daily stream: a robot who wants to be a real boy
2001’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence is on Paramount+ on both sides of the Atlantic.
Month: September 2023
daily stream: TFW the ETs are just kinda annoying and in the way
2009’s District 9 is on Max in the US, Netflix in the UK…
daily stream: is this the way the world ends?
2006’s Children of Men leaves UK iPlayer on October 4th; on Prime in the US.
daily stream: a girl and her alien robot car
2018’s Bumblebee leaves UK Prime very soon; on Paramount+ in the US.
Brother movie review: who gets away with being reckless
A pall of dread, of terrible suspense, hangs over this powerfully empathetic drama about what it means to be a Black man navigating a racist world. Beautifully performed and structurally intriguing.
daily stream: discovering humanity in the face of aliens
2016’s Arrival is new on US Netflix, but leaves UK Netflix at the end of September.
daily stream: ironically, the best videogame movie ever
2014’s Edge of Tomorrow is new on Netflix in the UK, on Max in the US.
loaded question: who’s your favorite film director, and why?
This one is a no-brainer for me: Steven Spielberg. And that’s because his Raiders of the Lost Ark is the movie that made me fall in love with movies.
daily stream: our nightmarish impact on planet Earth
2019’s Anthropocene: The Human Epoch is on Kanopy in the US; not available anywhere in the UK.
daily stream: TFW a film is incredibly depressing but honestly really great, too
2016’s Hell or High Water is on Hulu in the US, and new on Netflix in the UK.
