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Apple TV+ is set to premiere season 2 of its gritty series Sugar soon, and anticipation is soaring. Led by Colin Farrell in the role of private investigator John Sugar, the show delivered a jaw-dropping twist at the end of the first season, revealing a sci-fi mystery under the façade of being a detective.

Now, the next season is poised to undertake a new search, both literal and figurative, and Sugar’s sister is missing. The next chapter of the show is going to be full of emotion, mystery, and classic noir. Here’s everything we know so far about the show’s arrival.

Release Date for Sugar Season 2

The official release date for the show hasn’t been revealed yet. The show was renewed for a second season on October 2, 2024. The first season of the show aired on April 5, 2024, and earned respectable ratings and reviews from critics and the audience alike.

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The Pickup is a heist action comedy film directed by Tim Story from a screenplay co-written by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows. The 2025 film follows two armored truck drivers with totally different personalities who get ambushed by ruthless criminals and forced to rob a casino. The Pickup stars Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, Andrew Dice Clay, and Marshawn Lynch. So, if you loved the wild comedy, thrilling heist, and entertaining characters in The Pickup, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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‎30 Minutes or Less is an action comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Michael Diliberti. The 2011 film follows Nick Davis, a hapless pizza boy who is strapped with a bomb and told to rob a bank by two idiotic ne’er-do-wells.

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This August, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated release of FX’s Alien series to the much-anticipated streaming release of Osgood Perkins‘ The Monkey. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the ten best films that are coming to Hulu in August 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Devil in a Blue Dress (August 1) Rt Score: 92% Credit – TriStar Pictures

Devil in a Blue Dress is a neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Carl Franklin. Based on the 1990 novel of the same name by author Walter Mosley, the 1995 film is set in the late 1940s, and it follows an unemployed World War II veteran, Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins,...

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This July, Paramount+ is a little light on original content as nothing new is coming out on the streaming service aside from the new crime docuseries, Murder 360. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ next month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 9 best films coming to Paramount+ in August 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Adaptation (August 1) Rt Score: 90% Credit – Columbia Pictures

Adaptation is a comedy-drama film directed by Spike Jonze from a screenplay by Charlie Kaufman. Based on the 1998 non-fiction book titled The Orchid Thief by author Susan Orlean, the 2002 film follows writer Charlie Kaufman as he is tasked with adapting a book by Susan Orlean into a screenplay, but his crippling self-doubt and freeloading brother make the task extremely difficult.

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Rachel Brosnahan is one of the most talented yet underrated actors in the film industry right now. After beginning her acting career with a small role in the Michael Bay-produced film The Unborn, she gained critical success with her role in Netflix’s original series House of Cards and gained mainstream success after her amazing leading role in Prime Video’s The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel. She most recently starred in James Hawes‘s vigilante spy thriller film The Amateur opposite Rami Malek, and she also took on the iconic role of Lois Lane in James Gunn‘s Superman. So, if you loved Brosnahan’s performances, here are the best movies and TV shows starring Rachel Brosnahan that you should not miss out on.

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The characters in writer-director Kenneth Lonergan’s films live as much with grief as within it. In You Can Count on Me, specifically, grief feels ossified within the bones of siblings Sammy (Laura Linney) and Terry (Mark Ruffalo), whose parents were killed in a car accident when they were children. It’s a tragedy whose effects Lonergan details with profound compassion and startling specificity.

Sammy and Terry would appear to have been etched as stark contrasts. The tightly wound Sammy finds meaning, solace, and stability in religion and her dull but secure job at a local bank in the town in which she grew up. By contrast, Terry drifts around the country, unmoored from family and community, the cruelties of life are clearly ever-present in his mind.

But Lonergan isn’t content to present these siblings as mere polar opposites. After Terry arrives in town for a visit, initially only...

In the last few decades, many critically acclaimed crime dramas delighted critics and the audience. However, a few of them are almost always in everyone's Top 10.

One of the greatest crime dramas that isn't The Sopranos also comes from HBO: The Wire. The series premiered in 2002 on the cable network and ran for five seasons until 2008, receiving strong reviews. Over 23 years after its premiere, The Wire is blowing up on the streaming charts on HBO Max, FlixPatrol reports.

The crime series has just risen four positions in the Top 10 TV shows charts, taking over the fifth spot. At #1 sits the continuation of one of HBO's most iconic shows of all time, Sex and the City's revival series And Just Like That..., currently in its third season. It was followed by the period drama The Gilded Age, also in its third season, Chespirito: Not Rally on Purpose, and the reality...

