¿Qué quieres ver esta noche?
Cada título dice para quién es bueno y para quién no. Toca lo que quieres esta noche, o di que no a uno y por qué.
Lo más cercano a Space Force primero
¿Teléfono rojo? Volamos hacia Moscú 1964
Película
Convencido de que los comunistas están contaminando los Estados Unidos, un general ordena, en un acceso de locura, un ataque aéreo nuclear sorpresa contra la Unión Soviética. Su ayudante, el capitán Mandrake, trata de encontrar la fórmula para impedir el bombardeo. Por su parte, el presidente de los EE.UU. se pone en contacto con Moscú para convencer al gobierno soviético de que el ataque no es más que un estúpido error. Mientras tanto, el asesor estadounidense, un antiguo científico nazi, el doctor Strangelove, confirma la existencia de la «Máquina del Juicio Final», un dispositivo de represalia soviético capaz de acabar con la humanidad para siempre.
Las caras de ¿Teléfono rojo? Volamos hacia Moscú
- Un general que lanza por su cuenta un ataque nuclear
- Una sala de guerra donde está prohibido pelear
- Peter Sellers en tres papeles
Buena para ti si
- te gusta reírte del fin del mundo.
- te gusta Peter Sellers como presidente, como oficial y como científico loco.
- te gusta un clásico de Kubrick en blanco y negro.
Mala para ti si
- quieres una película de guerra con batallas, no con hombres discutiendo en una sala.
- necesitas algo de esperanza en una comedia donde todos los que mandan empeoran las cosas.
Temas: el miedo nuclear · el absurdo del poder · la Guerra Fría
No mires arriba 2021
Película
Dos astrónomos emprenden una gira mediática para avisar a la humanidad de un cometa que va a impactar con la Tierra. ¿Cuál es la respuesta de un mundo apático? «¡Bah!».
Las caras de No mires arriba
- Dos científicos que descubren un cometa
- Nadie quiere escuchar
- Los medios y la política se ríen del fin del mundo
Buena para ti si
- te gusta la sátira de un mundo que no quiere mirar arriba.
- te gusta un reparto de estrellas haciendo de tontos.
- aguantas una película divertida que termina oscura.
Mala para ti si
- más de dos horas de sátira son demasiado para ti.
- prefieres una comedia sin política. La Casa Blanca y los noticieros son el blanco.
Temas: la negación · los medios · la política
Parks and Recreation 2009
Series
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.
The sides of Parks and Recreation
- An over-eager official who wants to build a park
- A boss who hates government
- A small Indiana town hall
Good for you if
- you like a mockumentary about town meetings in Pawnee.
- you want a warm sitcom where coworkers become a family.
- you like Leslie, Ron, April and Ben each getting their own jokes.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at Leslie's endless enthusiasm.
- seven seasons is too much for you.
About: public service · friendship · ambition
Veep 2012
Series
A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.
The sides of Veep
- Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer
- A vice president nobody listens to
- Staffers trading insults in Washington
Good for you if
- you like a politician whose plans fail in every episode.
- you like insults so fast you miss half of them.
- you like seeing Washington as a place of small egos and big ambition.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons is too much for you.
- you want a politician you can root for.
About: ambition · vanity · politics
Avenue 5 2020
Series
40 years in the future, space captain Ryan Clark and the crew of the luxury space cruise ship Avenue 5 navigate disgruntled passengers and unexpected events after experiencing technical difficulties onboard.
The sides of Avenue 5
- A luxury cruise ship stuck in space
- A captain who is really an actor
- A billionaire owner and furious passengers
Good for you if
- you like Armando Iannucci's rapid insults set in orbit.
- you laugh at panic, incompetence and a body circling the ship.
- you like space as a setting for satire.
Bad for you if
- you need the space science to hold up.
- you need some warmth among all the cynics.
About: incompetence · wealth · panic
Inside Job 2021
Series
For employees of the Deep State, conspiracies aren't just theories — they're fact. And keeping them a secret is a full-time job.
The sides of Inside Job
- A genius working in the Deep State's lab
- Conspiracy theories that are all true
- A father she can't stand
Good for you if
- you like office comedy in a secret government agency.
- you like jokes about the shadow forces running the world.
- you like a world where every conspiracy theory is real.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you want a gentle comedy, not a cynical one.
