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4 days ago | cvindependent.com | Jimmy Boegle

Indy Digest: May 12, 2025In the coming days, round one of a battle to cut the insurance of millions of underserved Americans will take place in Congress. CBS News says: A massive change could soon be in the works for the 71 million Americans on Medicaid, with House Republicans unveiling new legislation on Sunday that would require many enrollees in the government health care program to prove they are either working, volunteering or in school to receive coverage.

5 days ago | cvindependent.com | Bob Grimm

Coming off the first season of his absolutely awesome TV series, Bad Monkey, which showcased his trademark snark, Vince Vaughn goes into full sweetheart mode for Nonnas, an enormously sweet film based on a true story. Joe (Vaughn) loves his mama, and after she dies, he pledges to let her legacy live on by opening a restaurant on Staten Island. The twist is that the kitchen will be piloted by senior women who are also kickass cooks.

5 days ago | cvindependent.com | Bob Grimm

Hey, look! It’s another killer clown movie. Gee, that’s new. Clown in a Cornfield joins the likes of It and Terrifier in the killer clown sub-genre, and that means a whole lot of teenagers are going to meet their ends at the hands of somebody wearing one of those red fake noses on top of a mess of white face makeup. Will you care? I don’t know, maybe? If you haven’t seen It or Terrifier (or watched a John Wayne Gacy documentary), well, then this has a shot at being your favorite killer clown movie.

1 week ago | cvindependent.com | Bob Grimm

In 1972, John Lennon performed his One to One charity concert, one of his first big performances after the breakup of the Beatles. New documentary One to One: John & Yoko, while using footage from that show as a connective thread, also uses clips of John, Yoko and notable news events of the era to paint a picture of what that time was like for Lennon and Ono. The atmosphere around them was, to put it mildly, oppressive.

1 week ago | cvindependent.com | Jimmy Boegle

Way back in 2023, Peacock renewed comedy thriller Poker Face for a second season while the first season was still streaming week to week. Season 2 has finally kicked off, but after dropping three episodes last night, May 8, Peacock will be releasing the rest weekly on Thursdays through July 10, which will give you some wiggle room to re-live the 10-episode first season (worth it) or maybe even watch it for the first time (elongated wooorrrrth it).