what’s on Netflix UK, Amazon UK Instant Video, blinkbox, BBC iPlayer (from May 19)
What’s new, what’s hot, and what you may have missed, now available to stream.
new to stream
Computer Chess: dryly humorous and wonderfully weird, this is a preternaturally mundane evocation of early 80s nerdery and an almost scary peek at the history of AI [my review] [at Netflix]
because you missed it
Bobby Fischer Against the World: documentary exploration of the reclusive chess champion as a tragedy of genius and madness as two sides of his own personal coin, and as a uniquely American story [my review] [at Netflix]
streaming now, before it’s on dvd
Inside Llewyn Davis: hilarious in the Coens Brothers’ weird, askew way, but also absolutely crushing; this movie breaks my heart in a hundred different ways [my review] [at Amazon UK Instant Video]
new to Prime
Midnight in Paris: a valentine -— to people, to places, to ideals, to our own dreams -— that does not wear rose-colored glasses; perhaps the Woody Allen-est movie ever [my review] [at Amazon UK Instant Video]
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!/Band of Misfits: not only a hoot and half — funny, clever, and wittily animated, basically pure delightful perfection — but perhaps the sneakiest educational film ever [my review] [at Amazon UK Instant Video]
Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa: comedian Steve Coogan is still, hilariously, the same old awful, insecure jerk, but the media satire that has always revolved around the character is somewhat diminished [my review] [at Amazon UK Instant Video]
streaming now, before it’s on dvd
Inside Llewyn Davis: hilarious in the Coens Brothers’ weird, askew way, but also absolutely crushing; this movie breaks my heart in a hundred different ways [my review] [at blinkbox]
The Damned United: an absolutely thrilling story, both hilarious and poignant, about a man who is downright classical in his flaws; Michael Sheen has never been better [my review] [at iPlayer] (expires Wed 21st May) <– expiring very soon!
Management: Jennifer Aniston and Steve Zahn in a stalker rom-com that is sweeter than it deserves to be [my review] [at iPlayer] (expires Tue 20th May) <– expiring very soon!
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Alan Partridge Alpha Papa | Amazon Instant Video | BBC iPlayer | blinkbox | Bobby Fischer Against the World | Coen Brothers | Computer Chess | Damned United | Inside Llewyn Davis | Jennifer Aniston | Management | Michael Sheen | Midnight in Paris | Netflix | Pirates | Steve Coogan | Steve Zahn | Woody Allen
Alan Partridge Alpha Papa | Amazon Instant Video | BBC iPlayer | blinkbox | Bobby Fischer Against the World | Coen Brothers | Computer Chess | Damned United | Inside Llewyn Davis | Jennifer Aniston | Management | Michael Sheen | Midnight in Paris | Netflix | Pirates | Steve Coogan | Steve Zahn | Woody Allen
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