Category Archives: Previews

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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 →

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15
Oct

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Oct 2018

BEST PICTURE The Favourite First Man Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk Roma A Star Is Born Vice Widows Falling off: Beautiful Boy; Mary, Queen of Scots; On the Basis of Sex Rising star: Can You Ever Forgive Me? … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged at eternity's gate, beautiful boy, black klansman, boy erased, can you ever forgive me, favourite, first man, front runner, 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 | Comments Off

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 | Comments Off

16
Sep

2018 Emmy Predictions: Limited

LIMITED SERIES The Alienist (TNT) The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX) Genius: Picasso (National Geographic) Godless (Netflix) Patrick Melrose (Showtime) Could win: The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story Should and will win: Godless Should have … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged alienist, american crime story, american horror story, american vandal, assassination of gianni versace, black mirror, genius, godless, hbo, jesus christ superstar, law and order, looming tower, netflix, paterno, patrick melrose, seven seconds, showtime, sinner, tale, twin peaks, waco | Comments Off

15
Sep

2018 Emmy Predictions: Drama

DRAMA SERIES The Americans (FX) The Crown (Netflix) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Westworld (HBO) Could win: Game of Thrones Should win: The Americans Will win: The Handmaid’s Tale Should … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged americans, crown, game of thrones, handmaid's tale, hbo, homeland, hulu, killing eve, netflix, orphan black, ozark, stranger things, this is us, westworld | Comments Off

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 | Comments Off

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, wishenpoof, women and sometimes men, world's most extraordinary homes, wrinkle in time | Comments Off

15
Aug

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Aug 2018

Normally, I don’t do intros for these, but on August 8, the Academy announced they’re making some changes to shorten the length of the broadcast. Unfortunately, that shortchanges the brief time in the spotlight for the craftspeople who really make … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged at eternity's gate, backseat, beautiful boy, black klansman, can you ever forgive me, don't worry he won't get far on foot, favourite, first man, front runner, grinch, if beale street could talk, incredibles 2, into the spider-verse, isle of dogs, mary queen of scots, on the basis of sex, ralph breaks the internet, roma, sorry to bother you, spiderman, widows | Comments Off

1
Aug

Streaming Picks: August 2018

FILMS Top Picks The Informant! – Netflix 8/1 mother! – Amazon and Hulu 8/26 This exclamation point-heavy selection includes two of the most underrated movies of the last decade. The former includes Matt Damon’s best performance (you heard me) as … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 100, afflicted, agatha christie, all about the washingtons, all at once, ask the storybots, bert kreischer, borg vs mcenroe, brij mohan amar rahe, cage fighter, china hustle, cocaine coast, comedy lineup, crime and punishment, dating my mother, deadwind, demetri martin, desolation, dinotrux, disenchantment, disobedience, en otra piel, escape of prisoner 614, eva la trailera, flavors of youth, follow this, ghoul, good place, great news, gringo, guernsey literary and potato peel pie society, hostiles, i am a killer, informant, innocents, insatiable, inside the criminal mind, investigator, ismael's ghost, jack ryan, la casa de las flores, laws of thermodynamics, like father, marching orders, marrowbone, me too, million pound menu, minding the gap, monkey king, mother, motive, mr sunshine, on children, originals, ozark, package, paradise pd, pasion prohibida, perdida, perfect bid, perro amor, pinky malinky, ponysitters club, powerpuff girls, rosa diamante, sharp edges, spirit, splash and bubbles, stan against evil, stay here, stinky and dirty, switched, terminal, tim and eric, to all the boys i've loved before, to the moon and back, trolls, ultimate beastmaster, ultraviolet, undercover law, voltron, woman walks ahead, wraith, young and hungry, zion | Comments Off

1
Jul

Streaming Picks: July 2018

FILMS Top Picks The Brothers Bloom – Amazon and Hulu 7/1 Go – Hulu 7/1 Her – Netflix 7/29 You might have heard Rian Johnson’s name in the last six months. As the director of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, … Continue reading →

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