What to Watch

Whether you are looking for a recommendation for a good movie or a series to binge watch, here is where you can find what other TWC members are watching. 

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Only Murders in the Building

               Hulu Series

An American mystery-comedy-drama television series. The main plot focuses on a trio of strangers (played by Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez).   All have a shared interest in true crime podcasts and become friends while investigating a succession of suspicious murders in the Arconia, their affluent Upper West Side apartment building. Together, they produce their own podcast about the cases, titled Only Murders in the Building.

Its four ten-episode seasons premiered in 2021. The series was renewed for a fifth season, due in 2025.  It is likely that many of main cast and other familiar faces would be returning. Previous cast members include Meryl Streep, Melissa McCarthy, Eva Longoria, Eugene Levy and Zach Galifianakis.

The series has received critical acclaim since its debut, with reviewers highlighting its comedic approach to crime fiction as well as the cast performances.

               Alex Rider

          Amazon Prime Series

An ordinary London teenager, Alex Rider, is recruited by the Department of Special Operations, a subdivision of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), to infiltrate a controversial corrective academy for the wayward offspring of the ultra-rich where he uses skills he didn’t know he had to become an extraordinary spy.

                Wicked

                     The Movie

Wicked, one of the most beloved and enduring musicals on the stage, now arrives on your screen as a generation-defining cinematic event. The untold story of the witches of Oz, stars Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman who has yet to discover her true power, and Ariana Grande as Glinda, a popular young woman who has yet to discover her true heart. The two meet at Shiz University and forge an unlikely friendship before their lives take different paths following an encounter with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Their extraordinary adventures will ultimately see them fulfill their destinies as the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

This is only part one: Wicked ends where the intermission occurs in the stage show, with part two coming in November 2025.

Although the movie is rather long, it’s worth the watch.

 Watched by Anna Buckner 

       Harry & Meghan

            Netflix Docuseries

Harry & Meghan is an American documentary series, starring Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex.  The series covers the couple's relationship from their early courtship to their decision to step back as working members of the British royal family and their subsequent activities.  

It also includes interviews with family, friends, historians, and journalists. 

 It received mixed reviews from critics.  According to BARB, (Barb Audiences Ltd, formerly Broadcasters Audience Research Board), a British organization that compiles audience measurement and television ratings in the United Kingdom, it was the most-watched premiere for a Netflix show in 2022 in the United Kingdom.

Watched by Barb Patterson

              Bad Sisters

              Apple TV+ Series

Dark secrets are a family affair in Bad Sisters, a riotously funny murder mystery that makes fine use of its gifted ensemble while exemplifying creator and star Sharon Horgan's penchant for salty warmth.

A delicious blend of both dark comedy and thriller, Bad Sisters follows the lives of the Garvey sisters, who are bound together by the premature death of their parents and a promise to always protect one another.  But when John Paul, their toxic brother-in-law, that they all wanted dead actually dies, it turns their lives upside down and tests their bond like nothing before. The Garvey sisters think it's all behind them, but the insurance men have questions.  The sisters are being investigated for the death of John Paul.

Watched by Barb Patterson

          The Diplomat

    Netflix Series Seasons 1 & 2

The series centers on Kate Wyler, the new United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, as she helps to defuse an international crisis, forges strategic alliances and adjusts to her new place in the spotlight. She also manages her deteriorating marriage to fellow career diplomat Hal Wyler, who has spent his long career in a position of power and struggles to stay behind the scenes to let his wife take the lead. 

Their integration into the UK political scene is a bumpy road as they discover a conspiracy behind who is responsible for blowing up a British aircraft carrier, killing over 40 Royal Navy personnel.  Kate initially suspects the UK Prime Minister to be involved, but when that suspicion is put to rest, she discovers an even more sinister and complicated truth.

Season 2…A deadly explosion in the heart of London shatters US Ambassador Kate Wyler’s world. Struggling to rebuild the lives that broke and a team that split apart, Kate’s worst fears unfold.

It promises to get even more complicated in Season 3, which is now in production.

Watched by Barb Shea

                        LOOT

                     Apple TV+

Loot is an American comedy television series that premiered on June 24, 2022. It follows newly single 45-year-old Molly Wells, who after 20 years, divorced her tech billionaire husband after he has an affair. The divorce settlement makes her the third-wealthiest woman in the US.

