TV & Films Recommendations

[Dybala jr]

Available on Max
SS is one of the greatest.​

Film: Anyone But You (2023)
Genre: ROMCOM
Letterboxd Synopsis: After an amazing first date, Bea and Ben’s fiery attraction turns ice cold — until they find themselves unexpectedly reunited at a destination wedding in Australia. So they do what any two mature adults would do: pretend to be a couple.

 

[sluffy]

Movie: Columbus (2017)
Genre: Drama/Rom/Com
IMDb Synopsis: A Korean-born man finds himself stuck in Columbus, Indiana, where his architect father is in a coma. The man meets a young woman who wants to stay in Columbus with her mother, a recovering addict, instead of pursuing her own dreams.

 

[Toshinden]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of April 14th to April 20th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: The Big Hit (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
IMDb Synopsis: Socially anxious hitman Melvin Smiley, an expert in his lucrative field, goes on a job and falls in love with his kidnapping victim, turning his world upside down.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Ace in the Hole (1951)
Genre: Drama, Film-Noir
IMDb Synopsis: A frustrated former big-city journalist now stuck working for an Albuquerque newspaper exploits a story about a man trapped in a cave to rekindle his career, but the situation quickly escalates into an out-of-control circus.

%Queen of Narnia
Film: Pet Sematary (2019)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: Dr. Louis Creed and his wife, Rachel, relocate from Boston to rural Maine with their two young children. The couple soon discover a mysterious burial ground hidden deep in the woods near their new home.

Queen of Narnia's note: Wasn't that good, but I'm running out of Rec ideas so I'm just nomming the last movie I watched, lol (Btw, sometimes dead is better).

+marillvibes
Film: Passengers
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Romance, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: A malfunction in a sleeping pod on a spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet wakes one passenger 90 years early.

Marill's Mind: I'm a sucker for Sci-Fi and Romance, so this was a hit home for me. Without giving away much, Chris Pratt's character being so up and down for me is the reason I love this movie so much.

Television​

#Soft Flex
Film: ReBoot
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure
Description: Bob, a Guardian, defends the system of Mainframe and its inhabitants from viruses and the User. They say the User inputs games for pleasure; no one knows for sure, but he intends to find out!

 

[DianaNicole]

Show: Superstore
Genre: Comedy
Imdb Description: A look at the lives of employees at a big box store.
Personal Thoughts: This show has become the latest in a line of background noise shows, while still providing some fun humor to laugh along too as I complete tasks around the house.

 

[CynicCyndaquil]

TV Show: Shogun
Genre: Historical Fiction
IMDb: When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies.
Personal thoughts: It's actually the best show I've seen in years and I'm not ready for it to end. So well produced and written

 

[Dybala jr]

Available on Netflix
Being 2012 is still very good.
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Film: Django Unchained (2012)
Genre: Drama, Western
Letterboxd Synopsis: With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.

 

[sluffy]

TV: The Missing (2014)
Genre: Drama/Crime/Mystery
IMDb Synopsis: Tony and Emily Hughes' vacation turns into a nightmare when their 5-year-old son Oliver disappears from a large celebrating crowd in Northern France.

 

[Toshinden]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of April 21st to April 27th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: The Deaths of Ian Stone (2007)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: An all-American guy is murdered each day by horrifying pursuers, only to wake up in slightly different lives to experience the terror of being murdered again.

#Soft Flex
Film: This Is Where I Leave You
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Description: Four siblings are reunited by the death of their father, and their personality quirks, grudges, life struggles and former flames and associates all combine to bring tensions to a boiling point in this ensemble dramedy. The plot is quite simple, so the main draw for me was the chemistry this particular large cast managed to exhibit with limited screen time. Very fun watch with touching moments.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Playing by Heart (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
IMDb Synopsis: Eleven articulate people work through affairs of the heart in Los Angeles.

%Zipzapadam
Film: Turbo
Genre: Adventure, Animated, Comedy, Family
IMDb Synopsis: A freak accident might just help an everyday garden snail achieve his biggest dream: winning the Indy 500.

