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Netflix’s ‘Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery’ is a Christmas-themed special episode of ‘Murderville‘ a comedy series with a murder-mystery twist. The series, developed by Krister Johnson, follows Senior Detective Terry Seattle (Will Arnett), who solves murder cases with the help of celebrity guests. The special episode revolves around the murder of Santa Clause and follows Terry as he teams up with Jason Bateman (‘Ozark‘) and Maya Rudolph (‘Loot‘) to solve the case....

SPONSORED LINKS The horror-thriller film ‘The Hunt‘ directed by Craig Zobel is based on a short story called ‘The Most Dangerous Game’ by Richard Connell. When the film begins, 12 people wake up to find themselves in a rather unusual setting, without any knowledge of how they got here in the first place. 7. The Purge (2013) Ethan Hawke and Lena Headey star in this dystopian horror/thriller film where a totalitarian regime has taken over America and announced a special day called the “Purge”, which is to be held every year....

SPONSORED LINKS The Netflix comedy–drama series ‘The Recruit’ is a creation of Alexi Hawley. Following the misadventures of a rookie cop, the series focuses on how inexperience can sometimes come to one’s aid. Owen (Noah Centineo) is new to the job as a lawyer for the CIA. When a former agent goes hostile and threatens to release sensitive and incriminating information regarding the organization, Owen must go after her and stop her....

Lifetime’s ‘Hopelessly In Love’ pushes quite a few famous stories from the past, back into the spotlight. We have already seen Biggie and Faith Evans‘ tale portrayed, and now see Larry Birkhead and Anna Nicole Smith’s love story play out. Every love story has a different flavor, and Birkhead and Smith’s story was out of the media spotlight for quite some time. It came to attention when Smith, the American Playboy model, unfortunately, passed away at the age of 39 due to a drug overdose....

‘My 600-lb Life’ on TLC captures the motivational weight loss journeys and struggles of several morbidly obese individuals over a period of time. Every individual joins the show with the goal of reducing their excess weight, which is around 600 pounds, by cruising through demanding changes in their food and lifestyle habits. They are assisted in this journey by Dr. Younan Nowzaradan, i.e., Dr. Now, a famous bariatric surgeon. He provides them with personalized diet and exercise plans to lose enough weight to become eligible for weight loss surgery....

Netflix’s ‘Never Have I Ever’ follows the story of a first-generation Indian American, Devi Vishwakumar. It focuses on Devi’s turbulent love life as she struggles with love triangles while trying to keep all of her romantic endeavors a secret from her mother. There are so many ups and downs in Devi’s life that it becomes hard to keep track of who she’s pining for and who she actually ends up with....

The sixth season of Netflix’s teen show ‘Elite’ depicts the aftermath of Samuel “Samu” García’s death. Ariadna “Ari” Blanco deals with the loss of her boyfriend and seeks solace in alcohol. Patrick Blanco and Iván Carvalho’s togetherness gets challenged by a personal tragedy that shatters the latter. Las Encinas welcomes Sara, a social-media influencer and half of the famed couple “Saraul.” Isadora Artiñán struggles with the trauma of getting raped by three schoolmates and seeks justice, only to get disappointed....

Netflix’s ‘Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story‘ provides a chilling account of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer’s life and portrays how he murdered around 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Like most serial killers, Jeffrey was extremely meticulous in his actions and planned out every step in advance. However, an unusual slip-up and an intended victim’s determination to escape led to Jeffrey’s arrest in July 1991. If you are intrigued by this case and want to know what led to Jeffrey Dahmer’s eventual capture, we have you covered....

Investigation Discovery’s ‘Web of Lies: Exposed’ chronicles the story of online child predator Lucas Michael Chansler from Jacksonville, Florida. After all, caught engaging in an extortion scheme to produce child pornography, he’s now a convicted felon with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of a minor against his name. So how was Lucas arrested, and where is he now? Let’s find out. Who is Lucas Michael Chansler? In 2015, 31-year-old Lucas Michael Chansler was positively deemed one of the most prolific sextortionists in US history, extorting pornographic and sexually explicit images as well as videos of roughly 350 minor victims in three countries....

ABC’s ’20/20: Interview with Melanie McGuire’ is an extremely intriguing episode, highlighting the flipside of a heinous crime by giving us the perspective of a convicted felon that still maintains her innocence. Melanie McGuire – dubbed by the media to be the “suitcase killer” for butchering her husband and then dumping parts of his body in the Chesapeake Bay in different suitcases – was found guilty in 2007. But, to this day, more than 13 years later, she still states that she had no hand in her husband’s slaying....

