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June 2025

IP Picks🔎: 5 Murder Tales — 'Ozark' Vibes, Road Trip Hell, Bad Magic
âž• A bar trivia night goes very very wrong
IP Picks🔎: 5 Murder Tales — 'Ozark' Vibes, Road Trip Hell, Bad Magic
âž• A bar trivia night goes very very wrong
 • 
Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: Is This the Next 'Spotlight'?
âž• 'Jaws' at 50 and S.A. Cosby agrees with this week's picks
 • 
Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: 5 Crypto Crimes Ready for TV & Film
âž• The shadowy world of day traders, kidnappers & tech bros... oh my!
 • 
Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: Benoit Blanc of the Art World; 2 Great Rom-Coms
âž• A fresh 'My Best Friend's Wedding' spin & a 'Waiting to Exhale' drama about 5 friends
 • 
Andy Lewis

May 2025

IP Picks🔎: A 'Psycho' Crypto-Bro Kidnapping
âž• A 'Sliding Doors' love affair and a sleuthing social-media star
 • 
Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: A Magical (and True) Houdini Tale
âž• I tackle AI ignominy and two popular YA authors make their adult debuts
 • 
Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: A Buzzy Spy Thriller Back on the Market
âž• A cool e-reader, 'Goonies' for grown-ups and a 'Buffy' spin on motherhood
 • 
Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: Ready for a New 'Thelma & Louise'?
➕ 'Mean Girls' with murder, a house swap gone awry — and a classic hero reimagined
 • 
Andy Lewis
IP Picks🔎: 'Legally Blonde' in the Jury Box
âž• A true crime drama in wine country and an academic secret society thriller at Oxford
 • 
Andy Lewis
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