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Oscar Picks: 15 Jan 2021
BEST PICTUREDa 5 BloodsThe Father Ma Rainey’s Black BottomMankMinariNomadlandOne Night in Miami…The Trial of the Chicago 7 Falling off: News of the WorldRising star: Promising Young Woman The skinny: It’s still a little weird that only three of these movies … Continue reading →
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Tagged amazon, borat, da 5 bloods, disney, father, first cow, 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
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Streaming Picks: January 2021
With so many new streaming services, I figured this year I’d expand the scope of this column again. I’m adding Disney+ and HBO MAX, so bear with me as a lot of new titles get added. I’ll still try to … Continue reading →
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Tagged 12oz mouse, 30 coins, 50m2, abby hatcher, alienist, alone, amazon, animo juventud, apple and onion, asphalt burning, at home with amy sedaris, axios, baby looney tunes, baby shark, babylon 5, band that rocked argentina, batman, batman beyond, beecham house, below zero, ben 10, bill maher, bling empire, blown away, bonding, boruto, brooklyn saints, bryant gumbel, busted, call my agent, carmen sandiego, cb strike, certain scientific railgun, charming, check it out, chick fight, cobra kai, codename kids next door, commandments, courage the cowardly dog, crack, craig of the creek, daughter from another mother, derek delgaudio, dexter, dig, dinosaurs, disenchantment, disney, disney fam jam, don't let go, double dad, dream home makeover, earth to ned, ed edd n eddy, elena of avalor, endlings, euphoria, eve, everwood, everyone is doing great, fate, fatima, final shot, finding ohana, fire force, flack, gabby's dollhouse, go dog go, gomorrah, gossip girl, grantchester, green lantern, gretel and hansel, haunted hathaways, haves and the have nots, hbo max, headspace guide to meditation, hello ninja, henry danger, herself, high note, history of swear words, hulu, ice cold murders, idhun chronicles, in and of itself, inside the world's toughest prisons, intouchables, is it wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon, jann, jazz, jellies, jessy and nessy, june and kopi, jurassic park, ken burns, king of staten island, kuroko's basketball, la's finest, last tango in halifax, like a boss, little things, locked down, loiter squad, looney tunes cartoons, love featuring marriage and divorce, lupin, ma, magicians, mao mao, marvel studios legends, mighty little bheem, mighty oak, minimalists, miracle workers, monarca, mortal, nailed it, netflix, netflix afterparty, new adventures of old christine, night stalker, no escape, ollie and moon, one night in miami, one punch man, other parents, outside the wire, painting with john, pandora, penguin bloom, pieces of a woman, piter, pixar popcorn, pretend it's a city, prime, promare, pushing daisies, radium girls, ratones paranoicos, re zero, real sports, real time, rhythm section, rocco schiavone, roots, save yourselves, search party, secrets we keep, si yo fuera rico, sightless, silencing, sister, snowpiercer, so my grandma's a lesbian, spycraft, squish, star is born, star wars, stuck apart, surviving death, tandav, terra willy, tiger, tom goes to the mayor, tony parker, turtle tale, ultimate playlist of noise, wandavision, warrior, wayans bros, we are, we are the brooklyn saints, what happened to mr cha, what i like about you, white tiger
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Streaming Picks: December 2020
FILMSTop PicksEyes Wide Shut – Hulu 12/1 Mank – Netflix 12/4Sound of Metal – Prime 12/4 Stanley Kubrick’s final film has returned to Hulu, just in time for a supremely fucked up holiday season. If you’ve been putting it off, … Continue reading →
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Tagged affair, after we collided, alice in borderland, alien worlds, amazon, american animals, angela's christmas, anitta, arashi's diary, ari eldjarn, ashley garcia, asphalt burning, ava, bayou caviar, bernie mac, best leftovers ever, best of standup, bhaag beanie bhaag, big mouth, big show show, black ops, blackbird, bobbleheads, bombay rose, brassic, braven, break, break it all, bridgerton, california christmas, canvas, captain underpants, chico bon bon, chilling adventures of sabrina, christmas chalet, christmas crossfire, city on a hill, clifford, con is on, cops and robbers, dare me, detention, deutschland 89, dirt music, dna, emicida, endless, enterprice, equinox, euphoria, expanse, eyes wide shut, fairy princess and the unicorn, fast and furious, fierce, george gently, giving voice, go go cory carson, gormiti, grand tour, great british baking show, grizzlies, guest, guest house, happytime murders, hardy boys, hazel brugger, hilda, holiday movies that made us, home for christmas, hope gap, hot air, house divided, how to fake a war, how