Retro, Four Seasons, Thunderbolts and more

The day you find your purpose… or realise you've wasted 200 bucks on a bad movie.
This week on FOMO Fix, I, Sudhish Kamath, help you navigate stories about people chasing meaning while the world burns around them.
In Hype Check, we look at Retro — Suriya's masala-packed tribute to classic cinema. It's love, laughter, and war… but does it live up to its own hype?
In TV Gold, Tina Fey and Steve Carell bring us The Four Seasons, a funny and heartfelt Netflix series about changing relationships through the year.
Heads Up covers Marvel's latest misfit team-up — Thunderbolts (now rebranded The New Avengers). Meta, messy, but actually watchable.
Also recommending:
Muthayya, a charming Telugu indie about a 70-year-old chasing his movie dreams.
The Rehearsal, Nathan Fielder's absurd, brilliant deep-dive into fake lives and uncomfortable truths (yes, there's a diaper scene).
Watch now for the weekly lowdown on what to stream, skip, and why good marketing sometimes looks a lot like purpose.
Music: Ivan Avakian

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