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15
Nov

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Nov 2020

BEST PICTURE Da 5 BloodsMa Rainey’s Black BottomMankMinariNews of the WorldNomadlandOne Night in MiamiThe Trial of the Chicago 7 The skinny: We already have our first victim of bad reviews: Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy. Netflix’s adaptation of J.D. Vance’s controversial … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Film, Previews | Tagged amazon, da 5 bloods, father, first cow, hillbilly elegy, ma rainey's black bottom, mank, minari, netflix, never rarely sometimes always, news of the world, nomadland, one night in miami, pieces of a woman, prime, trial of the chicago 7, united states vs billie holiday | Comments Off

14
Nov

What I Watched This Week: 8 Nov 2020

NEW SHOWSSaturday Night Live – “Dave Chappelle/Foo Fighters” (B+)The cold open wasn’t a complete atrocity, like Kate McKinnon’s Hillary Clinton singing “Hallelujah,” but it wasn’t anything special either. Chappelle’s blistering monologue was excellent, as was the Aunt Jemima/Uncle Ben sketch. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged disney, mandalorian, netflix, queen's gambit, saturday night live, snl | Comments Off

2
Nov

What I Watched This Week: 25 Oct 2020

NEW SHOWSThe Mandalorian – “The Marshal” (B+) / season premiere I’m not sure exactly why I’m complaining. That cold open is one of the best things the show has done, and the ultra-widescreen climax is tremendous action TV. But a … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged apple, bill burr, disney, mandalorian, morning show, netflix, simpsons | Comments Off

1
Nov

Streaming Picks: November 2020

FILMSTop PicksThe Nice Guys – Hulu 11/9Run – Hulu 11/20 Hillbilly Elegy – Netflix 11/24Uncle Frank – Prime 11/25 First up is one of the funniest movies of the 2010s and one of my most rewatched titles from the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 12 pups of christmas, 2nd, alex rider, alien xmas, amazon, american horror story, amulet, animaniacs, assault, aunty donna, before we die, big ugly, black narcissus, blue story, body cam, bombshell, boss baby, braking for whales, burden of truth, call, camel, centigrade, christmas break-in, christmas catch, christmas chronicles, christmas crush, christmas movie christmas, christmas on holly lane, christmas on the square, christmas solo, christmas switch, christmas with a prince, citation, community, country ever after, crown, dance dreams, dash and lily, delicious, dolly parton, don't listen, dragons, eater's guide to the world, el cuaderno de tony, el presidente, el sabor de las margaritas, elf pets, felix lobrecht, ferro, finding agnes, flavorful origins, garfield show, general commander, george burns, go go cory carson, graceful friends, gracie allen, great pretender, happiest season, hawkeye, hillbilly elegy, holiday home makeover, hometown holiday, hulu, i am greta, if anything happens i love you, james may, jamestown, jingle jangle, killing eve, la belva, la trinchera infinita, larry the cable guy, last of the mohicans, liberator, life ahead, life in a year, love and anarchy, love so beautiful, ludo, majestic christmas, man who invented christmas, marrying father christmas, mcqueen, midnight at the magnolia, mighty ones, mile 22, minions of midas, mister rogers neighborhood, most wanted, mosul, mother, my hero academia, naked hustle, netflix, nice girl like you, nice guys, no man's land, once upon a time at christmas, operation christmas drop, pack, paranormal, paws p.i., piercing, power, prime, princess switch, prospect, queen is born, restaurant, retaliation, rick and morty, ride, rock n roll christmas, run, rust creek, scooby-doo, scrubs, secret, seven stages to achieve eternal bliss, shawn mendes, skins, small axe, spookley, sputnik, stockholm, sugar rush christmas, teacher, tesla, trash truck, uberweihnachten, uncanny conter, uncle frank, undercover, vik the viking, virgin river, voices of fire, wayne, we are the champions, wetlands, what we wanted, wonderoos | Comments Off

24
Oct

What I Watched This Week: 18 Oct 2020

NEW SHOWSSaturday Night Live – “Issa Rae/Justin Bieber” (B-)A bit of a mixed bag. Nothing was outright terrible, and it did feature the best cold open of the season so far. Weekend Update has been on fire, too. Kyle Mooney’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged good place, netflix, saturday night live, snl | Comments Off

1
Oct

Streaming Picks: October 2020

FILMSTop PicksA Knight’s Tale – Prime 10/1The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Netflix 10/16 Bad Hair – Hulu 10/23 First up is one of the most rewatchable movies of the 21st Century, a rousing period comedy about jousting. Sure, … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1992, 40 and single, alice junior, all because of you, amazon, america's great divide, ami, arashi's diary, archive, babysitter's guide to monster hunting, bad hair, bad therapy, bakugan, barbarians, berlusconi rising, bert kreischer, binding, black 47, black box, blackpink, blood of zeus, books of blood, bronx, bug diaries, cabin, cadaver, carlos almaraz, carmen sandiego, chasing the crown, chico bon bon, cisco kid, code lyoko, cyrano my love, david attenborough, day of the lord, deaf u, dick johnson is dead, dragon ball super, dream home makeover, emily in paris, evil, evil eye, familiar wife, fast and furious, fenty, food wars, forty year old version, fuck that's delicious, get shorty, ginny weds sunny, go go cory carson, good morning veronica, grand army, guillermo vilas, halal love story, half and half, haunting of bly manor, helstrom, his house, holidate, homeland, hubie halloween, hulu, hummingbird project, i'm leaving now, infamous, judy and punch, kindred spirits, kipo and the age of wonderbeasts, knight's tale, la revolution, la sucursal, last kids on earth, liar, lie, life after basketball, life on our planet, loudest voice, love like the falling rain, magic school bus, mirzapur, momma named me sheriff, monsterland, most beautiful thing, move, mr pickles, mr. robot, mrs wilson, mystery road, netflix, next level, nobody sleeps in the woods tonight, nocturne, octonauts, oktoberfest, oloture, one on one, outpost, over the moon, painted bird, pbs kids, perdidia, playing with fire, power rangers, prime, purge, queen's gambit, rebecca, rooting for roona, sandman, sarah cooper, savage, savage x fenty, savage youth, schitt's creek, scotch, secrets of the saqqara tomb, serious men, settling the score, sk8 dawg, social distance, somebody feed phil, someone has to die, song exploder, soorarai pottru, spooky stories, starbeam, start up, suburra, super monsters, swing of things, sword art online, tales of tomorrow, terminator, thou shalt not kill, time, to the lake, treadstone, trial of the chicago 7, truth seekers, unicorn, unsolved mysteries, vampires vs the bronx, we have always lived in the castle, what the constitution means to me, worst witch, yes god yes, you cannot hide, you've got this | Comments Off

