India, May 2 -- Sheilaben, Dabba Cartel (2025).We'll watch Shabana Azmi in anything. But we particularly delight when she's a badass. In the Netflix show, she plays a daadi-to-be, who takes on drug lords to protect her daughter-in-law's tiffin service. Sheilaben has tattoos, she knows how to handle the mafia. She's also calm and subtle, the way most Indian grannies are. Who knew there was so much to fear from a pursed lip?

Thelma Post, Thelma (2024). You probably know actor June Squibb as the hot-sauce-recipe robber from Modern Family. In this Netflix movie, she plays it so wholesome, so pure, you can almost smell her talcum powder. But when a phone scam robs Thelma of $10,000, she goes rogue. Sneakers, shades and game face on, the 93-ye...