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September 20
Only Murders in the Building: The Stunt Man Season 4, Episode 4
The Podcasting Trio explore the closed off world of stunt actors by visiting a favorite dive of Sazz's. Mabel discovers the true secret behind the West Tower suspects' suspicious behavior and Dudenoff's role. A surprise guest star hits themselves in the head with a trash can lid. [more inside]
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Where Is He? Season 2, Episode 6
Sauron's mind twisting of Celebrimbor continues as he pushes the elven smith to forge the nine rings for mortal men, while Galadriel in the company of Adar of the Uruk pieces together the next part of Morgoth's lieutenant's plan. On Numenor, an ancient rite is invoked and in the stone halls of Khazad-Dum, Prince Durin is conflicted over the influencing power of the ring on his father's hand. [more inside]
September 19
Movie: Green Border
[TRAILER] In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called "green border" between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped, constantly forced from one side of the border to the other. Thirty years after her film Europa Europa, Agnieszka Holland's Green Border challenges viewers to reflect on the moral choices that fall to ordinary people every day. [more inside]
Agatha All Along: Circle Sewn With Fate / Unlock Thy Hidden Gate Season 1, Episode 2
With old foes in hot pursuit, Agatha and Teen gather a desperate coven to walk The Witches’ Road.
Agatha All Along: Seekest Thou the Road Season 1, Episode 1
In small town Westview, Detective Agnes’ murder case sends her down a road that changes everything. [more inside]
September 18
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: September 18, 2024 Season 5, Episode 51
Whoops, yours truly was out of town and missed posting last week's Dynamite, still wrung out after the excellent All Out 2024 two weeks ago. Tonight, Ricochet takes on a Beast, The Elite vs. the Callis Family, and a Magical Girl team-up. [more inside]
Stargate SG-1: Brief Candle Season 1, Episode 8
On the planet Argos, Daniel helps a woman who is in labour. As a thank you, SG-1 is invited to a party. The team meets beautiful young people who party until sunset and then fall into deep sleep. [more inside]
Slow Horses: Penny For Your Thoughts Season 4, Episode 3
River is trapped in France. Back at Slough House, the Dogs have come for Lamb.
September 17
Movie: Grave Torture
[TRAILER] When a violent act kills her parents, Sita vows to debunk the idea of supernatural torment after death--a fixation that leads her on a dark quest. [more inside]
Time Bandits: Time Bandits (TV) (Full and Only Season) Season 1 (Full Season)
Taika Waititi, Jermaine Clement and Iain Morris take on Terry Gilliam's 1981 film in a 10-episode show in which an 11-year-old history nerd falls into cahoots with a band of inept thieves in possession of the Supreme Being's map of all of space and time. [more inside]
September 16
Only Connect: Bloomsbury Group v Tea Totallers Season 20, Episode 6
Victoria Coren Mitchell hosts the quiz where knowledge only gets you so far. Forster, Keynes and Woolf: all unavailable, sadly, but how will their stand-ins fare against a team of three tea devotees?
Nightsleeper: Full Miniseries Season 1 (Full Season)
Set on a train from Glasgow to London, a government agency intervenes in escalating events onboard. Two strangers work together to save passengers as the train hurtles towards disaster.
