, but makes a fateful error breaking into the wrong home. In episode 1, Coop attends a neighbor's barbecue, where he faces his ex-wife Mel (Amanda Peet), and makes a surprising choice.
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 8:14 AM - 3 comments

Movie: Bring Them Down

An Irish shepherding family thrust into battle on several fronts: internal strife, hostility within the family, rivalry with another farmer. Paternalism, heritage, and the generational trauma cycle through the cultural prism of Ir... [more inside]
posted by ftm at 6:47 AM - 0 comments

April 17

Mystery Science Theater 3000: KTMA episode 21 LEGEND OF THE DINOSAURS  Season 1, Episode 34

MST Club presents... and it's been a while since we've done this! We've avoided doing the KTMA episodes, the nebulous "Season Zero" of MST3K, because some of them are sincerely tough going. But going by the idea that the last episodes of the season will probably be the ones with the best writing, we figured we might try a few of them. This one is the last episode of the season, putting the series closest to the form it would be in when it was unleashed upon an unsuspecting Comedy Channel. Because Fanfare doesn't support a "Season 0," I'm numbering KTMA episodes going from the end of Season 1, making this episode 34: 13 + 21. LEGEND OF THE DINOSAURS (a.k.a. Legend of the Dinosaurs & Monster Birds) is a Japanese movie brought to the US by Sandy Frank's distribution company, like the Gamera movies, Time of the Apes, Fugitive Alien & II, and Mighty Jack. It turns out dinosaurs lurk near Mt. Fuji, and they're hungry! In an ice cave their eggs are hatching, which is probably bad news I dunno.
posted by JHarris at 5:01 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Four Sided Triangle

[TRAILER] Two brilliant scientists unlock the secret to duplicating life, only to find their actions have deadly consequences. When they use their invention to clone the woman they both love, a dangerous love triangle ensues. An early sci-fi/horror thriller from Hammer Film Productions. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 11:24 AM - 2 comments

The Studio: The War  Season 1, Episode 5

Quinn and Sal engage in executive-level warfare over who gets to make the next low-budget slasher for the studio. [more inside]
posted by jouke at 7:26 AM - 9 comments

April 16

Person of Interest: Prophets  Rewatch   Season 4, Episode 5

Finch is suspicious when a gifted political pollster’s number comes up at the same time that his typically ironclad predictions go wrong, and believes that the two events are linked. Meanwhile, Reese is sidelined by a direct order from Captain Moreno. [more inside]
posted by miss-lapin at 9:58 PM - 4 comments

Stargate SG-1: A Matter of Time  Rewatch   Season 2, Episode 16

While trying to save fellow Stargate officers from a black hole, the SG-1 team and Earth becomes threatened by the hole's potentially fatal gravitational pull. [more inside]
posted by Carillon at 9:34 PM - 5 comments

Movie: Brewster McCloud

An introverted loner living in the bowels of the Astrodome plots to develop - with the aid of a mysterious guardian angel - a pair of wings that will help him fly. [more inside]
posted by Lemkin at 5:42 PM - 6 comments

All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: April 16, 2025: Spring BreakThru  Season 6, Episode 29

For personal reasons I couldn't watch or make FF posts for Dynamite and Collision last week. A lot of things happened!. Tonight's Dynamite is paired with Collision tomorrow -- because Tony Khan isn't crazy enough trying to counter-program Wrestlemania this weekend -- so the Owen Hart Tournament continues, and the Trios and Tag titles will be defended. [more inside]
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 5:09 PM - 6 comments

Daredevil: Born Again: Straight to Hell  Season 1, Episode 9

Fisk comes up with a bold plan to fix the city. Some old friends show up to help Matt. [more inside]
posted by 1970s Antihero at 7:42 AM - 7 comments

Daredevil: Born Again: Isle of Joy  Season 1, Episode 8

Fisk throws a party and flexes his consolidated power, but an uninvited guest shows up. Matt and Heather have relationship problems.
posted by 1970s Antihero at 7:35 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Mädchen in Uniform

An early (but definitely not the first) and explicit lesbian romance, between a 14-year-old girl and her kind teacher at an all-girl boarding school. With an all-woman cast, it’s natural, modern, absorbing and sensual. The film was an international success in 1931, and was later banned by Joseph Goebbels and the Nazis. 9/10. [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 1:34 AM - 1 comment

