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The List: Top 10 ‘The X-Files’ Episodes
The X-Files premiered 30 years ago this week. While I was a latecomer to the series, it quickly became one of my favorites. No matter how ridiculous the case, there was something indescribably wonderful about the partnership between Agents Mulder … Continue reading
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Streaming Picks: September 2023
FILMSTop PicksBad Education (2020) – Prime Video 9/1El Conde – Netflix 9/15The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Netflix 9/27Released by HBO a month after everything shut down, Cory Finley’s Bad Education won the Emmy for Best TV Movie but … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged amazon, bad education, band of brothers, el conde, hulu, max, netflix, pacific, paramount, peacock, prime, showtime, tiny toons, wonderful story of henry sugar
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Streaming Picks: August 2023
FILMSTop PickHow to Blow Up a Pipeline – Hulu 8/24One of the year’s best films, Daniel Goldhaber adapts Andreas Malm’s climate activism treatise into an edge-of-your-seat thriller with piercing moral clarity. A must-see. Other Recommendations8 Mile – Peacock 8/121 Jump … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, bringing out the dead, disney, how to blow up a pipeline, hulu, max, netflix, paramount, peacock, prime, reservation dogs
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2023 Emmy Picks: Limited/Anthology Series and Movies
LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIESBeef (Netflix)Black Bird (AppleTV+)Dahmer (Netflix)Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)Love & Death (Max) Potential surprises:Documentary Now! (IFC)Fleishman Is in Trouble (Hulu)George & Tammy (Showtime)A Small Light (National Geographic) In my dreams: The English (Prime Video) TV MOVIEBoston Strangler … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, apple, beef, black bird, boston strangler, dahmer, daisy jones and the six, dead ringers, dolly parton, fire island, five days at memorial, fleishman is in trouble, george and tammy, great expectations, hulu, love and death, max, netflix, patient, prime, reality, shotgun wedding, showtime, small light, tiny beautiful things, weird al yankovic, welcome to chippendales
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2023 Emmy Picks: Drama
DRAMA SERIESAndor (Disney+)Better Call Saul (AMC)The Crown (Netflix)House of the Dragon (HBO)The Last of Us (HBO)Succession (HBO)The White Lotus (HBO)Yellowjackets (Showtime) Potential surprises:The Boys (Prime Video) – 1 nominationThe Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) – 4 nominations including 1 winThe Lord of … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, andor, better call saul, crown, diplomat, disney, handmaid's tale, hbo, house of the dragon, hulu, last of us, netflix, prime, showtime, succession, white lotus, yellowjackets
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Streaming Picks: July 2023
Programming Note: Paramount+ has merged with the Showtime app, but subscribers don’t automatically get access to all Showtime programming without paying an additional fee. So while the app will henceforth be known (clunkily) as Paramount+ with Showtime, I’m only using … Continue reading
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Streaming Picks: June 2023
FILMSTop PicksTár – Prime Video 6/6Avatar: The Way of Water – Disney+ and Max 6/7While I wouldn’t consider Lydia Tár a “Strong Female Lead,” Cate Blanchett gave one of last year’s best performances in one of the best movies of … Continue reading
The List: Top 10 ‘The Office’ Episodes
The Office ended 10 years ago this week. I was an early champion of the show, but fell off in its third season when the show sent Jim to Stamford, then back to Scranton with his new girlfriend Karen (Rashida … Continue reading
The List: Top 10 ‘Happy Endings’ Episodes
One of the finest sitcoms of the 2010s ended 10 years ago this week. Happy Endings took the same set-up and premise as Friends, but updated it for Millennials, tripling the number of jokes per minute. Yet it constantly seemed … Continue reading
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