Category Archives: Previews

17
Sep

2016 Emmy Predictions: Comedy

COMEDY SERIES Black-ish (ABC) Master of None (Netflix) Modern Family (ABC) Silicon Valley (HBO) Transparent (Amazon) Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix) Veep (HBO) Should and will win: Veep Could win: Black-ish Should have been nominated: Brooklyn Nine-Nine COMEDY ACTOR Anthony Anderson, … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged amazon, baskets, blackish, catastrophe, getting on, grace and frankie, hbo, inside amy schumer, key and peele, last man on earth, master of none, modern family, mom, netflix, saturday night live, shameless, silicon valley, transparent, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, veep | Comments Off

1
Sep

Netflix Picks: September 2016

BEST BET – FILM High-Rise – 9/1 One of my favorite films of 2016 thus far isn’t for everyone. In fact, it’s not for most people. You have to be on its sadistic, pitch-black comic wavelength. I was, and found myself … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged amanda knox, audrie and daisy, baby daddy, blacklist, call the midwife, cedric the entertainer, chef's table, crashing, extremis, family guy, fosters, galavant, game winning hit, goldie and bear, gotham, hawaii five-o, heartland, hellevator, high-rise, i am the ambassador, it crowd, kazoops, kulipari, last man standing, longmire, luke cage, luther, narcos, new girl, penny dreadful, portlandia, scream, shameless, supergirl, veggie tales, walking dead, white helmets, womanizer, year of love and happiness, young and hungry | Comments Off

15
Aug

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks — 15 August 2016

BEST PICTURE Allied Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk The Birth of a Nation Fences La La Land LBJ Loving Manchester by the Sea Patriots Day Silence The skinny: A total shot in the dark, since exactly zero of these movies … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged allied, billy lynn's long halftime walk, birth of a nation, bleed for this, christine, collateral beauty, fences, finding dory, girl on the train, indignation, jason bourne, jungle book, kubo and the two strings, la la land, lbj, light between oceans, little prince, lobster, loving, manchester by the sea, moana, patriots day, rogue one, rules don't apply, silence, star trek, star trek beyond, star wars, zootopia | Comments Off

1
Aug

Netflix Picks: August 2015

BEST BET – FILM Sleepy Hollow (1999) – 8/1 Rarely has material and director been so suited as Tim Burton and Washington Irving’s “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.” Yet, Burton throws any attempt at fidelity right out the window in … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged david cross, ever after high, fearless, get down, holding the man, jeff foxworthy, larry the cable guy, law and order, little prince, masha and the bear, ncis, netflix, real husbands of hollywood, sleepy hollow, steve aoki, svu, xoxo | Comments Off

1
Jul

Netflix Picks: July 2016

BEST BET – FILM The Big Short (2015) – 7/6 The Armor of Light (2015) – 7/7 You want to get angry? These films will get you angry. The former is the Oscar-winning story of how the banks bet on … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged armor of light, between, big short, bionicle, bojack horseman, brahman naman, deep, degrassi, hit record, home, jim jefferies, kuromukuro, last chance u, last kingdom, lego, liv and maddie, magi, making the american man, marcella, marco polo, my little pony, mystery files, netflix, nsu german history x, popples, puss in boots, raiders of the lost art, rebirth, shannara chronicles, stranger things, tallulah, todd margaret, tony robbins, word party | Comments Off

17
Jun

Emmy Voters, Don’t Forget About These Great Potential Nominees

With more shows and eligible nominees than ever before, a comprehensive Emmy guide like I’ve done in the past would take weeks to assemble. Ain’t nobody got time for that. Instead, I’ve opted to highlight the folks who may get … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged american crime story, americans, brooklyn nine-nine, demetri martin, fargo, full frontal, girlfriend experience, hannibal, hbo, house of cards, hulu, john mulaney, john oliver, key and peele, lady dynamite, last week tonight, master of none, netflix, samantha bee, show me a hero, starz, triumph, wet hot american summer, with bob and david | Comments Off

1
Jun

Netflix Picks: June 2016

BEST BET – FILM Spotlight (2015) – 6/22 This year’s Best Picture winner is a knockout, with a stellar cast that, for most of its runtime, steers away from grandstanding and focuses on the victims of this unspeakable tragedy and … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged agents of shield, all hail king julian, beauty and the beast, being mary jane, bo burnham, cedar cove, dragons, fundamentals of caring, grey's anatomy, hibana, justin time go, league, lego friends, marvel, netflix, oitnb, orange is the new black, pll, pretty little liars, scandal, spotlight, very secret service, voltron | Comments Off

3
May

The Optimist’s Summer Movie Preview 2016

Once again, I’m checking my cynicism at the door. But that also means excluding some of the summer’s biggest movies from this article. So let’s go through the 10 films I’m most excited to see from May to August. Captain … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews | Tagged apocalypse, captain america, civil war, finding dory, founder, free state of jones, jason bourne, nice guys, popstar, star trek, star trek beyond, suicide squad, x-men | Comments Off

1
May

Netflix Picks: May 2016

BEST BET – FILM Pleasantville (1998) – 5/1 Gary Ross’s beautiful dramedy holds up over the years, thanks to its fantastical premise and terrific use of contrasting color. Only actors deeply committed to the emotion behind the story could make … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged ali wong, american dad, baby daddy, benders, bloodline, chef's table, chelsea, chelsea handler, do over, gary gulman, grace and frankie, graceland, hell on wheels, lady dynamite, mako mermaids, marseille, netflix, pleasantville, slasher, young and hungry | Comments Off

17
Apr

What I Watched This Week: 10 Apr 2016

NEW SHOWS Togetherness – “For the Kids” (A-) / series finale Though I would appreciate it if the Duplass Brothers found a better way to visualize frustration than wrecking a car, this is all naked emotion, real stakes and satisfying payoff. … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged american crime story, americans, brooklyn nine-nine, hbo, hulu, mindy project, oj simpson, togetherness | Comments Off