I love figuring out which genres my friends and family like and tailoring my recommendations to them. I think by now, however, everyone I know is sick of hearing me wax poetic about TV, so I’ll do it here instead.

Bill Murray stars as the lead character, Richie Lanz, in Barry Levinson’s film “Rock the Kasbah,” which was inspired by a true story. Lanz is a failed music manager in Los Angeles on the brink...