Month: July 2026
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Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, a thriller with Tatiana Maslany
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed has multiple story strands winding around a series about a divorced mom who gets caught up in a crazy situation and has to work out a solution on her own.
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Little House on the Prairie gets a reboot
Little House on the Prairie has been redone by Netflix for the 2026 audience. The new series has an excellent cast with some small changes in sensibility and story. It’s still the same warmhearted family story about love and kindness that was a weekly cultural event in the 1970s and 80s when Laura Ingalls Wilder…
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The Five-Star Weekend, a women’s story
The Five-Star Weekend drew me in immediately with its cast of fabulous women and two women directors for the series. It’s set in the aspirational world of Nantucket wealth but concerns itself with the fact that rich people have plenty of drama in their lives just like the rest of us. There are no big…
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Summer’s Last Resort, comedy directed by Melanie Scrofano
Summer’s Last Resort is a goofball comedy from director Melanie Scrofano and writer Emily Andras. There’s a built in fan-base for anything this team do. It consists of Earpers for Life, AKA, fans of Wynonna Earp. Earpers will not be disappointed.
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Alright Now, Cobie Smulders does improv
Alright Now features Cobie Smulders in all the images showing up about the film. I watched this movie because of her, but it was a great disappointment.
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Patience, S1, a different kind of sleuth
Patience tells the story of a neurodivergent archivist named Patience Evans. She works in the archive of police records in York, England. The job suits her. It’s quiet, organized, and there are no surprises.
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Elle, a prequel to Legally Blonde
Elle comes from the world of Legally Blonde. In season 1 of this series, Elle Woods, played by Lexi Minetree, is a junior in high school and dealing with some major life changes.
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Enola Holmes 3, adventures in Malta
Enola Holmes 3 carries on its traditions with intrepid detective Enola Holmes and her brother Sherlock heading to Malta for a wedding. Enola’s wedding!
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Eat, Pray, Bark–German humor with dogs
Eat, Pray, Bark is a German comedy. It’s silly but it has dogs and the Tyrolean mountains. If those two things are enough for you, this movie is worth a watch.