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2
Jan

2018 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions

With so much TV now, I had trouble cutting off my top 10. That left me with a surplus of great shows I needed to honor in some way. So here are my 15 honorable mentions, standout episodes that were … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged amazon, ap bio, bodyguard, crashing, final deployment 4, forever, haunting of hill house, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, Joe Pera talks with you, legion, netflix, orange is the new black, ozark, silicon valley, this is us, waco, westworld | Leave a comment

1
Jan

2018 in Review: The Best Shows and Specials

TOP 10 SHOWS 10. Sharp Objects (HBO) Unlike Big Little Lies, Jean-Marc Vallée’s latest HBO miniseries took some time to get into. But once it established its Southern Gothic horrors, it became a haunting portrait of family abuse, and how … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged amazon, american vandal, americans, atlanta, barry, brooklyn nine-nine, chris rock, dave attell, flight of the conchords, good place, handmaid's tale, hannah gadsby, hbo, homecoming, hulu, jeff ross, john mulaney, killing eve, netflix, sharp objects | Leave a comment

1
Jan

Streaming Picks: January 2019

FILMS Top Picks Across the Universe – Netflix 1/1 Annihilation – Hulu 1/5 Eighth Grade – Prime 1/13 Across the Universe is the unjustly maligned Beatles musical from 2007. Plot-wise, well, it’s best not to think about it. But Julie … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged across the universe, adventures of rocky and bullwinkle, alright now, amazon, american crime story, and breathe normally, animas, annihilation, another time, ant-man and the wasp, art of the shine, atlanta, bad reputation, beautiful boy, black earth rising, brockmire, burden of truth, butterfly, call my agent, carmen sandiego, close, club de cuervos, comedians of the world, commuter, conversations with a killer, cruise, detectorists, dot, eighth grade, el potro, endeavour, fahrenheit 11/9, forever my girl, four more shots please, friends from college, future man, fyre, gabriel iglesias, girl, godzilla, grace and frankie, grand tour, hotel transylvania, hulu, incredibles 2, informer, io, jazz ambassadors, justice, kingdom, kusama, last laugh, leave no trace, lionheart, lodge 49, love gilda, medici, netflix, pagan king, pinky malinky, polar, punisher, remastered, reprisal, revenger, rwanda, saints and sinners, sebastian maniscalo, series of unfortunate events, sex education, sherlock gnomes, solo, soni, stella's last weekend, support the girls, tidying up, trigger warning, trolls, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, unicorn, when heroes fly, world's most extraordinary homes, x company, x-files, z nation | Leave a comment

1
Dec

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 24, 3 below, 4 blocks, 5 star Christmas, 7 days out, adventure time, alexa and katie, along came the devil, amazon, american in texas, American meme, anthony bourdain, autopsy of Jane doe, avengers, back street girls, back with the ex, bad blood, bad seeds, baki, battle, before I fall, behind tasty, bill Murray stories, bird box, blue planet, blue velvet, buzzfeed unsolved, casketeers, chilling adventures of sabrina, collide, crooked somebody, crossroads, cuckoo, damsel, dance and sing, derry girls, devil's doorway, diablero, dogs of Berlin, dumplin, eating animals, Ellen Degeneres, far from the tree, fix, free rein, fuck that's delicious, fuller house, gardener, graves, great british baking show, greenleaf, happy, hereditary, hero mask, hi score girl, hook up plan, hulu, innocent man, inside the real narcos, inside the world's toughest prisons, instant hotel, into the dark, killing, la noche de 12 anos, last hope, life itself, life of crime, lol, magicians, man vs wild, marvelous mrs maisel, memories of the Alhambra, mighty magiswords, mowgli, mr pickles, nailed it, nasa, Neo yokio, netflix, nico 1988, Niko and the sword of light, ok ko let's be heroes, out of many one, parts unknown, perfume, pine gap, powerpuff girls, prince of peoria, protector, ranch, remastered, roma, runaways, say you will, selection day, sin senos si hay paraiso, Sirius the jaeger, skate kitchen, sound of your heart, springsteen on broadway, struggle, Sunderland til I die, super monsters, tales by light, terrace house, tidelands, travelers, unikitty, urban country, vanity fair, vir das, voltron, wanted, watership down, when angels sleep, winter ridge, wolf, wolfblood, wonder years, worth it, you, yummy mummies | Leave a comment

