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TV & Films Recommendations

I quite enjoy watching Coming of Age films and this is one of my favourites

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Film: An Cailín Ciúin / The Quiet Girl
Genre: Drama, Coming of Age, Period Drama
IMDb Synopsis: Set in 1981, this film tells the story of a young girl, Cáit, who is sent away for the summer from her dysfunctional family to live with "her mother's people". These are Seán and Eibhlín Cinnsealach; a middle-aged couple she has never met. Slowly, in the care of this couple, Cáit blossoms and discovers a new way of living, but in this house where affection grows and there are meant to be no secrets, she discovers one.​
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of June 21st to June 27th

Movies​

#Soft Flex
Film: War Machine (2026)
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Description: Think Predator x Metal Gear Solid.

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Film: The Furious (2026)
Genre: Martial Arts, Action, Drama
Description: New favourite martial arts movie and a top 3 favourite action movie. Overdubbed cheesy English, and some of the greatest fight scenes I've ever seen. Theater was having a blast.



Television​

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Show: Widow's Bay
Genre: Folk Horror, Comedy, Drama
IMDb Synopsis: A skeptical mayor leads the superstitious residents of a cursed New England island.

Parker's Point: Imagine if Michael Scott tried to turn Silent Hill into a touring destination.

+AbrarS
Show: The Blacklist (2013-2023)
Genre: Action, Crime, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: A new FBI profiler, Elizabeth Keen, has her entire life uprooted when a mysterious criminal, Raymond Reddington, who has eluded capture for decades, turns himself in and insists on speaking only to her.
 
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Film: Dancing Queen
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
TMDb Synopsis: 12-year-old Mina freaks out when famous hip-hop dancer ED Win moves to town and starts at her school. Mina falls in love and when ED announces he's forming a new dance group for a dance competition in town, Mina decides to audition. The only problem is that she can't dance.​
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of June 28th to July 4th

Movies​

#Soft Flex
Film: Role Models
Genre: Comedy
Description: After years of unhappiness reach a boiling point, a reckless stunt puts a man and his friend/co-worker on the hook for prison time unless they complete mandatory community service in the form of a big brother program to a pair of awkward/troubled youth.

Recently rewatched it and re-realized just how underrated this comedy is. Everyone kills it in their role, the jokes still hold up and it doesn't suffer from the classic comedy film dilemma of having a very strong, front-loaded joke flurry while the rest of the film drags just to tie up story threads.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: The Sunshine Boys (1975)
Genre: Comedy
IMDb Synopsis: A vaudeville duo agree to reunite for a television special, but it turns out that they can't stand each other.

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Film: Crime 101 (2026)
Genre: Action, Crime, Heist, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: A meticulous jewel thief (Chris Hemsworth) risks his flawless record against an equally obsessive detective (Mark Ruffalo) and a volatile rival (Barry Keoghan), while an underestimated insurance broker (Halle Berry) turns accomplice after decades of professional disrespect.



Television​

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Show: Among Us
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: Eccentric, monochromatic crewmates of a ship transporting junk across the galaxy must root out an impostor in their midst before they fall victim to its villainous designs.

Zip's Zaps: I promise you this show is actually better than you think it is. The mystery is well constructed and it is fairly short as well - not a huge time investment. This is worth checking out even if you only loosely know the source material.

%ParkerMayCry
Show: Black Bird
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: Jimmy Keene is sentenced to 10 years in a minimum security prison but he cuts a deal with the FBI to befriend a suspected serial killer. Keene has to elicit a confession from Larry Hall to find the bodies of as many as eighteen women.

Parker's Point: RIP Ray Liotta - still makes one huge swing in one of his final performances.
 
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TV Series: Morden i Sandhamn / The Sandham Murders
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Police Procedural
IMDb Synopsis: A beautiful summer morning is marred when a man's body washes up to shore. Crime inspector Thomas Andreasson and colleague Carina Persson are put on the case with very few leads. It soon turns out that the truth behind the murder is more complicated than expected. Based on Viveca Sten's hugely popular crime novel Still Waters, and set in the beautiful surroundings of the outer Stockholm archipelago.


