Streaming Picks: October 2021

FILMS
Top Picks
Clifford – Hulu 10/1
Raising Arizona – Prime 10/1
Black Widow – Disney+ 10/6
In the Heights – HBO Max 10/28
No, that first pick isn’t Clifford the Big Red Dog. That’s( slated to hit theaters and Paramount+ in November.) This is the cult classic starring Martin Short as a 10-year-old boy (yes, really), who relentlessly tortures his uncle (Charles Grodin) after breaking a promise to him. It’s pretty insane, especially for a PG-rated film, but it provides a lot of laughs, provided you’re on its wavelength.

It’s almost impossible to pick one, but if you ask me today, I’d say Raising Arizona is still my favorite Coen Brothers movie. All of their touchstones – schmucks pulling a scheme, absurd characters, gorgeous cinematography – are present here, in just their second film. It’s might be a top 5 comedy for me, too.

And if you missed your chance to see Black Widow or In the Heights when they were in theaters or previously on the service ($30 for the former, and free for the latter), you can now watch them in perpetuity, or at least until rights issues cause them to leave again.

Recent Selections
Culpa – HBO Max 10/1
Downhill – HBO Max 10/1
Emma. – HBO Max 10/1
Entre Nos: The Winners 2 – HBO Max 10/1
Entre Nos: What She Said – HBO Max 10/1
Just Mercy – HBO Max 10/1
LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and Monsters! – HBO Max 10/1
Macho: The Hector Camacho Story – Prime 10/1
Never Rarely Sometimes Always – HBO Max 10/1
The Quarry – HBO Max 10/1
Raul Julia: The World’s a Stage – Prime 10/1
Sherlock Holmes and the Great Escape – HBO Max 10/1
Strange but True – HBO Max 10/1
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans – HBO Max 10/1
Wendy – HBO Max 10/1
Simmer – HBO Max 10/3
Sublet – HBO Max 10/3
El Verano Que Vivimos – HBO Max 10/5
Ella Fitzgerald: Just One of Those Things – Netflix 10/6
Cannabis Evolution – Hulu 10/8
Lansky – Prime 10/8
LOL Surprise: The Movie – Netflix 10/8
Voyagers – HBO Max 10/8
Rogue Hostage – Hulu 10/10
It: Chapter Two – HBO Max 10/10
Gunda – Hulu 10/11
Madonna and the Breakfast Club – Hulu 10/11
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It – Netflix 10/12
Violet Evergarden: The Movie – Netflix 10/13
Censor – Hulu 10/14
Out of Death – Hulu 10/14
Akilla’s Escape – Prime 10/15
Cheer Camp Killer – Hulu 10/15
A Murder to Remember – Hulu 10/15
Tu Me Manques – HBO Max 10/15
Dream Horse – Hulu 10/18
Women Is Losers – HBO Max 10/18
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – HBO Max 10/21
The Evil Next Door – Hulu 10/21
Gaia – Hulu 10/22
The Marksman – Hulu 10/23
Silent Night – Hulu 10/23
Come Away – Hulu 10/25
Maybe Next Year – Hulu 10/26
For Madmen Only – Hulu 10/27
First Date – Hulu 10/28
Spirit Untamed – Hulu 10/31

Originals
Bingo Hell – Prime 10/1
Black as Night – Prime 10/1
Diana: The Musical – Netflix 10/1
Forever Rich – Netflix 10/1
The Guilty – Netflix 10/1
The Many Saints of Newark – HBO Max 10/1
My Name Is Pauli Murray – Prime 10/1
Swallow – Netflix 10/1
Upcoming Summer – Netflix 10/3
Escape the Undertaker – Netflix 10/5
There’s Someone Inside Your House – Netflix 10/6
Grudge/Kin – Netflix 10/8
Jacinta – Hulu 10/8
Justin Bieber: Our World – Prime 10/8
Madres – Prime 10/8
The Manor – Prime 10/8
My Brother, My Sister – Netflix 10/8
Fever Dream – Netflix 10/13
Hiacynt – Netflix 10/13
One Night in Paris – Netflix 10/14
The Forgotten Battle – Netflix 10/15
The Four of Us – Netflix 10/15
Karma’s World – Netflix 10/15
The Trip – Netflix 10/15
In for a Murder – Netflix 10/19
Night Teeth – Netflix 10/20
Stuck Together – Netflix 10/20
Dune – HBO Max 10/22
Little Big Mouth – Netflix 10/22
Hypnotic – Netflix 10/27
Nobody Sleeps in the Woods Tonight, Part 2 – Netflix 10/27
Army of Thieves – Netflix 10/29
Dear Mother – Netflix 10/29

NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Picks
Seinfeld (Complete Series) – Netflix 10/1
Dopesick – Hulu 10/13
Succession (Season 3) – HBO Max 10/17
There probably aren’t a lot of people who aren’t aware of Seinfeld and don’t have a strong opinion on it. (I say it’s a top 5 show of all time.) But if you somehow have lived under a rock for the past 30 years, you can now watch it all on Netflix. They picked it up after Hulu’s rights expired, giving them a 90s sitcom to binge. I’ll be doing just that.