21
Sep

Emmy Guide 2020: Limited Series and TV Movies

LIMITED SERIESLittle Fires Everywhere (Hulu)Mrs. America (Hulu)Unbelievable (Netflix) Unorthodox (Netflix)Watchmen (HBO) Should and will win: WatchmenCould win: Mrs. AmericaShould have been nominated: Briarpatch (USA) The skinny: It’s not quite Watchmen all the way down. (We’ll get to that in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged bad education, hbo, hollywood, hulu, i know this much is true, little fires everywhere, mrs america, netflix, normal people, self made, unbelievable, unbreakable kimmy schmidt, unorthodox, watchmen | Comments Off

18
Sep

Emmy Guide 2020: Comedy and Variety

COMEDY SERIESCurb Your Enthusiasm (HBO) Dead to Me (Netflix)The Good Place (NBC)Insecure (HBO)The Kominsky Method (Netflix)The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Prime)Schitt’s Creek (Pop) What We Do in the Shadows (FX) Should and will win: Schitt’s Creek Could win: The Marvelous Mrs. … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged black monday, blackish, brooklyn nine-nine, curb your enthusiasm, daily show, dead to me, full frontal, glow, good place, great, hbo, hulu, insecure, jimmy kimmel, kominsky method, last week tonight, late show, marvelous mrs maisel, modern family, netflix, prime, ramy, saturday night live, schitt's creek, showtime, snl, what we do in the shadows, will and grace | Comments Off

17
Sep

Emmy Guide 2020: Drama

DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC)The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu)Killing Eve (BBC America)The Mandalorian (Disney+)Ozark (Netflix)Stranger Things (Netflix) Succession (HBO) Should win: Better Call SaulCould win: OzarkWill win: Succession Should have been nominated: Mindhunter (Netflix) The skinny: Even … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged apple, better call saul, big little lies, crown, disney, euphoria, handmaid's tale, hbo, homeland, hulu, killing eve, mandalorian, morning show, netflix, ozark, pose, stranger things, succession, this is us, westworld | Comments Off

1
Sep

Streaming Picks: September 2020

FILMSTop Picks The Bank Job – Hulu and Prime 9/1 I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Netflix 9/4 If you haven’t seen Roger Donaldson’s excellent heist movie, it’s a hidden gem. And it’s a bit smarter than your typical Jason … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 1 million happy nows, 1/1, abe and phil's last poker game, addams family, alfonso padilha, all in, amazon, american barbecue showdown, american murder, arashi's diary, away, awoken, baby, babysitter, babyteeth, bachelor lions, bad boy billionaires, bank job, bitter melon, blackbird, bookmarks, borgen, boss baby, boys, bully, bureau, cedar cove, challenger, chef show, chef's table, chico bon bon, codename kids next door, countryish, crimson field, devil all the time, dino dana, dragon's dogma, duchess, dunning man, eaten by lions, enemy within, enola holmes, explained, family business, felipe esparza, festival, fight, forces of nature, freaks, gemini man, george gently, get organized, gift, gims, girlfriends, glorias, go-getters, good place, greenleaf, haunted, hell on the border, hero elementary, hope frozen, hulu, i'd like to be alone now, i'm dying up here, i'm not here, i'm thinking of ending things, idhun chronicles, if loving you is wrong, inherit the viper, izzy's koala world, jack benny, judy, julie and the phantoms, jurassic world, keeping faith, la linea, la partita, last word, lost okorishi, love guaranteed, love song for latasha, madagascar, meateater, michelle buteau, mignonnes, mike tyson mysteries, my hero academia, my octopus teacher, netflix, paramedic, pen15, perfect crime, pets united, pokemon, prime, ratched, record of youth, ring thing, roy rogers, school nurse files, se busca papa, sherman's showcase, signs, sing on, sister sister, smurfs, snapshots, sneakerheads, so much love to give, social dilemma, spirit, starbeam, stardog and turbocat, taco chronicles, teen titans, teen titans go, to keep the light, trauma center, true, turkey bowl, utopia, welcome to sudden death, wentworth, what children do, what if it works, woke, wrong man, young wallander | Comments Off

Tag Archives: netflix

Too Early for This: Oscar Picks – 15 Nov 2020

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Streaming Picks: November 2020

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Emmy Guide 2020: Limited Series and TV Movies

Emmy Guide 2020: Comedy and Variety

Emmy Guide 2020: Drama

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