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- CreatorTim MillerStarsFred TatascioreScott WhyteNolan NorthA collection of animated short stories that span various genres including science fiction, fantasy, horror and comedy.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
Watercooler Reviews: Season 2 - CreatorDavid AshbyDario RussoStarsDavid AshbySean James MurphyNatasa RisticIt's Christmas in the 1980s, Adolf Hitler is alive and has two Yuletide wishes: Danger 5 dead and the world under his Christmas tree.Off the Beaten Path: Seasons 1-2
- CreatorDennis KellyStarsAdeel AkhtarPaul HigginsNeil MaskellAfter a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'.Off the Beaten Path: Seasons 1-2
- CreatorPaul FeigStarsTrace BeaulieuNeil CaseyEugene CorderoA young and inexperienced crew venture into space to face mysterious clouds, folds in time and the occasional alien attack, as well as more household challenges.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- CreatorRalph BakshiStarsMichelle PhillipsCharlie AdlerLetitia HicksAn anthology of sexy and risque animated stories in a futuristic city with a seamy side.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- CreatorPhoebe Waller-BridgeStarsPhoebe Waller-BridgeJonathan BaileyJulie DrayA comedy series following the lives of six 20- and 30-somethings living together as property guardians of a large, disused hospital.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- CreatorKazuya TsurumakiStarsJun MizukiMayumi ShintaniIzumi KasagiMysterious things start happening when 12-year-old Naota meets a strange woman on a Vespa wielding a big guitar.Off the Beaten Path: Miniseries
- CreatorDave HughesJustin MartinezStarsShively HumperdinkDave HughesDavid FirthSurreal and bizarre short films, based around a chosen theme.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- CreatorJane CampionGerard LeeStarsElisabeth MossDavid WenhamPeter MullanObsessed with the disappearance of a 12-year-old pregnant girl near a freezing lake in New Zealand, a brave detective will find herself up against small-town secrets and a side of herself that was meticulously kept at bay.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- StarsJane BadlerMichael DurrellFaye GrantA seemingly peaceful alien race, arrives at earth and asks for help to ensure their own planets survival. However, the visitors agenda turns out be much darker.Off the Beaten Path: Miniseries
- CreatorAnthony WilsonStarsRoddy McDowallRon HarperJames NaughtonTwo astronauts and a sympathetic chimp friend are fugitives in a future Earth dominated by a civilization of humanoid apes.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- CreatorJeffrey Grant RiceStarsDarren McGavinSimon OaklandJack GrinnageCarl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- CreatorGillian FlynnStarsJohn CusackAshleigh LaThropDan ByrdA group of young adults, who meet online, get a hold of a cult underground graphic novel, which not only pins them as a target of a shadowy deep state organization, but also burdens them with the dangerous task of saving the world.Watercooler Reviews: Season 1
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtThe crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.Music Box of Horrors
- DirectorBruce D. ClarkStarsEdward AlbertErin MoranRay WalstonA ragtag spaceship crew sent on a rescue mission encounter a formidable enemy, their worst fears projected by their own imaginations.Music Box of Horrors
- DirectorTobe HooperStarsDennis HopperCaroline WilliamsJim SiedowA radio host is victimized by the cannibal family as a former Texas marshal hunts them.Music Box of Horrors
- CreatorGenndy TartakovskyStarsAaron LaPlanteLaëtitia EïdoFred TatascioreA caveman and a dinosaur bond over shared tragedy and work together to survive in a perilous prehistoric world.Watercooler Reviews: Season 1.5
- CreatorJemaine ClementTaika WaititiStarsMike MinogueKaren O'LearyMaaka PohatuSergeant Maaka, and Officers Minogue and O'Leary, are members of the Wellington, New Zealand, police. Their job is to investigate paranormal phenomena.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- DirectorJason WolinerStarsSacha Baron CohenMaria BakalovaTom HanksBorat returns to America from Kazakhstan to America, this time to reveal more about the American culture, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the political elections.Watercooler Reviews