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Film: Wunderkinder
Genre: Drama, Music, War
IMDb Synopsis: 1941 Ukraine, Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war.​
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of July 5th to July 11th

Movies​

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Cactus Flower (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
IMDb Synopsis: A dentist pretends to be married to avoid commitment, but when he falls for his girlfriend and proposes, he must recruit his lovelorn nurse to pose as his wife.



Television​

#Soft Flex
Show: Postman Pat
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family
Description: Join everyone's favourite stop motion postal employee as he makes the rounds of his little village in the UK (I think) with his black and white cat. Another BBC classic that Canada imported for fortunate youth.

+AbrarS
Show: Chuck (2007-2012)
Genre: Comedy, Spy, Action
IMDb Synopsis: When a computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, both the CIA and the NSA assign their agents to protect him and exploit his newfound skills.
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of July 12th to July 18th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Pontypool (2008)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Zombie
IMDb Synopsis: A radio host interprets the possible outbreak of a deadly virus which infects the small Ontario town he is stationed in.

#Soft Flex
Film: The Raid: Redemption
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Description: One of, if not the, greatest hard action flick of all time. If you love the genre, you've surely seen this multiple times by now, which is why I'm using it to co-hype the recently-released-on-VOD The Furious, hot off its theatrical run and making huge waves/drawing many comparisons and inspirations to the aforementioned film.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Victim (1961)
Genre: Drama
IMDb Synopsis: A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.

%ParkerMayCry
Film: Backrooms
Genre: Psychological Horror, Thriller, Science Fiction
IMDb Synopsis: After a therapist's patient disappears into a dimension beyond reality, she must venture into the unknown to save him.



Television​

+AbrarS
Show: Person of Interest (2011-2016)
Genre: Action, Spy, Cyber Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: An off-the-grid and presumed-dead former CIA agent, John Reese, is hired by a mysterious tech billionaire software genius, Harold Finch, to prevent violent crimes before they happen in New York City via an advanced surveillance software which utilities artificial intelligence.
 
I watched this movie a while ago on Netflix.. While it's not a very good movie, I'm running out of time with Rec'ing this week and I really can't think of anything else to Rec

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Film: Vengeance: A Love Story
Genre: Action, Adventure, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Netflix Synopsis: A cop seeks vigilante justice after four men escape punishment for brutally assaulting a single mother in front of her young daughter.​
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of July 19th to July 25th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: The Sunset Limited (2011)
Genre: Drama
IMDb Synopsis: Through a chance encounter, two men of opposing ideologies deliberate spiritual, philosophical, and profound matters in a New York City apartment.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Ragtime (1981)
Genre: Drama
IMDb Synopsis: A young black pianist becomes embroiled in the lives of an upper-class white family set among the racial tensions, infidelity, violence and other nostalgic events in early 1900s New York City.

%ParkerMayCry
Film: Obsession
Genre: Psychological Horror/Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: Baron "Bear" Bailey breaks a novelty charm to force his co-worker Nikki Freeman to love him, but the supernatural compulsion warps her mind into violent obsession, trapping him in a nightmare he cannot wish away.

Parker's Point: This entire movie could have been prevented with, like many films, communication. That being said, this was better than I thought it would be and I think Texas Chainsaw is in very safe hands with Mr. Barker (no relation to Clive).



Television​

#Soft Flex
Show: Pantheon
Genre: Action, Animation, Drama
Description: An excellent animated series that explores the idea of "uploaded intelligence" in a futuristic world. It unfolds like a fully fleshed out Black Mirror episode, with plenty of bold concepts, twists and moral quandaries.

+AbrarS
Show: The Offer (2022)
Genre: Docudrama, Crime, Biography
IMDb Synopsis: Oscar-winning producer Albert S Ruddy chronicles his experiences and struggles while making his cinematic masterpiece, 'The Godfather'.
 
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I thought this movie was okay..

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Film: Lee Cronin's The Mummy
Genre: Horror
HBO Max Synopsis: The young daughter of a journalist disappears into the desert without a trace -- eight years later, the broken family is shocked when she is returned to them, as what should be a joyful reunion turns into a living nightmare.​
 
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Film: The Creator
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to end the war-and mankind itself.​
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of July 26th to August 1st

Movies​


+yackback
Film: Hadestown The Musical (2026)
Genre: Drama, Musical
Description: Filmed in 2025 with the main 5 actors of the original 2019 Broadway cast. Can't think of any shots I'd change.



