With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options — not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves — we’ve taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit platforms. Every week, one will be able to see the cream of the crop (or perhaps some simply interesting picks) of streaming titles (new and old) across platforms such as Netflix, iTunes, Amazon, and more (note: U.S. only). Check out our rundown for this week’s selections below.
Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
Christopher Guest has had an exceptionally strong ’00s with A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration, and it remains to be seen how his upcoming Mascots will be received, but his arguable peak is still the gloriously funny mockumentary Best in Show. Guest’s other films have lovingly skewered egotistical oddballs and the insanity of subjective or objective criticism, so Best in Show is...
Best in Show (Christopher Guest)
Christopher Guest has had an exceptionally strong ’00s with A Mighty Wind and For Your Consideration, and it remains to be seen how his upcoming Mascots will be received, but his arguable peak is still the gloriously funny mockumentary Best in Show. Guest’s other films have lovingly skewered egotistical oddballs and the insanity of subjective or objective criticism, so Best in Show is...
- 7/7/2017
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Happy 77th birthday to one of our favorite actors, Christopher Lloyd!
The actor, who's played some of filmdom's most beloved characters, including Doc Brown in "Back to the Future," Professor Plum in "Clue," and Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" films, was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Conn.
Partly because of his height, and partly because of his manic intensity and commitment to even the wildest characters, he's portrayed a series of eccentrics, from mad scientists to aliens; had an impressive, award-winning theater career; and will always be remembered as Reverend Jim on "Taxi."
In honor of his 77th birthday, we've come up with 75 reasons why he's so awesome.
1. He's played a Klingon, a cartoon, the Wizard of Oz, an angel, a leper, and a geriatric vampire.
2. He stands an impressive 6'1."
3. Because he's so tall, he had to hunch over to appear in the same frame with "Back to the Future...
The actor, who's played some of filmdom's most beloved characters, including Doc Brown in "Back to the Future," Professor Plum in "Clue," and Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" films, was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Conn.
Partly because of his height, and partly because of his manic intensity and commitment to even the wildest characters, he's portrayed a series of eccentrics, from mad scientists to aliens; had an impressive, award-winning theater career; and will always be remembered as Reverend Jim on "Taxi."
In honor of his 77th birthday, we've come up with 75 reasons why he's so awesome.
1. He's played a Klingon, a cartoon, the Wizard of Oz, an angel, a leper, and a geriatric vampire.
2. He stands an impressive 6'1."
3. Because he's so tall, he had to hunch over to appear in the same frame with "Back to the Future...
- 10/22/2015
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Happy 75th birthday to one of our favorite actors, Christopher Lloyd!
The actor, who's played some of filmdom's most beloved characters, including Doc Brown in "Back to the Future," Professor Plum in "Clue," and Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" films, was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Conn.
Partly because of his height, and partly because of his manic intensity and commitment to even the wildest characters, he's portrayed a series of eccentrics, from mad scientists to aliens; had an impressive, award-winning theater career; and will always be remembered as Reverend Jim on "Taxi."
In honor of his 75th birthday, we've come up with 75 reasons why he's so awesome.
1. He's played a Klingon, a cartoon, the Wizard of Oz, an angel, a leper, and a geriatric vampire.
2. He stands an impressive 6'1."
3. Because he's so tall, he had to hunch over to appear in the same frame with "Back to the Future...
The actor, who's played some of filmdom's most beloved characters, including Doc Brown in "Back to the Future," Professor Plum in "Clue," and Uncle Fester in the "Addams Family" films, was born on October 22, 1938 in Stamford, Conn.
Partly because of his height, and partly because of his manic intensity and commitment to even the wildest characters, he's portrayed a series of eccentrics, from mad scientists to aliens; had an impressive, award-winning theater career; and will always be remembered as Reverend Jim on "Taxi."
In honor of his 75th birthday, we've come up with 75 reasons why he's so awesome.
1. He's played a Klingon, a cartoon, the Wizard of Oz, an angel, a leper, and a geriatric vampire.
2. He stands an impressive 6'1."
3. Because he's so tall, he had to hunch over to appear in the same frame with "Back to the Future...
- 10/22/2013
- by Sharon Knolle
- Moviefone
Exclusive: Warner Bros has just closed a high six-figure against seven-figure deal for screen rights to Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution, a book by Nathaniel Philbrick that will be published April 30 by Viking. The project was acquired for Pearl Street Films as a potential directing vehicle for Argo helmer Ben Affleck, who partners in the company with Matt Damon. Word is that Affleck (who is busy adapting the Dennis Lehane novel Live By Night to direct, star in and produce) will turn the book over to his Argo scribe Chris Terrio, making this a major project. Philbrick is the author of Mayflower and the National Book Award-winning In The Heart Of The Sea, the real story beyond the white whale that informed Moby Dick, and the struggle of the whalers to survive after the giant whale split their ship in half. That book has long been at...