Movie: In Fabric
[TRAILER] Following the life of a cursed dress as it passes from person to person, with devastating consequences, this Peter Strickland film is, at turns, chilling, surreal, hilarious, and inscrutable. [more inside]
September 15
AEW Collision: September 14, 2024 (& Rampage Sept. 13) Season 2, Episode 14
FTR and the Grizzled Young Veterans finally throw hands at each other, Yuka Sakazaki returns from injury to face Serena Deeb, Jack Perry defends against Christopher Daniels (!?), plus several talent making double appearances this weekend. [more inside]
September 14
Movie: Speak No Evil
[TRAILER] When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a snarled psychological nightmare. A remake of the 2022 Danish film of the same name, from the director of Eden Lake and starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, Alix West Lefler, and Aisling Franciosi. [more inside]
Movie: Happy End
[TRAILER] A man's life story is shown backwards, even as he narrates it as though it is forwards. He recounts his birth from a guillotine, being raised in a prison, etc. Events occur backwards, people are born from death, conversations proceed in reverse order, variously resulting in sheer situational comedy or dadaist nonsense. A dark comedy about crime and consequences from the Czech New Wave. [more inside]
September 13
Taskmaster: Series 18—the entire run. (Autumn 2024) Season 18 (Full Season)
The waiting is over! It's time once again to perform wacky random tasks to earn the appreciation of the Taskmaster, thereby being doled out valueless points so we can win a cheap likeness of the Taskmaster's head! ...Or, more accurately, it's time blablablah random tasks vicariously, by watching five unlucky comedians attempting said wacky shit, blablablah etc. Let's welcome to the stage: Andy Zaltzman! Babatunde Aléshé! Emma Sidi! Jack Dee! and Rosie Jones! Their time starts NOW! [more inside]
Movie: Uglies
In a futuristic dystopia with enforced beauty standards, a teen awaiting mandatory cosmetic surgery embarks on a journey to find her missing friend. [more inside]
Movie: Tender Mercies
A broken-down, middle-aged country singer gets a new wife, reaches out to his long-lost daughter, and tries to put his troubled life back together. [more inside]
Book: The Masquerades of Spring
Meet Augustus Berrycloth-Young--fop, flaneur, and Englishman abroad--as he chronicles the Jazz Age from his perch atop the city that never sleeps. That is, until his old friend Thomas Nightingale arrives, pursuing a rather mysterious affair concerning an old saxophone--which will take Gussie from his warm bed, to the cold shores of Long Island, and down to the jazz clubs where music, magic, and madness haunt the shadows...
Book: Heroes by Alan Gratz
Welcome to the first FanFare post for the Middle Grade and YA Metafilter Book Club. [more inside]
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Halls of Stone Season 2, Episode 5
King Durin receives his promised ring and exhibits new skills and desires. Celebrimbor and Annatar debate the question of the need of nine rings, while Ar-Pharazon works to solidify his rule over Numenor. [more inside]
September 12
Movie: One from the heart
A 1982 American musical romantic drama film co-written and directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Frederic Forrest, Teri Garr, Raul Julia, Nastassja Kinski, Lainie Kazan, and Harry Dean Stanton. Music by Tom Waits and Crystal Gayle. Set entirely in Las Vegas and made independently by Coppola's own Zoetrope Studios the film was a critical and commercial failure. [more inside]
The Deuce: Full 3rd Seaason Season 3 (Full Season)
AIDS, beepers, and VHS radically change the landscape of the Deuce.
The Deuce: Full 2nd season Season 2 (Full Season)
Various characters confront the changing realities of prostitution, porn, and life in nyc.
Movie: Mientras duermes / Sleep Tight
[Trailer] Cesar, a miserable man who works as an apartment concierge, takes a special interest in an attractive woman who lives there. He goes to great lengths to trouble her. - IMDb [more inside]
Movie: The Exorcism
[TRAILER] Anthony Miller (Russell Crowe) a once-acclaimed actor trying to work his way back, begins to unravel while shooting a supernatural horror film, leading his estranged daughter (Ryan Simpkins) to wonder if he's slipping back into his past addictions or if there's something more sinister at play. [more inside]
The Perfect Couple: Season 1 Season 1 (Full Season)
Amelia is about to marry into one of the wealthiest families on Nantucket, until a shocking death derails the wedding — and turns everyone into a suspect. Starring:Nicole Kidman, Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson [more inside]
Movie: The Deliverance
[TRAILER] Ebony Jackson (Andra Day), a struggling single mother fighting her personal demons, moves her children into a new home for a fresh start, with her cantankerous and cancer-ridden mother Alberta (Glenn Close) along for the ride. But when strange occurrences inside the home raise the suspicions of Child Protective Services and threaten to tear the family apart, Ebony soon finds herself locked in a battle for her life and the souls of her children. [more inside]
Colin from Accounts: Season 2 Season 2 (Full Season)
Ash and Gordon have moved in together, but there’s a big Colin-shaped hole in their hearts. [more inside]
September 11
?Oshi No Ko?: Release Show Only Season 2, Episode 10
Aqua and Taiki finish their cliffhangered conversation from last episode, and afterwards Aqua is left not knowing what to do next. Now that the Tokyo Blade arc has run its course, the spotlight moves back to Ruby and the revival of the pop idol group B-Komachi. [more inside]
Only Murders in the Building: Two for the Road Season 4, Episode 3
The mystery of the ham radio and the name of the ham on the lam continue as Mabel, Oliver, and Charles, continue their investigation into who killed Sazz. Unexpectedly, Hollywood's A-list them, Eugene Levy, Eva Longora, and Zach Galifianakis, arrive to shadow their character's true life counterparts in preparation for the film. [more inside]
Stargate SG-1: The Nox Rewatch Season 1, Episode 7
With the Stargate program in danger of being terminated, the team is under pressure to find new technology. Visiting a planet where they believe there is a creature that possesses the secret of invisibility, they encounter Apophis and his guards. Both sides receiving mortal wounds, they are aided by the planet's inhabitants, the Nox, a gentle people with a very large secret.
