2021 Streaming Movies & TV

/ February 1, 2021
  • A Secret Love – A-
    • These two women were in a league of their own
  • Allen v. Farrow – A-
    • Yeah, he did it. No doubt
  • Another Round – A-
    • Friends decide to test the theory that the most productive people maintain a 0.05% blood alcohol level at all times.
  • Big Sky – C+
    • After a promising start it starts to get annoying with several filler episodes
  • Blown Away S1 – B
    • Frenetic glass-blowing reality competition.
  • Bridgerton – B
    • Anyone else find Simon and Daphne completely exhausting?
  • Cobra Kai S3 – B-
    • These kids never get in trouble for anything.
  • Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel – B-
    • Ultimately a tragic case that also shows how the internet and both help and hinder an investigation
  • Crip Camp – A-
    • The young people in this camp changed the country in ways that we take for granted.
  • Dave – A-
    • Dave, AKA Lil’ Dicky, is a lovable dingbat.
  • Dick Johnson is Dead – C-
    • Weirdly dull documentary about senility and losing your parents.
  • Evil Genius – B
    • A pizza delivery man has a bomb locked to his neck. That’s the least weird part of this documentary.
  • Freaky – B-
    • Scream + Freaky Friday / Heathers
  • Gretel & Hansel – C-
    • I think it was kind of boring, maybe. I don’t know. It left my brain immediately.
  • History of Swear Words – C
    • KInd of interesting, kind of dumb.
  • I Care A Lot – B+
    • I loved to hate on this scam artist.
  • I Know This Much is True –
  • It’s A Sin – A
    • Poignant and emotional mini-series about the early AIDS crisis in London.
  • Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous – B-
    • I don’t know why I let myself get so annoyed with kids in a TV-Y7 show?
  • Let Them All Talk – A-
    • Best friends reconnect on a transatlantic cruise. This is Candace Bergen’s film. She’s great.
  • Lego Star Wars Christmas Special – B
    • There is a little bit of canon confirming at the beginning but mostly it’s just silly fun.
  • Locked Down – D+
    • What’s worse than being in a pandemic? Watching other people complain about being in a pandemic.
  • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – B
    • Strong performances elevate this claustrophobic film.
  • Mank – C+
    • Looooooooooong.
  • Moxie – C
    • There’s a good movie in here somewhere, too bad we didn’t get it.
  • Murder Among the Mormons – B
    • In 1985 someone planted bombs around SLC to kill mormons, this 3-part documentary explains why.
  • Mr. Mayor – B
    • The latest Tina Fey sitcom is like early 30 Rock. I can see this getting better with subsequent seasons.
  • My Octopus Teacher – A
    • What we can learn from nature is amazing and shouldn’t be taken for granted.
  • Nightstalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer – B-
    • Gruesome and horrifying documentary about the mad man that terrorized a nation in 1984.
  • Nomadland – A
    • A view into the world of nomads and how they keep this country running.
  • One Night in Miami – B+
    • Four black icons discussing life and their future in 1964
  • On The Rocks – B
    • I keep forgetting I even watched this.
  • Outside the Wire – B-
    • Decent sci-fi war movie about a cybernetic super-soldier. I know that sounds very generic.
  • Palm Springs – B
    • A funny and clever take on a sci-fi trope.
  • Pieces of a Woman – B+
    • We had to pause after 30 minutes to take a breather. Then it’s all downhill from there for this couple.
  • Pretend It’s A City – A-
    • Fran Lebowitz’s wry take on everything.
  • Promising Young Woman – A-
    • Carrie Mulligan deserves an Oscar for this amazingly layered performance.
  • Star Wars: Rebels – B
    • The story of how the rebel alliance formed leading up to Rogue One.
  • Search Party S4 – B
    • Dory deserved it.
  • Soul – A-
    • Inside out meets Pets? Sort of.
  • Sound of Metal – B
    • Riz does an amazing job of a drummer who loses his hearing.
  • Sylvie’s Love – B
    • Love and jazz in NYC.
  • The Expanse S1 – B–
    • Space capers! but kind of dull
  • The Great Pottery Throwdown – B
    • It’s very relaxing and sometimes they make ugly things and sometimes those ugly things break.
  • The High Note – D
    • Boring, schlocky, nonsense with an insulting “twist” ending.
  • The Last Blockbuster – C
    • This starts out promising but is easily 40 minutes too long.
  • The Little Things – D
    • Utter garbage. Malek is making weird faces the whole time, Leto deserves a Razzie. Avoid at all cost.
  • The Midnight Sky – B+
    • After a global event, Clooney finds himself lost in the arctic with a little girl.
  • The Ripper – B
    • Four-part documentary about a serial killer in the UK and how the police bungled it (per usual)
  • The Trial of the Chicago 7 – A
    • Fantastically engaging retelling of the aftermath of the 1968 DNC riot
  • The Vast of Night – B
    • Two teens discover a strange radio signal that may be aliens in this beautifully shot, well-paced mystery.
  • Tina – B-
    • Good documentary but I personally didn’t learn anything new.
  • WandaVision – A-
    • Every episode is like “HA! HA! WTF! HA! OMG!”
  • We Are the Champions – B-
    • Docuseries about people are experts in niche events (cheese chasing, dog dancing, yo-yo’ing)

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