Streaming Picks: December 2018

FILMS
Top Picks
Blue Velvet – Hulu 12/1
Roma – Netflix 12/14
Hereditary – Prime 12/27
Netflix and Prime are getting two of the best movies of the year, while Hulu has what’s probably my favorite David Lynch movie. Roma is Alfonso Cuarón’s latest masterwork: a personal portrait of growing up in Mexico City in the early ’70s. Shot in lush black-and-white, it’s one of the most beautiful and devastating films of 2018. Hereditary is the harrowing debut of Ari Aster, though it’s proven to be divisive among both horror fans and cinephiles. I consider myself an unabashed fan of its carefully composed shots and unhinged performance from Toni Collette. To say anything more would be to give its best twists away. And if you still want some more disturbing domestic horror, check out Blue Velvet, featuring peak work from Kyle MacLachlan, Dennis Hopper and Isabella Rossellini.

Recent Selections
Urban Country – Hulu 12/3
Before I Fall – Prime 12/8
Collide – Prime 12/8
Say You Will – Hulu 12/11
NASA: Above and Beyond – Hulu 12/13
Nico, 1988 – Hulu 12/13
Along Came the Devil – Hulu 12/15
Damsel – Hulu 12/17
The Gardener – Hulu 12/18
Winter Ridge – Hulu 12/18
Skate Kitchen – Hulu 12/20
Life Itself – Prime 12/21
The Devil’s Doorway – Hulu 12/22
An American in Texas – Hulu 12/25
Avengers: Infinity War – Netflix 12/25
Eating Animals – Hulu 12/29
Far from the Tree – Hulu 12/29
The Autopsy of Jane Doe – Netflix 12/30
The Crooked Somebody – Hulu 12/31

Originals
Battle – Netflix 12/1
Crossroads: One Two Jaga – Netflix 12/1
5 Star Christmas – Netflix 12/7
Dumplin’ – Netflix 12/7
Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle – Netflix 12/7
Bad Seeds – Netflix 12/21
Bird Box – Netflix 12/21
Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski – Netflix 12/21
La noche de 12 años – Netflix 12/28
When Angels Sleep – Netflix 12/28
Watership Down – Netflix 12/25

NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Picks
Killing Eve (Season 1) – Hulu 12/1
Springsteen on Broadway – Netflix 12/16
If you missed Killing Eve‘s brilliant first season on BBC America this year, now’s your chance to catch up. Jodie Comer and Sandra Oh together are giving the best performances by women on TV this year. The former is the fashionable, carefree assassin. The latter is the MI-5 analyst bumped up to field work. It’s a show of darkly funny moments, and extremely well-drawn characters. It gets a little wonky in the show’s mid-section, but it’s still one of the most entertaining shows of the year. And if you’re like most of the world, and weren’t able to get a ticket for Bruce Springsteen’s intimate one-man show, Netflix has the next best thing: a filmed performance of the Tony-winning production. (I will be shocked if this special doesn’t net Bruce an Emmy, thereby completing his EGOT.)

