Category Archives: Previews

13
Oct

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 13 Oct 2019

BEST PICTURE 1917 The Farewell Ford v. Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Just Mercy Marriage Story Once upon a Time in Hollywood Queen and Slim Falling off: The Goldfinch, The Laundromat, Little Women Rising star: The Two Popes The skinny: … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 1917, amazon, beautiful day in the neighborhood, farewell, ford v ferrari, harriet, hustlers, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, just mercy, little women, marriage story, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, prime, queen and slim, report, two popes, us, waves | Leave a comment

1
Oct

Streaming Picks: October 2019

It’s an extremely jam-packed month, so let’s dive in. FILMS Top Picks High Life – Prime 10/3 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie – Netflix 10/11 The Laundromat – Netflix 10/18 Dolemite Is My Name – Netflix 10/25 Amazing Grace … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 3 minute hug, after, amazing grace, amazon, arsenio hall, assimilate, awakenings of motti wolenbruch, baby, banlieusards, benjamin, big mouth, bravest knight, breakfast lunch and dinner, breaking bad, brigada costa del sol, bring it on ghost, brotherhood, captain underpants, carmen sandiego, castle rock, cheese in the trap, chicago typewriter, costume quest, creeped out, dancing with the birds, dark crimes, daybreak, deon cole, dolemite is my name, drunk history, echo in the canyon, el camino, eli, fairy tail, flavorful origins, forest of love, fractured, ghosts of sugar land, goliath, greenhouse academy, haunted, high life, house of flowers, hulu, if you give a mouse a cookie, in search of greatness, in the tall grass, insatiable, interior design masters, into the dark, ip man, it takes a lunatic, jenny slate, jestination unknown, just add magic, kengan ashura, kill chain, killer next door, kominsky method, la influencia, ladybug, last face, laundromat, legend quest, letterkenny, light as a feather, little miss sumo, little monsters, little woods, living undocumented, living with yourself, looking for alaska, master z, match, meateater, megan leavey, miami group murder, mighty little bheem, missing link, modern love, monzon, nailed it, netflix, nikki glaser, nobody's fool, nowhere man, one mic stand, peaky blinders, pegasus, plan coeur, prank encounters, prime, raising dion, rattlesnake, ready to mingle, revenge of the pontianak, rhythm and flow, rotten, saints and sinners, schitt's creek, seis manos, seventeen, shine on, spirit, super monsters, tell me who i am, tomorrow with you, toni morrison, toon, trespassers, tunnel, ultramarine magmell, unforgotten, unlisted, unnatural selection, upstarts, wounds, yard, yoohoo to the rescue, zomboat | Leave a comment

21
Sep

Emmy Guide 2019: Drama

DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC) Bodyguard (Netflix) Game of Thrones (HBO) Killing Eve (BBC America) Ozark (Netflix) Pose (FX) Succession (HBO) This Is Us (NBC) Could win: Succession Should win: Bodyguard Will win: Game of Thrones Should have been … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged better call saul, bodyguard, game of thrones, handmaid's tale, hbo, house of cards, how to get away with murder, hulu, killing eve, netflix, ozark, pose, succession, this is us | Leave a comment

20
Sep

Emmy Guide 2019: Comedy and Variety

COMEDY SERIES Barry (HBO) Fleabag (Prime) The Good Place (NBC) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime) Russian Doll (Netflix) Schitt’s Creek (Pop) Veep (HBO) Could win: Barry Should win: Fleabag Will win: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Should have been nominated: American … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged amazon, at home with amy sedaris, barry, black monday, blackish, daily show, dead to me, documentary now, drunk history, fleabag, full frontal, glow, good place, hbo, hulu, I love you America, james corden, jimmy kimmel, kominsky method, last week tonight, late late show, late night, late show, marvelous mrs maisel, netflix, pen15, prime, russian doll, samantha bee, saturday night live, schitt's creek, seth meyers, showtime, snl, stephen colbert, trevor noah, veep, who is america | Leave a comment

19
Sep

Emmy Guide 2019: Limited Series and TV Movies

LIMITED SERIES Chernobyl (HBO) Escape at Dannemora (Showtime) Fosse/Verdon (FX) Sharp Objects (HBO) When They See Us (Netflix) Could win and should win: Chernobyl Will win: When They See Us Should have been nominated: True Detective (HBO) The skinny: Almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged act, amazon, black mirror, brexit, chernobyl, deadwood, escape at dannemora, fosse verdon, hbo, hulu, king lear, my dinner with herve, netflix, prime, sharp objects, showtime, true detective, very english scandal, when they see us | Leave a comment

