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"It: Welcome to Derry" is a staggering achievement in horror television, managing the near-impossible feat of expanding a beloved, closed-ended mythology without ever feeling like a hollow cash grab. While many prequels stumble by over-explaining the mystery, Welcome to Derry thrives by leaning into the atmospheric dread of a town that was rotting from the inside out long before the clown arrived. It is a dense, beautifully grim exploration of Derry’s DNA, proving that the true horror of Stephen King’s universe isn't just the monster under the porch, but the systemic cruelty that feeds it.

The problem with a genius like Tim Robinson is that he’s always been trapped. His previous work—the glorious, screaming chaos of I Think You Should Leave—was a series of small, perfect, explosive sketches, like watching a man repeatedly detonate in a social setting. But with his new HBO series, The Chair Company, co-created with Zach Kanin, Robinson has finally built a world large enough to contain his magnificent style, and the result is a paranoid thriller that is simultaneously one of the funniest and most deeply unpleasant viewing experiences of the decade.

The title "If I Had Legs I'd Kick You" reads less like a threat and more like a desperate plea for support. It captures the crushing reality of being a parent, a partner, and—last and always least—your own person. Mary Bronstein has crafted an audacious, thrill-ride of a film that dissects the hurdles of parental stress with surgical precision. It succeeds exactly where "Nightbitch" failed, blending oddball mystery with pitch-black comedy and bleak drama.

"Die My Love" feels like what happens when a mind refuses to stay quiet, instead acting out every carnal/primal thought we would normally keep buried beneath the "image" of us.

Jujji - Habib Shahzad | Runtime - 1hr 13m | Genre: Thriller/Crime/Drama Logline: Two officers-one idealistic, one cynical -pursue a brutal serial killer. As they close in on the elusive Jujji, their inner conflicts rise to the surface, exposing inner demons and challenging their notions of justice and morality. **You can watch this new crime thriller on Amazon Prime, from the 21st November.**

I keep coming back to the way a person can talk themselves into believing they’re the victim of their own decisions. That particular brand of self-pity — the kind that ferments into delusion — fuels "Game," and it hits harder than any sermon about morality ever could. It’s a film that traps you inside someone’s worst moment and then asks: “So… you still think you’d behave better?”