Slow Horses: A Stranger Comes to Town Season 4, Episode 2
A naive agent makes a discovery about the Westacres bomber. Lamb suspects that David knows more than he's letting on. [more inside]
September 10
Special Event: Presidential Debate #2: KamaDonic Boogaloo
Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to meet in Philadelphia [at 9 p.m. Eastern/6 p.m. Pacific] on Tuesday for their first — and perhaps only — debate before the November presidential election. [CBS] ... How to Watch Harris-Trump Presidential Debate Online Without Cable [THR] [more inside]
Only Connect: Too Many Cookes v Pipe Dreamers Season 20, Episode 5
A team of pipe-dreamers take on the Cooke family in another first-round match.
September 9
Kaos: Episode 4 Season 1, Episode 4
The search for Zeus' missing watch turns deadly. Trouble is brewing in the Underworld, as an old friend of Prometheus' meets his destiny.
Kaos: Episode 3 Season 1, Episode 3
Zeus demands revenge on the Trojans for desecrating his monument. Ariadne begs her father for the one thing she wants for her birthday - redemption.
Movie: All You Need Is Death
[TRAILER] A young couple who collect rare folk ballads discover the dark side of love when they surreptitiously record and translate an ancient, taboo folk song from the deep, forgotten past. [more inside]
Movie: Eradication
[TRAILER] When an unknown disease wipes out most of the world's population, a man with unique blood is isolated for study while his virologist wife works elsewhere to find a cure. [more inside]
Movie: Aberrance
[TRAILER] When Erkhmee and Selenge arrive at an old cabin deep in the Mongolian woods, a foreboding settles over the couple. Erkhmee's seemingly keen desire to provide a safe and nurturing space for his wife is at odds with his violent actions and mannerisms. The first globally distributed Mongolian horror film. [more inside]
Book: Authority by Jeff Vandermeer
In Authority, the second volume of Jeff VanderMeer's Southern Reach trilogy, John Rodrigues (aka "Control") is the Southern Reach's newly appointed head. Working with a distrustful but desperate team, a cache of hidden notes, and hours of profoundly troubling video footage, Control begins to penetrate the secrets of Area X. [more inside]
Movie: Trespass
Two Arkansas firemen, Vince and Don, get hold of a map that leads to a cache of stolen gold in an abandoned factory in East St. Louis. What they don't know is that the factory is on the turf of a local gang, who come by to execute one of their enemies. Vince sees the shooting, the gang spots Vince, and extended mayhem ensues. As Vince and Don try to escape, gang leader King James argues with his subordinate Savon about how to get rid of the trespassers. [more inside]
September 8
Movie: The Front Room
[TRAILER] Everything goes to hell for newly-pregnant Belinda (Brandy Norwood) after her mother-in-law (Kathryn Hunter) moves in. As the diabolical guest tries to get her claws on the child, Belinda must draw the line somewhere. [more inside]
Movie: Judgment Night
IMDB: Four young friends, while taking a shortcut en route to a local boxing match, witness a brutal murder which leaves them running for their lives. From 1993, the ultimate White Suburban Conservative Dad movie, where the city is rife with horrors and only the power of Dad Rage can carry the day. [more inside]
Movie: Underworld: Awakening (and also Blood Wars)
IMDB: When human forces discover the existence of the Vampire and Lycan clans, a war to eradicate both species commences. The vampire warrior Selene leads the battle against humankind. / Vampire death dealer Selene (Kate Beckinsale) fights to end the eternal war between the Lycan clan and the Vampire faction that betrayed her. [more inside]
Movie: The Pink Panther
The bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink P... [more inside]
September 7
Movie: Hell Hole
[TRAILER] The Adams Family (the real life family who made the excellent Hellbender) steps up from no budget to low budget with a tale of a US-led fracking crew working in Serbia who uncover a centuries-old French soldier alive (but maybe not so well) under the soil. [more inside]
