FILMS
Top Pick
Licorice Pizza – Prime 8/5
One of 2021’s best and most prickly films is now widely available, for good and for ill. Paul Thomas Anderson’s sunny coming-of-age comedy is a joy to watch, though outrage-minded viewers will find plenty to crow about online. Watch it and decide for yourself.
Other Recommendations
10 Things I Hate About You – Peacock 8/1
21 – Hulu 8/1
The 40-Year-Old Virgin – Peacock 8/1
500 Days of Summer – Prime 8/1
The Age of Adaline – Netflix 8/1
A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
Akeelah and the Bee – Hulu 8/1
American Gangster – Peacock 8/1
American Sniper – HBO Max 8/1
Amy – HBO Max 8/1
Animal House – Peacock 8/1
Backdraft – Peacock 8/1
A Beautiful Mind – Peacock 8/1
Before Midnight – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel – Prime 8/1
A Better Life – Peacock 8/1
Billy Madison – Peacock 8/1
Black Swan – Hulu 8/1
The Blair Witch Project – Hulu 8/1
Blast from the Past – Hulu 8/1
Blazing Saddles – Hulu 8/1
Blow Out – HBO Max 8/1
Blue Velvet – HBO Max 8/1
The Book of Eli – Peacock 8/1
The Boss – Peacock 8/1
The Breakfast Club – Peacock 8/1
Bridget Jones’s Baby – Paramount+ 8/1
Bridget Jones’s Diary – Netflix 8/1
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
Cake – Paramount+ 8/1
Casino – Peacock 8/1
Cast Away – Hulu 8/1
Constantine – Netflix 8/1
Cooties – Peacock 8/1
Crooklyn – Peacock 8/1
Dan in Real Life – Hulu 8/1
Definitely, Maybe – Peacock 8/1
Despicable Me – Hulu 8/1
The Devil’s Backbone – HBO Max 8/1
Do the Right Thing – Peacock 8/1
Enemy – HBO Max 8/1
Enemy of the State – Peacock 8/1
Ex Machina – HBO Max 8/1
Eyes Wide Shut – Netflix 8/1
Face/Off – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
Fantastic Mr. Fox – Hulu 8/1
Fast Times at Ridgemont High – Peacock 8/1
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Netflix 8/1
A Fish Called Wanda – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
Frost/Nixon – Peacock 8/1
Funny People – Peacock 8/1
Gaslight – HBO Max 8/1
Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai – HBO Max 8/1
Ghostbusters (1984) – Hulu 8/1
The Good Shepherd – Peacock 8/1
The Graduate – Paramount+ 8/1
Grease – Paramount+ 8/1
Groundhog Day – Hulu 8/1
Happy Gilmore – Peacock 8/1
Haywire – Peacock 8/1
A Hologram for the King – Peacock 8/1
Horrible Bosses – Peacock 8/1
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People – HBO Max 8/1
Hulk – Peacock 8/1
I Feel Pretty – Hulu 8/1
I’m Still Here – Prime 8/1
In Time – Hulu 8/1
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) – HBO Max 8/1
Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back – Paramount+ 8/1
Kingpin – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
Knocked Up – Peacock 8/1
Legends of the Fall – Netflix 8/1
Lions for Lambs – HBO Max 8/1
Little Women (1994) – HBO Max 8/1
Locke – HBO Max 8/1
The Lost City – Prime 8/1
Love & Basketball – Netflix and HBO Max 8/1
The Machinist – Prime 8/1
Man on Fire – Hulu and Peacock 8/1
Men in Black – Netflix 8/1
Men in Black 3 – Netflix 8/1
Men of Honor – Hulu 8/1
Mermaids – Prime 8/1
Midnight Run – Peacock 8/1
Miss Congeniality – Netflix 8/1
Mississippi Grind – HBO Max 8/1
A Most Violent Year – HBO Max 8/1
The Mummy (1999) – Peacock 8/1
The Muppets Take Manhattan – Hulu 8/1
Mystic Pizza – HBO Max 8/1
Mystic River – Peacock 8/1
Ninja Assassin – Hulu 8/1
Obvious Child – HBO Max 8/1
Once – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
Planes, Trains and Automobiles – Paramount+ 8/1
Pride & Prejudice (2005) – Peacock 8/1
The Proposal – Peacock 8/1
Reality Bites – Peacock 8/1
Remember – HBO Max 8/1
Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
Ronin – Prime 8/1
Salt – Peacock 8/1
Serenity – Peacock 8/1
Shame – Hulu 8/1
Shooter – Paramount+ 8/1
Shrek – Peacock 8/1
Shrek 2 – Peacock 8/1
Slow West – HBO Max 8/1
Source Code – Hulu and HBO Max 8/1
The Spectacular Now – HBO Max 8/1
Spider-Man – Hulu and Netflix 8/1
Spider-Man 2 – Hulu and Netflix 8/1
State of Play – Peacock 8/1
Sweet Home Alabama – Peacock 8/1
Synecdoche, New York – Hulu 8/1
There Will Be Blood – Paramount+ 8/1
Thief – Prime 8/1
This Is 40 – Peacock 8/1
The Town – Netflix 8/1
Trouble with the Curve – HBO Max 8/1
Tusk – HBO Max 8/1
Uncut Gems – Peacock 8/1
Under the Skin – HBO Max 8/1
Undercover Brother – Peacock 8/1
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
Wanderlust – Hulu 8/1
War Horse – Hulu 8/1
Waves – Peacock 8/1
Wayne’s World 2 – Prime 8/1
The Wedding Singer – Hulu 8/1
Whiplash – HBO Max 8/1
Woman in Gold – Netflix 8/1
The Yards – Prime and Paramount+ 8/1
You’re Next – Peacock 8/1
Flight – Netflix 8/2
Belfast – HBO Max 8/5
Skyfall – Netflix 8/5
The Nice Guys – Netflix 8/9
Candyman (2021) – Paramount+ 8/11
Dope – Netflix 8/11
Mr. Peabody & Sherman – Peacock 8/11
Father of the Bride (1991) – Hulu 8/12
The Hate U Give – Hulu 8/15
NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Pick
Reservation Dogs (Season 2) – Hulu 8/3
One of 2021’s very best shows got no love at the Emmys, but that sadly wasn’t surprising. But the show still returns triumphantly with a two-episode premiere. Last season ended with countless possibilities, so I’m excited to see where it goes.
Other Recommendations
Beavis and Butt-Head (Season 9) – Paramount+ 8/4
Bluey (Season 3, Part 1) – Disney+ 8/10
OLD SHOWS
Top Pick
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (Season 8) – Peacock 8/12
The show’s attempt to grapple with its place in the lineage of other pro-cop series always brought the comedy to a grinding halt. But when it focused on its brilliant ensemble making jokes, it still sang. The one great addition was John C. McGinley as the officers’ union rep, who’s single-mindedly focused on making sure law enforcement is never held responsible when they break the law.
Other Recommendations
Beavis & Butt-Head (Seasons 3 & 5) – Paramount+ 8/3
George Carlin: Life Is Worth Losing – Peacock 8/11