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daily stream: dangerous science, dangerous men

Wed, Nov 08, 2023
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2006’s The Prestige leaves UK Prime soon; on Paramount+ in the US.

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loaded question: what are the best movies about resistance to oppression, repression, and colonialism?

Mon, Nov 06, 2023
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Apropos of, oh, nothing at all that might be in the news at the moment (Free Palestine!)…

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daily stream: remember, remember the fifth of November…

Sun, Nov 05, 2023
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2006’s V for Vendetta is on Prime and Max in the US, Prime and Apple TV in the UK.

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daily stream: modern noir with Jason Statham and his best kind of costar

Fri, Nov 03, 2023
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2012’s Safe is on Netflix on both sides of the Atlantic; stream on UK Prime for 11 more days.

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daily stream: drop out, tune in (the degree program)

Thu, Nov 02, 2023
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2006’s Accepted leaves US Netflix soon; on Prime and Apple TV in the UK.

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did you enjoy the Daily Screams? should I do more themed Daily Stream recommendations?

Wed, Nov 01, 2023
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Plus: how to get the Daily Streams (and other stuff from me) in your email in-box…

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daily scream: how to fill the gaping hole inside now that Halloween is over

Tue, Oct 31, 2023
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1993’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is on Disney+ on both sides of the Atlantic (and a few other services, too).

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loaded question: what’s the scariest scene ever in a movie that isn’t considered horror?

Tue, Oct 31, 2023
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My pick: the alien-examination scene in 1993’s UFO-abduction flick Fire in the Sky, in which D.B. Sweeney’s abductee is treated by ET doctors like the biological specimen he is to them.

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daily scream: the dread of a future you can’t see

Mon, Oct 30, 2023
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2001’s Donnie Darko is on Kanopy in the US, Curzon Home Cinema in the UK (and lots of other services).

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daily scream: meta horror about how scary movies infect us

Sun, Oct 29, 2023
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2021’s Censor on Kanopy in the US, 4 in the UK (and lots of other services, too).

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