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Bodkin Starring: Will Forte, Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot, Chris Walley

Where: Netflix Dark comedy thriller centered on an investigative journalist from Dublin as she assists a couple of podcasters from the US making a series about an old murder case in an apparently idyllic Irish coastal town.

Hacks

Starring: Jean Smart, Hannah Einbinder, Carl ClemonsHopkins

Where: OSN+ Season three of the widely acclaimed comedy drama about Deborah Vance, an iconic female stand-up star who, realizing her fame is waning, employs Ava, a young, ‘edgy’ comedy writer, to jazz up her act. Reviews suggest this is the show’s best season yet.

Dark Matter Starring: Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Connelly, Alice Braga

Where: Apple TV+

Chicagobased physicist Jason Dessen finds himself ‘warped’ into an alternate version of his life, leaving him desperate to get back to his old reality before the alternate ‘him’ can cause serious damage to his family.

Hollywood Con Queen

Starring:

Scott Johnson, Hargobind Tahilramani Where: Apple TV+ Documentary about the remarkable titular scam, run for many years by a man who would pose as powerful Hollywood executives to convince entertainment industry workers to travel to Indonesia on the promise of work, only to rip them off.

Mother of the Bride

Starring: Brooke Shields, Miranda Cosgrove, Benjamin Bratt Where: Netflix In Mark Waters’ rom-com, Emma has returned to the US after a year in London. She shocks her mother, Lara, by telling her she’s getting married in a month at a Thai resort. To make matters worse, the man Emma is marrying is the son of the man who broke Lara’s heart years before.