Television​

%Opple
Show: Fat Friends (2000-2005)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
IMDb Synopsis: Drama series following eight women's struggle to lose weight at a weekly slimming club.

 

[sluffy]

Movie: Phantom of the Paradise (1974)
Genre: Horror/Musical
IMDb Synopsis: A disfigured composer sells his soul for the woman he loves so that she will perform his music. However, an evil record tycoon betrays him and steals his music to open his rock palace, The Paradise

 

[Dybala jr]

Available on Mubi
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Film: Priscilla (2023)
Genre: Romance, Music, Drama
Letterboxd Synopsis: WIFE TO THE KING. ICON TO THE WORLD. DESTINED FOR MORE. The unseen side of a great American myth in Elvis and Priscilla Presley’s long courtship and turbulent marriage, from a German army base to his estate at Graceland.

 

[BenzMafia]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of April 28th to May 4th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Winter's Tale (2014)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
IMDb Synopsis: A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her.

%Zipzapadam
Film: Mamma Mia! (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
IMDb Synopsis: The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular 1970s group ABBA.

Television​

@ The Benz Mafia
Show: Kim Possible (2002)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy
IMDb Synopsis: A high school cheerleader and her clumsy best friend balance their duties as global crime-fighters with the typical challenges of adolescence.

%Opple
Show: Blue Lights (2023-)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: Follows rookie police officers working in Belfast, a city in which being a frontline response cop comes with unique pressures and dangers.

 

[sluffy]

Movie: Words on Bathroom Floor (2020)
Genre: Rom/Drama
IMDb Synopsis: Diagnosed with a mental illness halfway through his senior year of high school, a witty, introspective teen struggles to keep it a secret while falling in love with a brilliant classmate who inspires him to not be defined by his condition.

 

[Dybala jr]

Available on Cinemas
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Film: Fall Guy (2024)
Genre: Comedy, Action, Romance
Letterboxd Synopsis: Fresh off an almost career-ending accident, stuntman Colt Seavers has to track down a missing movie star, solve a conspiracy and try to win back the love of his life while still doing his day job.

 

[BenzMafia]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of May 5th to May 11th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: The Swimmer (1968)
Genre: Drama
IMDb Synopsis: A man spends a summer day swimming as many pools as he can all over a quiet suburban town.

@ The Benz Mafia
Show: Targets (1968)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: An aging horror star questions his place in modern Hollywood, while a disturbed young man goes on a killing spree.

%Zipzapadam
Film: Toy Story 4
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy,
IMDb Synopsis: When a new toy called "Forky" joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.

Television​

+yackback
Show: The Sympathizer (2024)
Genre: Historical, Black Comedy, Drama
Description: The story of the Captain, a bilingual biracial Vietcong spy embedded in the South Vietnam army at the end of the Vietnam War. Robert Downey Jr plays all 4 white antagonists in this adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel, directed by Park Chan-Wook.

 

[Aly]

Film: Ordinary Angels
Genre: Drama​

IMDb Synopsis: Based on a remarkable true story, ORDINARY ANGELS centers on Sharon Stevens (Hilary Swank), a fierce but struggling hairdresser in small-town Kentucky who discovers a renewed sense of purpose when she meets Ed Schmitt (Alan Ritchson), a widower working hard to make ends meet for his two daughters. With his youngest daughter waiting for a liver transplant, Sharon sets her mind to helping the family and will move mountains to do it. What unfolds is the inspiring tale of faith, everyday miracles, and ordinary angels.

Based on a True Story during the 1994 North American Cold Wave!

Queen of Narnia's Notes: Saw this movie last week... Was expecting it to be bad but it was actually pretty decent. Sad movie!

 

[Aly]

I forgot to mention that BGT (Britain's Got Talent) 2024 is finally here!!! 3 weeks in already

For you Americans, a new season of AGT returns 28th May on NBC/Peacock!!!

Talent Month hype~!

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