Movie: Feathers

An award-winning debut feature by young Egyptian film-maker Omar El Zohairy, a bizarre and miraculous story like no other I’ve ever seen, not even by Michael Haneke or Yorgos Lanthimos. The trailer. [more inside]
posted by growabrain at 12:58 AM - 1 comment

April 15

The Handmaid's Tale: Promotion  Season 6, Episode 4

June disrupts the rebels' plans. Commander Lawrence gains power and influence.
posted by roolya_boolya at 1:50 PM - 3 comments

Dying for Sex: Good Value Diet Soda  Show Only   All Seasons

Based on the podcast of the same name, it follows a woman, Molly, who's been diagnosed with terminal cancer and has one thing on her bucket list: having an orgasm with another person. [CW: lots of sex, cancer] [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack at 12:01 PM - 3 comments

Wayne Shorter: Zero Gravity: (all episodes)  Season 1, Episode 1

Zero Gravity is a cinematic ode to jazz legend, Wayne Shorter, from executive producer, Brad Pitt and directed by Dorsay Alavi. Depicted in 3 "portals", the viewer is transported into prolific periods of Shorter's life and how through adversity, he grew to greatness, shattered the limitations of jazz, and became one of the most influential musicians and composers in American music. Director: Dorsay Alavi Producers: Dorsay Alavi, Matthew Flint, Brad Pitt, Jeremy Kleiner, Dede Gardner, Carlos Santana Cast (includes): Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Joni Mitchell, Carlos Santana, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Sonny Rollins, Miles Brown [more inside]
posted by I_Love_Bananas at 5:19 AM - 2 comments

April 14

Book: The Buffalo Hunter Hunter

A diary, written in 1912 by a Lutheran Pastor is discovered within a wall and what it unveils is a slow massacre, a chain of events that go back to two hundred and seventeen Blackfeet dead in the snow. Told in transcribed confessions by a Blackfeet named Good Stab, who shared the narrative of his peculiar life over a series of confessional visits, this is a bloody history of the American West that has remained untold until now. [more inside]
posted by Kitteh at 12:27 PM - 3 comments

Movie: Fat City

[TRAILER] Washed-up boxer Tully (Stacy Keach) is inspired to restart his career after seeing potential in a teenager, Ernie (Jeff Bridges), whom he spars with at a gym. While Tully battles his past demons, including issues with alcohol, Ernie faces his own challenges. Pressured into marriage and sudden fatherhood by his girlfriend (Candy Clark), Ernie can shrug off his personal problems when he enters the ring. As both fighters continue with their bouts, Tully's star falls while Ernie's is on the rise. Fat City is a bleak, mordant, slice of life boxing drama that doesn't pull its punches. [more inside]
posted by DirtyOldTown at 10:37 AM - 4 comments

Movie: Belladonna of Sadness

Brutally assaulted by the feudal Lord and his grotesque court and abandoned by her betrothed Jean, the beautiful peasant Jeanne is offered immense power by a mysterious entity. [more inside]
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 10:00 AM - 2 comments

Movie: Rawhead Rex

An ancient creature called Rawhead is awakened from its slumber near an Irish village and goes on a rampage killing anyone in sight. [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast at 8:42 AM - 13 comments

Book: Careless People (2025)

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism by Sarah Wynn-Williams. This is an inside look at the rise of Facebook. A deep, unflinching look at the role that social media has assumed in our lives, Careless People reveals the truth about the leaders of Facebook: how the more power they grasp, the less responsible they become and the consequences this has for all of us. [more inside]
posted by hydra77 at 7:36 AM - 3 comments

Wheel of Time: Goldeneyes  Season 3, Episode 7

Perrin begins to embrace his role as a leader among the people of the Two Rivers. [more inside]
posted by Acari at 5:16 AM - 11 comments

April 13

The Last of Us: Future Days  Books Included   Season 2, Episode 1

Five years after the events in Salt Lake city, a now 19-year-old Ellie makes a discovery while on patrol with her best friend Dina. Back in Jackson Hole, Joel seeks help to mend his relationship with Ellie. [Season 2 premiere]
posted by Rhaomi at 11:14 PM - 14 comments

The Last of Us: Future Days  Show Only   Season 2, Episode 1

Five years after the events in Salt Lake city, a now 19-year-old Ellie makes a discovery while on patrol with her best friend Dina. Back in Jackson Hole, Joel seeks help to mend his relationship with Ellie. [Season 2 premiere]
posted by Rhaomi at 11:13 PM - 13 comments