She goes on a worldwide bender with her newfound $87 billion fortune, ending in an existential mid-life crisis. She then decides to re-engage and run the day-to-day work of the charitable foundation she forgot that she founded, much to its employees’ chagrin, with the goal to reconnect with the real world, finding herself along the way.  

The show has received generally positive reviews. In July 2024, it was renewed for a third season.

Watched by Roger Heilman & Barb Shea-Heilman

      Nobody Wants This

            Netflix Series

Nobody Wants This centers on the unlikely relationship between Joanne, an outspoken, agnostic woman and
Adam, an unconventional rabbi. From the moment they meet at a friend’s dinner party, both can tell there’s something between them. Their unlikely love story begins there. However, potentially between them are their differing outlooks on life, all of the modern obstacles to love, and their sometimes well-meaning, sometimes sabotaging families.

Creator, Erin Foster’s semi-autobiographical, yet totally universal, series about a cynical Los Angeles sex and relationship podcaster who meets the love of her life.  “This show really represents how I view love now, which is so different than how I viewed it before,” she says. “Being in a really beautiful, healthy, fun relationship, it made me soften some of my cynicism.”

Watched by Roz Callahan

      The Perfect Couple

                 Netflix Series

On a quiet summer morning, a body washes up on a Nantucket beach. A scream splits the air and a prominent family is immediately plunged into chaos.

Netflix’s soapy drama series, The Perfect Couple, based on the novel by bestselling author Elin Hilderbrand. The show follows Amelia Sacks, a zoologist who is marrying into the wealthy and esteemed Winbury family. Unfortunately, when a body is discovered on the Winbury estate the morning after Amelia and Benji’s rehearsal dinner, the happy occasion quickly becomes a murder investigation. As clues are unearthed, long-held secrets about the Winburys that could destroy the facades they’ve all been working hard to maintain, come to light in the most absurd ways, making way for a pulpy, overdramatized, yet entertaining show.

Watched by Barb Shea

        Clarkson’s Farm

     Docuseries – Amazon Prime

Jeremy Clarkson is a journalist, a broadcaster and a man who travels the world to slide sideways in supercars while shouting. He is not a farmer, which is unfortunate because he bought a 1,000-acre farm in the English countryside and decided to run it himself, despite knowing nothing whatsoever about farming.

The series follows an intense, backbreaking and frequently hilarious year in the life of Britain’s most unlikely farmer and his team, as they contend with the worst farming weather in decades, disobedient animals, unresponsive crops and an unexpected pandemic. Helped only by his gang of agricultural associates, Clarkson quickly discovers that a modern farmer must be a conservationist, scientist, shepherd, shopkeeper, midwife, engineer, accountant and tractor driver, often at the same time. He renames his farm “Diddly Squat” to indicate its lack of productivity.

Clarkson’s comment about the series, “I think it's been a very useful program for making people go, 'Bloody hell, you work very hard doing that and earn no money at all.'"

Watched by Barb Patterson

        The Blue Angels

   Documentary – Amazon Prime

The Blue Angels have been enthralling people, across the country and around the globe, for more than 75 years. Now, Amazon MGM Studios and IMAX bring a brand-new documentary, The Blue Angels, that will take audiences soaring with the Navy’s elite Flight Demonstration Squadron as never before. The immersive footage puts you in the cockpit for a firsthand view of the Blue Angels’ precision flying, while the aerial shots deliver a spectacular showcase of the breathtaking maneuvers that have made them the world’s premier jet team.  The film follows the veterans and newest class of Navy and Marine Corps flight squadron, as they go through intense training and into a season of heart-stopping aerial artistry.

Watched by Linda Reidinger

          The Long Game

                 Netflix

The Long Game is based on the true story of the San Felipe High School golf team, the Mustangs, a Mexican American golf team that overcame segregation and discrimination to win the Texas state high school golf championship in 1957.

In 1955 five young Mexican-American caddies, out of the love for the game, were determined to learn how to play, so they created their own golf course in the middle of the South Texas desert.

If you’re looking for an old-fashioned, effective sports drama, look no further than this modest adaptation of the book Mustang Miracle.  It’s an easy, heartwarming watch.

Enjoyed by Barb Shea-Heilman & Roger Heilman