- 3/18/2013
- by MIKE FLEMING JR
- Deadline
There are not many shows I can turn on and immediately start smiling and laughing, but Being Human is one of them.
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Die" provided one of the best opening scenes of any show I've seen in ages. I have no idea what music was playing while they were filming, but it wasn't what Sam Witwer was dancing to as he put Aidan through decades worth of moves. And, yes, his body can gyrate quite well.
In that same scene, we learned Nora and Josh had decided to let Erin stay with them. While Aidan (who Erin nicknamed "Twilight") was hosting a co-ed fraternity party in the living room, Josh threw out this incredible Being Human quotes zinger to start the hour right:
Erin: Twilight's was cool with it.
Josh: Yeah, Aidan's okay with it because when he was a teenager beer was safer than water.
"I'm So Lonesome I Could Die" provided one of the best opening scenes of any show I've seen in ages. I have no idea what music was playing while they were filming, but it wasn't what Sam Witwer was dancing to as he put Aidan through decades worth of moves. And, yes, his body can gyrate quite well.
In that same scene, we learned Nora and Josh had decided to let Erin stay with them. While Aidan (who Erin nicknamed "Twilight") was hosting a co-ed fraternity party in the living room, Josh threw out this incredible Being Human quotes zinger to start the hour right:
Erin: Twilight's was cool with it.
Josh: Yeah, Aidan's okay with it because when he was a teenager beer was safer than water.
- 2/5/2013
- by carissa@tvfanatic.com (Carissa Pavlica)
- TVfanatic
It's lovely to see an actress grow, even one who already has more celebrity than she wants.
So to see Katie Holmes turn in such a good performance in Theresa Rebeck's "Dead Accounts" at Broadway's The Music Box, is lovely.
Last time Holmes was on Broadway in "All My Sons" she screamed whenever the part called for her to emote. Now, she does yell -- when called for. She also works herself up to tears and it's all completely believable. Holmes has matured into a stage actress, and this a great part for her.
She's playing Lorna, a daughter of the Midwest, who lives with her parents, mom (Broadway vet Jayne Houdyshell) and her unseen, ailing father. Lorna is sweet, dependable, disappointed and, above all, nice.
Nice is important in this play in which playwright Rebeck (Broadway's "Seminar," TV's "Smash") paints Midwesterners as nice, and New Yorkers as not.
So to see Katie Holmes turn in such a good performance in Theresa Rebeck's "Dead Accounts" at Broadway's The Music Box, is lovely.
Last time Holmes was on Broadway in "All My Sons" she screamed whenever the part called for her to emote. Now, she does yell -- when called for. She also works herself up to tears and it's all completely believable. Holmes has matured into a stage actress, and this a great part for her.
She's playing Lorna, a daughter of the Midwest, who lives with her parents, mom (Broadway vet Jayne Houdyshell) and her unseen, ailing father. Lorna is sweet, dependable, disappointed and, above all, nice.
Nice is important in this play in which playwright Rebeck (Broadway's "Seminar," TV's "Smash") paints Midwesterners as nice, and New Yorkers as not.
- 12/10/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
For those who might read this title and say, "I thought Lincoln and Douglas were rivals who debated each other. I didn't know they were friends", let me alleviate your confusion. This is not about the Abraham Lincoln/Stephen Douglas debates. This is about Lincoln's relationship with Frederick Douglass, the former slave who escaped his bondage and became a famous abolitionist writer and orator.
Lincoln & Douglass: An American Friendship, brought to us by those helpful people at Scholastic Storybook Treasures, focuses on a possibly fictitious conversation that Lincoln has with Douglass during Lincoln's second inaugural ball. There are three other stories on this DVD, all of which tell a historical tale in a kid-friendly way. Each one is based on a children's book.
The first story posits a scenario where Abraham Lincoln is at his inaugural gala but distracted because his buddy Frederick Douglass hasn't shown up yet. Eventually, Douglass does arrive.
Lincoln & Douglass: An American Friendship, brought to us by those helpful people at Scholastic Storybook Treasures, focuses on a possibly fictitious conversation that Lincoln has with Douglass during Lincoln's second inaugural ball. There are three other stories on this DVD, all of which tell a historical tale in a kid-friendly way. Each one is based on a children's book.
The first story posits a scenario where Abraham Lincoln is at his inaugural gala but distracted because his buddy Frederick Douglass hasn't shown up yet. Eventually, Douglass does arrive.
