Tag: Apple TV+
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Street Fighter, Whalefall, Sense and Sensibility, Tenzing, VisionQuest – 693
Street Fighter is as chaotic and uneven as you’d imagine. Whalefall is an intriguing premise but falls apart in the belly of the beast. The latest Sense and Sensibility adaptation feels appropriately modern while honoring the source material. Tenzing centers a too often overlooked adventuring legend. VisionQuest continues to examine “what is it to feel?”…
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The Social Reckoning, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, Matchbox the Movie, Haunted Hotel – 691
Is The Social Reckoning consequential enough? Mahershala Ali explores faith in action in Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. Matchbox the Movie feels like capitalism set alight. Haunted Hotel returns for another delightful (spooky) season. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Social Reckoning Inspired by true events and the whistleblower who started the social…
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Amanda Brugel for Dark Matter
Dark Matter star Amanda Brugel is here to discuss entanglement, joining the show as main cast, using music to get into the various Blair versions. More about Dark Matter In season one, the series followed Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family man who — one night while walking home on the streets…
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TIFF 2026
It was our pleasure to return to TIFF 2026 for the 51st edition of the film festival. Here are 18 films we saw at the Toronto International Film Festival (and again a special thanks to the TIFF and Rotten Tomatoes Grant Program for helping us participate). We weren’t able to screen everything there, but here’s…
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Dayo Okeniyi for Dark Matter
Dark Matter star Dayo Okeniyi is here to discuss how season two took from his own first generational background to influence storyline, how his character might see himself as a prophet, and balancing ambition vs satisfaction. More about Dark Matter In season one, the series followed Jason Dessen (Joel Edgerton), a physicist, professor and family…
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Practical Magic 2, Last Seen, Dang! – 686
The Owens sisters return in Practical Magic 2 but can it enchant audiences the same way as the first did? Last Seen is an Australian crime thriller. Dang! has a barrage of humor and just may also make you do some introspection. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Practical Magic 2 Starring Sandra Bullock and…
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Patrick Brammall, Maxine Peake, Brendan Cowell for Last Seen
Last Seen stars Patrick Brammall, Maxine Peake, and Brendan Cowell are here to chat giving up luxuries, things they have faith in, and Jean Smart and slow cookers. More about Last Seen Police detective Ian Ridley’s (Patrick Brammall) life fell apart 11 years ago when his young daughter, Maggie, disappeared without a trace. Now working…
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Mayday, By Any Means – 685
Two unlikely duos in the 80s action comedy Mayday with Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh and the 60s southern crime film By Any Means with Yahya Abdul Mateen II and Mark Wahlberg. Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Mayday Ryan Reynolds and Kenneth Branagh team up in “Mayday,” a genre-bending, action-packed buddy comedy that flips…
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Tony, Ted Lasso Season 4 – 680
Does Tony the movie work without existing knowledge of Anthony Bourdain the man? Ted Lasso returns for a season 4 in spite of a near perfect season 3 send off. Does it warrant the continued story? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about Tony A 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain travels to Provincetown and stumbles into the chaotic…
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The Dink, Avatar Aang – 676
Jake Johnson plays a sporting version of his archetype in The Dink. Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender is all grown up but does that mean it makes sense as a movie? Listen on Apple Podcasts More about The Dink Washed-up former tennis prodigy Dusty Boyd (Jake Johnson) has been reduced to coaching unruly children at…