Fantasy fiction often comments on modern time. It seems the new noir urban fantasy series Carnival Row from Amazon Prime is playing that card. Set in a Victorian world where magical creatures and humans strive to live peaceably side-by-side, the series confronts challenges of immigration, racism, and classicism through the lens of a gothic mystery. [read Carnival Row comes to Amazon Video]

In 1994, the romantic comedy that would be the hallmark and launching pad of more than two decades of great British comedies debuted, Four Weddings and a Funeral. The film began a generation of rom-coms by writer Richard Curtis, including Love Actually, Notting Hill, and About Time. Now, Curtis is passing the torch to a [read Four Weddings and a Funeral is Now a Mini-Series]

The 1981 classic WWII film, Das Boot, is considered one of the greatest German films of all time, and was a landmark submarine movie, standing out from its contemporaries in the genre. The tense thriller, set largely inside a German U-boat, chronicles the dangerous and claustrophobic life at sea, as well as the sailors’ own [read A Look at Hulu’s Das Boot]

Here we go again, marshmallows. Our favorite teen detective is back. A little less teen and a little more grit, the cult series Veronica Mars returns this summer on Hulu with an all-new season 4. The stakes are raised as a serial bomber is taking out prime summer spots in the decadent, scandal-torn beachside town [read Catching Up Before the Veronica Mars Reboot]