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Streaming Picks: February 2024
All titles premiere on the first of the month, unless otherwise noted. FILMTop PickPast Lives – Paramount+ with Showtime 2/2The Best Picture nominee has gotten rave reviews for more than a year now, but still has been seen by far … Continue reading
Streaming Picks: January 2024
All titles premiere on the first of the month, unless otherwise noted. FILMTop PickCinema Paradiso – Paramount+If you care about movies, love or history, this Italian Oscar-winner is an absolute must-see. New ReleasesPlan 75 – Criterion ChannelSociety of the Snow … Continue reading
Streaming Picks: December 2023
And so another year comes to a close, and with it, this current format. Starting in 2024, I’m hoping to get even more curatorial, focusing on just the best stuff, as well as titles that aren’t among the same two … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged 7th heaven, amazon, disney, hulu, maestro, max, may december, netflix, once upon a time in hollywood, paramount, prime, reacher, showtime
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Streaming Picks: November 2023
FILMSTop PicksMaster and Commander: The Far Side of the World – Prime Video 11/1The Killer (2023) – Netflix 11/10Twenty years ago, the movie that should have won Best Picture was released. Alas, no one seemed interested in seafaring movies after … Continue reading
Streaming Picks: Halloween 2023
I’ll be on vacation for two weeks, so I’ll miss my monthly update of great films and shows hitting streaming services in October. Instead, I’ll leave you with this list of spooky selections (on these services as of 9/19) to … Continue reading
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: 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
Posted in Awards, Previews, Television
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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Tagged amazon, disney, hulu, knock at the cabin, max, netflix, paramount, peacock, prime, showtime, what we do in the shadows
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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