• Fun

Saved!

Saved! is truly a product of its time. Set in a Christian high school, the 2004 indie comedy follows Mary, a devout girl who attempts to "save" her boyfriend from homosexuality after he comes out to her. Believing it's her moral imperative to "cure" her boyfriend, she loses her virginity to him right before he gets sent to a conversion center....

• Choked Up
• Nostalgic

‘The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat’

The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat, now streaming on Hulu, is a sweeping, feel-good drama that feels like it’s straight out of the ’90s. There’s something so familiar and comforting about slipping into the world of these three lifelong BFFs—played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Sanaa Lathan, and Uzo Aduba—who navigate the tumultuous...

• Nostalgic
• Romantic

‘Sense and Sensibility’ (1995)

Ang Lee's 1995 version of Sense and Sensibility might be the superlative Jane Austen film adaptations of all time. The Chinese auteur applies his trademark lyricism to the incredibly romantic tale of the Dashwood sisters. After their beloved father dies, leaving his estate to his first born son, Elinor (Emma Thompson) and Marianne (Kate Winslet)...

‘Bad Monkey’

While you're eagerly awaiting the premiere of Shrinking Season 2 and the potential return of Ted Lasso, Apple TV+ has an exciting new Bill Lawrence series to help hold you over: Bad Monkey. Based on Carl Hiaasen’s 2013 novel of the same name, Bad Monkey tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vince Vaughn), a suspended Miami PD detective turned...

• Adventurous
• Fun

‘The Instigators’

Apple TV+'s The Instigators brings us yet another Damon-Affleck collab — of course set in Boston, but this time with Casey Affleck instead of Ben —and features a star-studded ensemble, among which are Hong Chau, Jack Harlow, Ron Perlman, Paul Walter Hauser, Michael Stuhlbarg, Caylee Cowan, Ving Rhames, and Alfred Molina. Directed by Doug...

• Fun
• Nostalgic

‘Sex and the City’

It's no surprise that Sex and the City spawned two spinoff movies and a reboot series. Heck, the romantic dramedy is practically a right of passage for womanhood. In its six seasons, sex columnist Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and her three best friends Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York...

• Fun

‘Alex vs. America’

I've been on a bit of a cooking competition kick, and so far, the greatest discovery (beyond finding out that Beat Bobby Flay is on Season 35) has been Alex vs. America, now in its fourth season. In each episode, Iron Chef Alex Guarnaschelli competes against three chefs who all specialize in a specific type of cuisine (like French or pastry) or...

• Intense

‘Face to Face With Scott Peterson’

For the first time since he was arrested in 2003, Scott Peterson opens up about the murder of his wife, Laci Peterson, who was eight-months pregnant when she disappeared on Christmas Eve in 2002. Peterson maintains that he is innocent despite mounting evidence that points to the contrary, but the Innocence Project appears to think there's...

• Intense

‘Pearl’

The second movie in Ti West’s horror trilogy is now streaming on Netflix, and you won't be able to look away from Mia Goth's compelling performance in this serial killer coming-of-age flick. The 2022 prequel to West’s porno horror slasher X, Pearl brings back Goth to tell her her villain origin story. Taking place in 1918, during the...