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Streaming Picks: August 2022
FILMSTop PickLicorice Pizza – Prime 8/5One of 2021’s best and most prickly films is now widely available, for good and for ill. Paul Thomas Anderson’s sunny coming-of-age comedy is a joy to watch, though outrage-minded viewers will find plenty to … Continue reading
Streaming Picks: July 2022
FILMSTop PicksBringing Out the Dead – HBO Max 7/1Dark Waters – Prime 7/1Dead Ringers – Prime and Paramount+ 7/1Se7en – Netflix 7/1Sorry to Bother You – Hulu 7/1I thought things were bad last month, but they’ve actually gotten so much … Continue reading
Streaming Picks: June 2022
FILMSTop PicksBrazil – Peacock 6/1Paths of Glory – Paramount+ 6/1The Card Counter – HBO Max 6/10The Mist – Netflix 6/22Last month I focused on comedy’s because there was so much awfulness in the world. Well, guess what? Shit got worse! … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged amazon, boys, brazil, card counter, evil, hbo max, hulu, mist, netflix, only murders in the building, paramount, paths of glory, peacock, prime
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TV Recap: May 8-14, 2022
BINGEINGEvil – Season 2 (A- average)The show got even better in Season 2, even if there were times where I had no idea what was going on with Christine Lahti’s character. “S Is for Silence” immediately joins the pantheon of … Continue reading
Streaming Picks: May 2022
FILMSTop PicksBlack Dynamite – Paramount+ 5/1Forgetting Sarah Marshall – Hulu 5/1Top Secret! – HBO Max 5/1Walk Hard – Peacock 5/1There’s a lot of awful shit going on in the world, so here’s four comedies that are guaranteed to make you … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged amazon, black dynamite, forgetting sarah marshall, hacks, hbo max, hulu, kids in the hall, netflix, paramount, peacock, prime, top secret, walk hard
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Streaming Picks: April 2022
FILMSTop PicksSaved! – Prime 4/1Spartan – HBO Max 4/1While there are some bonafide classics streaming this month, I wanted to highlight some underrated films from 2004. Saved! is a personal favorite, a gentle satire of Christian education that is absolutely … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged amazon, better call saul, disney, hbo max, hulu, netflix, paramount, peacock, prime, russian doll, saved, spartan
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TV Recap: Feb. 28-Mar. 5, 2022
NEW SHOWSKilling Eve – “Just Dunk Me” (B-) / season premiereIt’s more of the same, and clear the show should have ended already. But the banter is still snappy and the production design immaculate. And no other show would have … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged evil, hbo, killing eve, netflix, paramount, righteous gemstones, seinfeld
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Streaming Picks: March 2022
FILMSTop PicksDrive My Car – HBO Max 3/2West Side Story (2021) – Disney+ and HBO Max 3/2Would you look at that? Two of the year’s best movies, according to me and the Academy. While a three-hour Japanese movie might be … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged amazon, disney, drive my car, hbo max, hulu, larry david, netflix, paramount, peacock, prime, west side story, whose line is it anyway
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Streaming Picks: February 2022
FILMSTop PickNightmare Alley (2021) – Hulu and HBO Max 2/1Unfortunately, Guillermo del Toro’s lavish adaptation of a pitch-black novel (co-written with Kim Morgan) floundered at the box office, despite operating at a level rarely seen these days. Fortunately, its quick … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon, chuck, disney, hbo max, hulu, netflix, nightmare alley, olympics, paramount, peacock, prime, winter olympics
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