Tag Archives: amazon

1
Jun

Streaming Picks: June 2020

FILMS Top Picks Shirley – Hulu 6/5 First up is Neon’s Sundance hit, with another great performance from Elisabeth Moss. She plays horror author Shirley Jackson (“The Lottery,” “The Haunting”) in this fictional take on her life, one that’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 13 reasons why, 7500, adu, alexa and katie, alone, amar y vivir, amazon, appearance, athlete a, babies, baki, band, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bna, brockmire, can you hear me, cardcaptor sakura, carrion, charlie's angels, child's play, children's hospital, chucky, clemency, cocomelon, crawl, crazy delicious, crossing swords, curon, da 5 bloods, dating around, dustwalker, eric andre, eurovision song contest, f is for family, father soldier son, feel the beat, floor is lava, fuller house, gallows, garth brooks, george lopez, gina brillon, girls from ipanema, goldie, guns akimbo, hannibal, hasan minhaj, haves and the have nots, home game, how to get away with murder, hulu, into the dark, intrigo, it's okay to not be okay, kipo and the age of wonderbeasts, knives out, last days of american crime, legends of tomorrow, lenox hill, life in pieces, lost bullet, love victor, marcella, mike tyson mysteries, milea, miss snake charmer, mr iglesias, my absolute boyfriend, my mister, netflix, nobody knows i'm here, once were brothers, one piece, one take, one way to tomorrow, order, padma lakshmi, patriot act, Pete the cat, pokemon, politician, pose, prime, queen of the south, queer eye, radiant, reality z, roswell new mexico, search, shirley, spelling the dream, straight up, taste the nation, true, wasp network, we are freestyle supreme, where's waldo, whisker away, woods | Comments Off

30
May

What I Watched This Week: 24 May 2020

NEW SHOWS Barkskins “New France” (B+) / series premiere “The Turtle King” (B) Not exactly my cup of tea, but this New World-set historical drama is well-acted and well-directed by David Slade (Hannibal). Its treatment of native characters is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged amazon, barkskins, everybody loves raymond, homecoming, hulu, mrs america, peacock, prime | Comments Off

1
May

Streaming Picks: May 2020, Part 1

I’ll be doing a big preview of HBO MAX when/if they reveal a full list of what will be available at launch. This post will cover the Big Three (Netflix, Hulu, Prime). FILMS Top Picks Inferno – Prime 5/1 Monster … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 18 regali, alias, all day and a night, amazon, arctic dogs, ben platt, big flower, bloom, bordertown, casi feliz, charmed, chichipatos, chico bon bon, clifford, come to daddy, control z, dead to me, disappearance at clifton hill, dorohedoro, durrels in corfu, dynasty, eddy, flash, get in, go go cory carson, goldfinch, great, grey's anatomy, half of it, hannah gadsby, have a good trip, high strung free dance, history 101, hollow, hollywood, homecoming, hulu, hustle, i love you stupid, i still believe, i'm no longer here, inferno, inhuman resources, into the dark, jerry seinfeld, jimmy o yang, la corozonada, last narc, lovebirds, magic for humans, medici, monster house, mrs serial killer, ne zha, netflix, norm of the north, painter and the thief, patton oswalt, poldark, premature, prime, ramy, rebelion de los godinez, reckoning, restaurants on the edge, riverdale, rocketman, rust valley restorers, scissor seven, seberg, selling sunset, she-ra, solar opposites, somebody feed phil, space force, spaceship earth, sweet magnolias, top end wedding, tracker, trailer park boys, trial by fire, trial by media, true, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, uncut gems, upload, valeria, vast of night, vikings, white lines, workin moms, wrong missy | Comments Off

1
Apr

Streaming Picks: April 2020

While I originally had intended to come back next week with a special post, I decided to end my sabbatical a little early to bring y’all some streaming picks, seeing as many of us are still quarantined. Also, be sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged abominable, absurd planet, after life, amazon, angel has fallen, arashi's diary, betonrausch, big show show, blackaf, bleach, bosch, brews brothers, chris d'elia, circle game, circus of books, coffee and kareem, community, cooked with cannabis, cunningham, dangerous lies, david batra, death of Stalin, dino dana, drifting dragons, earth and blood, el silencio del pantano, extraction, extracurricular, fary, fauda, forest of love, future man, hello ninja, hi score girl, hotel artemis, house of flowers, how to fix a drug scandal, hulu, iliza shlesinger, innocence files, invisible life, kabukicho sherlock, kanan gill, kim's convenience, king, kono oto tomare, l.a. originals, la casa de papel, la vie scolaire, last kids on earth, last kingdom, legado en los huesos, les miserables, lighthouse, little joe, love wedding repeat, main event, mauricio meirelles, middleditch and schwartz, midnight gospel, money heist, mrs america, murder to mercy, my little pony, nadiya's time to eat, nailed it, netflix, never have i ever, no guns life, outer banks, parasite, plagues of breslau, pokemon, prime, rambo, rich in love, secret love, selah and the spades, sergio, special 7, spirit, starbeam, summertime, Sunderland til I die, tales from the loop, terrace house, tigertail, too cautious hero, too hot to handle, trapped, vault, victims game, victoria gotti, who let the dogs out, willoughbys, win the wilderness, your pretty face is going to hell | Comments Off

