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Netflix’s crime film ‘The Catholic School’ centers around the students of St. Luigi High School, exploring their lives and the conflicts they face. The most prominent storyline of the Italian film follows Angelo Izzo and Gianni Guido, two students studying at the prestigious institution, who team up to torture and rape Donatella Colasanti and Rosaria Lopez. Angelo and Gianni are joined by their friend Andrea Ghira, who tortures and rapes the two girls like his friends....

The eighth episode of FOX’s action series ‘9-1-1’ depicts the return of May Grant to her family after re-joining USC. She expresses her happiness of having a contented life with her mother Athena Grant-Nash and step-father Robert “Bobby” Nash. As Athena and Bobby cherish the visit of their daughter, Darius appears, increasing the joy of the occasion. May and Darius explain that the latter is considering moving to Los Angeles from Stanford so that he can join the former at USC....

The sixth episode of Apple TV+’s medical drama ‘Five Days at Memorial,’ titled ‘45 Dead,’ follows Arthur “Butch” Schafer, an assistant attorney general of Louisiana’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, who starts to investigate the 45 deaths that happened in Memorial Medical Center and LifeCare Hospitals. Schafer teams up with his unit’s special agent Virginia Rider to conduct interviews with people who worked in LifeCare to find out what really happened in the hospital during Hurricane Katrina and the subsequent flood....

Directed by Kim Jin-woo, ‘A Model Family’ is a South Korean thriller series. It tells the story of the Park family, whose desperate pursuit of survival and safety draws the attention of a drug lord. Park Dong-ha (Woo Jung) is a mild-mannered assistant professor who loses the money his family has saved for his son’s treatment to secure a full-time professor job. Dong-ha faces financial ruin. His wife is about to divorce him, forever cutting him off from his family....

Netflix’s ‘Hellhole‘ is a Polish horror film directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski. The movie’s original title, ‘Ostatnia Wieczerza,’ translates to ‘The Last Supper.’ Set in 1987, the story revolves around an undercover cop named Marek, who enters a monastery under the guise of a monk to investigate the disappearance of women in the area. When he talks with the Prior and his deputy and looks around the monastery, he discovers something shocking happening at the place....

Netflix’s ‘The Midnight Club’ follows the story of a girl named Ilonka. Having graduated from school, she was ready to start college at Harvard, but all her future plans are put to rest when she is diagnosed with cancer. Nine months later, her treatment stops working and the doctors give her a year or two at most. They suggest she spend it with her family, but Ilonka is not ready to give up on herself just yet....

What happens when you mix a hilariously bizarre plot with some rather big names in the industry? Why, you get ‘The Con Is On,’ of course! Starring Uma Thurman, Tim Roth, Alice Eve, Sofia Vergara, and Maggie Q, this heist flick is one that manages to stand out owing to the erratic relationships between the characters. Are you wondering if it was based on a true story? Well, we’re here to discuss this with you!...

To call ‘The Da Vinci Code’ one of the most controversial films of our time would not be factually incorrect. Not only did prominent religious bodies like The Vatican called for its boycott, but the movie was also banned in countries like Syria, Belarus, and Jordan for the religious liberties that the plot takes. These reactions are somewhat understandable, but this also prompts the question – is the narrative rooted in reality?...

Directed by Noah Baumbach, Netflix’s drama film ‘White Noise’ revolves around Prof. Jack Gladney, his wife Babette, and their children, who navigate life through the 1980s. Their lives take a turn when an “airborne toxic event” threatens the population of their bucolic town. The film progresses through the aftermath of the mysterious and startling event, which sows the seeds of fear of mortality in the minds of the Gladneys. Using the point-of-view of the suburban family, Baumbach explores the cultural nuances of the period....

Netflix’s three-part docuseries titled ‘Killer Sally’ focuses on what happened at an apartment in Oceanside, California, on Valentine’s Day in 1995. Sally McNeil fired a shotgun at her husband, Ray McNeil, twice, killing him. In the subsequent investigation, she claimed self-defense but was ultimately convicted of the murder. But before everything happened, Sally talked about how she made a living and provided for the family since she was the breadwinner at the time....