to ruin christmas, hulu, i'm your woman, idiomatic, jeopardy, just another christmas, kalel 15, kingmaker, kings of joburg, l word, letterkenny, leyla everlasting, london hughes, los rodriguez el mas alla, lovestruck in the city, lupin the 3rd, ma rainey's black bottom, mad about you, madagascar, magic school bus, manhunt, mank, mess you leave behind, midnight sky, mighty express, mr iglesias, mr jones, mr selfridge, murder in the bayou, my hero academia, natalie palamides, netflix, nos4a2, out stealing horses, peppermint, pokemon, prime, professor and the madman, prom, pup academy, ray donovan, regiment diaries, rent a pal, rhyme time town, rhys nicholson, ripper, rose island, run on, sakho and mangane, secret garden, selena, shaun the sheep, she dies tomorrow, snowbound for christmas, song exploder, sound of metal, spanish princess, spirit, spy cat, stargate sg1, super monsters, super wings, supervized, surgeon's cut, sweet home, sylvie's love, timmy time, tiny pretty things, tom and jerry, transformers, trash truck, u-turn, valley girl, victoria small, vir das, waiting for the barbarians, wilds, work in progress, yearly departed, you cannot kill david arquette, your name engraved herein
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Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Nov 2020
BEST PICTURE Da 5 BloodsMa Rainey’s Black BottomMankMinariNews of the WorldNomadlandOne Night in MiamiThe Trial of the Chicago 7 The skinny: We already have our first victim of bad reviews: Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy. Netflix’s adaptation of J.D. Vance’s controversial … Continue reading →
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Tagged amazon, da 5 bloods, father, first cow, hillbilly elegy, ma rainey's black bottom, mank, minari, netflix, never rarely sometimes always, news of the world, nomadland, one night in miami, pieces of a woman, prime, trial of the chicago 7, united states vs billie holiday
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Streaming Picks: November 2020
FILMSTop PicksThe Nice Guys – Hulu 11/9Run – Hulu 11/20 Hillbilly Elegy – Netflix 11/24Uncle Frank – Prime 11/25 First up is one of the funniest movies of the 2010s and one of my most rewatched titles from the last … Continue reading →
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Tagged 12 pups of christmas, 2nd, alex rider, alien xmas, amazon, american horror story, amulet, animaniacs, assault, aunty donna, before we die, big ugly, black narcissus, blue story, body cam, bombshell, boss baby, braking for whales, burden of truth, call, camel, centigrade, christmas break-in, christmas catch, christmas chronicles, christmas crush, christmas movie christmas, christmas on holly lane, christmas on the square, christmas solo, christmas switch, christmas with a prince, citation, community, country ever after, crown, dance dreams, dash and lily, delicious, dolly parton, don't listen, dragons, eater's guide to the world, el cuaderno de tony, el presidente, el sabor de las margaritas, elf pets, felix lobrecht, ferro, finding agnes, flavorful origins, garfield show, general commander, george burns, go go cory carson, graceful friends, gracie allen, great pretender, happiest season, hawkeye, hillbilly elegy, holiday home makeover, hometown holiday, hulu, i am greta, if anything happens i love you, james may, jamestown, jingle jangle, killing eve, la belva, la trinchera infinita, larry the cable guy, last of the mohicans, liberator, life ahead, life in a year, love and anarchy, love so beautiful, ludo, majestic christmas, man who invented christmas, marrying father christmas, mcqueen, midnight at the magnolia, mighty ones, mile 22, minions of midas, mister rogers neighborhood, most wanted, mosul, mother, my hero academia, naked hustle, netflix, nice girl like you, nice guys, no man's land, once upon a time at christmas, operation christmas drop, pack, paranormal, paws p.i., piercing, power, prime, princess switch, prospect, queen is born, restaurant, retaliation, rick and morty, ride, rock n roll christmas, run, rust creek, scooby-doo, scrubs, secret, seven stages to achieve eternal bliss, shawn mendes, skins, small axe, spookley, sputnik, stockholm, sugar rush christmas, teacher, tesla, trash truck, uberweihnachten, uncanny conter, uncle frank, undercover, vik the viking, virgin river, voices of fire, wayne, we are the champions, wetlands, what we wanted, wonderoos
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Streaming Picks: October 2020
