Watch Stranger Things seasons 1-4 for 1980s nostalgia, high stakes thrills, strong acting, the power of friendship, and all-around great television.

Watch Shrinking for a feel-good show with flawed characters that feel like real people we know and love, great writing, and an incredibly strong ensemble cast.

Your Weekend Binge Watch: Landman Available to watch on Paramount+ ; 1 Season of 10 episodes, Drama, Season 2 premieres this Sunday November 16th! Watch Landman for a dramatic look at life in the Texas oil industry. With a great cast led by Billy Bob Thornton and featuring Jon Hamm, Demi Moore, and Ali Larter, Landman paints the oil industry as kind of sexy, a bit alluring, and definitely dangerous.   Synopsis Deep in the heart of West Texas, roughnecks and wildcat billionai

Your Weekend Binge Watch: Alien: Earth Available to watch on Hulu ; 1 Season (originally on FX), 8 episodes, Horror Watch Alien: Earth for some high-concept, high-execution horror with an ambitious premise, great acting, and sound writing. (And if you're scared easily - it's okay, me, too - I promise this is watchable!) Synopsis In the year 2120, the Earth is governed by five corporations: Prodigy, Weyland-Yutani, Lynch, Dynamic, and Threshold. Cyborgs and synthetics exist al

Your Weekend Binge Watch: The Last Frontier Available to watch on AppleTV+; 1 Season currently on air, episode 5 out on Halloween, Thriller/Drama Watch The Last Frontier for some fun entertainment. It’s not a documentary so expect some inaccurate police procedures, as well as some plot holes, but if you loved Con Air , think of it as Con Air set in rural Alaska with more in-depth storytelling and some big twists! Also, the casting, especially of the various prisoners, is fa

Your Weekend Binge Watch: Slow Horses Available to watch on AppleTV+ ; 5 Seasons, 6 episodes each, Thriller (& TWO MORE SEASONS ARE OFFICIALLY COMING!!)  Watch  Slow Horses for its perfectly cast ensemble of lovable misfits navigating the UK and Europe as the cast-aside members of MI5.   Synopsis A dysfunctional team of MI5 agents and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb (played by the incredible Gary Oldman), navigate the espionage world’s smoke and mirrors to de

Your Weekend Binge Watch: Silo Available to watch on Apple+ ; 2 Seasons, 10 episodes each, Sci-Fi Drama  Watch  Silo for an incredible ensemble cast led by Rebecca Ferguson, Common, and ‘you know, that guy I like from Shawshank Redemption’ Tim Robbins. Watch it for dystopian future vibes, the brain-breaking premise of living underground in a massive silo where the levels literally indicate your class status/purpose, and what happens when rebellion stirs in a compact space.  

I completed my 5 th marathon this past Sunday in Long Beach, California. People often ask me what my goals are for a marathon, and I always joke ‘to finish healthy and to not shit myself.’ Those are real goals, for sure, but I’m usually going into a race with the goal of getting a new Personal Record (PR). The Long Beach Marathon was not the race result I had expected or trained hard to achieve the past several months, but with reflection, I think it might have been the most

Your Weekend Binge Watch: MobLand Available on Paramount+ ; Season 1: 10 Episodes, Action/Crime Drama Watch  MobLand  for an incredible ensemble cast led by Tom Hardy as Harry and Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren as Conrad and Maeve Harrigan, respectively. Watch it for modern-day mob drama, warring mafia families, shocking plot twists, ever-shifting dynamics of loyalty, and ever-growing questions of what it means to be family. Synopsis Two mob families clash in a war that thre

Your Weekend Binge Watch: Wolfs Available on AppleTV+ ; 1 hour 48 minutes, Comedy/Thriller Watch it for a masterclass in acting at the highest level. George Clooney and Brad Pitt are equal parts suspense-builders and comic instigators, and Austin Abrams was fully committed and absolutely believable as Kid. Synopsis Hired to cover up a high-profile crime, a fixer soon finds his night spiraling out of control when he’s forced to work with an unexpected counterpart. Thoughts Is

Your Weekend Binge Watch: The Gentlemen Available on Netflix ; Season 1: 8 Episodes, Action Comedy, Crime Drama Synopsis Edward “Eddie” Horniman unexpectedly inherits an estate of 15,000 acres and the title of Duke of Halstead at the reading of his deceased father’s last will and testament. Upon becoming Duke, he learns that his family’s land has become part of a marijuana-growing empire run by Susie Glass. As Duke of Halstead, he must now navigate a world of eclectic and dan

Your Weekend Binge Watch: Agatha All Along Available on Disney+ ; Season 1: 8 Episodes, Action Watch  Agatha All Along  for an incredible (mostly) female-led cast, strong character acting, an unexpected journey with all sorts of twists, turns, and trials, and some really big, out-of-left-field twists. Also: Patti LuPone tugging all the heartstrings. Synopsis Set after the events of  WandaVision , Agatha Harkness recruits some unlikely allies on her quest to regain her former

Woman of the Hour: Watch it for Anna Kendrick's directorial debut, edge-of-your-seat tension building, and outstanding acting performances all around.

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Welcome back to Your Weekend Binge Watch , a weekly installment where I make TV/Film recommendations I'm really enjoying so that you can spend less time scrolling, more time watching, and finally get outside your same old recommendation algorithm. This time around it's Your Weekend Binge Watch: Bad Sisters (Season 1) ! Click to Watch Season 1 on AppleTV+ Currently two seasons (Season 2 released this past Wednesday November 13, 2024) Season 1 has 10 episodes Why Give It a Try

Hm, the one thing I’d never do and why. It’s tricky because I think there are plenty of things I’ll never do.

Watch Yellowjackets for a well-acted, modern Lord of the Flies, as well as a deep-dive psychological study into anthropological tribalism.

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