daily stream: the other cabin-in-the-woods movie
2011’s Tucker and Dale vs Evil leaves Prime in the US soon; on Prime in the UK.
daily stream: a beautifully accomplished portrait of untoxic masculinity
2018’s The Rider is on Mubi in the US, BFI Player in the UK (and other services).
daily stream: a doggone-good modern classic comedy
2000’s Best in Show is new on Hulu in the US; on Prime and Apple TV in the UK.
loaded question: what movies and/or TV series have standout opening credits?
I’m expanding the scope of our earlier discussion of this topic, a decade ago, because TV opening credits seem to have come back into style in recent years…
What’s Love Got to Do with It? movie review: the boy next door, and a world away
Lily James and Shazad Latif? Delightful, even when they’re not together and sparking. No surprise where they’re going, but this amiable rom-com gets them there with genuine smarts and real sentiment.
loaded question: what are the cheeriest, happiest movies you’ve ever seen?
The first one that comes to mind for me is the utterly delightful Legally Blonde. Its protagonist, Elle Woods, is surely one of the sweetest, kindest characters ever to feature in her own movie.
daily stream: a marginalized rapper goes home and goes big
2020’s Mogul Mowgli is on HBO Max in the US, BBC iPlayer in the UK.
daily stream: undercover, without a clue
2012’s 21 Jump Street leaves US Netflix very soon; on MGM in the UK.
daily stream: meet the most extreme tourists on Earth
2020’s Stalking Chernobyl is streaming free worldwide on YouTube.
loaded question (revisited): what cool stuff are you watching / reading / listening to / playing/ enjoying right now?
TV or movies, games, comic books or novels, magazines, web sites, music, whatever. If you’re loving it right now and want to evangelize about it, this is the place!