About: conspiracy · work · fathers and daughters
Mars Attacks! 1996
Película
Parodia de los filmes de ciencia ficción de los años 50. Unos platillos volantes procedentes de Marte sobrevuelan todas las capitales del mundo. La población, aterrada, espera conocer sus intenciones. Al presidente de los Estados Unidos, su asesor científico le asegura que serán absolutamente pacíficas. Sin embargo, sus asesores militares le aconsejan que aniquile a los marcianos antes de que sea demasiado tarde.
Las caras de Mars Attacks!
- Marcianos que dicen venir en paz
- Jack Nicholson como presidente
- Una canción country que hace explotar cabezas marcianas
Buena para ti si
- te gusta reír mientras los marcianos vaporizan al Congreso entero.
- te gusta un reparto enorme, de Jack Nicholson a Tom Jones, repartido entre la Casa Blanca y Las Vegas.
- te encantan los platillos volantes y los alienígenas de cerebro enorme de las viejas películas de serie B.
Mala para ti si
- necesitas una invasión alienígena que pudiera pasar de verdad.
- quieres encariñarte con los personajes y prefieres que no los conviertan en esqueletos a rayos.
Temas: la invasión · la política · la estupidez humana
Star Trek: Lower Decks 2020
Series
The lives of the support crew serving on one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, in 2380. Ensigns Mariner, Boimler, Rutherford and Tendi have to keep up with their duties and their social lives, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
The sides of Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Junior officers on a minor Starfleet ship
- Space anomalies every week
- Four friends doing the boring jobs
Good for you if
- you like Star Trek played for laughs.
- you love Starfleet and its inside jokes.
- you like four ensigns who have each other's backs.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you want your Star Trek slow and thoughtful, not a joke every few seconds.
About: friendship · ambition · work
Mickey 17 2025
Film
Unlikely hero Mickey Barnes finds himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.
The sides of Mickey 17
- A worker printed again each time he dies
- Two copies of the same man on an ice planet
- A colony run by a vain politician
Good for you if
- you like laughing at a man whose job is to die over and over.
- you like a frozen alien planet and the creatures living under its snow.
- you like Bong Joon Ho's odd mix of satire, slapstick and science fiction.
Bad for you if
- you need cloning science that holds up.
- you find two hours and a quarter long for a satire.
About: work · identity · power
The Great Dictator 1940
Film
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
The sides of The Great Dictator
- Chaplin as a dictator named Hynkel
- A Jewish barber who looks just like him
- A dance with a globe
Good for you if
- you like Chaplin's slapstick aimed at Hitler.
- you can be moved by a final speech that speaks straight to the camera.
- you like a film made in 1940, while the war it mocks was going on.
Bad for you if
- you find black and white films dated.
- you'd rather not see a Jewish ghetto raided, even in a comedy.
About: fascism · persecution · humanity
Mythic Quest 2020
Series
Meet the team behind the biggest multiplayer video game of all time. But in a workplace focused on building worlds, molding heroes, and creating legends, the most hard-fought battles don’t occur in the game—they happen in the office.
The sides of Mythic Quest
- A video game studio run by an egomaniac
- A lead engineer fighting for credit
- Testers, a money man and an old game writer
Good for you if
- you like office comedy set inside a game studio.
- you like Ian and Poppy's rivalry turning into a partnership.
- you like fast, sharp workplace banter.
Bad for you if
- you lose track of a big cast of coworkers.
- you roll your eyes when a comedy stops for a sincere episode.
About: ego · creativity · work
Boston Legal 2004
Series
Alan Shore and Denny Crane lead a brigade of high-priced civil litigators in an upscale Boston law firm in a series focusing on the professional and personal lives of brilliant but often emotionally challenged attorneys. A spin-off of long-running series The Practice.
The sides of Boston Legal
- A Boston law firm
- Two eccentric lawyers and their cigars
- Closing arguments on the issues of the day
Good for you if
- you like Alan Shore's long, clever closing arguments.
- you like courtroom cases that turn absurd.
- you like Alan and Denny ending each episode on the balcony.
Bad for you if
- you need law and courtrooms that work like the real thing.
- you roll your eyes at speeches about the state of the country.
About: friendship · justice · aging
For All Mankind 2019
Series
Explore an aspirational world where NASA and the space program remained a priority and a focal point of our hopes and dreams as told through the lives of NASA astronauts, engineers, and their families.
The sides of For All Mankind
- The Soviets landing on the Moon first
- A space race that never ends
- Astronauts, engineers and their families
Good for you if
- you like a space race that reaches a Moon base and then Mars.
- you like alternate history jumping about a decade each season.
