“The Shawshank Redemption” is a 1994 American drama film directed by Frank Darabont and starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. The film is based on the novella “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” by Stephen King. It tells the story of a man named Andy Dufresne, who is wrongfully convicted of murder and sent to the…
The Wire is an American crime drama television series created by David Simon for HBO. The show premiered on June 2, 2002, and ran for five seasons, concluding on March 9, 2008. The Wire takes place in Baltimore, Maryland and explores the city’s complex drug trade, as well as the inner workings of its various…
Band of Brothers is a ten-part miniseries produced by HBO that chronicles the experiences of Easy Company, a paratrooper unit in the U.S. Army during World War II. The series is based on the book of the same name by historian Stephen E. Ambrose and was created by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg. The series…
“The Climb” is a 2019 independent comedy-drama film that was released on HBO Max in 2020. It was directed by Michael Angelo Covino, who also co-wrote the script and starred in the film alongside Kyle Marvin. The film follows the turbulent friendship of two lifelong friends, Mike and Kyle, as they navigate the ups and…
The Leftovers is a television drama series created by Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, based on Perrotta’s novel of the same name. The series premiered on HBO in 2014 and ran for three seasons, ending in 2017. The premise of the show is that on October 14th, 2011, 2% of the world’s population suddenly disappears…
The Last of Us is a post-apocalyptic action-adventure game series developed by Naughty Dog and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. The first game in the series, The Last of Us, was released in 2013 for PlayStation 3 and later remastered for PlayStation 4. The game follows the story of Joel, a smuggler, and Ellie, a…
Superman & Lois is a television series that premiered on the CW network in February 2021. The show is based on the DC Comics characters Superman and Lois Lane, created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show follows the adventures of Superman, also known as Clark Kent (played by Tyler Hoechlin), and his wife…
Young Justice is an American animated television series that premiered on Cartoon Network in 2010. The show was created by Greg Weisman and Brandon Vietti and is produced by DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation. The series follows the adventures of a group of teenage superheroes as they navigate the challenges of both being a…
Doom Patrol is a superhero team consisting of misfits and outcasts who are brought together by the enigmatic Dr Niles Caulder, also known as “The Chief.” The team is made up of characters with unusual abilities and disabilities, and they struggle to find their place in the world as they battle evil forces and their…
Planet Earth II is a nature documentary series produced by the BBC Natural History Unit, narrated by Sir David Attenborough, and released in 2016. The series consists of six episodes, each focusing on different habitats found on planet Earth, including islands, mountains, jungles, deserts, grasslands, and cities. Where to watch Planet Earth II from Australia? Planet…
“His Dark Materials” is set in a world that is similar to our own, but with some important differences. Each person in this world has a daemon, a physical manifestation of their soul in animal form that accompanies them everywhere they go. The story follows the adventures of Lyra Belacqua (Dafne Keen), a young orphan…
“Barry” is a critically acclaimed comedy-drama television series that airs on the HBO Max streaming service. The show was created by Alec Berg and Bill Hader, who also stars in the lead role as the titular character. “Barry” first premiered on March 25, 2018, and has since become one of the most popular shows on…
Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J.G. Quintel for Cartoon Network. The show premiered on September 6, 2010, and ran for eight seasons until its finale on January 16, 2017. It was later made available on HBO Max, an American streaming service, on November 1, 2020. Where to watch Regular Show from…
C.B. Strike is a television series based on detective novels written by J.K. Rowling under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The series premiered on BBC One in the UK and on HBO Max in the US. The series is produced by Brontë Film and Television and stars Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike and Holliday Grainger as…
The Righteous Gemstones is an American television series that premiered on HBO in August 2019. Created by Danny McBride, the series follows the lives of the Gemstone family, who are a famous televangelist family with a large and devoted following. The Gemstones are led by patriarch Eli Gemstone, played by John Goodman, who built the…
