Created by Bill Lawrence and Matt Tarses and starring Steve Carell, Charly Clive, Danielle Deadwyler, Phil Dunster and John C. McGinley, Rooster is the 2026 HBO comedy series that became the network's most watched new comedy in over a decade. Carell plays Greg Russo, a bestselling novelist who lands at a New England college campus to support his daughter through a very public marriage breakdown, and ends up staying for the semester.

In this review, Fraser shares why the show's best dynamic isn't the one on the poster, the on-screen moment that sent him straight back down The Office rabbit hole, and the piece of real-life Steve Carell trivia that makes one late-season scene land even better.

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Next Review: Backrooms

Fraser takes on Backrooms, the 2026 horror film starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Renate Reinsve and Mark Duplass. Can a YouTube sensation's feature debut really live up to the internet's scariest idea? And how did a film this small become A24's biggest hit ever?

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Ladyhawke (1985) is Richard Donner's romantic fantasy about two lovers cursed to never truly be together. By day, Isabeau is a hawk. By night, Navarre is a wolf. The only moment they ever share in human form is a fleeting sliver of dawn and dusk. Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer star as the cursed couple, with Matthew Broderick as the thief who gets swept up in their fight to break the spell.

This week Darryl takes on a genuine eighties classic, and it's one that catches him off guard in more than one way. He's won over by the Italian locations before the story even gets going, finds himself unexpectedly moved by a divisive synth-heavy score, and has plenty to say about a romance that somehow lands even though its two leads barely share the screen as people. Expect strong opinions on Broderick's role in the film too.

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Next Review: Rooster Season 1

Fraser steps in to cover the first season of Rooster, the HBO comedy-drama starring Steve Carell as a novelist reluctantly pulled into life on a college campus where his adult daughter teaches. A messy family dynamic, a fish-out-of-water setup and a warm, sprawling ensemble, but can it carve out an identity of its own beyond Ted Lasso comparisons?

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Directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway and Zendaya, The Odyssey is Nolan's sprawling adaptation of Homer's ancient epic poem, following King Odysseus on his ten year journey home after the fall of Troy. Shot entirely on IMAX cameras across five countries, this is a film carrying enormous expectation, and it has to be seen on the biggest screen possible.

In this review, Fraser shares why Tom Holland's performance completely surprised him, why the practically shot cyclops cave sequence left him feeling the sound in his chest, and why the film's cinematography immediately reminded him of Lawrence of Arabia.

This review contains Light Spoilers.

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Next Review: LADYHAWKE

Darryl takes on Ladyhawke, the 1985 medieval fantasy starring Matthew Broderick, Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. Cursed by a jealous bishop, a knight and his lover are doomed to never share the same form, he a wolf by night, she a hawk by day, until a young thief gets pulled into their fight to break the curse. Can an eighties synth score really work inside a medieval fantasy? And is this one of the most underrated romances of the decade?

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