based on a play – Page 2 – Stream On Demand

What to stream: ‘Power of the Dog’ on Netflix, ‘The Humans’ on Showtime, ‘Harlem’ on Amazon, and ‘Money Heist’ ends

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Plus ‘Annie Live’ on Hulu and Peacock, animated ‘Wimpy Kid’ and ‘The Rescue’ on Disney+, ‘Burning’ on Amazon, and more Christmas programs.

‘O’ – high school Othello on Paramount+

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Mekhi Phifer, Julia Stiles, and Josh Hartnett star in Tim Blake Nelson’s reimagining of Shakespeare’s ‘Othello’ in an elite private high school.

‘Key Largo’ with Bogie and Bacall on HBO Max

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Film noir hits the tropics in John Huston’s 1948 thriller set in the midst of a Florida Hurricane. Edward G. Robinson, Lionel Barrymore, and Claire Trevor costar.

‘Dracula’ – the 1931 Spanish version on Criterion Channel

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This little known alternate version, shot on the same sets as the Lugosi classic, features a different cast and a sexy style and is proclaimed by many fans as a superior version.

Amy Acker and Alexis Denisof star in the modern dress Shakespeare adaptation from Joss Whedon

Joss Whedon does ‘Much Ado About Nothing’ on Hulu

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This modern dress version of the Shakespeare comedy was made with Whedon’s old friends and collaborators just after shooting ‘The Avengers.’

Jack Lemmon and Juliet Mills star in the Billy Wilder comedy

‘Avanti!’ with Jack Lemmon

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Billy Wilder was one of the great directors of classic American comedy. Avanti! (1972), based on the play by Samuel Taylor, is one of the director’s attempts to adapt his trademark mix of wit, romance, and sex to the more permissive era of the 1970s and one of the best films in the last act […]

The delightful live action ‘Peter Pan’ on Peacock

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You may feel like you’ve stepped into the pages of a storybook illustrated by Maxfield Parrish when you fly off to Neverland in Peter Pan (2003), P.J. Hogan’s deft and delightful take on the oft-filmed J.M. Barrie classic. Rachel Hurd-Wood brings a tomboyish spirit to Wendy, a girl on the verge of being a young […]

What to stream: ‘In the Heights’ on HBO Max, ‘Infinite’ on Paramount+, ‘Loki’ on Disney+

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Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Max, Disney+, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Before “Hamilton,” Lin-Manuel Miranda created a contemporary musical set in the predominantly Latino Manhattan neighborhood of the Washington Heights. “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Chu takes the Tony-winning stage musical “In […]

Laurence Olivier is ‘The Entertainer’ on HBO Max

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Laurence Olivier broke with the grand roles and theatrical poise of previous parts to play seedy music hall entertainer Archie Rice in John Osborne’s play The Entertainer. He reprised the role for Tony Richardson’s screen adaptation The Entertainer (1960), earning an Oscar nomination for his performance. Olivier gives his all as the gap tooth vaudevillian […]

‘The Broken Circle Breakdown’ on Amazon Prime

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The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium, 2012) is devastating. And I mean that in all the best ways. The story of a passionate love rocked by tragedy, it is both joyous and anguished, celebratory and sad. It’s set in a subculture of bluegrass aficionados in Belgium (who knew?), where it is practically love at first sight […]