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A first look at Alexander Skarsgård’s sci-fi comedy series from ‘About a Boy’ filmmakers Chris and Paul Weitz.

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John Cho will have a cameo in Murderbot (Apple TV+ show). Based on the book series, The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells. Premieres on May 16, 2025.

Murderbot studies the fictional melodrama for cues about how to behave in emotional situations. The show-within-a-show stars John Cho, Jack McBrayer, Clark Gregg, and DeWanda Wise, sporting outrageous hairstyles and costumes that make the stylings of A Flock of Seagulls look like business casual.

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Thriller/horror movie and show recommendations from a self proclaimed non thriller/horror watcher (in no particular order + reasons + no spoilers)

Hot Fuzz: This plus shaun the dead and dawn of the dead were the movies that got me in LOVE with thriller comedies. It's comedic, it has mystery, it's a thriller. It has the perfect combo of all of these things + great cinematography + great writing

2) A Killer Paradox: You accidentally kill someone. You get away with it. You are pained by it..but you realise you have a lnack for murdering bad people and getting away with it. I am a sucker for the visuals of this show, it has the slightest hint of Wes Anderson vibes. It's definitely a crime/thriller and makes you question your own morals because of the morally grey main character. It stars Choi Wooshik and Son Sukku and this is making me realise maybe I like most shows they're in. Anyhow heavily recommend this.

3)Miss and Mrs Cop: It's an easy, comedic, crime-thriller. It's easy to enjoy and easy to get excited by.

4)Re/member: It's a fun mix of high school, horror, fantasy, time-loop movie with the slightest hint of romance. It was definitely a nice comedic horror watch that I as a horror disliker didn't find scary but enjoyed a nice sense of thrill and liked the comedic aspect of it.

5) The Call: Now this on the other hand I found scary. Like the thought of it is scar and the way it was portrayed I found scary. It was also very intriguing as I am a LOVER of anything to do with time-loops, time travel, inter time blah blah blah, so this really hit the spot.

6)Bloodhounds: I love love love this. I love the friendship dynamic. I love the comedic elements. I love the thriller/crime scenes. Though I did skip parts with the plot lore, I just wasn't in the mood for corporate corruption explanations. Also this is just a classically good Korean crime/thriller + it has a second season on the way.

7) A Shop For Killers: You find out your uncle has been an arms dealer and now that he's not here his enemies are after you. I am also a whore for single day, single location setting. It makes it work and it doesn't get boring. It has plot twists I couldn't see coming. It is a little gory for anyone whose not a fan of that just be mindful, but I just skipped past the really gory parts and it was fine.

8)Moving: A fantasy thriller with some romance and comedy. I found this truly enjoyable to watch. It really kept me hooked from the start and had me there till the credits. I lived for the action. I lived for the family scenes. I lived for the romance. It has great acting. Thats it I've got no more to say go watch it.

9) Midnight Runners: Two police rookier take a case onto their own hands. Has the same vibes as Bloodhounds and Miss and Mrs cop. It has a great friendship dynamic that provides a good comedic balance to the thriller/crime action going on. It really keeps a good balance of the two and has good acting.

10) Okay! Madam: It's a good comedic, thriller movie that starts with a good plot twist that really swung in from left field for me. A family on their first international flight to Hawaii run into an incident on the plane that reveals secrets and past lives. Really a great watch if you're looking for an easy action filled watch. Has similar vibes to Exit and Extreme Job.

Friendship Review.

I enjoyed the first half of Friendship, but it felt like I was watching a different movie than the rest of the audience. They laughed hysterically, while I found it to be more of a thriller with comedic elements. It felt like the inverse of The Cable Guy with Jim Carrey—a thriller-comedy that puts the thriller elements first, rather than a comedy with the story structure of a thriller. While I didn’t laugh, I found myself engaged with the story.

Without delving too deep into the plot, I thought the sudden disappearance of a certain character should have been a turning point—something that motivated Craig to go after Austin for revenge, now having a flimsy justification for his fixation on him. Instead, the film treads water with scene after unrelated scene of Craig being weird, goofy, and awful, in the mold of a generic studio comedy, but doing nothing to advance the storyline. The most egregious example comes in the form of an acid trip that could be cut from the film without affecting anything, and seems to exist for no reason other than to make some easy product placement coin from Subway. At least when David Lynch promoted Heineken and Pabst Blue Ribbon in Blue Velvet, it was done in a way that revealed something about the characters’ psychology based on their taste in beer.

Finally, the film abruptly decides to be a thriller again during a climax that comes out of nowhere and then just ends, leaving me unsatisfied.

So this is a straight two-and-a-half stars for me. Half the film is a compelling thriller; the other half is an unfunny comedy. The Cable Guy, ironically, satisfies more as a straight thriller than Friendship does, by paying attention to genre conventions and a three-act structure that serve to advance the plot—even if the content is more openly comedic. It would be the superior option if you're looking for something in what one might call the “bromance gone bad” category.