Please get Bill Kristol to do a Britbox one there are some great shows on there. I’m probably biased bring a Brit living in Dallas but the new series of Sherwood is great.
"Criterion has 20 (!) Hitchcock movies lined up for December, and it’s here you can understand the difference between this service and Netflix (which currently has, I believe, something like zero movies released before 1960 on the service)."
Netflix: We don't have movies from the 70s and 80s either. But we have mid-budget replicas of movies from the 70s and 80s.
Between PBS Passport, Curiosity Stream, the Criterion Channel, and Kanopy, I am already spoiled for choice. While no one streaming service has it all, they all do have some good content. So many excellent things to watch, so little time...
I think people are really going to appreciate your new streaming guide!
Hope you don’t forget MGM+ in the next couple of weeks. May be a smaller cable package/streaming service but this third season of From has been incredibly good (as were the first two seasons). Anyone with Lost nostalgia needs to watch From.
And Godfather of Harlem has been an incredible show since it first debuted. I’m excited for season 4 coming up.
They have plenty of others that have gotten good to great reviews that I haven’t seen (Emperor of Ocean Park, A Spy Among Friends, Hotel Cocaine, Rogue Heroes)
could you do a cord cutters guide to services? I am about to move and am looking to cut the cord to DirecTV, but despite being in sports media I don't have a good idea of which streamers to choose as I look to switch out.
Well this kind of doubles as that, though the sports question is way trickier (as my son who gets annoyed we can't watch MNF despite having ESPN+ will be happy to tell you).
Mindhunters really deserved a 3rd season, especially after how good S2 was and really got in a groove, but I guess Fincher got distracted and Netflix hates to pay for a show to go more than 2 series
After watching Dune: Prophecy last weekend (big meh, imo), the presence of Travis Fimmel being a not-quite-right space soldier inspired me to revisit "Raised by Wolves" to rewatch some proper sci-fi weirdness - i'm sad to report that it's no longer available on MAX and doesn't seem to be on any streaming platform in the US, even to purchase :(
And that is what I hate about streaming becoming so dominant; it makes it far too easy for a corporation to deep-six something they've decided they don't like. Try finding Martin Scorsee's film Kundun on any streaming service: it's not available to stream and never will be, because the movie upset the Chinese and Disney didn't want to lose access to that market. But if you have a Blu-Ray player, you can watch it on the disk Kino Lorber released.
some adds -
Amazon -
The Expanse
Battlestar Galatica
Bunch of good British shows if you have Brit Box add
Hulu -
Say Nothing (wow!!!)
The Bear (wow!!)
Shogun (wow!!)
Plus older stuff like The Americans, Justified and The Shield
Netflix -
Arcane
Sandman
Friday Night Lights
Avatar
The Good Place
Criterion Channel is not available in Portugal. Could you talk to someone about that?
Excellent service journalism here
prime suspect - starring helen mirren is the greatest British show of all time
Yes to this idea! And add Britbox, Prime and Acorn! We are desperate in our household for evening content!
Please get Bill Kristol to do a Britbox one there are some great shows on there. I’m probably biased bring a Brit living in Dallas but the new series of Sherwood is great.
This is an excellent idea. I hope you can keep this updated, maybe quarterly?
"Criterion has 20 (!) Hitchcock movies lined up for December, and it’s here you can understand the difference between this service and Netflix (which currently has, I believe, something like zero movies released before 1960 on the service)."
Netflix: We don't have movies from the 70s and 80s either. But we have mid-budget replicas of movies from the 70s and 80s.
Audience: Is that better?
Netflix: No. It's worse and costs more.
Between PBS Passport, Curiosity Stream, the Criterion Channel, and Kanopy, I am already spoiled for choice. While no one streaming service has it all, they all do have some good content. So many excellent things to watch, so little time...
I think people are really going to appreciate your new streaming guide!
Hope you don’t forget MGM+ in the next couple of weeks. May be a smaller cable package/streaming service but this third season of From has been incredibly good (as were the first two seasons). Anyone with Lost nostalgia needs to watch From.
And Godfather of Harlem has been an incredible show since it first debuted. I’m excited for season 4 coming up.
They have plenty of others that have gotten good to great reviews that I haven’t seen (Emperor of Ocean Park, A Spy Among Friends, Hotel Cocaine, Rogue Heroes)
Nice work. Thanks.
could you do a cord cutters guide to services? I am about to move and am looking to cut the cord to DirecTV, but despite being in sports media I don't have a good idea of which streamers to choose as I look to switch out.
Well this kind of doubles as that, though the sports question is way trickier (as my son who gets annoyed we can't watch MNF despite having ESPN+ will be happy to tell you).
YoutubeTV ftw
Hacks and Glow - most definitely. JVL should check out Glow. Looking forward to next week's list. Thanks for doing this.
Love all these (Mindhunter is SO underrated).
Mindhunters really deserved a 3rd season, especially after how good S2 was and really got in a groove, but I guess Fincher got distracted and Netflix hates to pay for a show to go more than 2 series
Great idea, thanks for doing this.
After watching Dune: Prophecy last weekend (big meh, imo), the presence of Travis Fimmel being a not-quite-right space soldier inspired me to revisit "Raised by Wolves" to rewatch some proper sci-fi weirdness - i'm sad to report that it's no longer available on MAX and doesn't seem to be on any streaming platform in the US, even to purchase :(
And that is what I hate about streaming becoming so dominant; it makes it far too easy for a corporation to deep-six something they've decided they don't like. Try finding Martin Scorsee's film Kundun on any streaming service: it's not available to stream and never will be, because the movie upset the Chinese and Disney didn't want to lose access to that market. But if you have a Blu-Ray player, you can watch it on the disk Kino Lorber released.
What the hell! Looks like it's available on out-of-region Blu-ray. Which isn't helpful for 99% of consumers.
Zaslav and his tax write-offs strike again
And yes, I'm still mad about "Coyote vs Acme" being shelved
This is great, Sonny. I like this idea.