![]() This pick on the list might speak more tellingly to where my head's currently at in terms of comfort rewatches, but when I saw that The Killing (Sud's American series remake of the Danish original Forbrydelsen) had made it to Hulu, I knew I wanted to spend a good chunk of my off-working hours reliving the mystery of what happened to Rosie Larsen. The result is a series that may overall be a bit uneven, especially towards the end, but succeeds because of what its immensely talented cast brings to the table, with no performance stone left unturned. A very large portion of that is due to Fanning herself, who by her own admission explored emotion and circumstances she had never encountered in her career before. ![]() The series, starring Fanning as Michelle Carter, who was tried for involuntary manslaughter relating to the death by suicide of her then-boyfriend Conrad (Ryan), explores the circumstances that led up to the tragedy and the aftermath, and deftly depicts events without lending bias to one side over another. ![]() In the streaming landscape, Hulu has been right in the game when it comes to ripped-from-the-headlines series, with much of their programming actually succeeding at tackling real-life events in a way that doesn't seek to sensationalize or make us watching at home feel like we're rubbernecking in any obvious way. Carly LaneĬreated by: Liz Hannah & Patrick MacmanusĬast: Elle Fanning, Chloë Sevigny, Cara Buono, Kai Lennox, Colton Ryan, Norbert Leo Butz The Lafferty family has a reputation within the Mormon community, compared to celebrities of a sort, but it turns out they may be hiding a darker side - and rising tensions between the members have clearly led to a terminal breaking point. Garfield continues his reign over the last year or two on our screens in a leading role as Mormon detective Jeb Pyre, who finds his beliefs challenged firsthand when he's tasked with investigating the murder of a mother (Edgar-Jones) and child - and the case might be more entangled within the Church of Latter-Day Saints than anyone could have predicted. It takes a lot to make a true-crime series memorable these days, but this FX latest (which is dropping exclusively on Hulu, just to make it a little more confusing) is one that delves into the intricacies of religion and humanity in a way that makes it a can't-miss. When they’re forced to jump naked off the reservoir cliff, their testicles hitting the water with a punishing smack, it’s a metaphor for what life as sensitive and emasculated New Dads is doing to them.Created by: Dustin Lance Black (based on the book of the same name by Jon Krakauer)Ĭast: Andrew Garfield, Sam Worthington, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Denise Gough, Wyatt Russell, Billy Howle, Chloe Pirrie, Seth Numrich, Adelaide Clemens, Rory Culkin, Sandra Seacat, Gil Birmingham (Marcus: ”Kid, why are you acting so crazy?” Frat-house lout: ”Did Betty White just call you crazy?”) The frat boys are led by a hilariously smug Taylor Lautner, who punctuates each insult by bumping chests with one of his fellow dudes and shouting ”Boom! - that just happened.” Yet through all the psycho silliness, we feel the men’s pain at the youthful vitality that’s deserted them. After a while, our heroes run into a pack of frat boys at the local swimming hole, and the impromptu insult contest that goes down between the fascist college jerks and the flabby, gone-to-seed older schlubs is - how shall I put this? - terrifically abusive. It’s a decisively funnier movie than the first Grown Ups. For a while, Grown Ups 2 has the lunatic-stunt tone of one of the Jackass films, and I mean that as a compliment. Marcus gets wedged into a truck tire that goes speeding and bouncing through town, Eric keeps doing his ”burp-snart” (a combination burp, sneeze, and fart), and the bus driver gets treated like the corpse in Weekend at Bernie’s. They proceed to take that bus on a joyride of damage.
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