Category Archives: Previews

20
Jan

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 →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | 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 | Comments Off

1
Jan

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 →

Posted in Previews, Television | 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 | Comments Off

15
Dec

Oscar Picks: 15 Dec 2016

BEST PICTURE Arrival Fences Hidden Figures Jackie La La Land Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Silence Falling off: Live by Night, Loving, Sully Rising star: Hell or High Water The skinny: With the precursors out of the way, the window … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged arrival, captain fantastic, elle, fences, florence foster jenkins, hell or high water, hidden figures, jackie, kubo and the two strings, la la land, lion, love and friendship, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, my life as a zucchini, red turtle, silence, sully, zootopia | Comments Off

1
Dec

Netflix Picks: December 2016

BEST BET – FILM Blue Jay – 12/6 I thought this had already made its way to Netflix, but if you haven’t seen this powerful two-hander yet, get on it as soon as it makes it to the servers. Mark … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged adventures of puss in boots, ajin, barry, blue jay, break, call me francis, captive, chasing cameron, cirque du soleil junior, club de cuervos, colony, comedy bang bang, crazy head, cuba libre story, eighties, fauda, fuller house, gabriel iglesias, hip hop evolution, lost and found music studios, medici, merli, my little pony, netflix, no second chance, nobel, pacific heat, reggie watts, ricard o'farrill, spectral, ten percent, travelers, trollhunters, versailles, white rabbit project | Comments Off

15
Nov

Oscar Picks: 15 Nov 2016

BEST PICTURE Fences Jackie La La Land Live by Night Loving Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Silence Sully Falling off: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, The Birth of a Nation Rising star: Hidden Figures The skinny: Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 20th century women, arrival, fences, finding dory, florence foster jenkins, hell or high water, jackie, kubo and the two strings, la la land, lion, live by night, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, queen of katwe, red turtle, silence, sully, zootopia | Comments Off

1
Nov

Netflix Picks: November 2016

BEST BET – FILM Boyhood (2014) – 11/25 Richard Linklater’s magnum opus finally got the Criterion treatment earlier this year. But if you need to save some money, you can revisit his coming-of-age epic here. BEST BET – TV The … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged 100, 3%, all hail king julien, beat bugs, boyhood, case, colin quinn, crown, dana carvey, danger mouse, dieter nuhr, divines, estocolmo, gilmore girls, ivory game, k-pop, lovesick, mercy, michael che, paranoid, penguins, reign of blood, roman empire, scrotal recall, tales by light, true memoirs of an international assassin, world of winx | Comments Off

15
Oct

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 October 2016

BEST PICTURE Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk The Birth of a Nation Fences La La Land Live by Night Loving Manchester by the Sea Moonlight Silence Sully Falling off: Allied, Arrival, LBJ, Patriots Day Rising star: Jackie The skinny: With … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged arrival, billy lynn's long halftime walk, birth of a nation, fences, finding dory, jackie, kubo and the two strings, la la land, little prince, live by night, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, moonlight, other people, patriots day, queen of katwe, rules don't apply, silence, sully, zootopia | Comments Off

1
Oct

Netflix Picks: October 2016

BEST BET – FILM Mascots (2016) – 10/13 A new film from Christopher Guest is cause for celebration. Director of the most consistently, uproariously funny films in modern history, his mockumentaries are always side-splitting and endlessly rewatchable. BEST BET – … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged 13th, 7 anos, american horror story, arrow, asperger's, black mirror, chewing gum, containment, dark matter, doctor foster, fall, flash, glitch, grinder, haters back off, i am the pretty thing that lives in the house, into the inferno, izombie, joe rogan, justin timberlake, kuromukuro, legends of tomorrow, mascots, midnight diner, mr peabody and sherman, netflix, oriented, originals, project mc2, ranch, russell peters, siege of jadotville, sky ladder, skylanders academy, supernatural, trailer park boys, vampire diaries, word party | Comments Off

17
Sep

2016 Emmy Predictions: Limited Series and Specials

LIMITED SERIES American Crime (ABC) Fargo (FX) The Night Manager (AMC) The People v. O.J. Simpson (FX) Roots (History) Should and will win: The People v. O.J. Simpson Could win: Fargo Should have been nominated: Show Me a Hero (HBO) … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged all the way, american crime, american horror story, confirmation, fargo, hbo, lady day, luther, netflix, night manager, oj simpson, roots, sherlock, very murray christmas | Comments Off

17
Sep

2016 Emmy Predictions: Drama

DRAMA SERIES The Americans (FX) Better Call Saul (AMC) Downton Abbey (PBS) Game of Thrones (HBO) Homeland (Showtime) House of Cards (Netflix) Mr. Robot (USA) Should win: The Americans Could win: Mr. Robot Will win: Game of Thrones Should have … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged affair, americans, better call saul, bloodline, downton abbey, empire, game of thrones, good wife, hbo, homeland, house of cards, how to get away with murder, knick, mr. robot, netflix, orphan black, ray donovan, showtime, unreal | Comments Off