A Review of ‘Homestead’ on Tubi Also Follows Below
As a follow-up to previous posts, here are some additional capsule reviews of gangster/thriller movies (content not for kids) available on streaming services. As always, your mileage may vary.
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‘The People’s Court’ Is Adjourned Permanently: Report
Warner Bros. is ending The People’s Court syndicated show after 26 seasons.
Ex-Miami Judge Marilyn Milian has presided over the cases (which constitute arbitration hearings re-routed from small claims courts around the country) since 2001 on the now-cancelled, long-running daytime TV series.
What’s Trending on Netflix Today?
Here are capsule reviews of a few Netflix movies that are currently popular and/or trending, assuming that you can take the streaming service at its word.
Review: ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ on Netflix Should Have Cut to the Chase
A few days before Christmas, the sequel to the hit 2019 film Knives Out premiered on Netflix after a brief theatrical release.
Netflix reportedly paid $400-million plus for the rights to Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery and a planned third film in the series.
Looking for Something to Watch on Netflix?
Here are some viewing recommendations on the streaming service
With the holidays upon us, you may be among the millions of consumers scrolling through Netflix, sometimes desperately so, to find something worth watching during the downtime.
‘Up in the Air’ — Downsizer Gets His Comeuppance
With corporate layoffs in the news, it may be fitting to revisit the 2009 film Up in the Air, which is currently streaming on Netflix and elsewhere.
First, a word about Netflix in the context of the more recent trend toward so-called original content.
‘A Rainy Day in New York’ Is a Washout
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While surfing through Amazon Prime content, you never know what you might discover amidst the mediocre original content (which may be why the streaming service is getting into live sports events), direct-to-video schlock, and older movies that are better in your memory than what they actually are.
Netflix and Next
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The self-congratulatory Academy Awards ceremony, with its TV ratings in steady decline in part because no one has seen or wants to see any of the movies nominated, is on Sunday evening.
‘Barefoot Contessa’ — a Cinderella Story Without a Fairy Tale Ending
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The Barefoot Contessa (not the Food Network show) is a rather unique 1954 celluloid drama starring Humphrey Bogart and glamorous Ava Gardner that is in the regular rotation on the TCM channel.
A Meet and Greet on TCM
Cable viewers who were channel surfing the other day may have comes across an obscure gem on the Turner Classic Movies channel called When Ladies Meet (1941).
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