FILMSTop PicksA Knight’s Tale – Prime 10/1The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Netflix 10/16 Bad Hair – Hulu 10/23 First up is one of the most rewatchable movies of the 21st Century, a rousing period comedy about jousting. Sure, … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1992, 40 and single, alice junior, all because of you, amazon, america's great divide, ami, arashi's diary, archive, babysitter's guide to monster hunting, bad hair, bad therapy, bakugan, barbarians, berlusconi rising, bert kreischer, binding, black 47, black box, blackpink, blood of zeus, books of blood, bronx, bug diaries, cabin, cadaver, carlos almaraz, carmen sandiego, chasing the crown, chico bon bon, cisco kid, code lyoko, cyrano my love, david attenborough, day of the lord, deaf u, dick johnson is dead, dragon ball super, dream home makeover, emily in paris, evil, evil eye, familiar wife, fast and furious, fenty, food wars, forty year old version, fuck that's delicious, get shorty, ginny weds sunny, go go cory carson, good morning veronica, grand army, guillermo vilas, halal love story, half and half, haunting of bly manor, helstrom, his house, holidate, homeland, hubie halloween, hulu, hummingbird project, i'm leaving now, infamous, judy and punch, kindred spirits, kipo and the age of wonderbeasts, knight's tale, la revolution, la sucursal, last kids on earth, liar, lie, life after basketball, life on our planet, loudest voice, love like the falling rain, magic school bus, mirzapur, momma named me sheriff, monsterland, most beautiful thing, move, mr pickles, mr. robot, mrs wilson, mystery road, netflix, next level, nobody sleeps in the woods tonight, nocturne, octonauts, oktoberfest, oloture, one on one, outpost, over the moon, painted bird, pbs kids, perdidia, playing with fire, power rangers, prime, purge, queen's gambit, rebecca, rooting for roona, sandman, sarah cooper, savage, savage x fenty, savage youth, schitt's creek, scotch, secrets of the saqqara tomb, serious men, settling the score, sk8 dawg, social distance, somebody feed phil, someone has to die, song exploder, soorarai pottru, spooky stories, starbeam, start up, suburra, super monsters, swing of things, sword art online, tales of tomorrow, terminator, thou shalt not kill, time, to the lake, treadstone, trial of the chicago 7, truth seekers, unicorn, unsolved mysteries, vampires vs the bronx, we have always lived in the castle, what the constitution means to me, worst witch, yes god yes, you cannot hide, you've got this
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Streaming Picks: September 2020
FILMSTop 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 … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1 million happy nows, 1/1, abe and phil's last poker game, addams family, alfonso padilha, all in, amazon, american barbecue showdown, american murder, arashi's diary, away, awoken, baby, babysitter, babyteeth, bachelor lions, bad boy billionaires, bank job, bitter melon, blackbird, bookmarks, borgen, boss baby, boys, bully, bureau, cedar cove, challenger, chef show, chef's table, chico bon bon, codename kids next door, countryish, crimson field, devil all the time, dino dana, dragon's dogma, duchess, dunning man, eaten by lions, enemy within, enola holmes, explained, family business, felipe esparza, festival, fight, forces of nature, freaks, gemini man, george gently, get organized, gift, gims, girlfriends, glorias, go-getters, good place, greenleaf, haunted, hell on the border, hero elementary, hope frozen, hulu, i'd like to be alone now, i'm dying up here, i'm not here, i'm thinking of ending things, idhun chronicles, if loving you is wrong, inherit the viper, izzy's koala world, jack benny, judy, julie and the phantoms, jurassic world, keeping faith, la linea, la partita, last word, lost okorishi, love guaranteed, love song for latasha, madagascar, meateater, michelle buteau, mignonnes, mike tyson mysteries, my hero academia, my octopus teacher, netflix, paramedic, pen15, perfect crime, pets united, pokemon, prime, ratched, record of youth, ring thing, roy rogers, school nurse files, se busca papa, sherman's showcase, signs, sing on, sister sister, smurfs, snapshots, sneakerheads, so much love to give, social dilemma, spirit, starbeam, stardog and turbocat, taco chronicles, teen titans, teen titans go, to keep the light, trauma center, true, turkey bowl, utopia, welcome to sudden death, wentworth, what children do, what if it works, woke, wrong man, young wallander
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Streaming Picks: August 2020
FILMS Top Picks ’71 – Hulu 8/1 Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Netflix 8/1 Inception – Prime 8/1 One of my favorite quarantine watches thus far was ’71, a harrowing thriller about a British officer left behind after … Continue reading →
