Streaming Picks: November 2019, Part 1

With two new streaming services launching this month, I figured I’d break this preview out into two parts. The first will cover the usual services (Netflix, Hulu, Prime) and the second will cover Disney+ and AppleTV+. December will be back to normal, but I’ll revisit in January which services to cover.

FILMS
Top Picks
A Simple Plan – Hulu 11/1
The Souvenir – Prime 11/14
Booksmart – Hulu 11/18
The Irishman – Netflix 11/27
The Report – Prime 11/29
First, I have to spotlight A Simple Plan, one of the greatest crime films ever. Bill Paxton and Brent Briscoe have sadly passed on, but their career-best work lives on. As I’ve written before, Billy Bob Thornton should have won the Oscar for playing Paxton’s pathetic brother, a portrait of loneliness and neediness that feels even more special today.

Then we’ve got two of the year’s best films: the riotously funny Booksmart and the absolutely devastating The Souvenir. I would recommend the latter first, and then rinsing the bitter taste out with the former.

Finally, Netflix and Prime have dueling Oscar hopefuls. The Irishman is Martin Scorsese’s $200 million crime epic, featuring De Niro, Pacino and Pesci together at last. The Report is Scott Z. Burns’ directorial debut, a docudrama about the publication of the report on the CIA’s use of torture in the years after 9/11. Neither will be a feel-good movie, but one is much more likely to be post-Thanksgiving fare.

Recent Selections
Overlord – Hulu and Prime 11/1
Framing John Delorean – Hulu 11/5
Undercover Brother 2 – Netflix 11/5
The Biggest Little Farm – Hulu 11/6
Burning Cane – Netflix 11/6
Long Time Coming: A 1955 Baseball Story – Hulu 11/6
Shadow – Netflix 11/6
The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open – Netflix 11/7
Anna and the Apocalypse – Hulu and Prime 11/13
Romans – Prime 11/13
UglyDolls – Hulu 11/13
Instant Family – Hulu and Prime 11/14
Creed II – Hulu and Prime 11/15
Bottom of the 9th – Prime 11/15
The Tomorrow Man – Hulu 11/18
The Quiet One – Hulu 11/19
Dream Killer – Netflix 11/20
The Fanatic – Prime 11/20
Vita & Virginia – Hulu 11/22
Astronaut – Hulu 11/26
Meeting Gorbachev – Hulu 11/27
Mike Wallace Is Here – Hulu 11/28
Low Tide – Prime 11/30

Originals
American Son – Netflix 11/1
Drive – Netflix 11/1
Fire in Paradise – Netflix 11/1
Holiday in the Wild – Netflix 11/1
The King – Netflix 11/1
The Man Without Gravity – Netflix 11/1
The Devil Next Door – Netflix 11/4
Tune in for Love – Netflix 11/5
Let It Snow – Netflix 11/8
Paradise Beach – Netflix 11/8
Maradona in Mexico – Netflix 11/13
Earthquake Bird – Netflix 11/15
House Arrest – Netflix 11/15
Klaus – Netflix 11/15
Margaret Atwood: A Word After a Word After a Word Is Power – Hulu 11/19
No hay tiempo para la verguenza – Netflix 11/19
Bikram: Yogi, Guru, Predator – Netflix 11/20
Lorena, la de pies ligeros – Netflix 11/20
The Knight Before Christmas – Netflix 11/21
Mon frere – Netflix 11/22
Broken – Netflix 11/27
Holiday Rush – Netflix 11/28
Atlantics – Netflix 11/29
I Lost My Body – Netflix 11/29
The Christmas Prince: A Royal Baby – Netflix TBD

NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Picks
The Man in the High Castle (Season 4) – Prime 11/15
The Crown (Season 3) – Netflix 11/17
I’ve stuck with The Man in the High Castle this long, I have to see how it ends, especially as it improved in its third season (occasionally reaching transcendent highs). This finale hopefully will strike the right balance between character building and excitement, something it has yet to master.

