Category Archives: Previews

21
Sep

Emmy Guide 2020: Limited Series and TV Movies

LIMITED SERIESLittle Fires Everywhere (Hulu)Mrs. America (Hulu)Unbelievable (Netflix) Unorthodox (Netflix)Watchmen (HBO) Should and will win: WatchmenCould win: Mrs. AmericaShould have been nominated: Briarpatch (USA) The skinny: It’s not quite Watchmen all the way down. (We’ll get to that in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged bad education, hbo, hollywood, hulu, i know this much is true, little fires everywhere, mrs america, netflix, normal people, self made, unbelievable, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, unorthodox, watchmen | Leave a comment

18
Sep

Emmy Guide 2020: Comedy and Variety

COMEDY SERIESCurb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Dead to Me (Netflix)The Good Place (NBC)Insecure (HBO)The Kominsky Method (Netflix)The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime)Schitt’s Creek (Pop) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Should and will win: Schitt’s Creek Could win: The Marvelous Mrs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged black monday, blackish, brooklyn nine-nine, curb your enthusiasm, daily show, dead to me, full frontal, glow, good place, great, hbo, hulu, insecure, jimmy kimmel, kominsky method, last week tonight, late show, marvelous mrs maisel, modern family, netflix, prime, ramy, saturday night live, schitt's creek, showtime, snl, what we do in the shadows, will and grace | Leave a comment

17
Sep

Emmy Guide 2020: Drama

DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC)The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)Killing Eve (BBC America)The Mandalorian (Disney+)Ozark (Netflix)Stranger Things (Netflix) Succession (HBO) Should win: Better Call SaulCould win: OzarkWill win: Succession Should have been nominated: Mindhunter (Netflix) The skinny: Even … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged apple, better call saul, big little lies, crown, disney, euphoria, handmaid's tale, hbo, homeland, hulu, killing eve, mandalorian, morning show, netflix, ozark, pose, stranger things, succession, this is us, westworld | Leave a comment

1
Sep

Streaming Picks: September 2020

FILMSTop Picks The Bank Job – Hulu and Prime 9/1 I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Netflix 9/4 If you haven’t seen Roger Donaldson’s excellent heist movie, it’s a hidden gem. And it’s a bit smarter than your typical Jason … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1 million happy nows, 1/1, abe and phil's last poker game, addams family, alfonso padilha, all in, amazon, american barbecue showdown, american murder, arashi's diary, away, awoken, baby, babysitter, babyteeth, bachelor lions, bad boy billionaires, bank job, bitter melon, blackbird, bookmarks, borgen, boss baby, boys, bully, bureau, cedar cove, challenger, chef show, chef's table, chico bon bon, codename kids next door, countryish, crimson field, devil all the time, dino dana, dragon's dogma, duchess, dunning man, eaten by lions, enemy within, enola holmes, explained, family business, felipe esparza, festival, fight, forces of nature, freaks, gemini man, george gently, get organized, gift, gims, girlfriends, glorias, go-getters, good place, greenleaf, haunted, hell on the border, hero elementary, hope frozen, hulu, i'd like to be alone now, i'm dying up here, i'm not here, i'm thinking of ending things, idhun chronicles, if loving you is wrong, inherit the viper, izzy's koala world, jack benny, judy, julie and the phantoms, jurassic world, keeping faith, la linea, la partita, last word, lost okorishi, love guaranteed, love song for latasha, madagascar, meateater, michelle buteau, mignonnes, mike tyson mysteries, my hero academia, my octopus teacher, netflix, paramedic, pen15, perfect crime, pets united, pokemon, prime, ratched, record of youth, ring thing, roy rogers, school nurse files, se busca papa, sherman's showcase, signs, sing on, sister sister, smurfs, snapshots, sneakerheads, so much love to give, social dilemma, spirit, starbeam, stardog and turbocat, taco chronicles, teen titans, teen titans go, to keep the light, trauma center, true, turkey bowl, utopia, welcome to sudden death, wentworth, what children do, what if it works, woke, wrong man, young wallander | Leave a comment

1
Aug

Streaming Picks: August 2020

FILMS Top Picks ’71 – Hulu 8/1 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Netflix 8/1 Inception – Prime 8/1 One of my favorite quarantine watches thus far was ’71, a harrowing thriller about a British officer left behind after … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1br, 3%, 5th ward, 71, aggretsuko, alien tv, all together now, amazon, anelka, arkansas, behind you, berenstain bears, berlin berlin, bernie the dolphin, beverly hillbillies, big show show, binge, biohackers, blindspot, blood, boys, bridge curse, californication, capone, chemical hearts, chesapeake shores, clifford, cobra kai, connected, courier, crazy awesome teachers, crimenes de familia, daffodils, demarcus family rules, do do sol sol la la sol, dora and the lost city of gold, dora the explorer, dusty's trail, easy girl, emily's wonder lab, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, fearless, find me in paris, fuego negro, game on, glitch techs, glow up, go go cory carson, good kisser, great heist, great pretender, gunjan saxena, hard night falling, high score, high seas, hoops, hulu, i am a killer, immigration nation, inception, jessy and nessy, john was trying to contact aliens, julie and the phantoms, la venganza de analia, legend of korra, legion, lego jurassic world, les miserables, lolle on the run, lucifer, lucky day, magic school bus, malibu rescue, million dollar beach home, misunderstood, mom, monchichi, my perfect landing, mystery lab, nailed it, netflix, octonauts, ojos in d house, operation ouch, ordinary love, peanut butter falcon, pier, power players, primal, prime, prime rewind, project power, rain, rescue bots academy, rising phoenix, rita, riviera, roads not taken, rob schneider, rogue warfare, rust valley restorers, sam jay, selling sunset, seven deadly sins, sing on, slay the dragon, sleepover, smile down the runway, stranger, super monsters, sword art online, takki, teacher, teenage bounty hunters, tiny creatures, toradora, transformers, trinkets, unikitty, unknown origins, unwell, we summon the darkness, wizards, word party, work it, world's most wanted, world's toughest race | Leave a comment