Doctor Who: The Robot Revolution  Season 2, Episode 1

When robots from outer space kidnap nurse Belinda Chandra, the Doctor embarks on an epic intergalactic quest to get his new friend back home to Earth. [more inside]
posted by jjderooy at 9:39 PM - 7 comments

The Righteous Gemstones: Interlude IV   Season 4, Episode 6

2002: After some time apart, Lori resumes her creative partnership with Aimee-Leigh, and Lori's husband isn't a bit happy about it.
posted by kittens for breakfast at 8:59 PM - 6 comments

The Americas: Patagonia  Season 1, Episode 10

The final episode brings us to Patagonia, where pumas hunt in snowy mountains, rockhopper penguins brave the waves, giant stag beetles climb trees, orcas learn to hunt, and elephant seals fight for dominance on the coast. [more inside]
posted by the primroses were over at 4:22 PM - 0 comments

Movie: The Daytrippers

When she discovers a love letter written to her husband by an unknown paramour, the distraught Eliza turns to her tight-knit Long Island family for advice. [more inside]
posted by phunniemee at 3:37 PM - 1 comment

Movie: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

A chronicle of the production problems—including bad weather, actors' health, war near the filming locations, and more—which plagued the filming of Apocalypse Now, increasing costs and nearly destroying the life and career of Francis Ford Coppola. [more inside]
posted by adamrice at 11:58 AM - 4 comments

Movie: The Thief Collector

In 1985, Willem de Kooning's "Woman-Ochre," one of the most valuable paintings of the 20th century, was cut from its frame at the University of Arizona Museum of Art. 32 years later, the painting was found hanging in a New Mexico home. [more inside]
posted by adamrice at 11:51 AM - 0 comments

Movie: Dunston Checks In

A young boy befriends a larcenous orangutan in a luxury hotel.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 1:07 AM - 2 comments

April 12

North of North: Bad Influence  Season 1, Episode 8

Time for the presentation, high five! Neevee's traumatic personal and family history is talked about, in unusual settings. A party is thrown on the beach.
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:49 AM - 3 comments

North of North: Lost and Found  Season 1, Episode 7

Ugh, don't make me worry about Ting. Alastair is great at grandfathering. Some questionable decisions are made.
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:43 AM - 2 comments

North of North: Carnivores  Season 1, Episode 6

Bun makes pancakes for everyone. A magnifique artist comes to town. Jeff shows his big fish energy on the Hooked app. Millie shows them how it's done. Neevee and Alistair start to have a nice moment, which Neevee can't handle. Kuuk has a surprise visitor from out of town (nooooo!).
posted by The corpse in the library at 7:41 AM - 1 comment

April 11

Movie: Overnight

Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred bartender, sells his first screenplay for The Boondock Saints. [more inside]
posted by Halloween Jack at 10:46 PM - 9 comments

Movie: One to One: John & Yoko

Set in 1972 New York, this documentary explores John and Yoko's world amid a turbulent era. Centered on the One to One charity concert for special needs children, it features unseen archives, home movies, and restored footage.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 9:17 PM - 3 comments

Yellowjackets: Season 3  Season 3 (Full Season)

The saga of a 1990s high school soccer team trapped in the wilds of Canada after a plane crash -- and the parallel saga of where the ever-burgeoning group of survivors is now -- continues to chew its way into the hearts of viewers everywhere. [more inside]
posted by kittens for breakfast at 6:06 PM - 10 comments

Top Chef: Line Cook for a Day  Season 22, Episode 5

There is no Quickfire Challenge as the chefs are taken by surprise when a “Last Chance Kitchen” chef joins the competition. After breaking into pairs and spending time at a local restaurant, the chefs are informed that for this Elimination Challenge, they must create a dish inspired by their time on the line. The chefs’ collaboration skills are put to the ultimate test as this week is a double elimination. “Top Chef” alum Sara Bradley joins Kristen, Tom and Gail at the judges’ table. [more inside]
posted by Frayed Knot at 4:27 PM - 4 comments

The Pitt: 9:00PM  Season 1, Episode 15

As the day shift prepares to finally head home, Robby resorts to unorthodox methods to convince the father of a critically ill teen to allow treatment. [more inside]
posted by ellieBOA at 3:01 PM - 9 comments

Movie: The Return

After 20 years Odysseus finally returns to Ithaca, where he finds his wife held prisoner by suitors vying to be king and his son facing death at their hands. To win back his family and all he has lost, Odysseus must rediscover his strength.
posted by TheophileEscargot at 2:39 PM - 5 comments