Netflix’s ‘Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story’ is a true crime drama series that recounts the story of Jeffrey Dahmer. The series takes a deep dive into his life and expands the field of vision beyond the murders, focusing especially on the factors that led to those crimes. We see the events unfold from the point of view of Dahmer’s family, his neighbors, and his victim’s families. Over the course of ten episodes, the series highlights a lot of things that helped make Dahmer the killer he is known as today....

Investigation Discovery’s ‘American Monster: It’s Over. Move On’ follows the gruesome murder of 22-year-old Wichita State student Rowena Irani in Wichita, Kansas, in October 2016. The episode follows how the investigators arrested the perpetrator even before the victim had breathed her last, following the testimony of her family. If you are intrigued and want to know more about the case, including the identity and current whereabouts of the perpetrator, we’ve your back....

Shirley Jackson created a niche for the horror and mystery genre through her eccentric stories about her equally compelling characters. In real-life, she is considered to have been just as mysterious, if not more. In ‘Shirley’ (2020), we get a look into her process of writing a novel and what psychological and emotional toll it took on her and the people around her. The film tells the story of a couple who come to stay with her for a while, but get muddled into Shirley and her husband’s life....

If you love serial-killer, psychological horror films, then ‘The Silence of the Lambs’ is a must watch. Based on the book of the same name by Thomas Harris, it follows the interactions between an FBI agent and a serial killer as they try to find another serial killer. The Academy Award-winning film is thrilling and tense, and benefits the most from Anthony Hopkins’s chilling performance as Hannibal Lecter. The ending makes it all the scarier....

Based on the eponymous webtoon by Shin Dae-sung, Hulu’s ‘Connect’ is a South Korean crime thriller series that follows an ordinary man named Ha Dong-soo, who likes to keep to himself. He only connects with the world through his music, which he frequently uploads on the internet. However, Ha Dong-soo’s solitary life takes a tragic turn when he gets abducted by an organ hunter and loses one of his eyes to him....

Based on the 1985 novel ‘Ardiente Paciencia’ or ‘El Cartero De Neruda’ by Antonio Skármeta, Netflix’s ‘Burning Patience’ (originally titled ‘Ardiente Paciencia’) is a Chilean romantic drama movie directed by Rodrigo Sepúlveda. Set in the 70s, it follows a young fisherman named Mario, who dreams of becoming a poet. He gets closer to his dreams when he becomes Pablo Neruda’s postman. Besides becoming a well-known wordsmith, Mario wants to use his words to woo the woman of his dreams, Beatriz....

Nearly ninety years after the 1935 adventure film ‘Call of the Wild’ starring the King of Hollywood Clark Gable himself, Legendary novelist Jack London’s ode to the beauty of nature titled The Call of the Wild has been revived on the silver screen once again. Featuring the iconic Harrison Ford in the leading role, 2020’s ‘The Call of the Wild’ is a retelling of the classic story by vaunted American animation director Chris Sanders....

Directed by Michael M. Scott, ‘Christmas Comes Twice’ is a holiday-themed romantic drama film that tells the story of an astrophysicist who goes home to celebrate the holidays. When a Christmas Carnival arrives, she gets on a ride that magically takes her five years back in time. There, she meets her teacher who had died five years ago. If you are wondering where this Hallmark channel movie was shot, here is everything you need to know....

Netflix’s ‘Instant Dream Home’ provides the ultimate team of experts to fulfill the home renovation wishes of several deserving and wholesome families. As the name suggests, the home improvement show breaks all records of previous lifestyle and renovation projects by trying to complete each makeover in a mere 12-hour cycle. It mainly follows a team of rapidly-working specialized experts of renovators who have the risky and painstaking task of transforming a deserving family’s home from top to bottom in precisely 12 hours....

Portrayed by Anthony Anderson, Kevin Bernard is an important character in ‘Law & Order.’ He is a senior detective attached to the 27th Precinct Manhattan North Homicide Squad of the NYPD. Originally from Compton, California, Bernard was an Internal Affairs Detective before he joined the homicide department. He and his eventual partner, Cyrus Lupo, first met when Luupo’s then-partner, Ed Green, became a person of interest in a shooting case that Bernard was investigating at the time....