Relay (theatre) – I love a movie that lets me watch a super-efficient someone utilize their particular set of skills, and this first-rate thriller about a guy who runs a reverse whistleblower service (i.e., he protects whistleblowers who’ve had second thoughts by facilitating the return of their whistleblowing materials) is exceedingly entertaining.

Holes (DVD) – Andrew Davis – The Fugitive, Code of Silence (the only truly decent Chuck Norris movie), Above the Law and Under Siege (the only truly decent Seven Seagal movies)- directs this terrific adaptation of the titular, Roald Dahl-esque YA novel about a bunch of juvenile delinquents who’re sent to a prison camp where they’re tasked with digging holes. John Voight is hilariously great as an overly slimy guard.

Your Friend, Nick Bargatze (Netflix) – Despite recording this comedy special in a stadium, amongst several thousand people, Bargatze embraces silence and maintains his simple, low-key, very funny, precisely worded and paced delivery.

Platonic (AppleTV) – Halfway through its second season, this Rose Byrne/Seth Rogen comedy series is still legitimately laugh-out-loud funny. While, like most Rogeny things, it heavily relies upon cringe-inducing scenarios for its humour, it always manages to fall on the bearable side of the spectrum, which, as someone who suffers from second-hand embarrassment, I greatly appreciate, I also appreciate the generous use of ex-SNL castmates Beck Bennetts and Kyle Mooney.

Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest (by Suzanne Simard) – Simard’s wonderfully illuminating memoir posits that the natural world is a lot more connected than we have long believed. Specifically, her comprehensive, life-long, ground-breaking/paradigm-shifting scientific research demonstrates that trees communicate and interact with one another through a complex mychorizzal network made up of underground mycelium/fungal threads that facilitate the sharing of nutrients and information, transferring water and carbon and whatnot back and forth to those in need.

The Sleepwalker (by Lars Kepler) – Swedish husband-and-wife writing duo Lars Kepler deliver the 10th book in their hugely popular, ultra-dark Joona Linna crime series. This time out, superstar homicide detective Linna is hunting a serial axe murderer.