Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … A Star Is Born (2018, R), Bradley Cooper’s latest remake of the Hollywood classic with Lady Gaga in the starring role, earned eight Academy Award nominations. You can catch up with […]
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What to stream: ‘Umbrella Academy’ on Netflix, ‘Lorena’ on Amazon, ‘Rhapsody’ on VOD
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Bohemian Rhapsody (2018, PG-13) has been criticized for its simplistic (and in some places inaccurate) portrait of the life of singer and Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, but it is a rousing, […]
Streaming the 2019 Oscar nominees
The Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday, February 24. Are you caught up on the major nominees? Eight films made the cut in the category of best picture and a few of them are still in theaters, notably the offbeat royal drama The Favourite (2018, R), which came away with ten nominations, political […]
What to stream: ‘Velvet Buzzsaw’ and ‘Ant-Man’ and ‘Incredibles’ sequels on Netflix, ‘ABC Murders’ on Amazon
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, video-on-demand, and other streaming services… Pixar’s family-friendly superhero adventure/comedy Incredibles 2 (2018, PG) features zippy action, goofy gags, and a giggling baby that can shoot lasers from his eyes. The Oscar-nominated animated film is now streaming on Netflix. Ant-Man and […]
Coming and Going on HBO Now in February 2019
The documentary hit of 2018 Won’t You Be My Neighbor? and the “Super Duper Unrated Cut” of Deadpool 2 come to HBO next month. Also arriving is the HBO Original movie O.G. with Jeffrey Wright, new seasons of 2 Dope Queens and Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and the new HBO Asia original horror […]
What to stream: ‘First Man’ on VOD, ‘Black Moon Rising’ and ‘Polar’ on Netflix, ‘Four More Shots’ on Amazon
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Ryan Gosling is astronaut Neil Armstrong in First Man (2018, PG-13), an intimate look at the story behind the first human to set foot on the moon. Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle (La La Land) […]
What to stream: ‘Eighth Grade’ on Amazon, twin ‘Fyre’s on Netflix and Hulu, Robert Redford on VOD
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Elsie Fisher delivers a heartbreakingly vulnerable performance as an awkward, introverted teenage girl enduring the final week of Eighth Grade (2018, R). The directorial debut comedian Bo Burham is an insightful […]
‘Logan’ on HBO Now
Can a comic book superhero movie tell a human story? Logan (2017) makes the case that the genre is not limited to spectacle (though this film does offer some accomplished—and violent—action scenes), end of the world stakes, or world-building chapters in a massive franchise. Set in the near future of 2029, which is a lot […]
What to stream: ‘Solo’ on Netflix, ‘Annihilation’ and ‘The Commuter’ on Amazon and Hulu
Here’s what’s new and ready to stream now on Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, Showtime Anytime, FilmStruck, video-on-demand, and other streaming services … Alden Ehrenreich is a young Han Solo in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, PG-13), a prequel from a galaxy far, far away. As much galactic heist adventure as space opera, […]
‘Jupiter Ascending’ on HBO Now
Jupiter Ascending (2015) was a player at the Razzie Awards, the snarky organization that puts the spotlight in the worst and most over-hyped films of the year. Not exactly the kind of attention you seek out as a filmmaker, and maybe not completely deserved, though that’s admittedly a minority opinion. This is old fashioned space […]