Sadie Dean

The film is a hilarious, stylized, R-rated action-comedy about two gangsters and the woman they love trying to survive the most dangerous night of their lives. As if that wasn’t enough, there’s one wild ingredient added to the mix: a time machine. There’s a sheer delight I get as a viewer when I learn more about characters and plot within the second, and third and so on viewing of a film. And yet the jokes and performances never feel stale.

Set in the working class suburbs of Philadelphia, an FBI agent (Mark Ruffalo) heads a Task Force to put an end to a string of violent robberies led by an unsuspecting family man (Tom Pelphrey). Mark Rufallo as Tom Brandis is Task (2026). Photo by Peter Kramer/HBO It feels incredibly rewarding as a viewer to get lost in a television series where you feel fully invested to both the character and plot. And once everything shakes out, particularly not in the way you had thought, it’s oddly satisfying.

Widow’s Bay is a quaint island town 40 miles off the coast of New England. But something lurks beneath the surface. Mayor Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys) is desperate to revive his struggling community. There’s no Wi-Fi, spotty cellular reception and he must contend with superstitious locals who believe their island is cursed. He wants these people to respect him. They don’t. They think he is soft and cowardly. And he is.