Rachel Brosnahan, the actress who is widely renowned for her breakthrough role as Miriam “Midge” Maisel in The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, has earned a one-way ticket into one of the up-and-coming Dcu, through James Gunn’s upcoming Superman. And since then, talks about her pretty much refuse to die down.

The forthcoming flick will see her embodying the character of the fan-beloved Lois Lane: A world-famous investigative journalist at Daily Planet, who works alongside (and ends up being the love interest of) Clark Kent, aka the Kryptonian superhero Kal-El (played by David Corenswet in the new movie).

Judging from the reviews that the trailer and the early screenings have received so far, Brosnahan has ostensibly left no stone unturned in giving one of the finest performances of her lifetime as Lane. But while that one’s to look forward to, you might want to see more of her after watching her in Superman.

Sylvester Stallone has starred in a lot of successful film franchises, from Rocky and Rambo to The Expendables and Guardians of the Galaxy. However, fans may have forgotten that the actor starred in an action franchise from the 2010s that is now streaming on Tubi.

The Escape Plan trilogy — Escape Plan (2013), Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018), and Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019) — was recently added to the free streaming service's film library. While not well-received by critics, the Escape Plan trilogy is largely remembered for the 2018 original marking the first time that Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger co-led a movie together. Considered the two biggest action stars of the 1980s (and most of the '90s too), Stallone and Schwarzenegger had never headlined an action movie together until Escape Plan. While they had previously worked together on The Expendables and its 2012 sequel, Schwarzenegger only appeared in a limited, supporting capacity as his character Trench.

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Heads of State is an action comedy film directed by Ilya Naishuller from a screenplay co-written by Josh Appelbaum, André Nemec, and Harrison Query. The Prime Video film follows the President of the United States and the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, who don’t particularly like each other, but when they get caught up in a global conspiracy and are attacked by terrorists, they must work together to survive. Heads of State stars John Cena, Idris Elba, Priyanka Chopra, Jack Quaid, Carla Gugino, Stephen Root, and Paddy Considine. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, explosive action, and entertaining characters in Heads of State, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Big Game is an action-adventure film directed by Jalmari Helander, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Petri Jokiranta.

Tom Cruise & Spielberg’s War Of The Worlds Turns 20 ( Photo Credit – Wikimedia )

Between the 1980s and early 2000s, Hollywood rarely witnessed a pairing as commercially bulletproof as Tom Cruise and Steven Spielberg. Cruise led a string of box office winners across genres, from jet-fueled dramas like Top Gun and Rain Man to espionage thrillers like Mission: Impossible. Spielberg restructured the modern moviegoing calendar, helming grand spectacles like Jaws while simultaneously excelling at smaller, emotional projects.

While each left an unmistakable impact on the global film market during their years of working in parallel, Cruise and Spielberg finally joined forces at the start of the millennium. One such collaboration, War of the Worlds, delivered a thought-provoking actualization right from the pages of H.G. Wells.

What Happens in War of the Worlds

War of the Worlds’ plot is a quintessential amalgamation of Cruise’s gritty adventures and Spielberg’s affection for alien-based stories.

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Deep Cover is a British action comedy film directed by Tom Kingsley from a screenplay co-written by Colin Trevorrow, Derek Connolly, Ben Ashenden, and Alexander Owen. The Prime Video film is set in London, and it follows three improv actors who are recruited by the police to infiltrate the criminal underworld of London. Deep Cover stars Bryce Dallas Howard, Orlando Bloom, Nick Mohammed, Paddy Considine, Ian McShane, and Sean Bean. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, entertaining characters, and compelling story in Deep Cover, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent is an action comedy film directed by Tom Gormican, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Kevin Etten. The 2022 film follows a fictionalized Nicolas Cage who...

Voting for the 2025 Emmys officially opened today, and Gold Derby has spotted several intriguing strategies, omissions, and oddities in the ballots, which are available to view on the Television Academy website.

When it comes to the writing and directing categories, a popular strategy is to submit as few options as possible, so as not to split the vote. (Remember how Succession would only submit a single episode in writing each year? It won that race four seasons in a row.) That's why we're so surprised to see ABC's boat-themed medical drama Doctor Odyssey flooding the ballot 11 different times for Best Drama Directing. If the show can't pinpoint one or two stand-out directors out of Jen Lynch, Our Lady J, Tessa Blake, Paris Barclay, Crystle Roberson Dorsey, Brad Buecker, Millicent Shelton, Michael Medico, Steven Canals, Maggie Kiley, and John J. Gray, how are the voters supposed to?

