Streaming Picks: January 2020

Since the three services I highlight dwarf any other service (including Disney+) in terms of subscribers, I’m going to keep focusing on those three for now.

FILMS
Top Picks
The Master – Netflix 1/14
The Bellboy – Prime and Hulu 1/1
Midsommar – Prime 1/3
Ari Aster’s follow-up to Hereditary is quite upsetting, though it’s a little more predictable in where it heads. Even so, it’s worth seeing for that incredible Florence Pugh performance. The Master is my pick for Paul Thomas Anderson’s best movie of the decade (with some serious competition). But if you want something lighter, I recommend The Bellboy, Jerry Lewis’s best solo outing.

Recent Selections
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins – Hulu 1/2
10 Minutes Gone – Prime 1/5
The Art of Self Defense – Hulu 1/6
American Dreamer – Prime 1/8
Midnight Sun – Prime 1/8
The Wedding Year – Prime 1/10
Honeyland – Hulu 1/20
The Prodigy – Prime and Hulu 1/23
Brian Banks – Hulu 1/27
Luce – Hulu 1/27
Fighting with My Family – Prime and Hulu 1/30

Originals
Ghost Stories – Netflix 1/1
Thieves of the Wood – Netflix 1/2
Troop Zero – Prime 1/17
Tyler Perry’s A Fall from Grace – Netflix 1/17
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak – Netflix 1/22
The Ghost Bride – Netflix 1/23
Night on Earth – Netflix 1/29
Luna Nera – Netflix 1/31

NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Pick
Grace and Frankie (Season 6) – Netflix 1/15
Even with a more crowded January, it’s always nice to have our elderly friends back for more laughs. Even though it’s a single-camera series that drops all its episodes at once, it’s one of the most traditional sitcoms, and I still appreciate that.

Originals
Messiah – Netflix 1/1
The Circle – Netflix 1/1
Sex, Explained – Netflix 1/2
Bug Diaries (Season 1, Part 2) – Prime 1/3
James May: Our Man in Japan (Season 1) – Prime 1/3
Giri/Haji – Netflix 1/10
Medical Police – Netflix 1/10
Until Dawn – Netflix 1/10
Zumbo’s Just Desserts (Season 2) – Netflix 1/10
Sex Education (Season 2) – Netflix 1/17
Ares – Netflix 1/17
Endlings (Season 1) – Hulu 1/17
Hip-Hop Evolution (Season 4) – Netflix 1/17
Just Add Magic: Mystery City (Season 1) – Prime 1/17
Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac (Season 1, Part 2) – Netflix 1/23
October Faction – Netflix 1/23
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (Part 3) – Netflix 1/24
The Ranch (Final Season) – Netflix 1/24
Shrill (Season 2) – Hulu 1/24
Omniscient – Netflix 1/29
The Stranger – Netflix 1/30
BoJack Horseman (Season 6, Part 2) – Netflix 1/31
Diablero (Season 2) – Netflix 1/31
Ragnarok – Netflix 1/31
Dracula – Netflix TBD
The Forgotten Army (Season 1) – Prime TBD

OLD SHOWS
Brockmire (Season 3) – Hulu 1/1
Damages (Complete Series) – Hulu 1/1
Rescue Me (Complete Series) – Hulu 1/1
Black Clover (Season 1) – Hulu 1/5
Homeland (Season 6 & 7) – Hulu 1/10
Lodge 49 (Season 2) – Hulu 1/13
Justified (Complete Series) – Hulu 1/17
The Detour (Season 4) – Hulu 1/20
Tokyo Ghoul (Season 3, Part 2) – Hulu 1/24

COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Picks
Ilana Glazer: The Planet Is Burning – Prime 1/3
Rob Delaney: Jackie – Prime 1/17
Even though I never watched Broad City or Catastrophe, I’m excited to see what half of each show brings to the world of stand-up now that their sitcoms have ended.

Other Specials
Jayde Adams: Serious Black Jumper – Prime 1/3
Russell Peters: Deported – Prime 1/17

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