Author Archives: Kip

1
Apr

Streaming Picks: April 2021

FILMSTop PicksBringing Up Baby – HBO Max 4/1 My Cousin Vinny – Prime 4/1 Rush – Netflix 4/16 Baby’s Day Out – Disney+ 4/23 It seems like we could all use some laughs and some excitement. The first two films … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1 2 3 all eyes on me, aber bergen, adventures in wonderland, adventures of napkin man, ajeeb daastaans, amazon, anne, arlo the alligator boy, art of falling in love, assembled, assume the position, baby's day out, baker and the beauty, being the queen, beneath the beat, big day, big shot, black lady sketch show, bringing up baby, bryant gumbel, burden, circle, clone wars, coded bias, concrete cowboy, couples therapy, creepshow, dad stop embarrassing me, dark city, day i became a god, diana, disciple, disney, dolly parton, ducktales, ewoks, exterminate all the brutes, falcon and the winter soldier, family reunion, fast and furious, fatma, first ladies, fly like a girl, frank of ireland, future-worm, garfield and friends, genndy tartakovsky, girl, go go cory carson, great pottery throwdown, greta thunberg, handmaid's tale, happy endings, have you ever seen fireflies, hbo max, headspace, headspace guide to sleep, heist of the century, heroes, higglytown heroes, higurashi, hulu, infinity train, into the beat, izzy's koala world, jacqueline and jilly, junior puppy pals, just say yes, keeping faith, kick buttowski, kid who would be king, knuckledust, last kids on earth, law school, life in color, liv and maddie, looney tunes cartoons, loudermilk, love in harmony valley, luis miguel, madame claude, made for love, magical andes, mare of easttown, mighty express, mira, mitchells vs the machines, modern persuasion, mortal kombat, my cousin vinny, my love, my music story, nanny, netflix, nevers, new gods, new mutants, nicky ricky dicky and dawn, night in paradise, on the spectrum, one last crusade, other two, our towns, out in the open, pet stars, pj masks, place of no words, prank encounters, primal, prime, princess cut, real sports, rectify, restaurant, ride or die, rizo, robert wuhl, rush, sasquatch, searching for sheela, secret of the whales, secrets of great british castles, secrets of sulphur springs, serpent, sexify, shadow and bone, sky high, smiley face killers, snabba cash, songbird, soul, south side, spontaneous, spy racers, stand-in, standard, star wars, stars fell on alabama, stowaway, survivor's remorse, synchronic, tell me when, tersanjung, them, things seen and heard, this is a robbery, thunder force, tom clancy, unhinged, unikitty, unremarkable juanquini, walk the prank, wander, way of the house husband, wedding coach, wework, what lies below, why are you like this, why did you kill me, wild mountain thyme, without remorse, x-men, yasuke, year to change the world, zero | Comments Off

15
Mar

Reactions to the 2021 Oscar Nominations

Biggest Snubs (in order from most to least egregious) 1. First Cow – Adapted Screenplay, Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Production Design For the first time ever, the New York Film Critics’ Circle pick for Best Film wasn’t nominated for … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Reviews | Tagged amazon, another round, apple, assistant, borat, boys state, da 5 bloods, first cow, greyhound, hbo max, hulu, i'm thinking of ending things, invisible man, judas and the black messiah, little things, netflix, never rarely sometimes always, one night in miami, palm springs, possessor, prime, sound of metal, tenet, time, vast of night, way back | Comments Off

13
Mar

Final Oscar Picks 2021

BEST PICTUREJudas and the Black Messiah Ma Rainey’s Black BottomMankMinariNomadlandOne Night in Miami…Promising Young WomanThe Trial of the Chicago 7 Dark Horse: Da 5 BloodsLong Shot: Sound of Metal Total Shock: Never Rarely Sometimes Always The skinny: Proof that the … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged all in, amazon, another round, apple, birds of prey, borat, collective, crip camp, croods, disney, emma, father, first cow, greyhound, hbo, hbo max, hillbilly elegy, hulu, judas and the black messiah, life ahead, little things, ma rainey's black bottom, mank, mauritanian, midnight sky, minari, mulan, my octopus teacher, netflix, never rarely sometimes always, news of the world, night of the kings, nomadland, one night in miami, onward, over the moon, pieces of a woman, pinocchio, prime, promising young woman, quo vadis aida, soul, sound of metal, tenet, time, trial of the chicago 7, two of us, united states vs billie holiday, welcome to chechnya, wolfwalkers | Comments Off

