Category Archives: Previews

22
Apr

The Optimist’s Summer Movie Preview 2019

In a shocking turn of events, there are actually a ton of movies I’m excited for this summer. In years past, I’ve struggled to round out to an even 10. This year, however, I’m expanding to 15 titles that have … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews | Tagged avengers, blinded by the light, dark phoenix, fast and furious, godzilla, hobbs and shaw, john wick, kitchen, long shot, men in black, midsommar, once upon a time in hollywood, spider-man, spiderman, toy story 4, where'd you go bernadette, x-men, yesterday | Comments Off

3
Apr

Streaming Picks: April 2019

Sorry for the delay. March was a crazy month that involved a lot of travel. The Criterion Channel launches on my birthday (April 8) and I’m hoping that’s one of my gifts. Might eventually add that to the list of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged addams family, addams family values, amazon, anthony jeselnik, arcadia, attack on titan, baki, beast of the water, black summer, bob hope, bonding, bonnie and clyde, book club, border, bosch, brene brown, bug diaries, buried alive, burning, carol burnett, chambers, chilling adventures of sabrina, chio's school road, cuckoo, diablo guardian, don't go, fairy tail, fortunate man, grass is greener, hateful eight, how not to summon a demon lord, huge in france, hulu, humans, i am the night, i daniel blake, i think you should leave, ingress, into the dark, kevin hart, land imagined, last ship, legacies, luis miguel, mid90s, mighty little bheem, murder she wrote, music teacher, my first first love, netflix, new girl, one punch man, our planet, overboard, perfect date, persona, pinky malinky, pledge, prime, protector, quake, quiet place, ramy, red skelton, remastered, rick steves, rilakkuma and kaoru, roman empire, samantha, selection day, señora acero, she-ra, silence, sisters brothers, someone great, special, spirit, stargate universe, street food, super monsters, suzzanna, tick, tijuana, tim robinson, trolls, tyrel, ultraman, unicorn store, vikings, we are columbine, who would you take to a deserted island, yankee, you vs wild | Comments Off

1
Mar

Streaming Picks: March 2019

FILMS Top Picks Tapeheads – Prime and Hulu 3/1 This mostly forgotten ’80s comedy has a very strong but very tiny cult, of which I am a part. It’s a delightful, goofy and clever buddy picture with John Cusack and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 15 august, acrimony, act, after life, ainori love wagon, amy schumer, antoine griezmann, arrested development, assassination nation, bangkok love stories, bayoneta, boston legal, boy who harnessed the wind, budapest, burn out, cam life, cardinal, carlo and malik, catastrophe, charlie's colorforms city, chef flynn, christopher robin, cold war, colette, costume quest, cricket fever, delhi crime, dirt, divide and conquer, domestics, drifters, dry martina, el sabor de las margaritas, fear the walking dead, formula 1, free solo, girl, green door, hanna, hasan minhaj, highwaymen, historia de un crimen, how to get away with murder, hulu, hunter x hunter, i can only imagine, if i hadn't met you, immortals, into the dark, jimmy carr, juanita, juda, lady j, las munecas de la mafia, last race, legend of cocaine island, little house on the prairie, lives of others, love death and robots, made in heaven, mirage, monsters and men, most beautiful thing, nate bargatze, netflix, no way out, on my block, order, osmosis, ouija house, outlaws, party's just beginning, paskal, patriot act, practice, prime, queer eye, remastered, rick steves, river's edge, robozuna, romance is a bonus book, royals, santa clarita diet, secret city, selling sunset, separation, shadow, shoplifters, shrill, speed kills, stinky and dinky, tapeheads, tea with the dames, terrace house, tin star, trailer park boys, traitors, triple frontier, turn up charlie, unit, walk ride rodeo, where hands touch, widow, yoohoo to the rescue, your son | Comments Off

