Category Archives: Film

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Oct

Streaming Picks: October 2019

It’s an extremely jam-packed month, so let’s dive in. FILMS Top Picks High Life – Prime 10/3 El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie – Netflix 10/11 The Laundromat – Netflix 10/18 Dolemite Is My Name – Netflix 10/25 Amazing Grace … Continue reading →

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13
Sep

Things I Wrote: Summer 2019

I have somehow gone this far into 2019 without doing a round-up post on things I’ve written for respectable publications thus far. This is Part Three. (Find Part One here and Part Two here.) REVIEWS (for College Movie Review) Dark Phoenix Midsommar … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged angel has fallen, dark phoenix, good boys, kitchen, midsommar, once upon a time in hollywood, stuber, x-men | Comments Off

12
Sep

Things I Wrote: Spring 2019

I have somehow gone this far into 2019 without doing a round-up post on the things I’ve written for respectable publications thus far. This is Part Two. (Find Part One here.) REVIEWS (for College Movie Review unless otherwise noted) Climax … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged all is true, booksmart, captain marvel, climax, greener grass, hustle, john wick, little woods, ma, shazam, teen spirit | 1 Comment

11
Sep

Things I Wrote: Winter 2019

I have somehow gone this far into 2019 without doing a round-up post on things I’ve written for respectable publications thus far. This is Part One. REVIEWS (for College Movie Review, unless otherwise noted) Glass The Standoff at Sparrow Creek … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Reviews | Tagged amazing johnathan, apollo 11, birds of passage, boy who harnessed the wind, extremely wicked, give me liberty, glass, how to train your dragon, hulu, isn't it romantic, kid who would be king, miss bala, netflix, standoff at sparrow creek, they shall not grow old, this is not berlin, untouchable, where's my roy cohn | 2 Comments

1
Sep

Streaming Picks: September 2019

FILMS Top Picks Kicking and Screaming – Hulu and Prime 9/4 Ravenous – Hulu 9/1 Mouse Hunt – Prime 9/30 Superbad – Netflix 9/1 The world is literally on fire, so I’m recommending comedies to take your mind off that … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged abstract, after the screaming stops, agents of shield, amazon, american dad, american horror story, aniara, archibald's next big thing, article 15, band of blood, between two ferns, bill burr, birders, bolden, chef show, chris tall presents, chuggington, clive davis, criminal, crypto, curious george, daddy issues, disenchantment, dog and pony show, dragons, dream corp llc, el corazon de sergio ramos, el marginal, el recluso, elite, evelyn, explained, family man, fastest car, furie, glitch, gotham, head count, hello privilege, hip hop evolution, hotel mumbai, hulu, i'm sorry, i-land, in the shadow of the moon, inside bill's brain, into the dark, jack whitehall, jeff dunham, kabaneri of the iron fortress, kicking and screaming, las del hockey, last kids on earth, late night, loo loo kids, los tigres del norte, matriarch, mind explained, mo gilligan, monsters at large, mouse hunt, moving art, netflix, Niko and the sword of light, norm of the north, politician, powerpuff girls, prime, purge, ranch, ravenous, rebel in the rye, red dog, scream, serial killer, shameless, skylines, sound and fury, spy, sturgill simpson, superbad, surviving r kelly, tall girl, team kaylie, teen spirit, terrace house, transparent, travels with my father, turtle tale, unbelievable, undone, untouchable, vagabond, victoria, vis a vis, walking dead, we die young, we have always lived in the castle, world we make, wu-tang, wu-tang clan | Comments Off

13
Aug

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 13 Aug 2019

With the announcement of a new Academy president (a casting director, no less), there’s buzz building that the Oscar will finally honor ensemble casts, or at least the casting director that helped pick them out. We’ll see if that actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 1917, abominable, ad astra, farewell, ford v ferrari, frozen, goldfinch, harriet, how to train your dragon, irishman, judy, just mercy, laundromat, little women, motherless brooklyn, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, queen and slim, report, souvenir, toy story 4, us, weathering with you, won't you be my neighbor | Comments Off

1
Aug

Streaming Picks: August 2019

FILMS Top Picks The Fifth Element – Prime 8/31 Idiocracy – Hulu 8/1 Jupiter Ascending – Netflix 8/1 The Amazing Johnathan Documentary – Hulu 8/16 It’s an all sci-fi month here, each offering something different. The Fifth Element is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 100, 45rpm, a list, ad vitam, alice wetterlund, alonzo bodden, amazing johnathan, amazon, american factory, andy irons, apache, apollo, armstrong tapes, ask the storybots, attack on titan, basketball or nothing, beach bum, better than us, body at brighton rock, bookshop, cable girls, cannon busters, carnival row, carole and tuesday, dark crystal, dear white people, derry girls, diagnosis, dogman, dollar, droppin cash, el pepe, enter the anime, falling inn love, family, fifth element, find me in paris, four of a kind, free meek, frontera verde, gameface, gintama, glow, hail satan, hasan minhaj, heartland, hero mask, how to train your dragon, hulu, hyperdrive, i mom so hard, idiocracy, in the shadow of the moon, inbestigators, into the dark, invader zim, izombie, jane the virgin, jawline, jim gaffigan, jupiter ascending, kardec, kleptocrats, knightfall, la grande classe, little switzerland, love alarm, luo bao bei, mapplethorpe, mighty little bheem, mike e winfield, mindhunter, mission impossible, mom, naked director, netflix, no good nick, non-fiction, operation finale, otherhood, own the sky, patriot act, Pete the cat, photograph, plus one, prime, pure, qb1, rattlesnakes, rick steves, rocko's modern life, rust valley restorers, sacred games, sextuplets, sharkfest, she-ra, simon amstell, simple favor, sintonia, son, spirit, styling hollywood, super monsters, swan princess, swat, this is football, this way up, tiffany haddish, trolls, true and the rainbow kingdom, un bandido honrado, unikitty, victim number 8, workin moms, wu assassins, zoo-head | Comments Off

