FILMS
Top Picks
The Bank Job – Hulu and Prime 9/1
I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Netflix 9/4
If you haven’t seen Roger Donaldson’s excellent heist movie, it’s a hidden gem. And it’s a bit smarter than your typical Jason Statham movie. To say much more would give away its many delicious secrets.
Charlie Kaufman hasn’t made a live-action movie in more than a decade. Creatively bankrupt studios just don’t want to give him modest sums of money for his distinctly bizarre tales. Enter Netflix, who was willing to pony up the cash for his adaptation of Iain Reid’s novel about a strained couple’s trip to meet the man’s parents, and all the unsettling things that happen along the way.
Recent Selections
1/1 – Prime 9/1
1 Million Happy Nows – Prime 9/1
Abe & Phil’s Last Poker Game – Prime 9/1
Bachelor Lions – Prime 9/1
Bitter Melon – Prime 9/1
Bully – Prime 9/1
The Dunning Man – Prime 9/1
Eaten by Lions – Prime 9/1
Enemy Within – Prime 9/1
The Festival – Prime 9/1
The Go-Getters – Prime 9/1
I’d Like to Be Alone Now – Prime 9/1
I’m Not Here – Prime 9/1
The Ring Thing – Prime 9/1
Snapshots – Prime 9/1
To Keep the Light – Prime 9/1
The Turkey Bowl – Prime 9/1
What Children Do – Prime 9/1
What If It Works? – Prime 9/1
Hell on the Border – Hulu and Prime 9/2
The Lost Okoroshi – Netflix 9/4
Awoken – Hulu 9/6
Blackbird – Prime 9/16
Babyteeth – Hulu 9/18
The Fight – Hulu 9/18
Gemini Man – Hulu and Prime 9/18
StarDog and TurboCat – Hulu 9/18
The Haunted – Hulu 9/20
The Addams Family – Hulu and Prime 9/22
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans – Hulu 9/24
Judy – Hulu and Prime 9/25
Forces of Nature – Prime 9/28
Inherit the Viper – Hulu and Prime 9/28
Trauma Center – Hulu and Prime 9/29
Welcome to Sudden Death – Netflix 9/29
Originals
La Partita – Netflix 9/1
Freaks: You’re One of Us – Netflix 9/2
Love, Guaranteed – Netflix 9/3
Dino Dana: The Movie – Prime 9/4
So Much Love to Give – Netflix 9/9
Mignonnes – Netflix 9/9
The Babysitter: Killer Queen – Netflix 9/10
Se busca papa – Netflix 9/11
The Devil All the Time – Netflix 9/16
The Paramedic – Netflix 9/16
All In: The Fight for Democracy – Prime 9/18
Enola Holmes – Netflix 9/23
The Glorias – Prime 9/30
NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Picks
The Boys (Season 2) – Prime 9/4
The Good Place (Season 4) – Netflix 9/26
Amazon is debuting three new episodes of its superhero satire on Labor Day weekend, then going weekly for its second season. I’m excited for more extremely violent, deeply cynical comic book adaptation.
But you can go ahead and binge all of the final season of The Good Place. While Season 4 was its weakest overall, its penultimate episode and triple-length finale were some of the greatest things put on TV this year, or any year.
Originals
Bookmarks: Celebrating Black Voices – Netflix 9/1
The Boss Baby: Get That Baby! – Netflix 9/1
True: Friendship Day – Netflix 9/1
Bad Boy Billionaires: India – Netflix 9/2
Chef’s Table: BBQ – Netflix 9/2
Young Wallander – Netflix 9/3
Away – Netflix 9/4
Spirit Riding Free: Riding Academy (Part 2) – Netflix 9/4
My Octopus Teacher – Netflix 9/4
Record of Youth – Netflix 9/4
Madagascar: A Little Wild (Season 1, Part 1) – Netflix 9/7
StarBeam (Season 2) – Netflix 9/8
Get Organized with the Home Edit – Netflix 9/9
La Linea: Shadow of Narco – Netflix 9/9
The Social Dilemma – Netflix 9/9
Woke (Season 1) – Hulu 9/9
The Gift (Season 2) – Netflix 9/10
The Idhun Chronicles – Netflix 9/10
Julie and the Phantoms – Netflix 9/10
The Duchess – Netflix 9/11
Family Business (Season 2) – Netflix 9/11
Pets United – Netflix 9/11
Pokémon Journeys: The Series (Part 2) – Netflix 9/11
Hope Frozen: A Quest to Live Twice – Netflix 9/15
Izzy’s Koala World – Netflix 9/15
PEN15 (Season 2) – Hulu 9/18
Taco Chronicles (Volume 2) – Netflix 9/15
Baby (Season 3) – Netflix 9/16
Challenger: The Final Flight – Netflix 9/16
MeatEater (Season 9) – Netflix 9/16
Signs (Season 2) – Netflix 9/16
Sing On! – Netflix 9/16
Dragon’s Dogma – Netflix 9/17
The Last Word – Netflix 9/17
American Barbecue Showdown – Netflix 9/18
Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous – Netflix 9/18
Ratched – Netflix 9/18
A Love Song for Latasha – Netflix 9/21
Chico Bon Bon: Monkey with a Tool Belt (Season 3) – Netflix 9/22
The Chef Show (Season 2) – Netflix 9/24
A Perfect Crime – Netflix 9/25
Country-ish – Netflix 9/25
The School Nurse Files – Netflix 9/25
Sneakerheads – Netflix 9/25
Utopia (Season 1) – Prime 9/25
Whose Vote Counts, Explained – Netflix 9/28
American Murder: The Family Next Door – Netflix 9/30
ARASHI’s Diary: Voyage (Episode 12) – Netflix TBD
GIMS: On the Record – Netflix TBD
OLD SHOWS
Borgen (Complete Series) – Netflix 9/1
The Bureau (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
Cedar Cove (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
Codename: Kids Next Door (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
The Crimson Field (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
George Gently (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
Hero Elementary (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
I’m Dying Up Here (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
Keeping Faith (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
The Jack Benny Show (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
Mike Tyson Mysteries (Season 4) – Hulu 9/1
The Roy Rogers TV Show (Season 1) – Prime 9/1
Sister, Sister (Complete Series) – Netflix 9/1
Wrong Man – Prime 9/1
Greenleaf (Season 5) – Netflix 9/10
Girlfriends (Complete Series) – Netflix 9/11
My Hero Academia (Episodes 67-76) – Hulu 9/11
The Smurfs (Season 2) – Netflix 9/15
Sherman’s Showcase: Black History Month Special – Hulu 9/18
If Loving You Is Wrong (Season 5) – Hulu 9/24
Wentworth (Season 8) – Netflix 9/30
COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Pick
Michelle Buteau: Welcome to Buteaupia – Netflix 9/29
I’ve been a fan of Buteau’s ever since Best Week Ever. This is her first full-length Netflix special, having previously been featured on the short-set series The Comedy Lineup, and as host of the reality show The Circle.
Other Specials
Felipe Esparza: Malas Decisiones – Netflix 9/1
Alfonso Padilha: Alma de Pobre – Netflix 9/3