10
Nov

What I Watched This Week: 4 Nov 2018

NEW SHOWS It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia – “Mac Finds His Pride” (B+) / season finale It’s hard to know exactly how to grade this episode. Until its last act, it’s an odd mix of heartfelt character development and gross sight … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged amazon, good place, homecoming, house of cards, it's always sunny in philadelphia, netflix | Leave a comment

1
Nov

Streaming Picks: November 2018

FILMS Top Picks The Adventures of Tintin – Prime 11/1 eXistenZ – Hulu 11/1 The Other Side of the Wind/They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead – Netflix 11/2 The first two are underrated gems from the well-regarded careers of Steven … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1983, adventures of tintin, aliens and agenda 21, amazon, angela's christmas, baby, ballad of buster scruggs, baskets, beat, beat bugs, bigfoot, bisexual, boo 2, brainchild, cam, children act, christmas calendar, christmas chronicles, christmas prince, coldplay, creative galaxy, crew, damascus cover, dave attell, death by magic, dietland, downsizing, durrels in corfu, dust 2 glory, existenz, expanse, f is for family, fair game, final table, follow this, frontier, fugitiva, gotti, great british baking show, gymkhana files, happy as lazzaro, holiday calendar, holly hobbie, homecoming, house of cards, hulu, inside jokes, into the dark, jeff ross, john leguizamo, judgement, k, keepers of the magic, killer bees, kominsky method, kulipari, kung fu panda, la reina del flow, larger than life, last kingdom, little big awesome, loudon wainwright, loving pablo, luis and the aliens, madea, married with children, may the devil take you, mcqueen, medal of honor, mighty magiswords, mirzapur, motown magic, mystery science theater 3000, narcos, netflix, nina's world, oh my ghost, ordinary man, other side of the wind, outlaw king, patriot, Pete the cat, ponysitters club, prince of peoria, princess switch, rajma chawal, remastered, sabrina, sailor moon, she-ra, siberia, sick note, six, sleepless, spirit, spy kids, super drags, they'll love me when i'm dead, tiempo compartido, to build or not to build, treehouse detectives, trevor noah, trolls, under the tree, warrior, westside, wonder, world is yours | Leave a comment

1
Oct

Streaming Picks: October 2018

FILMS Top Picks Mulholland Dr. – Prime and Hulu 10/1 22 July – Netflix 10/10 You Were Never Really Here – Prime 10/26 If it took you several tries to get through David Lynch’s failed pilot/fever dream, you’re not alone. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 22 july, accidentally in love, adam sandler, alguien te mira, amazon, apostle, ask the doctor, bad samaritan, barbelle, beacon point, been so long, bees make honey, best worst weekend ever, beta test, big mouth, birth stories, birthday girl, black water, bleeding steel, bodyguard, boss baby, capture, castlevania, charlotte, chilling adventures of sabrina, christine mcconnell, cocaine godmother, creeped out, daddy's home 2, dancing queen, daredevil, degenerates, derren brown, dheepan, distrito salvaje, dot, dovlatov, el clon, el fantasma de elena, elite, empire games, errementari, extrano enemigo, fate extra, feminists, fightworld, game changers, girl from nowhere, gnome alone, go against the flow, goldie and bear, good enough, gospel according to andre, gotham, great news, growing pains, gun city, happily never after, hasan minhaj, haunted, haunting of hill house, hip hop evolution, how to get girls, hulu, illang, into the dark, it ain't pretty, jefe, joe rogan, kindergarten teacher, la diosa coronada, larva island, life of significant soil, light as a feather, little things, lore, lowlife, making a murderer, malevolent, man in the high castle, meateater, miles from tomorrowland, miracle season, mo amer, mr. robot, mulholland drive, my little pony, netflix, never goin back, night comes for us, night of the living deb, octonauts, pacto de sangue, paradox, prayer before dawn, private life, pushing daisies, pyewacket, quest of alaine ducasse, racer and the jailbird, ravenswood, rbg, remastered, rise of phoenixes, robozuna, romanoffs, ron white, salt fat acid heat, saving banksy, schitt's creek, scorned, september morning, seven deadly sins, shirkers, silent witness, slice, sofia the first, spaced, strangers, super monsters, tarzan and jane, terrace house, terrorism close calls, thick of it, truth or dare, tumble leaf, v, wanderlust, westwood, what we become, yellow birds, yg future office strategy, you were never really here | Leave a comment