Last year, Slow Horses...

Year after year, Only Murders in the Building manages to defy the norms of modern streaming and release new episodes on a yearly cadence. Heading into Season 5, co-creators John Hoffman and Steve Martin don't appear to be slowing down much yet, either. Production officially got underway back in March, and things appear to be very quickly ramping up once again, with a handful of new casting announcements to fill out the usual stable of big-name guests. According to executive producer Dan Fogelman, the end is in sight, and it may not be too long before the podcast trio is back to cracking mysteries once again.

In a conversation with Collider's Aidan Kelley on the red carpet of the Newport Beach TV Fest, Fogelman discussed where exactly Omitb was in production after three months of work. "Well, I mean it’s great," he said. "I’ve seen six of the ten episodes already.

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Hulu is one of the most underrated streaming services. It airs some of the most brilliant shows while also being overshadowed by the likes of Netflix, Max, and Disney+. The Disney-owned streaming service is one of the most profitable streaming services because it airs great television shows by partnering with cable channels and networks in addition to its own original shows. So, we compiled a list of the best shows that are available on Hulu right now.

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Deli Boys is a crime comedy series created by Abdullah Saeed. The Hulu series revolves around two Pakistani-American brothers as they suddenly find themselves in the position of leading a criminal enterprise after their father’s sudden death. Deli Boys stars Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Poorna Jagannathan, Alfie Fuller, and Brian George.

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To date, Emmy voters have showered Only Murders in the Building with 49 nominations and seven wins, though none of the main actors has prevailed. That could all change for the buzzed-about fourth season, which aired last summer and is now eligible at the 2025 Emmys.

According to our updated odds, Martin Short (Oliver Putnam) is out front to win his Best Comedy Actor category, just months after he shockingly scored at the Screen Actors Guild Awards. His costars, Steve Martin (Charles-Haden Savage) and Selena Gomez (Mabel Mora), are both in sixth place for nominations. The three leads play unlikely crime-solvers who podcast about murders that occur in and around their building, the fancy-schmancy Arconia in New York City.

Season 4 features a sprawling roster of special guests, including two actors — Meryl Streep (Loretta Durkin) and Paul Rudd (Glen Stubbins) — who received supporting nominations last year. Due to an already-controversial new Emmy rule,...

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This June, Prime Video is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the much-anticipated streaming release of Robert Eggers‘ Nosferatu to all the beloved K-dramas coming to Prime Video next month. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Prime Video this month and have an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films that are coming to Prime Video in June 2025 with an 85% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

12 Angry Men (June 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 100% Credit – United Artists

12 Angry Men is a legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet from a screenplay by Reginald Rose. Based on Reginald Rose’s 1954 television play of the same name, the 1957 film revolves around twelve men serving as jury members on a murder trial, but their prejudices and doubts get...

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Apple TV+ is still relatively new in the streaming industry, and despite having made a name for themselves by producing quality content that people talk about to no end, the Apple-owned streaming service has produced some shows that don’t get talked about much, but not because they are bad, but because they are overlooked. On one hand, Apple TV+ has produced extremely popular shows like Ted Lasso and Severance; on the other hand, it has brilliant but nowhere near as popular shows like Drops of God and Slow Horses. That’s why we decided to compile a list of all the brilliant shows that have been overlooked by the masses.

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Trying is a British feel-good comedy-drama series created by Andy Wolton. The Apple TV+ series is set in London, and it follows Nikki and Jason,...

Stoners have a reputation for being unmotivated, unproductive, and generally bad at getting to work. It's a tough stereotype to break thanks to decades of stoner movies making fun of us for just wanting to have a good time, man. Characters like Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) from "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" or The Dude (Jeff Bridges) from "The Big Lebowski" make us laugh because their heads are so full of pot smoke that thoughts don't seem to survive more than a couple of seconds before they waft away. It's a funny caricature, but "High Maintenance" strived to be more than just a punchline, and that's why it's one of HBO's most underrated comedies.

Originally created as a web series distributed on Vimeo from 2012 to 2015 before moving to HBO for four seasons in 2016, each episode of this anthology series follows Ben Sinclair's unnamed "The Guy" as he bikes through...

There's a high chance you've watched more shows cast by Tiffany Little Canfield in the past year than anyone else. The six-time Emmy nominee is the casting director on Only Murders in the Building, Paradise, and Doctor Odyssey, among others.

