Ben Affleck directs and stars in this based-on-a-true-story drama of the rescue of American hostages in Iran that won the Oscar for best picture
Category: Streaming Movies
‘Logan’ – An epitaph for Wolverine on Hulu
Hugh Jackman plays the ‘X-Men’ hero for the ninth and final time in this powerful epitaph directed by James Mangold. It’s a well-told story with a human story–and human stakes–at its core.
‘Thank You For Smoking’ on Amazon Prime
Aaron Eckhart is the glib, proudly obfuscating tobacco lobbyist in Jason Reitman’s wickedly witty adaptation of Christopher Buckley’s novel. He’s also our hero.
‘Code 46’ – a science fiction detective story on Hulu and Paramount+
Tim Robbins is a detective in a sterile, emotionally-stifling future in Michael Winterbottom’s overlooked contribution to smart science fiction cinema.
‘Waitress’ with Keri Russell on Hulu
Before it was a Broadway musical, ‘Waitress’ was a sweet romantic drama from filmmaker Adrienne Shelly, costarring Nathan Fillion.
Park Chan-wook’s ‘The Handmaiden’ on Amazon Prime
The director of ‘Oldboy’ delivers a sexy, savage, utterly compelling con thriller tangled up in national and sexual politics in 1930s Korea.
‘Goldfinger’ – James Bond goes blockbuster on Hulu and Paramount+
Sean Connery helped turn the James Bond spy series into a blockbuster franchise in his third outing as 007, perhaps the most iconic film in the series.
George Clooney is ‘Up in the Air’ on HBO Max
The Oscar-nominated drama from Jason Reitman taps into the anxieties of our precarious times and gives a voice to the victims of downsizing and those who have kept afloat be remaining completely untethered.
‘Our Brand Is Crisis’ – politics as PR on Netflix
Sandra Bullock and Billy Bob Thornton star as American political consultants running rival political campaigns in Bolivia in this satire inspired by real events.
Jackie Chan in London in ‘Shanghai Knights’ on Amazon Prime
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson bring the Far East and the old West to 19th century London in this action comedy sequel to ‘Shanghai Noon.’