TV show or Movie: TV show Where to watch: Apple Premise: A couple on a backpacking trip discovers a magical town in which everyone acts like they’re in a classic musical. Creators: Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul Cast: Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Fred Armisen, Dove Cameron, Jaime Camil, Kristin Chenoweth, Alan Cumming, Ariana DeBose, Ann Harada, Jane Krakowski, Martin…
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My Favorite Shows That Were Canceled Too Early
It has happened to all of us. A favorite show of ours gets canceled. We don’t get the closure that we wanted. And I don’t know how old you are, but I grew up in the days of when a show is cancelled it wasn’t picked up by another network. Back in the day, you…
Not Dead Yet
TV show or Movie: TV show Where to watch: ABC, Hulu Premise: The show focuses on Nell Serrano, an accident-prone American newspaper reporter who left her last job five years ago to move to the United Kingdom with a lover. She returns to the US when the relationship ends and tries to resume her journalism career as a…
Countdown to Christmas: A Hallmark Holiday Analysis
My girlfriend works in data and has started a newsletter where she takes a data approach to things she is interested in. Her first few were about concerts and her most recent one is all about Christmas Hallmark movies! Check out the visualization here; https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/sarah.gilligan/viz/CountdowntoChristmasAHallmarkHolidayAnalysisDataPlusMovies/CountdowntoChristmasADataLoveStory Check out the whole post here https://datadispatch.substack.com/p/countdown-to-christmas-a-hallmark
Holiday Season Advent Calendar
I am part of a Facebook group of (mostly retired) comedians who like to nerd out about video games, television shows, and movies. One of them, Roxanne Celeste, put together this advent style list of horror movies to watch throughout December. Because who says we have to stop watching horror after October 31st? Here is…
Six Feet Under
TV show or Movie: TV show Where to watch: Netflix Premise: A chronicle of the lives of a dysfunctional family who run an independent funeral home in Los Angeles. Cast: Peter Krause, Michael C. Hall, Frances Conroy, Lauren Ambrose, Freddy Rodriguez, Mathew St. Patrick, Jeremy Sisto, Rachel Griffiths, James Cromwell, Justina Machado. What it reminds me…
Cunk on Earth
TV show or Movie: TV show Where to watch: Netflix Premise: From virtually nothing to virtual reality, Cunk comically tells the story of our greatest inventions such as the wheel, the Mona Lisa, and nuclear power. Along the way, she asks experts hard-hitting questions about humanity’s progress, as well as standing near impressive old ruins…
The Fall of the House of Usher
TV show or Movie: Miniseries Where to watch: Netflix Premise: To secure their fortune (and future) two ruthless siblings build a family dynasty that begins to crumble when their heirs mysteriously die, one by one. Cast: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Carly Lumbly, Henry Thomas, Samantha Sloyan, T’Nia Miller, Raul Kohli, Kate Siegel, Sauriya Sapkota,…
Scary Things I Watched in October
Although I didn’t average one scary thing at night for the month of October, I came pretty close. Here’s what I watched:
Twisted Metal
TV show or Movie: TV show Where to watch: Peacock Premise: Twisted Metal is an American post-apocalyptic action-comedy television series developed by Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick and Michael Jonathan Smith. Based on the vehicular combat video game franchise of the same name published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. In a post-apocalyptic wasteland, John Doe, a talkative milkman with…