All Elite Wrestling: Dynamite: AEW All Out (2024) Season 5 (Specials)
We've come once again to the anniversary of All Elite Wrestling's inaugural show as a new promotion. Last year in Chicago... had a lot to overcome, but AEW is having a Hot Wrestling Autumn, coming off a well-received return to Wembley Stadium and headed towards Grand Slam in NYC later this month. A lot of matches tonight, but the main focus will be on (1) Danielson placing an "I Win Or I Quit" stipulation on all his title matches, (2) WIll Ospreay facing a fellow countryman with whom he has a history, and (3) Swerve and Hangman are going to MURDER each other in a cage. [more inside]
AEW Collision: September 6, 2024: Collision + Rampage live! Season 2, Episode 13
Collision went topsy-turvy, airing on a Friday and rolling right into Rampage for a three-hour live block. Okada's opponents for his Continental Championship are chosen in combat, Grizzled Young Veterans in an actual match, plus an 8-man tag match where every single participant was a holder of a title. AEW got a lotta belts! [more inside]
Movie: Night Swim
[TRAILER] Blumhouse makes a PG-13 haunted swimming pool movie. [more inside]
September 6
Movie: Will & Harper
In this intimate portrayal of friendship, transition, and America, Will Ferrell and his close friend of thirty years decide to go on a cross-country road trip to explore a new chapter in their relationship. [more inside]
Movie: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
After a family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice, Lydia's life is turned upside down when her teenage daughter, Astrid, accidentally opens the portal to the Afterlife.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Eldest Season 2, Episode 4
Separated from his halfling friends, the Stranger meets a singing jolly fellow named Tom. Elrond and Galadriel face deadly challenges on the way to Celebrimbor's city and Nori and Poppy make a surprising discovery related to their people's never ending journey. The elven warrior Arondir finds himself apologizing for cutting down a tree.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: The Eagle and the Sceptre Season 2, Episode 3
The story of the Numenoreans continue with the blind queen Miriel facing challenges at home in the fallout of the disastrous Middle Earth campaign. Meanwhile, a brave and valiant horse refuses to give up on its friend, Isildur, and faces threats on two legs and more to save him. Celebrimbor with his new ally, Annatar, offers to help King Durin with the promise of a ring of power.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power: Where the Stars are Strange Season 2, Episode 2
Under the mountain, the aftershocks of Mount Doom's birth brings calamity and crisis to the halls of Durin, while the great Elven smith Celebrimbor finds his oath to Galadriel tested when a familiar face appears at his gate. In the east, a dark wizard rises as a threat to the Stranger, Poppy, and Nori. [more inside]
September 5
Movie: Beast (2018)
[Trailer] A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders. - IMDb [more inside]
Special Event: Rifftrax: SOLO, a Star Wars Story
MST Club Presents! The Rifftrax to a certain Star Wars backstory movie. A nobody smuggler called Han Solo teams up with a walking carpet to carry out a heist. Directed by Ron Howard! The riff was released on December 21, 2018.
Movie: The Count of Monte-Cristo
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d'If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the identity of the Count of Monte-Cristo and exacts his revenge on the three men who betrayed him.
Movie: Rebel Ridge
An ex-Marine grapples his way through a web of small-town corruption when an attempt to post bail for his cousin escalates into a violent standoff with the local police chief. [more inside]
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