22
Feb

Oscar Guide 2019

If I was confused last year, this year I’m completely and utterly lost. The only things I’m sure about are “Shallow” winning Best Original Song and Roma winning Best Foreign Language Film. Any of this year’s other frontrunners losing to another nominee wouldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged at eternity's gate, avengers, ballad of buster scruggs, black klansman, black panther, bohemian rhapsody, border, can you ever forgive me, capernaum, christopher robin, cold war, favourite, first man, free solo, green book, hale county, hulu, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, infinity war, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, mary poppins returns, mary queen of scots, minding the gap, mirai, netflix, never look away, of fathers and sons, quiet place, ralph breaks the internet, rbg, ready player one, roma, shoplifters, solo, spider-man, star is born, star wars, vice, wife | Comments Off

1
Feb

Streaming Picks: February 2019

FILMS Top Picks Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot – Prime 2/8 The Sisters Brothers – Hulu 2/18 Velvet Buzzsaw – Netflix 2/1 High Flying Bird – Netflix 2/8 If you need more proof that Joaquin Phoenix is one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged abc murders, all square, archer, big family cooking showdown, bordertown, break, breaker uppers, captain underpants, chef's table, dangerous world of comedy, dating around, dear ex, death wish, dog days, don't worry he won't get far on foot, dragon prince, drug king, el arbol de la sangre, every day, false flag, firebrand, flavorful origins, free rein, generation wealth, giant beast that is the global economy, go, guilty, hasan minhaj, high flying bird, hillary, if you give a mouse a cookie, in plain sight, into the dark, jeopardy, just add magic, ken jeong, kevin hart, larry charles, legion, little women, lorena, nailed it, odd squad, one day at a time, paddleton, papillon, paris is us, party, patriot act, pen15, photographer of mauthausen, pick of the litter, promise, ray romano, rebellion, remastered, romance is a bonus book, russian doll, saints and sinners, school, siempre bruja, sisters brothers, stan against evil, suburra, three identical strangers, true, tumble leaf, tunnel, umbrella academy, unauthorized living, unforgettable, unsolved, velvet buzzsaw, what they had, white dragon, workin moms, yucatan, zac and mia | Comments Off

15
Jan

Final Oscar Picks 2019

BEST PICTURE Black Klansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Roma A Star Is Born Vice Dark Horse: Crazy Rich Asians Long Shot: First Man Total Shock: If Beale Street Could Talk The skinny: This season has been … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged avengers, ballad of buster scruggs, beautiful boy, black klansman, black panther, bohemian rhapsody, can you ever forgive me, capernaum, cold war, dumplin, eighth grade, fantastic beasts, favourite, first man, first reformed, free solo, green book, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, infinity war, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, mary poppins returns, mary queen of scots, minding the gap, mirai, mission impossible, never look away, nutcracker, quiet place, ralph breaks the internet, rbg, ready player one, roma, shoplifters, spiderman, stan and ollie, star is born, three identical strangers, vice, wife, won't you be my neighbor | Comments Off

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 | Comments Off

15
Dec

Oscar Picks: 15 Dec 2018

BEST PICTURE Black Klansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk Roma A Star Is Born Vice Falling off: First Man, Widows Rising star: Mary Poppins Returns The skinny: This sucks. Two of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged beautiful boy, black klansman, bohemian rhapsody, can you ever forgive me, early man, eighth grade, favourite, first man, first reformed, green book, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, into the spider-verse, isle, ralph breaks the internet, roma, spiderman, star is born, vice, wife | Comments Off

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 | Comments Off

15
Nov

Oscar Picks: 15 Nov 2018

BEST PICTURE The Favourite First Man Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk Roma A Star Is Born Vice Widows Falling off: None Rising star: Black Panther The skinny: Though Green Book will come on strong after its Thanksgiving opening, … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged beautiful boy, boy erased, can you ever forgive me, favourite, first man, green book, grinch, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, on the basis of sex, ralph breaks the internet, roma, sorry to bother you, spiderman, star is born, vice, widows | 1 Comment