TV & Films Recommendations

[Toshinden]

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

Movies​

#Soft Flex
Film: Cowboys & Aliens
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Western
Description: Go watch something silly this week - the title is exactly what it sounds like: citizens in a wild west town are forced to fend off an alien invasion. It does not demand you take it seriously, only that you have fun!

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Ninja Scroll (1993)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
IMDb Synopsis: A vagabond swordsman is aided by a kunoichi and a spy in battling a demonic clan of killers - led by a ghost from his past - who are bent on overthrowing the Tokugawa Shogunate.

 

[Toshinden]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of September 28th to October 4th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Victoria (2015)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Heist, Romance, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

#Soft Flex
Film: Weapons
Genre: Dark Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Description: In the middle of the night, all but one student of an elementary school class run out of their homes and disappear without a trace.

It's billed as a horror, but it's primarily a thriller/mystery. The less you know (like me), the better - I skipped all trailers and was only aware of the core concept as written above, and the lead actress. If you can go into it knowing just as little, you will enjoy it just as much as me! We're at the very end of its theatrical run, so go see it ASAP if possible.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
IMDb Synopsis: A female gunfighter returns to a frontier town where a dueling tournament is being held, which she enters in an effort to avenge her father's death.

+yackback
Film: One Battle After Another (2025)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: When their evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years, a band of ex-revolutionaries reunite to rescue the daughter of one of their own.

Description: Firecracker of a movie. Eddington but with an emotional core.

Television​

@ Zipzapadam
Show: American Horror Story
Genre: Horror, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: An anthology horror drama series centering on different characters and locations, showcasing different aspects of horror.

 

[Moonee]

TV Series: The Shift
Genre: Drama, Medical Drama
SBS on Demand Synopsis: Midwife Ella and her staff fight a daily battle to provide the best possible care for expectant mothers and newborns despite understaffing. At the same time, she is doing everything she can to keep her feelings for a married pediatrician at bay.

(There's currently 2 Seasons; The Main Setting for Season 1 is the Maternity ward.. Season 2 takes place 2 years later (after the events of Season 1) and now focuses on the Pediatric Ward of the same hospital)​

 

[Yuzzor]

TV & Films Rider-commendation
October, 6th, 2025
Presented by NotyuzzyYT
Genre: Tokusatsu
Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider Hibiki

Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Superhero
IMDb: Adachi Asumu is a boy who is almost done with middle school. During a trip to his relatives, he meets a rather odd man just loosely named Hibiki. When Asumu's cousin is kidnapped by the Makamou, ancient monsters who threaten people, the oddball Hibiki saves the day in his true form, an Oni, field agents of the Makamou extermination group Takeshi. From that day on, Asumu follows Hibiki's steps as well as his co-workers at Takeshi, the young yet wise Ibuki and the courageous rookie Todoroki. 2005 is definitely quite a year for Adachi Asumu in this action-packed drama.

Personal Opinion: This series was a great break from the normal formula Kamen Rider has been doing. It pretty much a more calm and less joking series with more life lesson story. I wish if the story wasn't slow pacing and the rating was bad. They wouldn't have fired the Original writer. Overall: A Fun series!

Super Sentai
Avataro Sentai DONBROTHER!!!

Genre: Superhero, Comedy, Adventure, BL
IMDb: A high schooler gains powers and must find Taro Momoi. With a dog, pheasant, monkey, and oni ally, they use Avataro Gears to battle demons born from desires and the Noto organization.

Personal Opinion: I really like the comedy element and How the character grew in the series. I like how their chemistry work together as a duo and a team. Too bad if you are watching for plot, I wouldn't advise. Just watch it for the laugh and shitting. Also I put BL because this series rivalry is Gay asf. On serious note, The Main character did work in a lot of BL series so yeah.​

 

[Toshinden]

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

Movies​

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: The Day of the Jackal (1973)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: In the aftermath of France allowing Algeria's independence, a group of resentful military veterans hire a professional assassin codenamed "Jackal" to kill President Charles de Gaulle.

Television​

#Soft Flex
Film: Gen V
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Description: A university-set side adventure set in the world of The Boys which expands on the real-world effects of the corrupt superhero society manipulated by Vought. Season 2 just released recently and this will set up additional stakes for The Boys' upcoming final season releasing Soon™!

%ParkerMayCry
Show: What We Do In The Shadows
Genre: Comedy, Mockumentary, Horror
IMDb Synopsis: A look into the nightly lives of four vampires who have lived together on Staten Island for over a century.