Little Canfield has been with Only Murders since the beginning, which means she's been there for every season finale murder that sets up the following season's mystery. "Usually, like way before we really, really start with the concept of it, that is a conversation that we start brainstorming ideas," she tells Gold Derby at our Meet the Experts: Casting Directors panel. "I'll get a call like, 'Ok, we're doing like this. I think it was literally like, 'We need to do the famous actor, like who's gonna play our three in the movie version?' And so that is where it sort of started. And there was lots of fun...

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Gone are the days when everyone wondered what Apple could contribute to the entertainment industry, as Apple TV+ is quickly becoming one of the biggest streaming services with great shows and movies that will keep you entertained. So, let’s discuss the best TV shows on Apple TV+, from the extremely popular Ted Lasso to the lesser-known but equally brilliant Slow Horses.

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Your Friends & Neighbors is a dark comedy crime drama series created by Jonathan Tropper. The Apple TV+ series follows Andrew “Coop” Cooper, a New York hedge fund manager who loses his wife and his job. Now, he must find a way to earn money to support his family’s lavish lifestyle, which turns out to be stealing from his neighbors. Your Friends & Neighbors stars Jon Hamm, Amanda Peet,...

In the series premiere of 30 Rock, created by Tina Fey, TV showrunner Liz Lemon (Fey) meets Jack Donaghy (Alec Baldwin), Ge’s new Vice President of East Coast Television and Microwave Oven Programming and, thus, her new boss. Most of the time, the humor of their relationship derives from the gap between Liz’s quasi-adolescent mess of a life and Jack’s suave self-assurance. Liz is the one who can (for instance) eat a foot-long sandwich in a few gigantic bites rather than abandon it at a Tsa checkpoint, whereas Jack is the one who’ll change into a full tuxedo after 6 p.m. on an average weekday because he’s not “a farmer.”

But Jack can get up to nonsense too: picking up an Eastern European sex worker and bringing her to ruin one of his stars’ Valentine’s Day plans; bringing a seemingly catatonic patient on a...

Ben Affleck is gearing up for the release of his action thriller The Accountant 2, which sees him return to the titular role after nine years, along with actor Jon Bernthal. The actor/filmmaker is known for his high-scale blockbuster appearances, but as a director, he has chosen some intimate subjects to tackle.

In his directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, Affleck adapted Dennis Lehane’s novel of the same name, which dealt with the kidnapping of a child. The film is still considered to be one of his most underrated works, and he was lauded for his directorial efforts. The Justice League star recently revealed he included a reference to a famous French classic in the film.

Ben Affleck paid tribute to Jean Renoir’s The Rules of the Game in his directorial debut Ben Affleck in the Criterion closet | Credits: YouTube/The Criterion Collection

Ben Affleck has had a rough couple of years,...

Days after A24 released the first image from Ari Aster’s Eddington, the film got another exciting look. The first trailer for Eddington has officially been released, and it will serve as the follow-up to Beau Is Afraid, the 2023 mind-twisting psychological thriller starring Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Ryan. Aster will reunite with Phoenix for Eddington, which also stars Emmy nominee Pedro Pascal and two-time Oscar winner Emma Stone. The film is a contemporary Western following a standoff between a small-town sheriff and a mayor that sparks a powder keg of a matchup in the small town of Eddington, New Mexico. The trailer is set almost entirely on social media, with characters from the film providing their input on socioeconomic issues like the Covid-19 pandemic. Eddington will also star Austin Butler, who recently featured in Dune: Part Two, and Luke Grimes, the Yellowstone veteran who is also known for his work on Fifty Shades of Grey.

Apple TV+ has added Shea Whigham, Raymond Lee, and Sasha Calle to the main cast of Sugar for its second season. The series, led by Colin Farrell, was created by Mark Protosevich and features a modern interpretation of the private detective format.

Whigham, Lee, and Calle join previously announced season regulars Jin Ha, Laura Donnelly, and Tony Dalton. Whigham is expected to play a government agency worker aiding Sugar. Calle is expected to appear as a hustler working under Sugar’s direction. No character details have been released for Lee.

Farrell, who also serves as an executive producer, starred in the first season alongside Kirby, Amy Ryan, James Cromwell, Anna Gunn, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, Sydney Chandler, and Alex Hernandez.

Sam Catlin serves as showrunner for the upcoming season and executive produces under his Short Drive Entertainment label. Additional executive producers include Audrey Chon and Simon Kinberg for Genre Films,...