1
Sep

Streaming Picks: September 2019

FILMS Top Picks Kicking and Screaming – Hulu and Prime 9/4 Ravenous – Hulu 9/1 Mouse Hunt – Prime 9/30 Superbad – Netflix 9/1 The world is literally on fire, so I’m recommending comedies to take your mind off that … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged abstract, after the screaming stops, agents of shield, amazon, american dad, american horror story, aniara, archibald's next big thing, article 15, band of blood, between two ferns, bill burr, birders, bolden, chef show, chris tall presents, chuggington, clive davis, criminal, crypto, curious george, daddy issues, disenchantment, dog and pony show, dragons, dream corp llc, el corazon de sergio ramos, el marginal, el recluso, elite, evelyn, explained, family man, fastest car, furie, glitch, gotham, head count, hello privilege, hip hop evolution, hotel mumbai, hulu, i'm sorry, i-land, in the shadow of the moon, inside bill's brain, into the dark, jack whitehall, jeff dunham, kabaneri of the iron fortress, kicking and screaming, las del hockey, last kids on earth, late night, loo loo kids, los tigres del norte, matriarch, mind explained, mo gilligan, monsters at large, mouse hunt, moving art, netflix, Niko and the sword of light, norm of the north, politician, powerpuff girls, prime, purge, ranch, ravenous, rebel in the rye, red dog, scream, serial killer, shameless, skylines, sound and fury, spy, sturgill simpson, superbad, surviving r kelly, tall girl, team kaylie, teen spirit, terrace house, transparent, travels with my father, turtle tale, unbelievable, undone, untouchable, vagabond, victoria, vis a vis, walking dead, we die young, we have always lived in the castle, world we make, wu-tang, wu-tang clan | Leave a comment

13
Aug

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 13 Aug 2019

With the announcement of a new Academy president (a casting director, no less), there’s buzz building that the Oscar will finally honor ensemble casts, or at least the casting director that helped pick them out. We’ll see if that actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 1917, abominable, ad astra, farewell, ford v ferrari, frozen, goldfinch, harriet, how to train your dragon, irishman, judy, just mercy, laundromat, little women, motherless brooklyn, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, queen and slim, report, souvenir, toy story 4, us, weathering with you, won't you be my neighbor | Leave a comment

1
Aug

Streaming Picks: August 2019

FILMS Top Picks The Fifth Element – Prime 8/31 Idiocracy – Hulu 8/1 Jupiter Ascending – Netflix 8/1 The Amazing Johnathan Documentary – Hulu 8/16 It’s an all sci-fi month here, each offering something different. The Fifth Element is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 100, 45rpm, a list, ad vitam, alice wetterlund, alonzo bodden, amazing johnathan, amazon, american factory, andy irons, apache, apollo, armstrong tapes, ask the storybots, attack on titan, basketball or nothing, beach bum, better than us, body at brighton rock, bookshop, cable girls, cannon busters, carnival row, carole and tuesday, dark crystal, dear white people, derry girls, diagnosis, dogman, dollar, droppin cash, el pepe, enter the anime, falling inn love, family, fifth element, find me in paris, four of a kind, free meek, frontera verde, gameface, gintama, glow, hail satan, hasan minhaj, heartland, hero mask, how to train your dragon, hulu, hyperdrive, i mom so hard, idiocracy, in the shadow of the moon, inbestigators, into the dark, invader zim, izombie, jane the virgin, jawline, jim gaffigan, jupiter ascending, kardec, kleptocrats, knightfall, la grande classe, little switzerland, love alarm, luo bao bei, mapplethorpe, mighty little bheem, mike e winfield, mindhunter, mission impossible, mom, naked director, netflix, no good nick, non-fiction, operation finale, otherhood, own the sky, patriot act, Pete the cat, photograph, plus one, prime, pure, qb1, rattlesnakes, rick steves, rocko's modern life, rust valley restorers, sacred games, sextuplets, sharkfest, she-ra, simon amstell, simple favor, sintonia, son, spirit, styling hollywood, super monsters, swan princess, swat, this is football, this way up, tiffany haddish, trolls, true and the rainbow kingdom, un bandido honrado, unikitty, victim number 8, workin moms, wu assassins, zoo-head | Leave a comment

14
Jul

2019 Emmy Picks: Limited Series and TV Movies

I have some time this summer, so I’m resurrecting this series where I try to predict who will be the nominees at this year’s Emmy Awards. With a lot of last year’s nominees ineligible, in theory it will be easy … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged act, amazon, black mirror, brexit, castle rock, catch 22, chernobyl, deadwood, escape at dannemora, fosse verdon, hbo, hulu, king lear, little drummer girl, maniac, native son, netflix, prime, sharp objects, showtime, true detective, very english scandal, when they see us | Leave a comment

13
Jul

2019 Emmy Picks: Drama

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged amazon, better call saul, bodyguard, game of thrones, hbo, homecoming, killing eve, netflix, ozark, pose, prime, succession, this is us | Leave a comment