- CreatorJames RolandStarsAlan RitchsonChristina OchoaThomas DominiqueIn a dystopian alternate 1999, a former cop is forced to take part in a death race in which cars run on human blood as fuel.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- CreatorJon FavreauStarsPedro PascalChris BartlettKatee SackhoffThe travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.Watercooler Reviews: Season 2
- CreatorCharley ParlapanidesVlas ParlapanidesStarsDerek PhillipsJessica HenwickElias ToufexisA commoner living in ancient Greece, Heron discovers his true heritage as a son of Zeus, and his purpose: to save the world from a demonic army.Watercooler Reviews: Season 1
- DirectorMiles Joris-PeyrafitteStarsFinn ColeMargot RobbieTravis FimmelA teenager's adventures as a bounty hunter take an unexpected twist.Watercooler Reviews
- CreatorDave CallahamStarsJean-Claude Van DammeKat FosterMoises AriasJean-Claude Van Damme has two lives: Damme as an actor and Johnson as a secret agent.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- StarsGary SiniseMolly RingwaldJamey SheridanAfter a deadly plague kills most of the world's population, the remaining survivors split into two groups - one led by a benevolent elder and the other by a malevolent being - to face each other in a final battle between good and evil.Off the Beaten Path: Miniseries
- CreatorJosh BooneBenjamin CavellStarsWhoopi GoldbergAlexander SkarsgårdJames MarsdenAfter the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague, a battle of Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.Watercooler Reviews: Miniseries
- CreatorSofia AlexanderStarsAlejandro Vargas-LugoOlivia BrownSofia AlexanderA young Aztec boy is saved from death by the gods and chosen to act as 'humanity's champion,' forced to discard his apathy toward his fellow man and prove humanity's potential in a fight that spans across fantastical-yet-authentic Mesoamerican cultures.Watercooler Reviews: Season 1
- CreatorJac SchaefferStarsElizabeth OlsenPaul BettanyKathryn HahnBlends the style of classic sitcoms with the MCU, in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision - two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives - begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.Watercooler Reviews: Miniseries
- CreatorDave JeserJosh MillerMatt SilversteinStarsMaria BamfordRachel ButeraMatt SilversteinGolan is the dark lord of an alternate universe that comes to our world and is befriended by a little goth girl and her family. Buffoonery ensues as he deals with everyday life.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- CreatorHaro AsoStarsKento YamazakiTao TsuchiyaNijirô MurakamiObsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.Watercooler Reviews: Season 1
- CreatorKenneth JohnsonStarsJane BadlerMichael DurrellRobert EnglundA small group of human resistance fighters fight a desperate guerilla war against the genocidal extra-terrestrials who dominate Earth.Off the Beaten Path: Miniseries
- DirectorAlfred HitchcockStarsAnny OndraJohn LongdenSara AllgoodAfter killing a man in self-defense, a young woman is blackmailed by a witness to the killing.Old Man Movie Corner
- CreatorJ.G. QuintelSean SzelesCalvin WongStarsJ.G. QuintelGabrielle WalshJason MantzoukasA comedic look at a couple facing various challenges in their daily lives while trying to cope with their changes from twenties to thirties.Watercooler Reviews: Season 2
- CreatorMike McMahanJustin RoilandStarsThomas MiddleditchSean GiambroneMary MackA family of aliens move to middle America, where they debate whether life is better there or on their home planet.Watercooler Reviews: Season 2
- CreatorRaphael Bob-WaksbergKate PurdyStarsRosa SalazarAngelique CabralConstance MarieAfter she very narrowly survives a serious car accident, a woman discovers that she has a new relationship with time.Off the Beaten Path: Season 1
- StarsKenjirô TsudaShizuka ItouKazuyuki OkitsuA retired gangster spends his time as a househusband carrying out home chores.Watercooler Reviews: Season 1
- StarsWilliam HurtAlec NewmanGiancarlo GianniniA three-part miniseries on politics, betrayal, lust, greed and the coming of a Messiah. Based on Frank Herbert's classic science fiction novel.Off the Beaten Path: Miniseries