Get ready for the most depressing show of the year! Hulu’s big limited series this fall is based on the titular non-fiction book about America’s opioid epidemic. Michael Keaton stars as a doctor prescribing pills, Kaitlyn Dever as one of his patients, and Michael Stuhlbarg as evil billionaire Richard Sackler.

And finally after a COVID-related production delay, HBO’s biggest show is back. I didn’t watch the first two seasons as they aired, but got hooked over a vacation in 2020. I couldn’t be more excited, especially after that explosive finale.

Originals
All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs – Prime 10/1
Do, Re & Mi: Halloween Harmony – Prime 10/1
LEGO Star Wars: Terrifying Tales – Disney+ 10/1
Maid – Netflix 10/1
Paik’s Spirit – Netflix 10/1
Scaredy Cats – Netflix 10/1
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light – Netflix 10/1
A Sinister Act: Colonia Dignidad – Netflix 10/1
Scissor Seven (Season 3) – Netflix 10/3
On My Block (Season 4) – Netflix 10/4
Among the Stars (Season 1) – Disney+ 10/6
Bad Sport – Netflix 10/6
Baking Impossible – Netflix 10/6
The Five Juanas – Netflix 10/6
Love Is Blind: Brazil – Netflix 10/6
15 Minutes of Shame – HBO Max 10/7
Baker’s Dozen (Season 1) – Hulu 10/7
The Billion Dollar Code – Netflix 10/7
Craftopia (Season 2, Part 1) – HBO Max 10/7
Sexy Beasts (Season 2) – Netflix 10/7
The Way of the Househusband (Season 1, Part 2) – Netflix 10/7
Family Business (Season 3) – Netflix 10/8
Jessey and Nessy – Prime 10/8
Muppets Haunted Mansion – Disney+ 10/8
Pan y Circo – Prime 10/8
Pokémon the Movie: Secrets of the Jungle – Netflix 10/8
Pretty Smart – Netflix 10/8
A Tale Dark & Grimm – Netflix 10/8
Blue Period – Netflix 10/9
The Baby-Sitters Club (Season 2) – Netflix 10/11
The King’s Affection – Netflix 10/11
We’re Here (Season 2) – HBO Max 10/11
Bright: Samurai Soul – Netflix 10/12
Convergence: Courage in a Crisis – Netflix 10/12
Making Malinche – Netflix 10/12
Mighty Express (Season 5) – Netflix 10/12
The Movies That Made Us (Season 3) – Netflix 10/12
Just Beyond (Season 1) – Disney+ 10/13
Reflection of You – Netflix 10/13
Another Life (Season 2) – Netflix 10/14
Aquaman: King of Atlantis – HBO Max 10/14
Little Ellen (Season 1, Part 2) – HBO Max 10/14
Love Spells – HBO Max 10/14
The Missing – HBO Max 10/14
Welcome to Utmark – HBO Max 10/14
What Happened, Brittany Murphy? – HBO Max 10/14
I Know What You Did Last Summer (Season 1) – Prime 10/15
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie – Prime 10/15
Little Things (Season 4) – Netflix 10/15
My Name – Netflix 10/15
Sharkdog’s Fintastic Halloween – Netflix 10/15
You (Season 3) – Netflix 10/15
Misfit: The Series – Netflix 10/16
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel – HBO Max 10/19
Assembled: The Making of Black Widow – Disney+ 10/20
Disney Insider: Muppets and the Haunted Mansion – Disney+ 10/20
Found – Netflix 10/20
Gabby’s Dollhouse (Season 3) – Netflix 10/20
Flip a Coin – Netflix 10/21
Go! Go! Cory Carson (Season 6) – Netflix 10/21
Insiders – Netflix 10/21
Komi Can’t Communicate – Netflix 10/21
Life’s a Glitch with Julien Bam – Netflix 10/21
The Next Thing You Eat (Season 1) – Hulu 10/21
Reign of Superwomen – HBO Max 10/21
Tuff Money – HBO Max 10/21
Sex, Love & Goop – Netflix 10/21
Adventure Beast – Netflix 10/22
Inside Job – Netflix 10/22
Locke & Key (Season 2) – Netflix 10/22
Maya and the Three – Netflix 10/22
More Than Blue: The Series – Netflix 10/22
Roaring Twenties – Netflix 10/22
Insecure (Season 5) – HBO Max 10/24
Maricon Perdido – HBO Max 10/26
The Mopes – HBO Max 10/26
Sex Unzipped – Netflix 10/26
The Truth of Dolores Vasquez – HBO Max 10/26
Sintonia (Season 2) – Netflix 10/27
Love Life (Season 2) – HBO Max 10/28
Luis Miguel: The Series (Season 3) – Netflix 10/28
The Motive – Netflix 10/28
A Thousand Fangs – HBO Max 10/28
Colin in Black & White – Netflix 10/29
Maradona: Blessed Dream (Season 1) – Prime 10/29
Mythomaniac (Season 2) – Netflix 10/29
Fairfax (Season 1) – Prime TBD