- you like launches and spacewalks where anything can go wrong.
Bad for you if
- five seasons across several decades is too much for you.
- you need momentum and can't take long stretches of politics and marriages.
About: ambition · rivalry · sacrifice · family
Silicon Valley 2014
Series
In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley.
The sides of Silicon Valley
- A shy coder with a compression algorithm
- A startup run out of a house in Palo Alto
- A tech giant trying to crush them
Good for you if
- you like nerds getting everything wrong on the way to success.
- you like Gilfoyle and Dinesh insulting each other.
- you like a tiny startup taking on Gavin Belson and his tech giant.
Bad for you if
- you want a love story, and this is about code and investors.
- you want something calm, and Richard spends six seasons in a panic.
About: ambition · money · tech
30 Rock 2006
Series
Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.
The sides of 30 Rock
- A head writer juggling a late-night show
- A network boss who loves business
- Two stars with enormous egos
Good for you if
- you like jokes packed so tight you miss half of them.
- you like the sparring between Liz Lemon and Jack Donaghy.
- you like a crew of egos behind a TV show in New York.
Bad for you if
- seven seasons is too much for you.
- you want a comedy that also moves you.
About: work · ambition · friendship
Shrinking 2023
Series
Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to try a new approach with everyone in his path: unfiltered, brutal honesty. Will it make things better—or unleash uproarious chaos?
The sides of Shrinking
- A therapist grieving his wife
- Blunt honesty with his patients
- A father trying to reach his teenage daughter
Good for you if
- you like Jimmy saying exactly what he thinks to his patients.
- you want a comedy that can also make you cry about grief.
- you like a circle of friends, neighbors and coworkers who keep showing up.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch grief up close right now.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks and hugs.
About: grief · healing · friendship
The Studio 2025
Series
Desperate for celebrity approval, the newly appointed head of a movie studio and his executive team at Continental Studios must juggle corporate demands with creative ambitions as they try to keep movies alive and relevant.
The sides of The Studio
- A new studio head played by Seth Rogen
- Real directors and stars as themselves
- Long single shots chasing panicked executives
Good for you if
- you like Seth Rogen begging stars for their approval.
- you like fast, frantic arguments about art and money.
- you like episodes filmed in long, unbroken shots.
Bad for you if
- you want a calm comedy, and Matt's constant panic makes you cringe.
- you can't stand the stress of watching Matt make every mess worse in real time.
About: Hollywood · ambition · art and money
Los Simpson 1989
Serie
El día a día de una peculiar familia formada por Homer, Marge, Bart, Maggie y Lisa Simpson y otros divertidos personajes de la localidad norteamericana de Springfield. Homer, el padre, es un desastroso inspector de seguridad de una central nuclear. Marge, la madre, es un ama de casa acostumbrada a soportar a su peculiar familia. Bart, de diez años, intenta divertirse con travesuras de todo tipo. Lisa es la más inteligente de la familia, y Maggie, la más pequeña, es un bebé que todavía no habla, pero que juega un importante papel.
Las caras de Los Simpson
- Una familia amarilla en Springfield
- Un padre que trabaja en una central nuclear
- Sátira de todo
Buena para ti si
- te gustan Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa y Maggie, una familia que se pelea y se mantiene unida.
- quieres episodios en los que puedas engancharte en cualquier punto.
- te gusta la sátira de Estados Unidos y de todos sus habitantes.
Mala para ti si
- no ves series de animación.
- más de treinta temporadas te abruman.
Temas: la familia · la sociedad · la sátira
Futurama 1999
Series
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.
The sides of Futurama
- A pizza delivery boy frozen for a thousand years
- A robot who drinks and steals
- A delivery company in the 31st century
Good for you if
- you like jokes about the future that are really about today.
- you like delivery runs to strange planets in a beat-up ship.
- you like a cartoon that can suddenly break your heart over the life Fry left behind in 1999.
Bad for you if
- you don't watch animated series.
- you can't take on eleven seasons.
About: friendship · the future · loneliness
Idiocracy 2006
Film
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average European-Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a civilization so dumbed-down that they're the smartest people around.
The sides of Idiocracy
- An average soldier frozen for 500 years
- A future where everyone got dumber
- Crops watered with a sports drink
Good for you if
- you like President Camacho and a nation run by idiots.
- you like laughing at a future that feels a little too close.
Bad for you if
- you want a gentle comedy that doesn't sneer at anyone.
- you'd rather have subtle wit than crude jokes.
About: stupidity · consumerism · satire