Wes Anderson’s The Rat Catcher is as mysterious and inexplicable as its title character, with a few unanswered questions and unresolved plot threads. The Rat Catcher is the third installment in a series of short films based on Roald Dahl stories that Anderson has directed for Netflix, preceded by The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and The Swan. It stars Ralph Fiennes as a professional rodent killer sent by the Health Office to rid a local hayrick of its rat infestation. Despite clocking in at just 17 minutes, The Rat Catcher is a fully fleshed-out character study of the titular exterminator, with plenty of hidden meanings to unpack.
One of CBS' newest sitcoms, Ghosts , features a cast full of spectral characters that each hail from a distinct time period and come with their own unique backstory and death. Though each of the eight ghosts has a wildly different perspective based on their different experiences throughout history, they nonetheless form a sort of family, which is one of the show's greatest charms. After all, being stuck with the same people for all of eternity allows for plenty of time to get to know each other. Ghosts , which is an adaptation of a BBC show of the same name, stars Utkarsh Ambudkar and Rose McIver (who played Liv Moore on five seasons of iZombie ) as Jay and Sam, a young couple who inherit a mansion in upstate New York. To their surprise, however, the house also comes with several ghostly inhabitants, who Sam is able to see after a near-death experience. These are Thorfinn (Devan Long), Sasappis (Román Zaragoza), Isaac (Brandon Scott Jones), Hetty (Rebecca Wisocky...
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