Exclusive: Apple TV+’s Sugar, starring and executive produced by Colin Farrell, has cast three more new series regulars for next season: Shea Whigham (Fargo), Raymond Lee (Quantum Leap) and Sasha Calle (The Flash). They join a Season 2 series regular contingent that also includes fellow new cast additions Jin Ha, Laura Donnelly and Tony Dalton.

Created by Mark Protosevich, Sugar is a contemporary, unique take on one of the most popular and significant genres in literary, motion picture, and television history: the private detective story. In addition to Farrell, the ensemble cast for the first season included Kirby, Amy Ryan, James Cromwell, Anna Gunn, Dennis Boutsikaris, Nate Corddry, Sydney Chandler, and Alex Hernandez.

Whigham is believed to be playing a government agency employee helping Sugar (Farrell) in his investigations. Calle is believed to be portraying a hustler working for Sugar.

Season 2 of Sugar is showrun by Sam Catlin, who also...

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A Minecraft Movie is a fantasy adventure comedy film directed by Jared Hess from a screenplay co-written by Chris Bowman, Hubbel Palmer, Neil Widener, Gavin James, and Chris Galletta. Based on the popular video game Minecraft developed by Mojang Studios, the 2025 film follows a group of misfits who find themselves transported into the cubic world known as the Overworld and now they must set out on a perilous journey to find their way back home. A Minecraft Movie stars Jason Momoa, Jack Black, Danielle Brooks, Emma Myers, and Sebastian Hansen. So, if you loved the wonderous adventure, entertaining story, and lovable characters in A Minecraft Movie, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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The Super Mario Bros. Movie is an animated adventure comedy film co-directed...

Lost Girls was a searing drama based on the true story of one mother's fight for justice. The Gone Girls documentary series expands on that story with the benefit of all that's been revealed in the past five years—and it's been a lot.

Let me be upfront here, fam. Neither of these shows is going to top your list of feel-good entertainment. The movie Lost Girls and the three-part series Gone Girls are so intertwined that I had to review both. For one thing, they cover the same story, although the newly released documentary goes into much more detail than the movie.

Liz Garbus directed both the movie and the series, so she brings a very special sensibility to the documentary. The 2020 film was her first narrative work, but it's so artfully crafted that you'd never know it. She had directed dozens of documentaries before this, including Love, Marilyn,...

You read that right, dear viewer. Netflix is adding no less than 38 movies and shows to their rotation this week. And if you think I'm giving a detailed synopsis of every new arrival, well... in the immortal words of Ms. Kimberly Wilkins, "Ain't nobody got time for that."

Holy Hannah. After last week, I'm used to a lighter workload. Granted, most of these properties aren't new, just new to Netflix. There are certainly a lot of classic films in the group, so I'll hit the highlights. Or at least a dozen of them. Maybe even a baker's dozen, lucky you.

Netflix closes out March with three original titles, then bombards us with 27 features on April Fool's Day. Unless they're doing some weird meta-promotion, and not releasing anything on April 1st. Speaking of April Fool's - I've included one fake title in the list. Hopefully, you'll be able to discover it without too much trouble.

If you're a fan of "The Office," chances are you've gone down the rewatch rabbit hole multiple times. In recent years especially, there's been an even bigger excuse to revisit the beloved series, which, according to IMDb, remains the best sitcom of all time: The actual stars of the series have also been revisiting the show. Kevin actor Brian Baumgartner kicked things off with his podcast "An Oral History of The Office" before launching "The Office Deep Dive with Brian Baumgartner," which featured extended, unedited interviews from his previous podcast. Then, Pam and Angela actors Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey gave us yet another excuse to return to Scranton with their "Office Ladies" podcast.

Altogether, this plethora of "Office" revisits has resulted in a goldmine of trivia and behind-the-scenes revelations, which have basically made it so no aspect of the series remains mysterious 12 years after it went off the air...

Any Office fan who’s done their fair share of rewatching the classic NBC comedy (which turned 20 this week) will readily be able to rattle off two or three — or a whole top 10 list — of their favorite moments from the show, the ones that make them laugh out loud just thinking about them, the ones they probably quote regularly in their own lives.

And as we just learned, our favorite stars from The Office feel the same way. Jenna Fischer, Craig Robinson, Oscar Nuñez, Brian Baumgartner, Kate Flannery, Angela Kinsey, Phyllis Smith, Creed Bratton, and Ellie Kemper celebrated The Office anniversary week by celebrating each other, sharing with Gold Derby their favorite moments featuring their costars.

Here are their picks.

Brian Baumgartner (Kevin Malone)

“My favorite moment of the show is … the last words spoken in the show. Jenna Fischer as Pam summing up perfectly the reason we were there...

