Category Archives: Previews

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

12
Jul

2019 Emmy Picks: Comedy and Variety

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged all in the family, amazon, aretha franklin, at home with amy sedaris, barry, better things, beyonce, big bang theory, blackish, bruce springsteen, carpool karaoke, connors, daily show, documentary now, drunk history, Ellen Degeneres, flight of the conchords, full frontal, glow, good place, grammys, hannah gadsby, hbo, homecoming, i think you should leave, insecure, james corden, jeffersons, jim gaffigan, jimmy fallon, jimmy kimmel, john oliver, kominsky method, last week tonight, late late show, late night, late show, maroon 5, marvelous mrs maisel, mom, murphy brown, netflix, oscars, prime, rent, russian doll, samantha bee, saturday night live, seth meyers, shameless, showtime, snl, stephen colbert, super bowl, tim robinson, tonight show, tony awards, tracey ullman, trevor noah, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, veep, will and grace | Leave a comment

1
Jul

Streaming Picks: July 2019

FILMS Top Picks Under the Silver Lake – Prime 7/1 Drop Dead Gorgeous – Hulu 7/5 Apollo 11 – Hulu 7/20 Inglourious Basterds – Netflix 7/22 It’s actually an incredible month for movies on streaming platforms this month, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 3 below, 4 latas, after darkness, all or nothing, along with the gods, amazing world of gumball, another life, apollo 11, arctic, bangkok love stories, blown away, boi, bonus family, boys, brink, captain underpants, cities of last things, clique, comedians in cars getting coffee, comicstaan, designated survivor, dino dana, drop dead gorgeous, extreme engagement, family reunion, field guide to evil, four weddings and a funeral, frankenstein's monster's monster frankenstein, free rein, girls with balls, good witch, great hack, harlots, haunting of sharon tate, hellboy, i trapped the devil, in the dark, inglourious basterds, into the dark, it's always sunny in philadelphia, kakegurui xx, katherine ryan, kengan ashura, kidnapping stella, kung fu panda, la casa de papel, last chance u, last czars, last man, last word, letdown, light as a feather, luis miguel, marshall, mary poppins returns, my first first love, never grow old, orange is the new black, parchis, peterloo, pinky malinky, point blank, power, queer eye, red sea diving resort, saint seya, secret obsession, serenity, son, stranger things, sugar rush, tabaluga, taco chronicles, time freak, tokyo ghoul, trading paint, trapped, true tunes, typewriter, under the silver lake, venture bros, veronica mars, vigilante, wentworth, whitney cummings, woman at war, workin moms, worst witch, wynonna earp, yummy mummies | Leave a comment

1
Jun

Streaming Picks: June 2019

FILMS Top Picks True Grit (2010) – Hulu and Prime 6/29 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Netflix 6/26 The Coen Brothers’ take on the John Wayne Western is one of the best remakes of all time, featuring phenomenal performances from Jeff … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 12 monkeys, 20th century women, 3 percent, 3rd eye, absentia, ad vitam, adam devine, aggretsuko, alcasser murders, alles ist gut, answer for heaven, arthdal chronicles, ask dr ruth, awake, beats, black godfather, black mirror, bob dylan, bolivar, casketeers, charite at war, chasing happiness, chef show, chosen one, cinderella pop, confession tapes, creative galaxy, dark, das boot, death true, designated survivor, diane, documental, documentary now, dope, dynasty, edge of democracy, elisa and marcela, end of evangelion, evangelion, exhibit a, final life, forest of piano, girlfriends guide to divorce, girls incarcerated, go live your way, grey's anatomy, handmaid's tale, home again, hulu, hurley, i am mother, i still see you, instant hotel, into the dark, into the spider-verse, jaoon kahan bata ae dil, jessica jones, jinn, jo koy, juliet naked, kakegurui xx, la misma sangre, le chant du loup, leila, life overtakes me, madam secretary, malibu rescue, marlon, mike epps, million dollar game, miranda sings live, missing, motown magic, mr iglesias, neon genesis evangelion, netflix, new york times, oh ramona, out of the blue, pacahamama, paquita salas, prime, ralph breaks the internet, riveras, rock my heart, rolling thunder revue, scare tactics, shooter, spider-man, spiderman, spy who dumped me, star vs the forces of evil, suits, super monsters, tales of the city, tokyo alice, trinkets, true grit, unite 42, vice, vox lux, weekly, wiseguy, yardie | Leave a comment

