The Two Lives of Lydia Bird (a contemporary romance novel by Josie Silver) and Severance (an American sc-fi/ psychological thriller TV series) both deal with the potential side effects of escaping reality to deal with grief in very different but entertaining genres.

In our first episode of 2022 we review The Batman starring Robert Pattinson and ask if this latest reboot stands up to the great movies before it.

Resident MCU nerd Pat reviews 'Spider-Man: No Way Home' as resident noob Teena introduces "Dr. Stranger."

The Halo Halo Hour returns to discuss the latest heist movies from Netflix: Red Notice and Army of Thieves. We also watched Den of Thieves, mistaking it for Army of Thieves, and we hilariously recalled our confusing experience.

It's episode 7 and time for some spicy and smutty series on Netflix to review. In the first half of this episode Pat talks about his recommendation, 'The Naked Director' about the rise of Japanese pornographic director Toru Muranishi in 1980s Japan. In the second, half Teena reviews two shows recommended to her from the Netflix algorithm 'Sex/Life' and 'Valeria'.

Our resident Marvel nerd reviews Black Widow, the first MCU movie of the Marvel Phase 4 and Marvel's first theatrical release since the worldwide lockdowns.

As dog lovers, we couldn't resist reading this novel by Sigrid Nunez. But her rich work is so much more than the human-canine relationship: it's about life, a not so perfect one at that.