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The Residence is a murder mystery comedy-drama series created by Paul William Davies. Inspired by the 2015 book The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower, the Netflix series is set mainly in the White House, and it follows eccentric but brilliant detective Cordelia Cupp as she investigates a murder that happened during a state dinner. The Residence stars Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kelechi Watson, Jason Lee, Ken Marino, Edwina Findley, Randall Park, Molly Griggs, Spencer Garrett, and Mary Wiseman. So, if you loved the thrilling murder mystery, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in The Residence, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Afterparty is a murder mystery comedy anthology series created by Christopher Miller. The first season...

Lost Girls director Liz Garbus returns to focus on a corrupt criminal system and crime victims and their families seeking justice in the trailer for Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer, which bows on Netflix March 31.

The 2020 Lost Girls movie for Netflix that starred Amy Ryan centered on a mother searching for her missing daughter in Long Island and who makes a horrifying discovery in the woods where the murdered bodies of four girls had been dumped.

Gone Girls, also for Netflix and set to bow March 31, is also based on the famously unsolved Long Island serial murders, and Garbus brings her cameras again to a troubled police investigation that left friends and family of disappeared and forgotten women in the sex industry denied justice.

“There were red flags, one after the other, as to what was not looked into by the police,” one commentator says in the trailer for Gone Girls,...

Exclusive: Sugar, starring and executive produced by Colin Farrell, has added three new series regulars for next season: Jin Ha, Laura Donnelly, Tony Dalton

Ha is one of the stars of Apple TV+’s historical drama Pachinko, which is still on the bubble, awaiting word on a Season 3 renewal. His casting in Sugar would not impact Pachinko; he would be able to do both.

I hear Ha will be playing a boxer who frequently gets caught up with the wrong crowds. Donnelly is believed to be playing a woman who is immune to Sugar’s (Farrell) charms; Dalton would play a Lieutenant in the LA County Sheriff’s Department.

Created by Mark Protosevich, Sugar is a contemporary, unique take on one of the most popular and significant genres in literary, motion picture, and television history: the private detective story.

There are many familiar faces returning to Hell's Kitchen in "Daredevil: Born Again." Charlie Cox, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Jon Bernthal are all heading back to where it all began for more wince-inducing comic book action that we've come to expect from this particular corner of the MCU, which doesn't pull its punches and breaks plenty of bones while doing so. Besides the major players once again entangled in the affairs of the Man Without Fear, there are also some newcomers. Sneaking into the world of kings and devils is Daniel Blake, a supporter of Wilson Fisk (D'Onofrio) who's aiding the former convict's campaign for Mayor of New York. But who is this young upstart who believes the former kingpin has what it takes? Well, if anyone in the cast is familiar with the concept of maintaining a front while engaging in criminal activity, it's Michael Gandolfini.

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Nathan Lane recalled a time when he had to pull Joaquin Phoenix aside to give him an acting tip after noticing his “Beau Is Afraid” co-star getting a little too intense for the film’s comedic undertone.

The conversation came about during Lane’s appearance on Mike Birbiglia’s “Working It Out” podcast last week. The iconic actor and singer discussed how much he loved working with writer-director Ari Aster and Phoenix on “Beau Is Afraid.” However, Lane said Aster gave him a heads up that Phoenix would likely improvise his own lines instead of what was in the script and requested that he keep the “Joker” star on track. Lane said that after three hours of filming, it became clear that was the case and compared Phoenix’s performance to Olivia de Havilland in “Lady in a Cage,” Neither Lane, Aster nor Phoenix were happy with the takes, which...

Joaquin Phoenix won an Oscar for his performance as Arthur Fleck in Joker, but before he suited up for the critically panned sequel last year, he also teamed up with A24 for a twisted psychological thriller that just got a major streaming update. Phoenix stars alongside Patti LuPone and Amy Ryan in Beau is Afraid, the 2023 tragic comedy that earned scores of 68% from critics and 71% from audiences on Rotten Tomatoes and grossed only $12.3 million at the worldwide box office on a $35 million budget. Max has officially announced that Beau is Afraid will begin streaming on the platform on March 14, leaving its current streaming homes of Prime Video and Paramount+ while joining other A24 hits like We Live in Time and A Different Man on HBO's streamer.

"The Office" starts by depicting Michael Scott as a bumbling and offensive regional manager. From there, he quickly shifts to a more pathetic character who can't get out of his own way when it comes to romance. It isn't until the fading moments of season 4 that Michael first starts to find true, transformative love in the arms of an unsuspecting Hr rep from the Dunder Mifflin Nashua branch: Holly Flax.

