Welcome to What to Stream, our weekly recommendation for movies streaming on Netflix, Hulu, Prime Video, and HBO Max. Today's theme: action. Happy Thursday! Since my dad said I recommend too many sad and slow movies that “normal people” wouldn’t like, today’s recommendations are three thrilling, non-stop action movies featuring some stellar car chases. This was…
Golden Arm follows a down-on-her-luck baker is convinced by her college roommate to train for and compete an arm wrestling competition Golden Arm is an irresistibly charming and funny tongue-in-cheek sports movie that overcomes its unevenness with a knockout lead performance by Mary Holland. ▶︎ Available to buy or rent I first discovered Mary Holland…
A quirky less-than-perfect family finds themselves as humanity's last hope as robots take over the world in Netflix's new animated film The Mitchells vs. The Machines No one is doing animation quite like Phil Lord and Christopher Miller. From the pure audacious laugh-a-minute humor of The Lego Movie or the inventiveness — and reinventive-ness —…
A group of friends on a hiking trip on the Appalachian trail take a Wrong Turn and stumble upon a primitive society cut off from the modern world who are determined to use any mean necessary to keep outsiders out Wrong Turn combines the pure genre thrills of early aughts slashers with more modern horror…
The Father puts you in the shoes of a man (Anthony Hopkins) suffering from dementia as he tries to figure out what his reality truly is While Sundance has had a mixed track record in recent years as a platform to launch an Oscar contender, I have almost no doubt in my mind that Anthony…
Jake Gyllenhaal, the Oscar-less powerhouse actor, has turned it iconic performance after performance in some of the greatest movies of the century. Here's where to watch them. Jake Gyllenhaal is arguably one of the greatest actors of his generation making his Oscar-less status a bit confounding. Nonetheless, he's turned in some of the best performances…
Alone Together follows musician Charli XCX as she writes and records her album how i'm feeling now while under lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic While working through the writing, producing, and release of her album how I'm feeling now, Charli XCX explores creativity, self-doubt, and connection in the age of the pandemic to great and…
WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn is a step by step telling of how Adam Neumann founded a company so big it was bound to fail While the rise and fall of WeWork is an interesting enough fable to fuel Hulu's WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47…
I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking) follows a young mother as she tries to collect enough money to pay for an apartment for her and her daughter in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking), with its highly empathetic approach to telling a story of financial struggle during the coronavirus pandemic, is…
See You Then follows two college exes, one of whom has come out as a transwoman, who reunite more than a decade after a contentious split See You Then explores and challenges the nuances of being a woman and being a transwoman through a deeply satisfying conversation between two exes — masterfully portrayed by Pooya…