Television​


@ The Benz Mafia
Show: Hacks (2021-2026)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
IMDb Synopsis: Explores a dark mentorship that forms between Deborah Vance, a legendary Las Vegas comedian, and a young adult coming to grips through comedy.

%Apple
Show: Ann Droid (2026-)
Genre: Comedy
Description: Ann, an advanced AI, grapples with human emotions while discovering dark secrets within the corporation that created her.

+AbrarS
Show: Firefly (2002-2003)
Genre: Adventure, Sci-Fi
IMDb Synopsis: A renegade crew aboard a small spacecraft tries to survive as they travel the unknown parts of the galaxy and evade warring factions as well as authority agents out to get them.
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of August 2nd to August 8th

Movies​

#Soft Flex
Film: Alien
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Description: Every now and then you gotta go back and appreciate a classic. Experience or revisit an all-timer horror with practical effects that doesn't rely entirely on jump scares to keep you hooked.

%Apple
Film: Night at the Museum (2006)
Genre: Comedy
IMDb Synopsis: A newly recruited night security guard at the Museum of Natural History discovers that an ancient curse causes the animals and exhibits on display to come to life and wreak havoc.

+AbrarS
Film: Spiderman: Brand New Day (2026)
Genre: Superhero, Adventure, Action
IMDb Synopsis: Peter Parker devotes his life to protecting New York City as a full-time Spider-Man. But as the demands on him intensify, the pressure sparks a surprising physical evolution that threatens his existence, even as a strange new pattern of crimes gives rise to one of the most powerful threats he's ever faced.
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of August 9th to 15th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Snow Cake (2006)
Genre: Drama, Romance
IMDb Synopsis: A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

#Soft Flex
Film: Braveheart
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Description: FREEDOOOOOOOOOM!

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Midnight Run (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
IMDb Synopsis: A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.



Television​

%Apple
Show: Ludwig
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
IMDb Synopsis: While seeking to unravel the mystery of his twin brother's disappearance, reclusive puzzle-designer John 'Ludwig' Taylor takes on his twin brother James's identity as DCI on Cambridge's major crimes squad.

+AbrarS
Show: The Night Manager (2016-2026)
Genre: Spy, Suspense, Mystery, Crime
IMDb Synopsis: 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).
 
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Series: Luna Nera
Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Netflix Synopsis: In 17th-century Italy, a teenager learns about her destiny among a family of witches, just as her boyfriend's father hunts her down for witchcraft.​
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of August 16th to August 22nd

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Ladyhawke (1985)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
IMDb Synopsis: The thief Gaston escapes the dungeon of medieval Aquila through the latrine. Soldiers are about to kill him when Navarre saves him. Navarre, traveling with his spirited hawk, plans to kill the bishop of Aquila with help from Gaston.

#Soft Flex
Film: Dragonlance: Dragons of Autumn Twilight
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Description: If I'm being honest, this adaptation is complete buns. The title takes its name from the first of many amazing books within the Dragonlance/D&D franchise by the author duo of Weis/Hickman, but they really took the charm out of it when they boiled the story down to its absolute bare bones. And this was 5-6 years or so after I picked up the series on a whim, and was really looking forward to it.

So why recommend it if it failed to meet any expectations? Well, because the same thing is possibly about to happen to another beloved franchise of mine in the form of a Golden Axe animated series coming to Paramount next month, which has been transformed from the side-scrolling beat 'em up games of my younger years to a goofy meta comedy set in the same universe. There is still potential, but yeesh. My recommendation this week is to temper your expectations. The trailer dropped today, so take a peek and draw your own conclusions!

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Tootsie (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
IMDb Synopsis: An unsuccessful actor disguises himself as a woman in order to get a role on a trashy hospital soap.