The surprising thing is that Holly was actually never supposed to become a major part of Michael's love life. Instead, she was supposed to be more of a one-hit wonder. On the Office Ladies podcast (which has become the source for all behind-the-scenes stories for the show), Pam and Angela actors Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey interviewed Holly actress Amy Ryan for the episode Business Ethics with Amy Ryan.

In the conversation, they discovered that Ryan's agent was approached by...

When Steve Carell left "The Office," it felt very much like one of the last nails in the series' coffin. While the show took a marked turn for the worse after Carell's departure, "The Office" had been struggling to recapture the magic of its earlier seasons for a while before its star bowed out at the end of the seventh season. As such, while it was bittersweet to see Michael go, it was understandable from Carell's point of view. The actor had become a huge star in the wake of the show's success, especially with several movie hits propelling his rise. Therefore, clinging on to a series that was starting to show signs of a decline didn't seem like the best move. So, Steve Carell left "The Office" on April 28, 2011 in the emotional two-part episode "Goodbye, Michael," and after that, the series was never the same — hardly surprising, seeing as...

Spectacular and breathtaking, Birdman is an exhibition of magic realism.

Michael Keaton stars as an aging Riggan Thomson, once famous for playing a superhero called Birdman, a superhero franchise which had its last film in 1992, [which interestingly is also the year Michael Keaton’s 2nd Batman film released] and is now desperately looking for a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play.

Twenty-two years after Tim Burton made his last Batman film with Michael Keaton, who would have thought that the near-extinct Keaton would resurface in such a hauntingly beautiful fashion and deliver the most outstanding performance of his career? Michael Keaton was arguably the most deserving candidate for last year’s Academy Award for Best Actor. However, he lost to a brilliant performance by Eddie Redmayne in The Theory of Everything.

Birdman is so similar to Keaton’s life in films that I wonder if director Alejandro González Iñárritu wanted to cast a washed-up superhero actor to play the...

The biggest movie coming to Peacock in February is arguably “Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy,” which is set to start streaming exclusively on the platform on Valentine’s Day. As of this writing, though, the jury’s still out on whether or not that film can make up for the mistakes of 2016’s “Bridget Jones’s Baby” and take the popular rom-com franchise back to its former heights. Fortunately, you don’t have to wonder about the quality of some of the other movies that are freshly available to stream on Peacock this month.

Here are the seven best movies coming to the platform in February.

“Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax Films) “Gone Baby Gone” (2007)

Ben Affleck’s directorial career may have gone quiet in recent years, but his first effort as a director, 2007’s “Gone Baby Gone,” remains one of the more impressive debuts we’ve seen over the past 20 years.

DunKings Iced Coffee-clutcher and classic "going through it" meme subject, Ben Affleck has had an interesting career in Hollywood. Once a fresh-faced Bostonian blue-collar everyman, the Phantoms star has played everyone from a guy with a Southie accent to a guy without one. Since Dazed and Confused, Affleck has done both great and terrible work in front of and behind the camera. Serendipitously, a pair of films comprising his best and worst offerings are now streaming on the same platform this February. The disastrous 2003 film Gigli and his directorial debut Gone Baby Gone are now on Peacock.

Much ink has been spent tearing Gigli to shreds in the last two decades. The box-office bomb grossed $7.2 million against a $75.6 million budget and was almost universally panned by critics and audience alike. The plot, which is actually difficult to ascertain from actually watching the film, is about low-level mobster Larry Gigli who...

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Paradise is a sci-fi political conspiracy thriller series created by Dan Fogelman. The Hulu series is set in an idyllic community housing some of the most important people in the world, and it follows Special Agent Xavier Collins after the President of the United States is murdered. Paradise stars Sterling K. Brown, Julianne Nicholson, Sarah Shahi, Nicole Brydon Bloom, Aliyah Mastin, Percy Daggs IV, and James Marsden. So, if you loved the political intrigue, genre-blending plot, and compelling characters in Paradise, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

Salvation (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – CBS

Salvation is a sci-fi mystery thriller drama series created by Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro, and Matt Wheeler. The CBS series follows a group of people as they discover that an asteroid will hit the Earth in six months and destroy the planet.

