Streaming Picks: December 2019

FILMS
Top Picks
Malcolm X – Netflix 12/1
The Last Black Man in San Francisco – Prime 12/5
Marriage Story – Netflix 12/6
Wild Rose – Hulu 12/16

Malcolm X is an increasingly rare great movie added to Netflix. Spike Lee’s masterful biopic features Denzel Washington’s finest hour. Everyone knows he should have won over Al Pacino, but the movie itself should have led all eligible categories that year.

The other three films are among the best of 2019: The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a poetic ode to a city that’s increasingly forcing all its most vibrant residents out. Marriage Story is Noah Baumbach’s brilliant, heart-wrenching comedy about a marriage falling apart, featuring career-best work from Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson. And Wild Rose announces the arrival of Jessie Buckley as a major talent.

Recent Selections
This One’s for the Ladies – Hulu 12/2
Killers Anonymous – Hulu 12/5
The Push – Hulu 12/6
Light of My Life – Prime 12/9
Fast Color – Hulu and Prime 12/11
The Sky Is Pink – Netflix 12/11
Bumblebee – Hulu and Prime 12/13
Depraved – Hulu 12/13
The Sound of Silence – Hulu 12/13
The Kid – Hulu and Prime 12/18
Cold Case Hammarskjöld – Hulu 12/19
Loro – Hulu 12/20
The Wedding Year – Prime 12/20
The Kill Team – Prime 12/21
Night Hunter – Prime 12/25
Sweetheart – Netflix 12/25
The Day Shall Come – Hulu 12/27
The Secret Life of Pets 2 – Netflix 12/27
Running with the Devil – Hulu 12/30
What Men Want – Hulu and Prime 12/30
Wonder Park – Hulu and Prime 12/30

Originals
Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos: A Primeira Tentação de Cristo – Netflix 12/3
A Christmas Prince: The Royal Baby – Netflix 12/5
The Confession Killer – Netflix 12/6
Especial de Natal Porta dos Fundos – Netflix 12/12
6 Underground – Netflix 12/13
Don’t F**k with Cats – Netflix 12/18
After the Raid – Netflix 12/19
The Aeronauts – Prime 12/20
The Two Popes – Netflix 12/20
Como caído del cielo – Netflix 12/24
The App – Netflix 12/26
Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy – Netflix 12/28

NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Pick
Killing Eve (Season 2) – Hulu 12/18
I was a lot higher on this season than a lot of people. Even though it’s in some ways less surprising than that incredible first season, there’s no denying the trifecta of great performances from its main ladies: Fiona Hill, Sandra Oh and Emmy winner Jodie Comer.

Originals
Team Kaylie (Part 2) – Netflix 12/2
Los Briceño – Netflix 12/4
Magic for Humans (Season 2) – Netflix 12/4
Apache: La vida de Carlos Tevez – Netflix 12/5
Home for Christmas – Netflix 12/5
V Wars – Netflix 12/5
The Chosen One (Season 2) – Netflix 12/6
Clifford (Season 1, Part 1) – Prime 12/6
Fuller House (Season 5) – Netflix 12/6
Glow Up – Netflix 12/6
Inside Edge (Season 2) – Prime 12/6
Into the Dark: A Nasty Piece of Work – Hulu 12/6
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Season 3) – Prime 12/6
Reprisal (Season 1) – Hulu 12/6
Spirit Riding Free: The Spirit of Christmas – Netflix 12/6
Teasing Master Takagi-san (Season 2) – Netflix 12/6
Three Days of Christmas – Netflix 12/6
Triad Princess – Netflix 12/6
Virgin River – Netflix 12/6
A Family Reunion Christmas – Netflix 12/9
Jake Whitehall: Christmas with My Father – Netflix 12/12
The Expanse (Season 4) – Prime 12/13
Runaways (Season 3) – Hulu 12/13
Mighty Magiswords (Season 2, Part 2) – Hulu 12/17
Soundtrack – Netflix 12/18
Ultraviolet (Season 2) – Netflix 12/19
Twice upon a Time – Netflix 12/19
The Witcher (Season 1) – Netflix 12/20
Carole & Tuesday (Part 2) – Netflix 12/24
Crash Landing on You – Netflix 12/24
Lost in Space (Season 2) – Netflix 12/24
Terrace House: Tokyo (Part 2) – Netflix 12/24
La Bazar de la Charité – Netflix 12/26
Fast & Furious Spy Racers – Netflix 12/26
You (Season 2) – Netflix 12/26
The Gift – Netflix 12/27
Into the Dark: Midnight Kiss – Hulu 12/27
Kevin Hart: Don’t F**k This Up – Netflix 12/27
Alexa & Katie (Season 3) – Netflix 12/30
The Disastrous Life of Saiki K: Reawakened – Netflix 12/30
The Neighbor – Netflix 12/31
Yanxi Palace: Princess Adventures – Netflix 12/31

OLD SHOWS
Unikitty (Season 2, Part 1) – Hulu 12/1
Gintama (Season 1) – Hulu 12/1
Nightflyers (Season 1) – Netflix 12/2
Younger (Season 6) – Hulu 12/3
Fruit Basket (Season 1) – Hulu 12/4
The Last O.G. (Season 2) – Netflix 12/4
Greenleaf (Season 4) – Netflix 12/5
Burden of Truth (Season 2) – Hulu 12/6
Outlander (Season 3) – Netflix 12/10
Sherman’s Showcase (Season 1) – Hulu 12/11
The Magicians (Season 4) – Netflix 12/16
Mix (Season 1) – Hulu 12/19
Private Practice (Complete Series) – Netflix 12/22
Transformers: Rescue Bots Academy (Season 1) – Netflix 12/23
Black Jesus (Season 3) – Hulu 12/24
Better Things (Season 3) – Hulu 12/28
Preacher (Season 4) – Hulu 12/29
OK K.O., Let’s Be Heroes! (Season 2, Part 2) – Hulu 12/30
The Orville (Season 2) – Hulu 12/30

COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Pick
John Mulaney and the Sack Lunch Bunch – Netflix 12/24
I’ll watch literally anything John Mulaney does (except his failed sitcom). If he wants to make his own version of a PBS kids’ show, then by God, I’m going to watch it.

Other Shows and Specials
Tiffany Haddish: Black Mitzvah – Netflix 12/3
Astronomy Club: The Sketch Show – Netflix 12/6
Michelle Wolf: Joke Show – Netflix 12/10
Ronny Chieng: Asian Comedian Destroys America! – Netflix 12/17
The Degenerates (Season 2) – Netflix 12/31
LOL: Last One Laughing (Season 2) – Prime TBA

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