Submitted for your approval: Rod Serling, a writer whose mix of science fiction, fantasy, and social commentary results in the most celebrated and respected anthology series of all time.
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‘Skyfall’ – James Bond faces his past on Hulu and Paramount+
007 gets a backstory and Judi Dench gets her hands dirty as M in the 23rd official Bond movie, directed with high style by Sam Mendes.
‘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.
‘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.
What to stream: ‘Black Widow’ and ‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’ on Disney+, ‘One of Us Is Lying’ on Peacock, plus Halloween picks
Plus ‘Jacinta’ on Hulu, ‘There’s Someone Inside Your House’ on Netflix, classic horror on Peacock and Criterion Channel, ‘Old Henry’ on premium VOD, and more
Steven Spielberg’s ‘A.I.: Artificial Intelligence’ on Hulu and Paramount+
Steven Spielberg meets Stanley Kubrick in this dark, visionary science fiction fairy tale about a robot boy who wants to be human.
‘Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan’ and the original ‘Star Trek’ movie series on Hulu and Paramount+
William Shatner returned to the captain’s chair for six big screen ‘Star Trek’ features with his original bridge crew, then handed command to the ‘Next Generation’ crew who continued on through four addition movies.
What to stream: ‘The Many Saints of Newark’ on HBO Max, ‘The Guilty’ and ‘Maid’ on Netflix, Jon Stewart on Apple TV+
Plus ‘Queenpins’ on Paramount+, Britney Spears documentaries on Netflix and Hulu, ‘Diana: The Musical’ on Netflix, ‘Pauli Murray’ on Amazon, ‘The Perfect Candidate’ on Criterion Channel, and more.
John Cleese falls for ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ on Hulu and Paramount+
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, and Michael Palin costar in this zippy mix of caper comedy, sexy romantic comedy, and Pythonesque zaniness, one of the funniest films of the 1980s.
The original ‘The Nutty Professor’ – Dr. Jekyll and Jerry Lewis on Amazon Prime and Paramount+
This bizarro take on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde reimagines the good doctor as a nerdy college chemistry professor with a lounge lizard alter ego.