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This February, Hulu is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated Steven Knight series A Thousand Blows to the much-awaited Season 4 of Shoresy. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Hulu this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the five best films that are coming to Hulu in February 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (February 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% Credit – Searchlight Pictures

The Grand Budapest Hotel is a comedy-drama film written and directed by Wes Anderson. The 2014 film follows Gustav H, a concierge working at Popular European. He is falsely accused of murder and now must prove his innocence. In his quest to clear his name, he becomes good friends with a lobby boy.

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This February, Peacock is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated Suits spin-off series to a much-awaited Bridget Jones sequel. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Peacock this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the five best films that are coming to Peacock in February 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Dazed and Confused (February 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 93% Credit – Gramercy Pictures

Dazed and Confused is an independent coming-of-age comedy film written and directed by Richard Linklater. The 1993 film is set in 1976, Texas, and it revolves around a group of teenagers who are in their last days of high school. Dazed and Confused stars Jason London, Joey Lauren Adams, Milla Jovovich, Shawn Anders, Rory Cochrane, Adam Goldberg, Anthony Rapp,...

Ben Affleck's neo-noir directorial debut, Gone Baby Gone, is coming to Peacock this February.

Gone Baby Gone, Affleck's 2007 neo-noir thriller film, will land on Peacock on February 1st. Based on Dennis Lehane's 1998 novel Gone Baby Gone, it was incredibly well-received by critics, scoring 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. With a budget of $19 million, the film was a box office success, grossing $34.4 million globally. The film was a strong start for Affleck's directorial career and featured several outstanding performances, including Amy Ryan, who was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Helene McCready.

Related 10 Movies To Watch If You Liked Gone Baby Gone

Gone Baby Gone was an epic film... these films are just as good.

Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan play Patrick Kenzie and Angie Gennaro, two Boston-based private investigators searching for Amanda McCready, a four-year-old girl abducted from her home. The film has a great reputation among fans...

The names of Michael Scott's two kids have officially been revealed over a decade after The Office's series finale aired, but that's not the only fun name detail the show has been hiding from fans. Michael left The Office during season 7 after deciding to move to Colorado with Holly when they got engaged. The Office ran for nine seasons before ending in 2013 with a two-part series finale. Steve Carell made a surprise return for The Office's ending, but he wasn't the only character supposed to reprise their role.

Amy Ryan was initially set to appear as Holly alongside Michael to attend Dwight and Angel's wedding in The Office series finale. Her brief appearance would have also unveiled a significant detail surrounding Michael and Holly's children. The Office series finale planned to reveal Michael and Holly's kids with dialogue revealing the names of their two sons. According to The Office Ladies podcast,...

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2024 has been a great year for Apple TV+, as most of the shows that came out on the relatively new streaming service were brilliant and made their way into the hearts and minds of the audience. From the epic war drama Masters of the Air to the incredibly hilarious dark comedy crime thriller Bad Monkey, Apple TV+ have made some of the year’s best shows. So, let’s find out which of the Apple TV+ original 2024 shows you shouldn’t miss.

Criminal Record Credit – Apple TV+

Criminal Record is a British crime thriller series created by Paul Rutman. The Apple TV+ series revolves around the clash between two detectives, one a seasoned veteran and the other early in her career. They go up against each other because of an old murder case after an anonymous phone call brings them to it.

Welcome to the exciting TV world in 2024, where the small screen is bustling with creativity and innovation! This article highlights the best TV series of the year and features a diverse range of genres and storytelling techniques that have impressed both viewers and reviewers. With shows that thrill and make you think and talk, 2024 has proven to be a great year for television.

Streaming services have changed how we consume content in the entertainment industry, resulting in an increase in high-quality series that push the limits of storytelling. People no longer have to wait a week for the next show; now, binge-watching is common, letting viewers get lost in deep stories and complicated characters. As a result of this shift, a treasure trove of content that represents the diverse experiences of our world has been produced, which has given artists the freedom to take risks and explore novel topics.

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Felix Van Groeningen’s critically acclaimed movie, Beautiful Boy, starring Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell has been one of the most emotionally jarring films of all time, dealing with father-son relationship while addressing the honest struggles of drug addiction. However, while the onscreen elements of the film seemed dark and depressing, there was one element of fun to the film’s production.

Timothée Chalamet and Steve Carell in Beautiful Boy | Image: Amazon MGM Studios

It was Timothée Chalamet’s undying love and affection for Steve Carell’s The Office, that kept things light on set for people involved in the production. To be fair, it’s not surprising to learn that Carell and Chalamet would seek out a bit of levity while making the tough material that not only tells the visceral story about drug addiction but is based on a true story about a real family.

Timothée Chalamet Relived...