‘Chicago P.D.’ is a police procedural drama and a spin-off of ‘Chicago Fire,’ which revolves around the fictional District 21 of the Chicago Police Department. The police department has two clear distinctions, the uniformed officers who patrol the streets and deal with petty crime, and the other is the Intelligence Unit, which looks at organized crimes, drug cartels, and the likes. Created by Dick Wolf and Matt Olmstead, the series has received mixed responses from critics, who were not impressed with the aspects typical to Wolf’s work in ‘Miami Vice’ or ‘Law & Order....

SyFy’s ‘Ghost Hunters‘ is a supernatural documentary reality television show that has been spooking viewers since 2004. The series revolves around a team of paranormal investigators visiting infamously haunted places all over the country. The team of paranormal investigators surveys each haunted location at first. Then, they make use of a variety of electronic equipment that is believed to be capable of detecting paranormal activity. Ghost Hunters Filming Locations SyFy’s ‘Ghost Hunters’ is a paranormal reality television series....

‘Dark Skies’ is a home invasion movie with a twist—the home invaders in its premise are neither serial killers nor are they paranormal entities. They are, instead, creatures from a faraway galaxy who have traveled light years to completely destroy the Barrett family’s peaceful suburban life. Harping on the universal fear of having your home broken into, the film evokes a sense of helplessness in a viewer with its extraterrestrial twist....

A fictional account of the life of the famous horror novelist, Shirley Jackson, ‘Shirley’ presents the titular character as a reclusive writer who has fallen into a bout of depression. To get her out of bed and to the typewriter, her husband, Stanley, seeks help from a couple who have recently moved into town. Fred Nemser works for Stanley and is invited to stay at his house for a week before finding a place somewhere else for himself and his wife, Rose....

‘Survivor’ season 28, also known as ‘Survivor Cagayan: Brains vs. Brawn vs. Beauty,’ is counted among one of the best seasons of the series. The long-running show is a competitive reality television series that first premiered on May 31, 2000, on CBS. It follows a group of strangers placed on an island who must provide for themselves. The contestants have to complete challenges for rewards or to avoid getting eliminated. The winner is given the title of “Sole Survivor” and takes home one million dollars....

In the seventh season of NBC’s medical series ‘Chicago Med,’ Dr. Stevie Hammer joins Gaffney Chicago Medical Center as a new attending physician. Upon arriving in Chicago from Michigan, Hammer focuses on the well-being of her mother Terri, who is homeless and struggling with drug and alcohol addiction. She also forms a connection with Dr. Will Halstead, whom she knows from her medical school days. While the viewers were expecting a romantic connection between Will and Hammer, the latter leaves Gaffney, paving the way for Kristen Hager’s departure from the show as well....

The ninth episode of CBS’ thriller series ‘NCIS’ season 20 follows the death of a college student, who is closely connected to NCIS Senior Field Agent Timothy McGee’s wife Delilah Fielding. To unravel the mystery behind the death of the young man, the NCIS team seeks the input of Delilah, marking the return of Margo Harshman, whose previous appearance is in the seventh episode of the nineteenth season of the show....

In June 2011, a Florida native was brutally killed by someone close to him. Nothing is darker than a case wherein a person’s own family members, the very ones they love and trust the most in the world, strike them down for selfish reasons. Investigation Discovery’s ‘Evil Lives Here: Let Her Rot’ follows the police investigation and the court trial for the shocking murder of William Hudnall. Let’s take a look at the details of this case....

No matter what story you tell, you can’t separate it from love. It will always show up in one form or another, and while there are all kinds of love, romance is the one that attracts most storytellers. There is something about it- whether it ends on a happy note or a tragedy, whether it gives a realistic resolution or ends on an ambiguous note where you can treasure that uncertainty forever; there is something about romance that sends butterflies fluttering in everyone’s heart (or stomach, or whatever!...

SPONSORED LINKS Charles Shyer’s romantic comedy ‘The Noel Diary’ follows the story of a famous author who learns about his mother’s death. He returns home around Christmas to settle her estate after her lawyer reaches out to him. In the stuff that she leaves behind, Jacob finds surprising secrets and truths about the past in a diary. In this journey to discover more, he is joined by Rachel, who is looking for her mother and some answers for herself....