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If you are a fan of murder mystery shows like Knives Out, Glass Onion, and Only Murders in the Building, you might like The Afterparty. The show is produced by (Phil) Lord & (Christopher) Miller, though only Miller is credited as the creator. The first season ran from January to March 2022, so...

I saw this movie on opening night (May 11, 2023 in Canada), so I'm a bit late in starting this thread. BlackBerry charts the start (ish), rise, and fall of the Canadian company RIM and its infamous BlackBerry mobile product. Directed by Canadian Matt Johnson (The Dirties), the film stars Jay...

The Bear just finished its second season (airing on Hulu in the US, Disney+ in Canada). I was surprised not to see a thread on this. In my view, the first season was one of the best shows on TV in 2022. Better than Severance, better than Andor, better than We Own This City. In my opinion only...

Hey kids! Do you like any of the following? Very long, slow panning across a massive set from left to right (and sometimes, but almost never, from right to left). Basements and concrete buildings dropping in lurid neon lights in pink and blue often fading into each other. A protagonist that...

Netflix's first "big" show out of the 2023 gate is Kaleidoscope, with all 8 episodes dropping on New Year's Day. Staring Giancarlo Esposito and Rufus Sewell, the show is a self-contained heist miniseries about a mastermind putting together a team of robbers to pull on One Last Job. Nothing new...

The trailer for Netflix's upcoming show, "1899" was released today. All I need to know is that it's from the creators of "Dark", which in my estimate and without hyperbole is the best show on any streaming platform ever. The trailer looks great. I'm 100% in on 1899.

Bring yourself back online. Season 4 premieres Sunday, June 26. I know folks around here weren't as enamoured with season 3 as they were with seasons 1 or 2. Personally, I liked season 3 the most (an opinion which seems almost heretical!). I think seasons 1 and 2 were both fun, and both had...

The first episode of David Simon's new show, We Own This City, aired on Sunday, April 25, 2022. It's a 6-episode limited series based on the book, also titled We Own This City, by Baltimore Sun reporter Justin Fenton. It's about the corruption of the Baltimore PD's "Gun Trace Task Force". In...

After clearing the idea with Ron, I thought it might be fun to have an on-going thread where we can post photos of our recent physical media "pick-ups". If you've recently purchased blu-rays, 4k UHDs, or even "old school" laserdiscs or DVDs, show them off here! They don't need to be rare or...

I couldn't find a thread about this release but apologies if I've missed it. Second Sight is releasing a new UHD edition of Robert Eggers' The Witch on June 20, 2022. Pre-orders for the Limited Edition are out now...

Title: tick, tick… BOOM! Tagline: How much time do we have to do something great? Genre: Drama Director: Lin-Manuel Miranda Cast: Andrew Garfield, Alexandra Shipp, Robin de Jesús, Vanessa Hudgens, Joshua Henry, Jonathan Marc Sherman, MJ Rodriguez, Ben Levi Ross, Judith Light, Bradley...

A friendly reminder (or notice) that the 33rd season of The Amazing Race premieres tonight (Wednesday, January 5, 2022) with a 2-hour episode. From what I can tell the first three episodes were shot in February 2020, before the season went on extended hiatus due to the pandemic. The remaining...

I'm in the market for a new receiver. I could also be persuaded to go with separates if the collective wisdom of the forum advises. I've been out of the proverbial game for close to a decade now. My last upgrade was when lossless audio first the scene. Hopefully you fine folks can point in the...

Holy. Crap. Without hyperbole this might just be the finest piece of television I've had the pleasure of seeing in years. Nobody missed a step: everyone nailed it. It's like the show never ended. Sterling K. Brown was a worthy successor to John Spencer. A flawless hour of drama.

This is the new "hard" (some would say retro/vintage) sci-fi series created and written by Aaron Guzikowsi (Prisoners) and produced by Ridley Scott. Scott also directed the first two episodes before handing the job off to his son, Luke (who directed the Blade Runner 2049 Shorts). The score is...

I figured it would be interesting to list and discuss our 20 favourite shows of the last 10 years. I’ve read (and listened to podcast episodes) on this topic over the last few weeks, but frankly I care less about what random people think and more about what you fine forum members think. Perhaps...

The first season of Watchmen airs tonight on HBO. The series takes place decades after the events of the comic. Damon Lindelof, fresh off his run with The Leftovers (which, in my opinion, was a perfect show), is writer (on all but one episode) and showrunner. Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross...

NBC announced today that a flagship property on its new streaming service, Peacock, will be a reboot of Battlestar Galactica from Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot, Homecoming). The reboot has been "blessed" by Ron Moore, who noted that Sam is a "rabid fan" of Moore's re-imaging. News is still dripping in...

Dark is a German-language science fiction show about time travel and the implications across multiple generations of a small German town. The show touches on themes of existentialism, nihilism (in the classic German tradition), and, of course, the good/evil duality of human nature. Dark is a...

Against all odds, SYTYCD is back for season 16. We're three episodes with a streamlined audition round and a "new" (borrowed) audition stage with 360-degree Matrix-vision cameras. Looks like we're getting five audition round episodes (three down, two to go), two academy week episodes, and then...

The trailer for Westworld season 3 is up: Looks like we may be going to Futureworld. Season 1 discussion. Season 2 discussion.

Anyone still watching? Despite losing both Gillian Anderson and Kristin Chenoweth, I am greatly enjoying season 2. The production design continues to be great--at times it's even genius. Episode 6, Donar the Great, is a particular standout. The directing by Rachel Talalay was simply stellar...

HTF Moderating Staff to HTF Members: This thread will contain spoilers so if there is any MCU film you haven't seen yet, the reading of this thread is at your own peril. Again, MCU spoilers will be discussed in this thread without any warnings. Robert Crawford HTF Moderator This thread will...

Netflix dropped all episodes of Maniac on September 22, 2018. Created by Patrick Somerville (based on a Norwegian TB series) and skillfully directed by Cari Fukunaga, the show can best be described--without spoilers--as a combination of Black Mirror, Legion, The Leftovers, and Mr. Robot.

Season 1 of Counterpart premiered on Starz this week (following a "preview" premiere of the pilot in December). The show has been commissioned for two seasons at this point. The show stars JK Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harru Lloyd, Ulrich Thomsen, Jamie Bamber, and a host of other great actors...

So You Think You Can Dance is back for season 14, premiering Monday, June 12, 2017. The show has reverted back to its high point, bringing back the All Star format, dropping the child dancers (contestants are ages 18-30), and abandoning the silly stage vs street format. Mary Murphy is back on...

Adapted from arguably one of Canada's most famous novels, the series premiere for The Handmaid's Tale premiered this past week with the first three episodes (ironically the premiere in Canada was delayed). It's hard for me to critique a show based off of one of my country's most beloved works...

The Amazing Race is finally back in its 29th season. This time around, all 22 contestants are strangers, and the 11 teams are formed at the starting line. I thought this was a great premiere episode, with a more interesting "hook" than the internet celeb or married/dating/friends seasons. Glad...

The show has already been renewed for a second season. I watched the pilot and was quite impressed--one of the best pilots to come along in a while. Shades of Rubicon and Fight Club.

Season 11 kicks off on May 28th, with a two-hour premiere. Once again, Nigel and Mary are permanent judges, with guest judges each week.