26
Jul

2020 Emmy Picks: Limited Series and TV Movies

With virtually all FYC events canceled and almost all productions halted, voters theoretically have had a lot more time to see more shows. And with new rules regarding the number of nominees in each category (which I still don’t fully … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged amazon, american son, apple, bad education, breaking bad, defending jacob, el camino, hbo, hollywood, hulu, i know this much is true, little fires everywhere, loudest voice, mrs america, netflix, normal people, plot against america, prime, showtime, transparent, unbelievable, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, watchmen | Leave a comment

25
Jul

2020 Emmy Picks: Drama

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged better call saul, big little lies, crown, handmaid's tale, hbo, how to get away with murder, hulu, killing eve, netflix, outsider, ozark, pose, stranger things, succession, this is us | Leave a comment

24
Jul

2020 Emmy Picks: Comedy and Variety

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged alternatino, amazon, amy sedaris, arturo castro, at home with amy sedaris, better things, black lady sketch show, black monday, blackish, christmas under the stars, country music, curb your enthusiasm, daily show, dave chappelle, dead to me, drunk history, full frontal, golden globes, good place, grace and frankie, grammys, hannah gadsby, hbo, insecure, james corden, jimmy kimmel, john legend, john mulaney, john oliver, kominsky method, last week tonight, late late show, late show, little mermaid, live in front of a studio audience, marvelous mrs maisel, netflix, oscars, prime, ramy, samantha bee, saturday night live, schitt's creek, sherman's showcase, showtime, silicon valley, snl, space force, stephen colbert, tony awards, trevor noah, upload, what we do in the shadows | Leave a comment

15
Jul

Streaming Picks: July 2020, Part 2

Universal is the latest media conglomerate to get into the streaming game. While the service will eventually include the complete run of the American Office and a third season of my beloved A.P. Bio, at launch it’s somewhat slim pickin’s. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 100 dias para enamoranos, 30 rock, affair, battlestar galactica, brave new world, brooklyn nine-nine, capture, carol burnett, cennet, charmed, cheers, chicago fire, chicago med, chicago pd, cleopatra in space, columbo, criminal intent, curious george, do the right thing, downton abbey, everybody hates chris, everybody loves raymond, five bedrooms, frasier, friday night lights, game, george lopez, heroes, house, in deep, intelligence, johnny carson, king of queens, la dona, law and order, law and order special victims unit, law and order svu, leave it to beaver, lost speedways, manifest, married with children, monk, new amsterdam, parenthood, parks and rec, project blue book, psych, punky brewster, ray donovan, real husbands of hollywood, ryan lochte, saturday night live, saved by the bell, snl, suits, superstore, tonight show, two and a half men, where's waldo, will and grace, yellowstone, zoey's extraordinary playlist | Leave a comment

1
Jul

Streaming Picks: July 2020, Part 1

I’ll be doing a big preview of Peacock when/if they reveal a full list of what will be available at launch. This post will cover the Big Three (Netflix, Hulu, Prime). FILMS Top Picks The Films of Christopher Guest – … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 2099, a cantar, abby hatcher, absentia, amazon, animal crackers, animal kingdom, anne frank, arashi's diary, ashley garcia, assistant, baby sitters club, babysitters club, banana split, batman, best in show, boca a boca, brassic, bull, business of drugs, cable girls, captain underpants, chico bon bon, claudia kishi club, cleo and cuquin, cursed, dark desire, dating around, deadwind, desperados, diary of a prosecutor, down to earth, dragons, fatal affair, fear city, flood, for your consideration, fosters, funan, genius in love, get even, gigantosaurus, gli infedeli, hanna, hater, house that jack built, how to sell drugs online fast, hulu, human computer, in my skin, in the dark, indian matchmaking, inside the world's toughest prisons, into the dark, jack whitehall, japan sinks, jeopardy, jim gaffigan, ju-on, kid from coney island, kid like jake, kingdom, kissing booth 2, ladhood, last chance u, last dance, last full measure, latte and the magic waterstone, lego city adventures, long dumb road, love on the spectrum, marianne and leonard, mary shelley, maxxx, mighty wind, milf, mucho mucho amor, my spy, netflix, norsemen, ofrenda a la tormenta, old guard, on est ensemble, only, palm springs, parallel stories, prime, protector, psycho granny, radioactive, remix, rest of us, say i do, search, seriously single, shakuntala devi, shameless, signs, skin decisions, soldier protocol, southern survival, spanglish, speed cubers, stateless, street food, sugar rush, suits, thiago ventura, to the stars, touch of green, transformers, trapped model, twelve, umbrella academy, under the riccione sun, unsolved mysteries, urzila carlson, vis a vis, vivarium, waiting for guffman, warrior nun, weekend, what is love, whistlers, words of love, yu-gi-oh | Leave a comment