- 3/9/2011
- by Rob Young
- JustPressPlay.net
The Masque Of The Red Death (1964)
Directed by Roger Corman
Nicolas Roeg was one of the more successful cinematographers to graduate from the apex of the camera team to the director’s chair, a difficult transition which he arguably traversed with far more dexterity and than his European peers Freddie Francis, Jan De Bont, or Jack Cardiff. As part of the exhaustive BFI film season on his delirious miscellanea of work (running throughout March), horror fans welcomed a rare opportunity to see his unique collaboration with the supreme schlock stylist Roger Corman on the final entry of his celebrated cycle of Edgar Allen Poe adaptations that terrified and titillated audiences throughout the early 1960s. As the UK’s Hammer studios mined the Victorian howls of Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley, Corman turned to his countryman Poe to craft his gothic grotesques, in a cycle of films descending from The Fall of the House of Usher...
Directed by Roger Corman
Nicolas Roeg was one of the more successful cinematographers to graduate from the apex of the camera team to the director’s chair, a difficult transition which he arguably traversed with far more dexterity and than his European peers Freddie Francis, Jan De Bont, or Jack Cardiff. As part of the exhaustive BFI film season on his delirious miscellanea of work (running throughout March), horror fans welcomed a rare opportunity to see his unique collaboration with the supreme schlock stylist Roger Corman on the final entry of his celebrated cycle of Edgar Allen Poe adaptations that terrified and titillated audiences throughout the early 1960s. As the UK’s Hammer studios mined the Victorian howls of Bram Stoker and Mary Shelley, Corman turned to his countryman Poe to craft his gothic grotesques, in a cycle of films descending from The Fall of the House of Usher...
- 3/9/2011
- by John
- SoundOnSight
Those loyal to the English king during the American Revolution have been written out of history, but Andrew Roberts says that a new book, Liberty's Exiles, restores them to their proper place as true patriots.
When the British army and navy were forced to evacuate New York and other American cities in November 1783 after their defeat in the War of Independence, no fewer than 75,000 civilians left with them. These were the Loyalists who had supported George III in what had effectively been as much a civil war as a national liberation struggle. Although about one-quarter of all American colonists had decided to stay loyal to the king in 1776, after seven years of struggle only 3 percent of them were willing to go into lifelong exile sooner than live in the nascent American republic. This is their story.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Inside Kennedy's Inauguration, 50 Years On
The Harvard historian...
When the British army and navy were forced to evacuate New York and other American cities in November 1783 after their defeat in the War of Independence, no fewer than 75,000 civilians left with them. These were the Loyalists who had supported George III in what had effectively been as much a civil war as a national liberation struggle. Although about one-quarter of all American colonists had decided to stay loyal to the king in 1776, after seven years of struggle only 3 percent of them were willing to go into lifelong exile sooner than live in the nascent American republic. This is their story.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Inside Kennedy's Inauguration, 50 Years On
The Harvard historian...
- 2/12/2011
- by Andrew Roberts
- The Daily Beast
Advertised as perfect for students and lifelong learners, History's Instant Expert Series is a collective set of full-length documentaries released just in time for the back-to-school season. With six productions varied in content and delivery, it would be quite difficult to judge the sum of the parts. Instead, here's a breakdown of what to expect in this series:
Instant Expert: American History: Ben Franklin
When most people think of Benjamin Franklin, they think of the dangerously inquisitive man with a kite and lightning. Instant Expert: Ben Franklin takes that persona many steps forward by delving into the man behind the legend and inventions that he left behind. In the aesthetically-pleasing signature style of History Channel's productions, viewers are indulged in reenactments of possible scenes from Franklin's life, along with commentary from historians, authors and professors who dish their knowledge and insight on Franklin himself. From this series we learn...
Instant Expert: American History: Ben Franklin
When most people think of Benjamin Franklin, they think of the dangerously inquisitive man with a kite and lightning. Instant Expert: Ben Franklin takes that persona many steps forward by delving into the man behind the legend and inventions that he left behind. In the aesthetically-pleasing signature style of History Channel's productions, viewers are indulged in reenactments of possible scenes from Franklin's life, along with commentary from historians, authors and professors who dish their knowledge and insight on Franklin himself. From this series we learn...
- 9/18/2010
- by Simone Grant
- JustPressPlay.net
The alleged prostitute known as "Kristen" in the New York governor sex scandal is a 22-year-old New Jersey native from a broken home who now worries what people will think of her, according to a newspaper report. "I just don't want to be thought of as a monster," the woman, identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre, tells The New York Times. "This has been a very difficult time. It is complicated."Dupre has not been charged in the case. But she has been subpoenaed to testify in a grand jury investigation, her lawyer, Don D. Buchwald, told a magistrate judge in court on Monday.
- 3/12/2008
- by Mike Fleeman
- PEOPLE.com
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