Originals
Memories of the Alhambra – Netflix 12/1
Hero Mask – Netflix 12/3
The Sound of Your Heart: Reboot (Season 2) – Netflix 12/3
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 2) – Netflix 12/5
Bad Blood – Netflix 12/7
Dogs of Berlin – Netflix 12/7
Free Rein: The Twelve Neighs of Christmas – Netflix 12/7
Nailed It! Holiday! – Netflix 12/7
Neo Yokio: Pink Christmas – Netflix 12/7
Pine Gap – Netflix 12/7
ReMastered: Who Killed Jam Master Jay? – Netflix 12/7
Super Monsters and the Wish Star – Netflix 12/7
The American Meme – Netflix 12/7
The Hook Up Plan – Netflix 12/7
Into the Dark: Pooka! – Hulu 12/7
The Ranch (Part 6) – Netflix 12/7
Back Street Girls: Gokudols – Netflix 12/12
Out of Many, One – Netflix 12/12
Wanted (Season 3) – Netflix 12/13
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale – Netflix 12/14
Cuckoo (Season 4) – Netflix 12/14
Dance & Sing with True: Songs – Netflix 12/14
The Fix – Netflix 12/14
Fuller House (Season 4) – Netflix 12/14
The Innocent Man – Netflix 12/14
Inside the Real Narcos – Netflix 12/14
Inside the World’s Toughest Prisons (Season 3) – Netflix 12/14
LOL: Last One Laughing (Season 1) – Prime 12/14
Prince of Peoria: A Christmas Moose Miracle – Netflix 12/14
The Protector – Netflix 12/14
Sunderland Til I Die – Netflix 12/14
Tidelands – Netflix 12/14
Travelers (Season 3) – Netflix 12/14
Voltron: Legendary Defender (Season 8) – Netflix 12/14
Baki – Netflix 12/18
Terrace House: Opening New Doors (Part 5) – Netflix 12/18
3 Below: Tales of Arcadia – Netflix 12/21
7 Days Out – Netflix 12/21
Back with the Ex – Netflix 12/21
The Casketeers – Netflix 12/21
Derry Girls – Netflix 12/21
Diablero – Netflix 12/21
Last Hope (Part 2) – Netflix 12/21
Perfume – Netflix 12/21
Runaways (Season 2) – Hulu 12/21
Sirius the Jaeger – Netflix 12/21
Tales by Light (Season 3) – Netflix 12/21
Vanity Fair – Prime 12/21
Wolf – Netflix 12/21
Hi Score Girl – Netflix 12/24
Alexa & Katie (Season 2) – Netflix 12/26
Instant Hotel – Netflix 12/28
Into the Dark: New Year, New You – Hulu 12/28
Niko and the Sword of Light (Season 2) – Prime 12/28
Selection Day – Netflix 12/28
Yummy Mummies – Netflix 12/28
The Bill Murray Stories: Life Lessons Learned from a Mythical Man – Netflix 12/31

OLD SHOWS
24 (Complete Series) – Hulu 12/1
Behind Tasty (Season 1) – Hulu 12/1
Buzzfeed Unsolved: Sports Conspiracies (Season 1) – Hulu 12/1
Man vs Wild with Sunny Leone (Season 1) – Netflix 12/1
The Great British Baking Show: Masterclass (Season 5) – Netflix 12/1
UniKitty (Season 1, Part 1) – Hulu 12/1
The Wonder Years (Complete Series) – Hulu 12/1
Worth It (Season 5) – Hulu 12/1
The Powerpuff Girls (Season 3, Part 1) – Hulu 12/2
Adventure Time (Season 10) – Hulu 12/3
Blue Planet II (Season 1) – Netflix 12/3
Wolfblood (Season 4) – Hulu 12/4
F**k That’s Delicious (Season 3) – Hulu 12/5
Happy! (Season 1) – Netflix 12/6
Sin senos sí hay paraíso (Season 3) – Netflix 12/9
Graves (Season 2) – Hulu 12/10
4 Blocks (Season 2) – Prime 12/15
Life of Crime – Prime 12/15
The Killing (Complete Series) – Hulu 12/19
Greenleaf (Season 3) – Netflix 12/21
The Magicians (Season 3) – Netflix 12/24
Mighty Magiswords (Season 2, Part 1) – Hulu 12/24
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (Season 11) – Netflix 12/25
Mr. Pickles (Season 3) – Hulu 12/25
You – Netflix 12/26
OK K.O., Let’s Be Heroes! (Season 2, Part 1) – Hulu 12/29

COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Pick
Ellen DeGeneres: Relatable – Netflix 12/18
The extremely popular daytime host makes her return to stand-up in this special, her first since 2003’s Here and Now.

Other Specials
Russell Brand: ReBirth – Netflix 12/4
Vir Das: Losing It
– Netflix 12/11

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