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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: 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
Emmy Re-Do: 2012-13
The 75th Primetime Emmy Awards should have aired this week. Alas, two strikes prevented them from going on as planned (as they should… give ’em hell, WGA and SAG!) and they won’t be handed out until January. Instead, I’ll take … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Reviews, Television
Tagged 30 rock, arrested development, breaking bad, hbo, homeland, house of cards, mad men, netflix, newsroom, parks and rec, saturday night live, showtime, snl, veep
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Streaming Picks: September 2023
FILMSTop PicksBad Education (2020) – Prime Video 9/1El Conde – Netflix 9/15The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Netflix 9/27Released by HBO a month after everything shut down, Cory Finley’s Bad Education won the Emmy for Best TV Movie but … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged amazon, bad education, band of brothers, el conde, hulu, max, netflix, pacific, paramount, peacock, prime, showtime, tiny toons, wonderful story of henry sugar
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2023 Emmy Picks: Limited/Anthology Series and Movies
LIMITED/ANTHOLOGY SERIESBeef (Netflix)Black Bird (AppleTV+)Dahmer (Netflix)Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)Love & Death (Max) Potential surprises:Documentary Now! (IFC)Fleishman Is in Trouble (Hulu)George & Tammy (Showtime)A Small Light (National Geographic) In my dreams: The English (Prime Video) TV MOVIEBoston Strangler … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Previews, Television
Tagged amazon, apple, beef, black bird, boston strangler, dahmer, daisy jones and the six, dead ringers, dolly parton, fire island, five days at memorial, fleishman is in trouble, george and tammy, great expectations, hulu, love and death, max, netflix, patient, prime, reality, shotgun wedding, showtime, small light, tiny beautiful things, weird al yankovic, welcome to chippendales
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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
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged amazon, disney, hulu, knock at the cabin, max, netflix, paramount, peacock, prime, showtime, what we do in the shadows
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The Best TV Shows of 2022, Part 2
COMEDY SHOWS & SPECIALS Documentary Now! (IFC)One of the only shows on the air that feels like it’s tailor-made to my overlapping nerdy interests. Documentary Now! continues to deliver spot-on absurdist parodies of obscure documentaries, solely because IFC’s parent company … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged amazon, beavis and butt-head, documentary now, grace and frankie, handmaid's tale, hulu, jerrod carmichael, kevin can f himself, kids in the hall, netflix, norm macdonald, paramount, peacock, prime, reacher, reno 911, showtime, stranger things, this place rules, we need to talk about cosby, would it kill you to laugh, yellowjackets
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Emmy Predictions 2022: Drama
DRAMA SERIESBetter Call Saul (AMC)Euphoria (HBO)Ozark (Netflix)Severance (AppleTV+)Squid Game (Netflix)Stranger Things (Netflix)Succession (HBO)Yellowjackets (Showtime) Will win: SuccessionCould win: Squid GameShould win: Better Call SaulShould have been nominated: Evil (Paramount+) The skinny: The winner will come down to how long voters’ … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Previews, Television
Tagged apple, better call saul, euphoria, hbo, killing eve, morning show, netflix, ozark, severance, showtime, squid game, stranger things, succession, yellowjackets
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2022 Emmy Picks: Drama
DRAMA SERIESBetter Call Saul (AMC)Euphoria (HBO)Ozark (Netflix)Severance (AppleTV+)Squid Game (Netflix)Stranger Things (Netflix)Succession (HBO)Yellowjackets (Showtime) Potential surprises:Bridgerton (Netflix) – 1 nominationThe Gilded Age (HBO) – new showPachinko (AppleTV+) – new showThis Is Us (NBC) – 4 nominationsYellowstone (Paramount Network) – never … Continue reading
Posted in Awards, Previews, Television
Tagged apple, better call saul, euphoria, hbo, killing eve, netflix, ozark, severance, showtime, squid game, stranger things, succession, this is us, yellowjackets
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