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Netflix Picks: June 2017
BEST BET – FILM Okja – 6/28 God bless Netflix. No, really. Who else would bankroll an environmental satire/kid-creature buddy movie from Bong Joon Ho? While booed at Cannes – mostly for its “They’re killing the theatrical experience!” B.S. – … Continue reading
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Tagged agents of shield, aquarius, baby daddy, chris d'elia, comedy bang bang, counterpunch, el chapo, flaked, free rein, glow, grey's anatomy, gypsy, inspector gadget, intersection, little witch academia, lucid dream, marco luque, my only love song, netflix, nobody speak, off camera, oh hello, okja, orange is the new black, quantico, ranch, rory scovel, scandal, shimmer lake, shooter, turn, west coast customs, world of winx, you get me, young and hungry
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Netflix Picks: May 2017
BEST BET – FILM War Machine – 5/26 Netflix’s biggest acquisition to date: A $60 million satire about U.S. involvement in Afghanistan starring Brad Pitt from the director of Animal Kingdom. It’s going to be really tricky to pull off, … Continue reading
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Tagged all hail king julien, anne with an e, blame, bloodline, bunk'd, chelsea, f is for family, fosters, get me roger stone, handsome, hasan minhaj, house of cards, in the shadow of iris, joshua, kazoops, keepers, laerte-se, last kingdom, maria bamford, mars generation, master of none, mindhorn, norm macdonald, riverdale, roger stone, royal pains, sahara, sarah silverman, sense8, sherlock, simplemente manu nna, spirit, switched at birth, tracy morgan, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, under arrest, war machine
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The Optimist’s Summer Movie Preview 2017
The real world has given us plenty of reasons to be cynical, so I’m going to try to keep that from creeping into my take on the summer movies we’re getting. As always, it’s dominated by sequels and comic book … Continue reading
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Tagged alien, atomic blonde, baby driver, big sick, dark tower, detroit, dunkirk, guardians of the galaxy, planet of the apes, spiderman, valerian
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Netflix Picks: April 2017
BEST BET – FILM Win It All (2017) – 4/7 Small Crimes (2017) – 4/28 I missed both of these when I was down in Austin for SXSW, but I love that Netflix is funding and finding homes for indie … Continue reading
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Tagged 101 year old man, bill nye, bill nye saves the world, casting jonbenet, chelsea, chewing gum, dawn of the croods, dear white people, documentary now, el faro de las orcas, get down, girlboss, good witch, great british baking show, hot girls wanted, las chicas del cable, legends of tomorrow, liv and maddie, louis ck, lucas brothers, mr peabody and sherman, mst3k, mystery science theater 3000, netflix, real rescues, rodney king, sand castle, sandy wexler, slam, small crimes, sofia the first, tales by light, tramps, vir das, win it all, wynonna earp
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Oscar Guide 2017
BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hacksaw Ridge Hell or High Water Hidden Figures La La Land Lion Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Will win: La La Land Could win: Hidden Figures Should win: Moonlight Should have been here: Silence The skinny: … Continue reading
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Tagged 13 hours, 13th, allied, arrival, captain fantastic, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, elle, fantastic beasts and where to find them, fences, fire at sea, florence foster jenkins, hacksaw ridge, hail caesar, hell or high water, hidden figures, i am not your negro, jackie, jim, jungle book, kubo and the two strings, la la land, land of mine, life animated, lion, loving, man called ove, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, my life as a zucchini, netflix, nocturnal animals, oj simpson, passengers, red turtle, rogue one, salesman, star trek beyond, suicide squad, sully, toni erdmann, trolls, wanna, zootopia
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Netflix Picks: February 2017
BEST BET – FILM Brazilian Western – 2/27 A festival favorite that could have easily been lost to time, this is great – if bleak – revenge thriller that ignites the screen. BEST BET – TV American Crime Story: The … Continue reading
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Tagged brazilian western, chef's table, crazy ex-girlfriend, daniel sosa, david brent, dragons, frequency, girl meets world, girlfriend's day, i don't feel at home in this world anymore, katherin ryan, legend quest, michael bolton, mike birbiglia, office, oj simpson, project mc2, santa clarita diet, seven deadly sins, stronger than the world, ultimate beastmaster, veggietales, when calls the heart
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Final Oscar Picks 2017
Just like 2016 was a year of unease, I am not very uneasy about these picks. Several of these picks haven’t picked up the precursor nods that would typically foretell a sure-fire Oscar nomination. This is likely to be a … Continue reading
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Tagged 20th century women, arrival, cameraperson, captain america, captain fantastic, civil war, deepwater horizon, doctor strange, dressmaker, elle, fences, finding dory, fire at sea, florence foster jenkins, hacksaw ridge, hell or high water, hidden figures, i am not your negro, jackie, jungle book, kubo and the two strings, la la land, land of mine, lion, lobster, man called ove, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, my life as a zucchini, nocturnal animals, oj simpson, paradise, rogue one, salesman, silence, sing street, star trek, star trek beyond, star wars, toni erdmann, weiner, zootopia
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Netflix Picks: January 2017
BEST BET – FILM Miss Sharon Jones! – 1/7 Sharon Jones’s 2016 death really hurt, especially since this documentary – which showed her struggle to recover from and (temporarily) overcome cancer – gave me hope that she’d be back on … Continue reading
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Tagged bates motel, bill burr, clinical, coin heist, crystal alonzo, degrassi, frontier, gad gone wild, growing up coy, investigator, it's always sunny in philadelphia, jen kirkman, jim gaffigan, mar de plastico, miss sharon jones, neal brennan, one day at a time, real detective, ripper street, señora acero, series of unfortunate events, sharon jones, take the 10, tarzan and jane, terrace house, voltron, wartime portraits
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