The Crown has an entirely new cast for its third season, featuring Oscar winner Olivia Colman stepping into the role of Elizabeth II that Claire Foy played so remarkably for the show’s first two seasons. This show hasn’t made my top 10 yet, but after rewatching some episodes with my wife, I have been deeply underrating it.

Originals
Ad Vitam (Season 1) – Netflix 11/1
Atypical (Season 3) – Netflix 11/1
Hache (Season 1) – Netflix 11/1
Hello Ninja (Season 1) – Netflix 11/1
Into the Dark: Pilgrim – Hulu 11/1
Jack Ryan (Season 2) – Prime 11/1
LOL Surprise: Winter Disco Movie – Prime 11/1
Queer Eye: We’re in Japan! – Netflix 11/1
True: Drabbleapple Harvest – Netflix 11/1
We Are the Wave (Season 1) – Netflix 11/1
The End of the F***ing World (Season 2) – Netflix 11/5
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power (Season 4) – Netflix 11/5
SCAMS – Netflix 11/6
Busted! (Season 2) – Netflix 11/8
The Great British Baking Show: Holiday Special (Season 2) – Netflix 11/8
Greatest Events of WWII – Netflix 11/8
Green Eggs and Ham (Season 1) – Netflix 11/8
Wild District/Distrito Salvaje (Season 2) – Netflix 11/8
Little Things (Season 3) – Netflix 11/9
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (Volume 5) – Netflix 11/10
Chief of Staff (Season 2) – Netflix 11/11
Harvey Girls Forever! (Season 3) – Netflix 11/12
The Stranded – Netflix 11/14
Avlu (Part 2) – Netflix 11/15
The Club (Season 1) – Netflix 11/15
Dollface (Season 1) – Hulu 11/15
GO! The Unforgettable Party – Netflix 11/15
I’m with the Band: Nasty Cherry – Netflix 11/15
Llama Llama (Season 2) – Netflix 11/15
The Toys That Made Us (Season 3) – Netflix 11/15
Mortel – Netflix 11/21
The Accident (Season 1) – Hulu 11/22
Costume Quest: Christmas Special – Prime 11/22
Dino Girl Gauko – Netflix 11/22
Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings (Season 1) – Netflix 11/22
The Dragon Prince (Season 3) – Netflix 11/22
High Seas (Season 2) – Netflix 11/22
Holly Hobbie (Season 2) – Hulu 11/22
Nailed It! Holiday (Season 2) – Netflix 11/22
Narcoworld: Dope Stories – Netflix 11/22
Nobody’s Looking – Netflix 11/22
Singapore Social – Netflix 11/22
Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (Season 8) – Netflix 11/22
Super Monsters Save Christmas – Netflix 11/26
True: Winter Wishes – Netflix 11/26
Merry Happy Whatever (Season 1) – Netflix 11/28
Chip and Potato (Season 2) – Netflix 11/29
The Movies That Made Us – Netflix 11/29
Sugar Rush Christmas (Season 1) – Netflix 11/29

OLD SHOWS
Billy on the Street (Seasons 1-4) – Netflix 11/1
The Deep (Season 3) – Netflix 11/1
Mars (Season 2) – Netflix 11/1
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans (Seasons 1-2) – Netflix 11/1
You’re the Worst (Season 5) – Hulu 11/9
Apple Tree Yard (Season 1) – Hulu 11/19
Meet the Adebanjos (Seasons 1-3) – Netflix 11/22
Dirty John (Season 1) – Netflix 11/25
NOS4A2 (Season 1) – Hulu 11/26
Queen of the South (Season 2) – Netflix 11/29

COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Pick
Mike Birbiglia: The New One – Netflix 11/26
It’s hard to believe that I’ve been a fan of Birbiglia for nearly 15 years. I’ve seen him live twice and have loved pretty much every special, every public radio appearance and every cameo in TV and film. I wanted desperately to see this on Broadway last year but wasn’t able to. This new special will have to suffice.

Other Specials
Seth Meyers: Lobby Baby – Netflix 11/5
Jeff Garlin: Our Man in Chicago – Netflix 11/12
Iliza Shelsinger: Unveiled – Netflix 11/19
John Crist: I Ain’t Prayin’ for That – Netflix 11/28

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