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Tagged 1br, 3%, 5th ward, 71, aggretsuko, alien tv, all together now, amazon, anelka, arkansas, behind you, berenstain bears, berlin berlin, bernie the dolphin, beverly hillbillies, big show show, binge, biohackers, blindspot, blood, boys, bridge curse, californication, capone, chemical hearts, chesapeake shores, clifford, cobra kai, connected, courier, crazy awesome teachers, crimenes de familia, daffodils, demarcus family rules, do do sol sol la la sol, dora and the lost city of gold, dora the explorer, dusty's trail, easy girl, emily's wonder lab, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, fearless, find me in paris, fuego negro, game on, glitch techs, glow up, go go cory carson, good kisser, great heist, great pretender, gunjan saxena, hard night falling, high score, high seas, hoops, hulu, i am a killer, immigration nation, inception, jessy and nessy, john was trying to contact aliens, julie and the phantoms, la venganza de analia, legend of korra, legion, lego jurassic world, les miserables, lolle on the run, lucifer, lucky day, magic school bus, malibu rescue, million dollar beach home, misunderstood, mom, monchichi, my perfect landing, mystery lab, nailed it, netflix, octonauts, ojos in d house, operation ouch, ordinary love, peanut butter falcon, pier, power players, primal, prime, prime rewind, project power, rain, rescue bots academy, rising phoenix, rita, riviera, roads not taken, rob schneider, rogue warfare, rust valley restorers, sam jay, selling sunset, seven deadly sins, sing on, slay the dragon, sleepover, smile down the runway, stranger, super monsters, sword art online, takki, teacher, teenage bounty hunters, tiny creatures, toradora, transformers, trinkets, unikitty, unknown origins, unwell, we summon the darkness, wizards, word party, work it, world's most wanted, world's toughest race
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Streaming Picks: July 2020, Part 2
Universal is the latest media conglomerate to get into the streaming game. While the service will eventually include the complete run of the American Office and a third season of my beloved A.P. Bio, at launch it’s somewhat slim pickin’s. … Continue reading →
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Tagged 100 dias para enamoranos, 30 rock, affair, battlestar galactica, brave new world, brooklyn nine-nine, capture, carol burnett, cennet, charmed, cheers, chicago fire, chicago med, chicago pd, cleopatra in space, columbo, criminal intent, curious george, do the right thing, downton abbey, everybody hates chris, everybody loves raymond, five bedrooms, frasier, friday night lights, game, george lopez, heroes, house, in deep, intelligence, johnny carson, king of queens, la dona, law and order, law and order special victims unit, law and order svu, leave it to beaver, lost speedways, manifest, married with children, monk, new amsterdam, parenthood, parks and rec, project blue book, psych, punky brewster, ray donovan, real husbands of hollywood, ryan lochte, saturday night live, saved by the bell, snl, suits, superstore, tonight show, two and a half men, where's waldo, will and grace, yellowstone, zoey's extraordinary playlist
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Streaming Picks: July 2020, Part 1
I’ll be doing a big preview of Peacock when/if they reveal a full list of what will be available at launch. This post will cover the Big Three (Netflix, Hulu, Prime). FILMS Top Picks The Films of Christopher Guest – … Continue reading →
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Tagged 2099, a cantar, abby hatcher, absentia, amazon, animal crackers, animal kingdom, anne frank, arashi's diary, ashley garcia, assistant, baby sitters club, babysitters club, banana split, batman, best in show, boca a boca, brassic, bull, business of drugs, cable girls, captain underpants, chico bon bon, claudia kishi club, cleo and cuquin, cursed, dark desire, dating around, deadwind, desperados, diary of a prosecutor, down to earth, dragons, fatal affair, fear city, flood, for your consideration, fosters, funan, genius in love, get even, gigantosaurus, gli infedeli, hanna, hater, house that jack built, how to sell drugs online fast, hulu, human computer, in my skin, in the dark, indian matchmaking, inside the world's toughest prisons, into the dark, jack whitehall, japan sinks, jeopardy, jim gaffigan, ju-on, kid from coney island, kid like jake, kingdom, kissing booth 2, ladhood, last chance u, last dance, last full measure, latte and the magic waterstone, lego city adventures, long dumb road, love on the spectrum, marianne and leonard, mary shelley, maxxx, mighty wind, milf, mucho mucho amor, my spy, netflix, norsemen, ofrenda a la tormenta, old guard, on est ensemble, only, palm springs, parallel stories, prime, protector, psycho granny, radioactive, remix, rest of us, say i do, search, seriously single, shakuntala devi, shameless, signs, skin decisions, soldier protocol, southern survival, spanglish, speed cubers, stateless, street food, sugar rush, suits, thiago ventura, to the stars, touch of green, transformers, trapped model, twelve, umbrella academy, under the riccione sun, unsolved mysteries, urzila carlson, vis a vis, vivarium, waiting for guffman, warrior nun, weekend, what is love, whistlers, words of love, yu-gi-oh
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