1
Jul

Streaming Picks: July 2019

FILMS Top Picks Under the Silver Lake – Prime 7/1 Drop Dead Gorgeous – Hulu 7/5 Apollo 11 – Hulu 7/20 Inglourious Basterds – Netflix 7/22 It’s actually an incredible month for movies on streaming platforms this month, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 3 below, 4 latas, after darkness, all or nothing, along with the gods, amazing world of gumball, another life, apollo 11, arctic, bangkok love stories, blown away, boi, bonus family, boys, brink, captain underpants, cities of last things, clique, comedians in cars getting coffee, comicstaan, designated survivor, dino dana, drop dead gorgeous, extreme engagement, family reunion, field guide to evil, four weddings and a funeral, frankenstein's monster's monster frankenstein, free rein, girls with balls, good witch, great hack, harlots, haunting of sharon tate, hellboy, i trapped the devil, in the dark, inglourious basterds, into the dark, it's always sunny in philadelphia, kakegurui xx, katherine ryan, kengan ashura, kidnapping stella, kung fu panda, la casa de papel, last chance u, last czars, last man, last word, letdown, light as a feather, luis miguel, marshall, mary poppins returns, my first first love, never grow old, orange is the new black, parchis, peterloo, pinky malinky, point blank, power, queer eye, red sea diving resort, saint seya, secret obsession, serenity, son, stranger things, sugar rush, tabaluga, taco chronicles, time freak, tokyo ghoul, trading paint, trapped, true tunes, typewriter, under the silver lake, venture bros, veronica mars, vigilante, wentworth, whitney cummings, woman at war, workin moms, worst witch, wynonna earp, yummy mummies | Comments Off

1
Jun

Streaming Picks: June 2019

FILMS Top Picks True Grit (2010) – Hulu and Prime 6/29 Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse – Netflix 6/26 The Coen Brothers’ take on the John Wayne Western is one of the best remakes of all time, featuring phenomenal performances from Jeff … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 12 monkeys, 20th century women, 3 percent, 3rd eye, absentia, ad vitam, adam devine, aggretsuko, alcasser murders, alles ist gut, answer for heaven, arthdal chronicles, ask dr ruth, awake, beats, black godfather, black mirror, bob dylan, bolivar, casketeers, charite at war, chasing happiness, chef show, chosen one, cinderella pop, confession tapes, creative galaxy, dark, das boot, death true, designated survivor, diane, documental, documentary now, dope, dynasty, edge of democracy, elisa and marcela, end of evangelion, evangelion, exhibit a, final life, forest of piano, girlfriends guide to divorce, girls incarcerated, go live your way, grey's anatomy, handmaid's tale, home again, hulu, hurley, i am mother, i still see you, instant hotel, into the dark, into the spider-verse, jaoon kahan bata ae dil, jessica jones, jinn, jo koy, juliet naked, kakegurui xx, la misma sangre, le chant du loup, leila, life overtakes me, madam secretary, malibu rescue, marlon, mike epps, million dollar game, miranda sings live, missing, motown magic, mr iglesias, neon genesis evangelion, netflix, new york times, oh ramona, out of the blue, pacahamama, paquita salas, prime, ralph breaks the internet, riveras, rock my heart, rolling thunder revue, scare tactics, shooter, spider-man, spiderman, spy who dumped me, star vs the forces of evil, suits, super monsters, tales of the city, tokyo alice, trinkets, true grit, unite 42, vice, vox lux, weekly, wiseguy, yardie | Comments Off

1
May

Streaming Picks: May 2019

FILMS Top Picks Suspiria (2018) – Prime 5/3 Crash (2005) – Hulu and Prime 5/5 Moonlight – Netflix 5/21 While Luca Guadagnino’s remake of Dario Argento’s classic horror flick (my all-time favorite, in fact) isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, it … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1994, a pesar de todo, above majestic, abyss, action point, after maria, against the clock, all in my family, alles ist gut, alta mar, always be my maybe, amazon, angels of death, angie tribeca, arrow, astral, backtrace, bad blood, baywatch, bernie the dolphin, black spot, breath away, broad city, catch 22, charmed, chip and potato, chopsticks, claws, clovehitch killer, colony, crash, cupcake and dino, dead to me, driver x, drunk history, dry martina, durrells in corfu, easy, egg, flash, fleabag, flinch, funny cow, gente que viene y bah, getting grace, good omens, good sam, harvey girls forever, hasan minhaj, hillbilly, historical roasts, how to sell drugs online fast, hulu, into the dark, it's bruno, jailbirds, jeff ross, jo pil-ho, joy, killer ratings, knock down the house, last kids on earth, last summer, laugh in, legends of tomorrow, lucifer, malibu rescue, manifik, mechanism, moonlight, morir para contar, my hero academia, nailed it, netflix, nutcracker, one million american dreams, one night in spring, outlander, painkillers, patriot act, perfection, poldark, pose, preacher, prime, prince of peoria, queen of the south, rain, remastered, rim of the world, riverdale, rosario tijeras, roswell new mexico, saverio raimondo, see you yesterday, she's gotta have it, sheherazade, slasher, sneaky pete, society, supergirl, supernatural, Suspiria, svaha, swimming with men, tale of two kitchens, terror, true and the rainbow kingdom, tuca and bertie, undercover, unicorn, wanda sykes, welcome to mercy, well intended love, what if, when they see us, white gold, wine country, wishenpoof, yardie | Comments Off