Streaming Picks: September 2019

FILMS
Top Picks
Kicking and Screaming – Hulu and Prime 9/4
Ravenous – Hulu 9/1
Mouse Hunt – Prime 9/30
Superbad – Netflix 9/1

The world is literally on fire, so I’m recommending comedies to take your mind off that for a bit. First up is Superbad, which has had some imitators in the past 12 years, but no equals. Its dead-on portrayal of high school seniors in the mid-00s still feels authentic, while never being less than hilarious.

Then we’ve got two ’90s entries that I only recently discovered. Kicking and Screaming is a hilarious and sometimes self-lacerating portrait of a group of college students and the aimless year after they graduate. Who knew talking about pop culture minutiae instead of getting your shit together would feel so relevant? Ravenous had a troubled production and flopped hard in the legendary 1999, but its cult has grown over the years, thanks to the pitch-black comedy of a Union officer (Guy Pearce) stationed in remote California, who discovers a cannibal in his camp.

And then there’s the wild and wildly inappropriate Mouse Hunt, Gore Verbinski’s somehow PG-rated tale of two broke brothers and their attempts to restore the house they inherited. It’s pretty much a Tom and Jerry cartoon come to life, but with lots of jokes that are absolutely not for kids.

Recent Selections
After the Screaming Stops – Hulu 9/1
Bolden – Hulu and Prime 9/1
A Dog and Pony Show – Hulu 9/1
Monsters at Large – Hulu 9/1
Rebel in the Rye – Netflix 9/1
Red Dog: True Blue – Hulu 9/1
Turtle Tale – Hulu 9/1
Matriarch – Hulu 9/2
We Die Young – Hulu 9/3
The World We Make – Netflix 9/4
Article 15 – Netflix 9/6
Hotel Mumbai – Hulu 9/9
Norm of the North: King Sized Adventure – Netflix 9/9
Curious George: A Royal Monkey – Hulu 9/10
Head Count – Netflix 9/13
We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Netflix 9/14
Aniara – Hulu 9/19
Crypto – Hulu 9/19
Daddy Issues – Netflix 9/20
Furie – Netflix 9/25
Teen Spirit – Hulu 9/30

Originals
Untouchable – Hulu 9/2
Late Night – Prime 9/6
Tall Girl – Netflix 9/13
Inside Bill’s Brain: Decoding Bill Gates – Netflix 9/20
In the Shadow of the Moon – Netflix 9/27

NEW SHOWS & SPECIALS
Top Picks
Unbelievable – Netflix 9/13
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury – Netflix 9/27

The former is some third-rail television, an adaptation of ProPublica and This American Life‘s investigation into a false rape accusation. This is a risky project, but with such a cast – including Merritt Wever, Toni Collette and Kaitlyn Dever – and a creative team that includes Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich) and Michael Chabon (author of masterpieces like The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay), I’ll trust they’ll tell this story well.

The latter is Sturgill Simpson’s anime adaptation of his forthcoming album. I’m not really an anime guy, but I am extremely into Sturgill’s music.

Originals
The Walking Dead (Season 9) – Netflix 9/1
Wu-Tang: An American Saga – Hulu 9/4
Archibald’s Next Big Thing – Netflix 9/6
Elite (Season 2) – Netflix 9/6
Hip-Hop Evolution (Season 3) – Netflix 9/6
Jack Whitehall: Travels with My Father (Season 3) – Netflix 9/6
Into the Dark: Pure – Hulu 9/6
Niko and the Sword of Light – Prime 9/6
The Spy – Netflix 9/6
Evelyn – Netflix 9/10
Terrace House: Tokyo – Netflix 9/10
The I-Land – Netflix 9/12
The Mind, Explained – Netflix 9/12
The Chef Show (Volume 2) – Netflix 9/13
El Corazón de Sergio Ramos – Prime 9/13
Hello, Privilege. It’s Me, Chelsea – Netflix 9/13
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: The Battle of Unato – Netflix 9/13
The Ranch (Part 7) – Netflix 9/13
Undone – Prime 9/13
Los Tigres Del Norte at Folsom Prison – Netflix 9/15
The Last Kids on Earth – Netflix 9/17
Disenchantment (Part 2) – Netflix 9/20
Fastest Car (Season 2) – Netflix 9/20
Las del hockey – Netflix 9/20
Team Kaylie – Netflix 9/23
Abstract: The Art of Design (Season 2) – Netflix 9/25
Birders – Netflix 9/25
El recluso – Netflix 9/25
Glitch (Season 3) – Netflix 9/25
Explained (Season 2) – Netflix 9/26
Band of Blood – Netflix 9/27
Dragons: Rescue Riders – Netflix 9/27
El marginal (Season 3) – Netflix 9/27
The Politician (Season 1) – Netflix 9/27
Skylines – Netflix 9/27
Transparent: Musicale Finale – Prime 9/27
Vis a vis (Season 4) – Netflix 9/27
Chris Tall Presents – Prime TBD
Family Man – Prime TBD
Vagabond – Netflix TBD

OLD SHOWS
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (Season 6) – Netflix 9/1
Chuggington (Seasons 1-5) – Hulu 9/1
Loo Loo Kids: Johnny & Friends Musical Adventures (Season 1) – Netflix 9/1
Moving Art (Season 3) – Netflix 9/1
Scream (Season 3) – Netflix 9/1
Serial Killer with Piers Morgan (Season 1) – Netflix 9/1
Victoria (Season 3) – Prime 9/3
The Purge (Season 1) – Hulu 9/4
Shameless (U.S. Season 9) – Netflix 9/10
I’m Sorry (Season 2) – Netflix 9/13
Surviving R. Kelly (Season 1) – Netflix 9/15
The Powerpuff Girls (Season 3, Part 2) – Hulu 9/16
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Netflix 9/17
Criminal – Netflix 9/20
Dream Corp LLC (Season 2) – Hulu 9/21
American Horror Story: Apocalypse – Netflix, Hulu and Prime 9/24
Gotham (Season 5) – Netflix 9/30
American Dad! (Season 13) – Hulu 9/30

COMEDY SPECIALS
Top Pick
Between Two Ferns: The Movie – Netflix 9/20
This is going to be an extremely meta adaptation of Zach Galifianakis’ popular web show. I have no idea what else to expect.

Other Specials
Bill Burr: Paper Tiger – Netflix 9/10
Jeff Dunham: Beside Himself – Netflix 9/24
Mo Gilligan: Momentum – Netflix 9/30

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