Television​

+AbrarS
Show: Mad Men (2007-2015)
Genre: Drama
IMDb Synopsis: A drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of August 23rd to August 29th

Movies​

#Saburo
Film: Exam (2009)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: Eight candidates for a highly desirable corporate job are locked together in an exam room and given a final test with just one seemingly simple question. However, it doesn't take long for confusion to ensue and tensions to unravel.

#Soft Flex
Film: Mortal Kombat II
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Description: I finally got around to checking out the sequel to the 2021 reboot that released earlier this year, and I was quite satisfied with the result. I've given up hoping for a new film to recapture the perfect balance of fun, action-packed, campy, stylish and rewatchable that the 1995 film had, and I can settle for action-packed and rewatchable. This movie sets a faster pace than its predecessor and foregoes heavy exposition dumps for more fights, with locations ripped straight out of the video games. They also introduced several characters for the first time in this iteration, that I won't spoil here. Very fun - go watch!

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Film: X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)
Genre: Action, Superhero
IMDb Synopsis: The X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.



Television​

%Apple
Show: Fresh Meat (2011-2016)
Genre: Comedy
Description: This comedy follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university.

+yackback
Show: How To with John Wilson
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Description: "Anxious New Yorker" John Wilson films a lot of stuff and offers his advice on topics that interest him.
 
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Film: Il legame / The Binding
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: While visiting her fiancé's mother in southern Italy, a woman must fight the mysterious and malevolent curse intent on claiming her daughter.

I will never understand the IMDb ratings.. Was this movie a great movie? Definitely not but it wasn't bad either.. Definitely doesn't deserve a 4.8 out of 10
I thought the movie was a little enjoyable​
 
2 movies I saw recently and really liked

Film: Memento
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: A former insurance investigator who now suffers from anterograde amnesia uses notes and tattoos to hunt down his wife's murderer.

Film: Knives Out
Genre: Mystery
IMDb Synopsis: When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc is mysteriously enlisted to investigate.
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of August 30th to September 5th

Movies​

#Soft Flex
Film: Anora
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Description: A stripper from NYC marries a wealthy boy from a powerful family based in Russia. Her happy ending begins to unravel when his disapproving parents catch wind of the news.

A simple story done right with excellent and animated performances by the whole cast.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941)
Genre: Screwball Comedy
IMDb Synopsis: Lecturer Sheridan Whiteside slips on ice on his way into the home of a prominent Ohio family, where he is forced to move in because of his injury and begins to meddle with the lives of everyone in the household. Once his plots are underway, learns there is nothing wrong with his leg. He bribes the doctor and resumes control of the household.

@ Zipzapadam
Film: Coyote vs. Acme
Genre: Legal Comedy, Live-Action Animated, Looney
Synopsis: Following the adventures of Wile E. Coyote as he enlists a billboard attorney to sue the Acme Corporation for repeatedly selling him faulty products.

%Apple
Film: Spa Weekend
Genre: Comedy
IMDb Synopsis: Three friends go on a spa weekend that descends into chaos when their trainwreck friend joins, leading to hilarious consequences.



Television​

%AbrarS
Show: Lanterns (2026)
Genre: Superhero, Mystery, Buddy Cop
IMDb Synopsis: Lanterns follows new recruit John Stewart and Lantern legend Hal Jordan, drawn into a dark Earth-based mystery as they investigate a tragedy in the American heartland.
 
TV & Films Recommendations for the week of September 6th to September 12th

Movies​
#Soft Flex
Film: The Sheep Detectives
Genre: Comedy, Family
Description: When a shepherd in a small town is murdered unexpectedly, his flock must piece together the clues to solve the case using the knowledge they've gained from the stories he used to read them each night before going to bed.

It's a cute movie. Recommend.

@ The Benz Mafia
Film: Le Magnifique (1973)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance
IMDb Synopsis: Writing his 43rd spy novel, François includes people from his life. He's the competent, sophisticated secret agent Bob in stark contrast to François. His cute neighbor is Tatiana who helps Bob in Acapulco.

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Film: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005)
Genre: Dark Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
IMDb Synopsis: After being mistaken for an actor, a New York thief is sent to Hollywood to train under a private eye for a potential movie role, but the duo are thrown together with a struggling actress into a murder mystery.
 
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