‘Confessions of a Shopaholic’

• Intense

‘The Vampire Diaries’

There's nothing quite like a supernatural teen drama. The Vampire Diaries, which first aired in 2009, follows a recently-orphaned Elena Gilbert (Nina Dobrev) as she catches the eyes of two handsome brothers. The catch? They're both vampires who are over 100 years old. As Elena sparks up a romance with the mild-mannered Stefan, she soon learns...

• Fun
• Weird

‘Happy Endings’

Surely you know the deal by now: Happy Endings was a critically-acclaimed but under-watched show that was canceled way too soon. We're still mad about Happy Endings' fate, but we're grateful for the 57 episodes we got (and also grateful that they live on via streaming). I mean, by today's standards? 57 episodes might as well be the most...

• Adventurous
• Nostalgic

‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ (1999)

The best thing I watched in April 2024 was Ripley, writer/director Steve Zaillian's stark, eerie, and throughly enveloping series adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's 1955 novel The Talented Mr. Ripley. Zaillian's decision to film the series entirely in black-and-white is, as the kids say, a choice — a choice I applauded, but one that also left...

• Choked Up
• Romantic

‘West Side Story’ (2021)

Though there's never really a bad time to watch Steven Spielberg's masterful film adaptation of West Side Story, now is an especially good time, since it stars newly-minted Internet Boyfriend Mike Faist as Jets leader Riff (yes, he sings and dances!) — his take on the character is the best I've seen, and one of the major reasons this movie...

• Fun

‘Dead Boy Detectives’

Set in the same universe as The Sandman, Dead Boy Detectives follows two young ghosts investigating the paranormal as they evade Death. This colorful dramedy takes place in a small town plagued by the supernatural, with dozens of ghosts clamoring for the help of Edwin and Charles, young men who met their death in completely different centuries....

• Adventurous
• Fun

‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’

Conan O'Brien Must Go is part-travelogue, part exercise in chaos theory. The four-part Max docuseries follows comedian Conan O'Brien as he bum rushes various fans of his podcast all over the world. Sure, it's got voiceover from Werner Herzog and hi-res drone shots of gorgeous landscapes, but Conan O'Brien Must Go is not your usual travel show....

• Intense

‘King Richard’

While it’s now impossible to separate Will Smith’s Oscar-winning performance in King Richard from the controversy of him slapping Chris Rock on live TV in 2022, this biopic about Richard Williams is worth a watch. And now that King Richard is streaming on Netflix, you don't even need an Apple TV+ subscription to see it. Richard Williams is a...

‘The Big Door Prize’ Season 2

Apple TV+'s delightful sci-fi comedy The Big Door Prize is back with its highly-anticipated second season, and three episodes in, its already clear the potential is massive. The sophomore season of the series (based on M.O. Walsh’s novel of the same name) takes viewers back to Deerfield where the MORPHO machine's mysterious "next stage" is...