Parker's Point: A sincere love letter to all things vampire-related with blood wax on the seal.

 

[Moonee]

Film: The Old Way
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
SBS on Demand Synopsis: Retired gunslinger Colton Briggs faces the consequences of his past when the son of a man he murdered arrives to take his revenge. Briggs must take up arms once more after his wife is killed, and is joined by his young daughter.

TV Series: Bump
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Coming of Age
Stan Synopsis: BUMP is a drama about an ambitious teenage girl who has a surprise baby; and explores unplanned motherhood, unwelcome new relatives, unintended consequences and the complications that ensue for two families.​

 

[AbrarS]

TV Mini Series: The Night Manager
Genre: Spy Thriller
Cast: Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie, Elizabeth Debicki, Olivia Colman​

The Night Manager follows former soldier and luxury hotel night manager Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston) as he is recruited by British intelligence operative Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) to infiltrate the inner circle of billionaire arms dealer Richard Roper (Hugh Laurie).

Pine goes undercover, becoming a criminal himself to gain Roper's trust, with the goal of exposing the corrupt arms trade and the complicity of his own government. The mission involves glamorous international locations, high-stakes deception, and danger as Pine falls for Roper's girlfriend, Jed (Elizabeth Debicki), and must navigate a world where trust is impossible.

Incredible star studded cast, beautiful locations, fast pace and short overall runtime of only 6 episodes makes this the perfect show to binge from beginning to end.

 

[Toshinden]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of October 12th to October 18th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Blood Simple (1984)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: The owner of a seedy small-town Texas bar discovers that one of his employees is having an affair with his wife. A chaotic chain of misunderstandings, lies, and mischief ensues after he devises a plot to have them murdered.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Life Is Sweet (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
IMDb Synopsis: A shop assistant, her cook husband, and their twin daughters go about their lives in a working-class London suburb.

%ParkerMayCry
Film: Freddy vs Jason (2003)
Genre: Horror, Drama, Action
IMDb Synopsis: Freddy Krueger and Jason Voorhees return to terrorize the teenagers of Elm Street. Only this time, they're out to get each other, too. Parker's Point: the most anticipated movie of 1989 released a decade too late.

Television​

#Soft Flex
Show: Extreme Dodgeball
Genre: Action, Game Show, Sport
Description: Join several colourful teams and characters as they vie for dodgeball supremacy, featuring killers like Mark "Big Nasty" Long, Bobby "Salmon" Roe and Amazon Beard! The short-lived leagued released in the same year and was, in all likelihood, inspired by Dodgeball (2004) the film.

@ Zipzapadam
Show: Gavin & Stacey
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sitcom
IMDb Synopsis: Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love, bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.

 

[AbrarS]

TV Series: Entourage
Genre: Comedy, Drama​

Film star Vincent Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Hollywood with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent. The show, loosely based on the experiences of Mark Wahlberg, depicts the ups and downs of Vince's career and his close-knit group; which includes his manager and best friend Eric "E" Murphy, his half-brother and struggling TV actor Johnny "Drama" Chase, and his driver and friend Turtle. Vince is managed by the powerful and ruthless agent Ari Gold. Throughout the long run of the show, Vince finds himself facing challenges and enjoying rewards that come with being an actor; some of which include sharing a screen with Jessica Alba, suiting up to play a superhero, and getting into a fist fight with Eminem.

 

[Moonee]

Film: The Monster
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Monster Horror
Tubi Synopsis: Driving down a deserted road on a rainy night, a mother and daughter get into an accident and find themselves at the mercy of a terrifying monster.

I watched this on Tubi last year I think, not bad for an Indie Horror film​

 

[Moonee]

PS Username: Moonee
Film: The Silence of the Lambs
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Psychological
IMDb Synopsis: Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster), a young intelligent F.B.I. trainee, has been sent to the Baltimore state hospital for the criminally insane to interview an inmate, Dr. Hannibal "the cannibal" Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins), a brilliant renowned psychiatrist turned infamous psychopathic serial killer. She must match wits with Lecter, who has the darkest of all minds, and trust him to give her clues in the search for "Buffalo Bill" (Ted Levine), a nickname given to a loose, unknown, unstoppable psychopathic serial killer.​

 

[Yuzzor]

User: NotyuzzyYT
Series: Kamen Rider Gavv
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci Fi, Superhero
IMBd: Granute, secret lifeforms, kidnap humans for "Dark Market Snacks." Shoma, from another world, transforms with Gochizo, a sweet-eating monster, into Kamen Rider Gavv via a mouth-like belt to stop Granute's attacks and save people.