13
Mar

What I Watched This Week: 7 Mar 2021

BINGEINGParty Down – Season 2 (A- average)Even with the loss of Jane Lynch (who pops in the season finale), the show was even tighter and funnier than in its terrific first season. “Steve Guttenberg’s Birthday” remains an all-time classic episode. … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged hulu, party down, starz, x-files | Comments Off

1
Mar

Streaming Picks: March 2021

FILMSTop PicksEnemy of the State – Hulu 3/1 Coming 2 America – Prime 3/15 Zack Snyder’s Justice League – HBO MAX 3/18 Enemy of the State might be Tony Scott’s best movie. A quasi-sequel to The Conversation, it’s at once … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1 night in san diego, 100% wolf, 12 oz mouse, 7 yards, abla fahita, alien tv, amazon, ammonite, arashi's diary, aretha franklin, assembled, audrey, b, bad trip, bakugan, ballmastrz 9009, beginning succession, big hero 6, big time rush, biggie, block island sound, bombay begums, bombay rose, boss level, breaking the silence, breathless, bryant gumbel, buddy games, cabras de peste, captain marleau, caught by a wave, Charles and diana, chris norton, city of ghosts, collective, coming 2 america, country comfort, coven of sisters, covid diaries, cross the line, crystal fantasy, dc super hero girls, deadly illusions, dealer, dirty blonde, disney, doc mcstuffins, dogwashers, Dorothy and the wizard of oz, dota, dragon's blood, drive to survive, Ella the elphant, enemy of the state, falcon and the winter soldier, farewell amor, fifth ward, final space, fire force, food wars, formula 1, game changers, generation, genius, godzilla, godzilla vs kong, hard, haunted, here awhile, honest thief, hotel coppelia, houseboat, hulu, hunter x hunter, I got a story to tell, infomercials, inside pixar, intersect, into the dark, invincible, iron mask, irregulars, isabel, jiu jitsu, justice league, kid 90, King Kong, la templanza, last blockbuster, last chance u, last cruise, life with elizabeth, London kills, lost pirate kingdom, love alarm, loyiso gala, mae west, magic for humans, mago pop, making their mark, marriage or mortgage, marvel studios legends, messy goes to okido, mighty ducks, millennials, missing 411, moxie, murder among the mormons, my music story, nailed it, nate bargatze, naughty books, navillera, netflix, nevenka, notorious big, octonauts, one, operation varsity blues, our mothers, pacific rim, paper lives, paradise pd, Paris murders, persona, pickle and peanut, pink wall, pokemon, power rangers, prime, prodigal son, proxima, rainbow high, range rider, re zero, real sports, rebell comedy, returned, rhymes through times, seaspiracy, secret magic control agency, sentinelle, shadows, shipwrecked, sister aimee, sky rojo, skylines, solar opposites, south park, staged, stand, starbeam, superman, three busy debras, tig n seek, tigtone, tina, tina turner, tiny audience, tokyo rising, tracks, triggered, trolls, under suspicion, undocumented lawyer, vikings, waffles and mochi, week away, who killed sara, words on bathroom walls, world party, yes day, yin-yang master, yolo, zero chill | Comments Off

27
Feb

What I Watched This Week: 21 Feb 2021

BINGEINGParty Down – Season 1 (A- average)An exceptional ensemble comedy that manages to do just about everything right: romance, multilayered characters, cringe-inducing moments, verbal gags and a perfectly fine-tuned ensemble. The X-Files – Season 1 (B+ average)Like a lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged hulu, netflix, party down, schitt's creek, x-files | Comments Off

20
Feb

The Anniversary Albums Project: Best of 2020

New music has lost a lot of hold on me over the last few years. And two years ago I decided that instead of trying to keep up with it all, I’d look back at music history and listen to … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Music | Tagged a tribe called quest, ac/dc, air, alanis morissette, almost famous, angelo badalamenti, annie lennox, arcade fire, b-52's, badly drawn boy, beach house, betty carter, bjork, black sabbath, blues brothers, brand nubian, bruce springsteen, cat stevens, ccr, clash, cocteau twins, coldplay, creedence clearwater revival, d'angelo, danger mouse, david bowie, death cab for cutie, dire straits, eli paperboy reed, elliott smith, elton john, elvis costello, eminem, eric b and rakim, feelies, frightened rabbit, fugazi, garth brooks, gaslight anthem, genesis, george harrison, george michael, ghostface killah, girl talk, godspeed you black emperor, goldie, goodie mob, gorillaz, gza, high fidelity, hold steady, jam, james brown, janelle monae, jawbreaker, joe cocker, john lennon, joni mitchell, joy division, kanye west, khaled, killing joke, kings of leon, kinks, klf, kronos quartet, lambchop, las, lcd soundsystem, lecrae, led zeppelin, leftfield, local natives, madonna, marah, matchbox 20, matchbox twenty, miles davis, modest mouse, mouse on mars, mumford and sons, national, now, now that's what i call music, o brother where art thou, oasis, outkast, passengers, pavement, pet shop boys, peter gabriel, pixies, police, prefab sprout, pretenders, primal scream, prince, public enemy, pulp, radiohead, raekwon, randy newman, ride, rocket summer, rockpile, roots, ryan adams, santana, sarah jaffe, selena, shutter island, simon and garfunkel, sinead o'connor, smashing pumpkins, soft boys, sparklehorse, squeeze, sr-71, sr71, stooges, sufjan stevens, talking heads, they might be giants, titus andronicus, tom waits, tricky, u2, van morrison, velvet underground, who, xtc, yo la tengo | Comments Off