1
May

Streaming Picks: May 2019

FILMS Top Picks Suspiria (2018) – Prime 5/3 Crash (2005) – Hulu and Prime 5/5 Moonlight – Netflix 5/21 While Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s classic horror flick (my all-time favorite, in fact) isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1994, a pesar de todo, above majestic, abyss, action point, after maria, against the clock, all in my family, alles ist gut, alta mar, always be my maybe, amazon, angels of death, angie tribeca, arrow, astral, backtrace, bad blood, baywatch, bernie the dolphin, black spot, breath away, broad city, catch 22, charmed, chip and potato, chopsticks, claws, clovehitch killer, colony, crash, cupcake and dino, dead to me, driver x, drunk history, dry martina, durrells in corfu, easy, egg, flash, fleabag, flinch, funny cow, gente que viene y bah, getting grace, good omens, good sam, harvey girls forever, hasan minhaj, hillbilly, historical roasts, how to sell drugs online fast, hulu, into the dark, it's bruno, jailbirds, jeff ross, jo pil-ho, joy, killer ratings, knock down the house, last kids on earth, last summer, laugh in, legends of tomorrow, lucifer, malibu rescue, manifik, mechanism, moonlight, morir para contar, my hero academia, nailed it, netflix, nutcracker, one million american dreams, one night in spring, outlander, painkillers, patriot act, perfection, poldark, pose, preacher, prime, prince of peoria, queen of the south, rain, remastered, rim of the world, riverdale, rosario tijeras, roswell new mexico, saverio raimondo, see you yesterday, she's gotta have it, sheherazade, slasher, sneaky pete, society, supergirl, supernatural, Suspiria, svaha, swimming with men, tale of two kitchens, terror, true and the rainbow kingdom, tuca and bertie, undercover, unicorn, wanda sykes, welcome to mercy, well intended love, what if, when they see us, white gold, wine country, wishenpoof, yardie | Leave a comment

22
Apr

The Optimist’s Summer Movie Preview 2019

In a shocking turn of events, there are actually a ton of movies I’m excited for this summer. In years past, I’ve struggled to round out to an even 10. This year, however, I’m expanding to 15 titles that have … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews | Tagged avengers, blinded by the light, dark phoenix, fast and furious, godzilla, hobbs and shaw, john wick, kitchen, long shot, men in black, midsommar, once upon a time in hollywood, spider-man, spiderman, toy story 4, where'd you go bernadette, x-men, yesterday | Leave a comment

3
Apr

Streaming Picks: April 2019

Sorry for the delay. March was a crazy month that involved a lot of travel. The Criterion Channel launches on my birthday (April 8) and I’m hoping that’s one of my gifts. Might eventually add that to the list of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged addams family, addams family values, amazon, anthony jeselnik, arcadia, attack on titan, baki, beast of the water, black summer, bob hope, bonding, bonnie and clyde, book club, border, bosch, brene brown, bug diaries, buried alive, burning, carol burnett, chambers, chilling adventures of sabrina, chio's school road, cuckoo, diablo guardian, don't go, fairy tail, fortunate man, grass is greener, hateful eight, how not to summon a demon lord, huge in france, hulu, humans, i am the night, i daniel blake, i think you should leave, ingress, into the dark, kevin hart, land imagined, last ship, legacies, luis miguel, mid90s, mighty little bheem, murder she wrote, music teacher, my first first love, netflix, new girl, one punch man, our planet, overboard, perfect date, persona, pinky malinky, pledge, prime, protector, quake, quiet place, ramy, red skelton, remastered, rick steves, rilakkuma and kaoru, roman empire, samantha, selection day, señora acero, she-ra, silence, sisters brothers, someone great, special, spirit, stargate universe, street food, super monsters, suzzanna, tick, tijuana, tim robinson, trolls, tyrel, ultraman, unicorn store, vikings, we are columbine, who would you take to a deserted island, yankee, you vs wild | Leave a comment