Sorry for lazy recommendations.​

 

[Toshinden]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of October 19th to October 25th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Local Hero (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
IMDb Synopsis: An American oil company has plans for a new refinery and sends someone to Scotland to buy up an entire village, but things don't go as expected.

#Soft Flex
Film: The Thing (1982)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Description: Maybe my favourite horror flick of all time, and the inspiration for one of the greatest StarCraft UMS maps (iykyk)!

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Lucas (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
IMDb Synopsis: A socially inept fourteen-year-old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends - Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love - fall for each other.

%ParkerMayCry
Film: Martin (1977)
Genre: Horror, Drama, Dark Comedy
IMDb Synopsis: A young man, who believes himself to be a vampire, goes to live with his elderly and hostile cousin in a small Pennsylvania town where he tries to suppress his blood-lust.

Parker's Point: A coming-of-age story about a boy clinging to purpose that may or may not be his.

 

[AbrarS]

Movie: Transcendence
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama
Cast: Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Paul Bettany, Morgan Freeman,
Cilian Murphy, Kate Mara, Cole Hauser
​

Synopsis: Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp), the world's foremost authority on artificial intelligence, is conducting highly controversial experiments to create a sentient machine. When extremists attack him, they inadvertently become the catalyst for him to succeed. Will's wife, Evelyn (Rebecca Hall), and best friend, Max (Paul Bettany), can only watch as his thirst for knowledge evolves to an omnipresent quest for power, and his loved ones soon realize that it may be impossible to stop him.

 

[Toshinden]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of October 26th to November 1st

Movies​

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: The Chaser (2008)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: A disgraced ex-policeman who runs a small ring of prostitutes finds himself in a race against time when one of his women goes missing.

Television​

#Soft Flex
Show: Physical: Asia
Genre: Game Show, Reality TV
Description: The hit reality competition show Physical: 100 expands its roster of eligible contestants internationally in its third season, which shifts its focus to team competitions between rival countries. There are many new, and a few returning competitors from the 2 prior seasons, though I won't spoil which other countries are competing here as the star athlete reveals are quite fun. At the time of this recommendation, Netflix has dropped an initial batch of 4 episodes with a new one being added weekly on Tuesdays beginning next week!

%Apple
Show: Daisy May and Charlie Cooper's NightWatch (2025)
Genre: Documentary
IMDb Synopsis: The sibling duo behind This Country are leaving the familiar comforts of the Cotswolds for something far more unsettling. In this new series, Daisy May and Charlie Cooper lock themselves inside some of Britain’s spookiest locations to see if they can last the night.

 

[AbrarS]

Movie: You've Got Mail
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Cast: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear​

Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) runs a large book store chain and his latest store is about to open in New York. This will likely put the small book store in the neighbourhood, owned by Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan), out of business and this makes them bitter enemies. Though they've never met, Fox and Kelly are close; as they write emails to each other. Due to the anonymity of the internet they have no idea that their enemy is also their friend.

 

[Moonee]

PS Username: Moonee
Film: The Major Tones
Genre: Drama, Mystery
TMDB Synopsis: It’s winter holidays and fourteen-year-old Ana discovers that the metal plate she has in her arm from an accident she suffered as a child is now receiving a strange message in Morse code.​

 

[Toshinden]

TV & Films Recommendations for the week of November 2nd to November 8th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Awakenings (1990)
Genre: Biography, Drama
IMDb Synopsis: Dr. Sayer is a pioneering neurologist who wants to take a risk and give his patients who suffer from encephalitis a drug used for Parkinson's Disease. He tries it out on one man who miraculously wakes from his perpetual catatonic state.

#Soft Flex
Film: A House of Dynamite
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Description: My recommendation? DON'T watch this. How a studio affords, yet chooses to squander, such a great cast who all collectively bring it with their acting chops to breathe life into such a simple script with a "write your own ending because we can't be bothered to" finale is beyond me. Just a slow burn into absolutely nothing.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Troy (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, War
IMDb Synopsis: Paris of Troy has taken Helen from her husband, King Menelaus of Sparta, sparking the Trojan War. The siege of Troy has begun, resulting in several years of stalemate. This does not prevent small victories on both sides and the scene is set for a final climactic battle.