Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown March 9–15 2026
This week: the Oscars, The Phoenecian Scheme, and some fascinating life circumstances.
If we ran the Oscars: 9 movies from 2025 that deserved nominations
The Academy may not have appreciated them, but YOU can!
In Heated Rivalry, "the sex scenes work like songs in a musical"
We talk with Vulture's Kathryn VanArendonk on adapting romance novels for TV and the future of queer romance in an uncertain time
Episodes Monday Rundown February 23–March 1 2026
This week: Sirāt, Wuthering Heights (not that one), and Lily's Pokemon team.
Starfleet Academy is the messy teen sibling modern Star Trek was missing
In a franchise that's increasingly calcified, Trek's new teen drama tries something new and exciting.
Did Everybody Loves Raymond find the meaning of life in 2002?
No, but it did sort of try.
Episodes Monday Rundown February 16–22 2026
This week: Good Luck Have Fun Don't Die, Hemlocke Springs, and some really cool blue whales.
February mailbag!
In this month's mailbag: the Winter Olympics, museum recommendations, and an all-Heated Rivalry fancast of Jesus Christ Superstar??
In defense of the feel-bad comfort watch
Sometimes you watch a movie to feel better. And sometimes you watch a movie to feel human.
Heated Rivalry: Episode 6, "The Cottage"
We're going to the cottage.
Episodes Monday Rundown February 9–15 2026
This week: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, 2046, and Charli xcx's shockingly good Wuthering Heights album.
Submit your February mailbag questions!
It's that time again!
Iron Lung is why I hope they never make a Hollow Knight movie
The joy of a lore-driven horror game is immense. It just might not be replicable in a movie.