30
Sep

What I Watched This Week: 23 Sep 2018

NEW SHOWS This Is Us – “Ave Maria” (B+) / season premiere It’s not a good sign that I’m already a little frustrated with Kate, but this excellent season premiere reminds me why I love this show so much. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged amazon, forever, good place, it's always sunny in philadelphia, this is us | Leave a comment

14
Sep

2018 Emmy Predictions: Comedy and Variety

COMEDY SERIES Atlanta (FX) Barry (HBO) Black-ish (ABC) Curb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) GLOW (Netflix) The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) Silicon Valley (HBO) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Could win: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Should win: Barry Will win: Atlanta Should have … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged amazon, at home with amy sedaris, atlanta, barry, baskets, better things, big bang theory, blackish, curb your enthusiasm, daily show, dave chappelle, drunk history, full frontal, glow, good place, grace and frankie, hbo, hulu, I love you America, insecure, jerry seinfeld, jimmy kimmel, john mulaney, justin timberlake, last week tonight, late late show, late show, martin short, marvelous mrs maisel, michelle wolf, mom, netflix, patton oswalt, portlandia, roseanne, saturday night live, shameless, showtime, silicon valley, snl, steve martin, tracey ullman, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, will and grace | Leave a comment

4
Sep

Streaming Picks: September 2018

FILMS Top Picks Adaptation – Hulu 9/1 Chinatown – Prime 9/1 Hold the Dark – Netflix 9/28 The first two are great films that got nominated for quite a few Oscars in their day. The former contains the best performance Nicolas … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 3rd eye, adaptation, afterlife, alien invasion, amazon, american horror story, american vandal, asylum, atypical, bb king, beirut, black panther, blacklist, bleach, blue rose, boca juniors confidential, Bodysnatch, bojack horseman, boom for real, broker's man, cable girls, call the midwife, car masters, chef's table, chinatown, city of joy, crescent, Daniel sloss, Daphne and Velma, dl hughley, dragon pilot, dragon prince, el marginal, escape plan 2, field of blood, first, first and last, flower, forest of piano, forever, future world, gemini, golden, good behavior, good cop, grace jones, Hannah, high fantasy, higher power, hilda, hold the dark, hot summer nights, housemaid, hulu, hurricane heist, I love you America, ingobernable, inside the freemasons, iron fist, jack whitehall, jigsaw, Kevin bishop, king lear, la catedral del mar, land of steady habits, lessons from a school shooting, life, London Irish, lost hope, lost song, love after love, made in Mexico, maniac, miracle season, monkey twins, monochrome, most assassinated woman in the world, mr sunshine, my little pony, nappily ever after, natural vice, netflix, next gen, norm macdonald, norsemen, on chesil beach, on my skin, once upon a time, palace, parents, Pete the cat, Pistorius, plonger, prime, quantico, Quincy, reboot, rocket's island, sacrifice, sam's game, Sierra burgess is a loser, sisters, six dreams, skylanders academy, strangers, stretch armstrong, stronger, Suburbicon, super monsters super party, Taiwanese tale of two cities, Texas rising, this is home, trust, two catalonias, van helsing, walking dead, wentworth, westside, wild at heart, wishenproof, women and sometimes men, world's most extraordinary homes, wrinkle in time | Leave a comment