5
Feb

Oscar Guide 2020

A shortened season hasn’t brought many surprises, but that doesn’t mean you should take many of these picks to the bank. BEST PICTURE 1917 Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story Once upon a Time… … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 1917, ad astra, amazon, american factory, avengers, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bombshell, breakthrough, cave, corpus christi, edge of democracy, for sama, ford v ferrari, frozen, harriet, honeyland, how to train your dragon, i lost my body, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, klaus, knives out, les miserables, lighthouse, lion king, little women, maleficent, marriage story, missing link, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, pain and glory, parasite, prime, richard jewell, rocketman, star wars, toy story 4, two popes | Comments Off

1
Feb

Streaming Picks: February 2020

FILMS Top Picks Good Time – Netflix 2/11 The Farewell – Prime 2/12 The Last Thing He Wanted – Netflix 2/21 Mister America – Hulu 2/13 For those whose first introduction to the Safdies was Uncut Gems, might I suggest … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 47 meters down, adam, after the wedding, alive, all or nothing, all the bright places, altered carbon, amazon, amit tandon, angel of mine, angry birds movie 2, babies, babylon berlin, ballad of lefty brown, better call saul, black hollywood, cable girls, camino a roma, captain underpants, cats the mewvie, chef show, clifford, coldest game, counterpart, danger close, david crosby, dragon quest, dragons, escape at dannemora, every time i die, expanding universe of ashley garcia, faith hope and love, farmageddon, followers, formula 1, full count, gentefied, girl on the third floor, glitch techs, good time, grantchester, high fidelity, honey boy, horse girl, hulu, hunters, i am not okay with this, ice princess lily, if you give a mouse a cookie, into the dark, isi and ossi, jallikattu, la trinchera infinita, locke and key, love is blind, madea family funeral, ms purple, my holo love, narcos, netflix, other guy, Pete the cat, pharmacist, pokemon, polaroid, prime, puerta 7, q ball, queen sono, racetime, radioflash, restaurants on the edge, run the race, shaun the sheep, sordo, spectros, system crasher, taj mahal 1989, team kaylie, to all the boys i've loved before, tom papa, unstoppable, uppity, utopia falls, villains, where we go from here, where'd you go bernadette, who killed malcolm x, wrinkles the clown | Comments Off

10
Jan

Final Oscar Picks 2020

The hardest part of predicting this year, is that in just about every category, there are four locks or near-locks. But that fifth slot? There are anywhere from 3-10 likely candidates to take it. That means there are likely to … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Oscars, Previews | Tagged 1917, amazon, american factory, apollo 11, atlantics, avengers, beanpole, beautiful day in the neighborhood, bombshell, downton abbey, farewell, for sama, ford v ferrari, frozen, harriet, honeyland, how to train your dragon, hustlers, i lost my body, irishman, jojo rabbit, joker, judy, just mercy, knives out, les miserables, lighthouse, lion king, little women, maleficent, marriage story, missing link, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, one child nation, pain and glory, parasite, prime, rocketman, star wars, toy story 4, us, wild rose | Comments Off

9
Jan

2019 in Review: The Best Performances – Television

It was another strong year for TV, but as usual I gravitated toward comedy, which made some of these picks difficult, while trying to fill out the other categories was a challenge to find enough worthy candidates. Once again, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged amazon, barry, chernobyl, fleabag, hbo, i think you should leave, mindhunter, netflix, prime, righteous gemstones, russian doll, stranger things, tim robinson, true detective, watchmen | Comments Off

7
Jan

2019 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions

It was even harder to craft a top 10 than usual, and that left a lot of shows in that next tier. So once again, I’ve expanded my honorable mentions to 14 episodes of shows that didn’t make the cut, … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged amazon, big little lies, boys, brooklyn nine-nine, crashing, crown, game of thrones, handmaid's tale, hbo, hulu, it's always sunny in philadelphia, jimmy fallon, killing eve, man in the high castle, netflix, prime, righteous gemstones, silicon valley, stranger things, this is us, tonight show | Comments Off

6
Jan

2019 in Review: The Best Shows

Trying to stem the tide of new and returning shows is impossible. There will always be so many shows that I wanted to watch but didn’t have the time for. So here are my top 10, with an expanded Honorable … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged amazon, barry, chernobyl, fleabag, good place, hbo, legion, mindhunter, netflix, prime, russian doll, schitt's creek, veep, watchmen | Comments Off