15
Feb

Oscar Picks: 15 Feb 2021

We finally got a load of precursors to help us see who were contenders and who were pretenders, but there’s still a lot we don’t know. I’ll have my final picks a day or two before the nominations are announced … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Previews | Tagged amazon, borat, da 5 bloods, disney, father, first cow, hbo max, hillbilly elegy, hulu, judas and the black messiah, ma rainey's black bottom, mank, minari, netflix, nomadland, one night in miami, pieces of a woman, prime, promising young woman, soul, sound of metal, trial of the chicago 7, united states vs billie holiday | Comments Off

1
Feb

Streaming Picks: February 2021

FILMSTop PicksComing to America – Prime 2/1Judas and the Black Messiah – HBO MAX 2/12 Nomadland – Hulu 2/19 First up are two major selections for Black History Month. The former is John Landis’ uproarious fish-out-of-water comedy, which hits Prime … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 12 hour shift, 19-2, 2067, abducted, all my friends are dead, amazon, american dragon, american style, animals on the loose, antebellum, arthur's law, batman, beartown, beatriz luengo, behind her eyes, behind the mask, ben 10, bigfoot family, billions, black art, black beach, black boy joy, bliss, boarding school, brian regan, britney spears, bryant gumbel, buried by the bernards, canine intervention, capitani, caught by a wave, chewing gum, city on a hill, classmates minus, clifford, coming to america, crazy about her, crew, crime scene, cypher, dani rovira, disney, disney channel games, disneyland paris, dolapo is fine, dream of eternity, earwig and the witch, fake famous, firefly lane, flora and ulysses, food wars, for the love of jason, game, geez and ann, gen lock, ginny and georgia, good girls, hate, haute dog, havana street party, hbo max, head of the class, hello me, high rise invasion, hip hop uncovered, hitsville, hot ones, how it really happened, hulu, i care a lot, i married joan, icarly, in other words, in the absence of light, informer, inside pixar, into the dark, investigation, irresistible, it's a sin, jake long, jimmy carter, john oliver, judas and the black messiah, jujutsu kaisen, justice league, justice league unlimited, kid cosmic, killer truth, la deuda, last paradiso, last week tonight, layla majnun, little big women, little coincidences, lost girls and love hotels, love by accident, love daily, lupe, malcolm and marie, map of tiny perfect things, marvel battleworld, meateater, mercy street, mickey go local, mighty express, misadventures of hedi and cokeman, mommy is a murderer, monsoon, muppet show, muppets, my dead ex, my music story, nadiya bakes, netflix, new york times, nomadland, of mics and men, okavongo, one careful owner, one on one, pair of kings, pele, possessor, prime, raiders of ghost city, real sports, red dot, robot chicken, rocks, rodeo film, roll it back, safe house, school that tried to end racism, scooby-doo, secrets of sulphur springs, shanghai disney, sinner, snowfall, sonic the hedgehog, space sweepers, squared love, static shock, storybook ending, strip down rise up, tacoma fd, tell me your secrets, tempted by danger, then came you, there is no i in threesome, they ready, thus spoke kishibe rohan, tiffany haddish, to all the boys i've loved before, tom and jerry, tribes of europa, two sentence horror stories, united shades of america, united states vs billie holiday, unsettling, upside down, very scary people, w kamau bell, warrior queen of jhansi, we bare bears, white princess, windsors, world we make, wu-tang clan, xico's journey, yin-yang master, yoshiki, you vs wild, zac and mia | Comments Off

30
Jan

What I Watched This Week: 24 Jan 2021

BINGEINGDanger 5 – Season 2 (A- average)The show turns everything to 11 for this outrageous follow-up that spoofs ’80s action and sci-fi. There’s so much gore and nudity, I’m surprised Vinegar Syndrome hasn’t tried to release this on Blu-ray yet.

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged amazon, danger 5, prime | Comments Off