OLD SHOWS
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (Season 1) – Netflix 10/1
The Bachelorette (Season 13) – Hulu 10/1
Beau Sejour (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
Cities of the Underworld (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
Family Matters (Complete Series) – HBO Max 10/1
Full House (Complete Series) – HBO Max 10/1
Hightown (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
The Hunter (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
I Love Lucy (Seasons 1-2) – Prime 10/1
Killer Kids (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
The Kings (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
Latino Americans (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
NOVA: The Planets – Prime 10/1
Pompon Little Bear (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
Roadkill Garage (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
The Scariest Story Ever: A Mickey Mouse Halloween Spooktacular! – Disney+ 10/1
Side by Side with Malika & Khadijah (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
Step by Step (Complete Series) – HBO Max 10/1
Supermansion (Seasons 1-2) – Prime 10/1
The Trouble with Maggie Cole (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
The Undertaker (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
When Hope Calls (Season 1) – Prime 10/1
Niña Furia – HBO Max 10/4
American Masters: Mike Nichols – HBO Max 10/5
American Masters: Nichols and May, Take Two – HBO Max 10/5
The Blacklist (Season 8) – Netflix 10/6
Castle (Complete Series) – Hulu 10/6
The Ghost and Molly McGee (Season 1, Part 1) – Disney+ 10/6
Impact with Gal Gadot (Season 1) – Disney+ 10/6
Muppet Babies (Season 3, Part 1) – Disney+ 10/6
Puppy Dog Pals (Season 4, Part 1) – Disney+ 10/6
The Republic of Sarah (Season 1) – HBO Max 10/6
Mickey’s Tale of Two Witches – Disney+ 10/8
Under Wraps – Disney+ 10/8
Birdgirl – HBO Max 10/9
To Your Eternity (Season 1) – HBO Max 10/9
Shameless (U.S. Season 11) – Netflix 10/11
Champaign ILL (Season 1) – Hulu 10/12
Apollo: Back to the Moon (Season 1) – Disney+ 10/13
Secrets of the Zoo: North Carolina (Season 1) – Disney+ 10/13
Secrets of the Zoo: Down Under (Season 2) – Disney+ 10/13
The Wizard of Paws (Season 1) – Disney+ 10/13
Zombies: Addison’s Moonstone Mystery Shorts (Season 1) – Disney+ 10/13
Deutschland 83 – Prime 10/14
In the Dark (Season 3) – Netflix 10/14
Real Housewives of Orange County (Season 15) – Hulu 10/14
Teen Titans Go! (Complete Series) – HBO Max 10/14
CoComelon (Season 4) – Netflix 10/15
Lost Cities with Albert Lin: The Great Flood – Disney+ 10/15
Megacity of the Maya Warrior King – Disney+ 10/15
Power Rangers: Dino Fury (Season 1) – Netflix 10/15
Disney’s Magic Bake-Off (Season 1, Part 1) – Disney+ 10/20
PJ Masks (Season 5, Part 1) – Disney+ 10/20
The Wild Life of Dr. Ole (Season 1) – Disney+ 10/20
Dynasty (Season 4) – Netflix 10/22
Roswell, New Mexico (Season 3) – Netflix 10/26
Wentworth (Season 8) – Netflix 10/27
Bob Ballard: An Explorer’s Life – Disney+ 10/29
Thomas and Friends (Season 25, Part 1) – Netflix 10/29
Victor and Valentino (Season 2) – HBO Max 10/29
Catfish: The TV Show (Season 8, Part 4) – Hulu 10/30
The Bachelorette (Season 16) – HBO Max 10/31

COMEDY SPECIALS
Dave Chappelle: The Closer – Netflix 10/5
Phoebe Robinson: Sorry, Harriet Tubman – HBO Max 10/14

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