I previously highlighted some of my favorite shows/movies from HBO [view that list here] and Netflix [view here]. This edition is a mixed bag across platforms, but primarily Hulu and Amazon. 🎶 Everybody get your motherfucking stream on🎶 [Big Tymers voice].
Contagion [HBO]
I rewatched this over the weekend, and let me tell you, it hits on literally every single aspect of COVID right now. Director Steven Soderbergh and writer Scott Burns strove of a hyper-realistic movie. It may be too realistic for some, but it's still a high-quality movie.
POWER [Starz]
Power is a TV show at the intersection of high class and drug money. One of my favorite shows from the past 10 years. Omari Hardwick and Joseph Sikora are amazing, the writing is strong and the story is engaging.
Killing Eve [Hulu]
A dark comedy (and I mean dark) about a cat and mouse dance between an America MI-6 agent and the deranged serial killer who falls in love with her. Sandra Oh won a Golden Globe for her work, and Jodie Comer won an Emmy the same year. The craziest thing? Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who created, wrote, and starred in Fleabag (below) was the showrunner for season 1!
American Crime Story: The People vs. OJ Simpson
American Crime Story is an anthology series from mega-producer Ryan Murphy. It chronicles the OJ Simpson murder trial and the entire vibe and race issues surrounding it. It's one season, so it's a quick watch. It has an all star cast and it's an all star show
Fleabag [Amazon]
Phoebe Waller-Bridge is amazing. She created Fleabag. She was the showrunner for Season 1 of Killing Eve. She wrote the newest James Bond movie. And Fleabag is all her comedic talents laid bare for everyone to see and enjoy. The good and bad thing about the show is that it's only 2 seasons/12 episodes total, so you can binge it in half a day. There's a great Obama joke in season 1 and Obama included Fleabag on his 2019 best of list.
Upload [Amazon]
Man, I ate an edible last week and binged this entire show. At first, I thought it was workplace comedy a la The Good Place, and the further into it I got, the more I realized this show was going some dark places. What happens when you go to digital heaven, but you don't want to be there? What happens when you have to pay for it, but someone else is controlling the purse strings? It's got some really interesting ideas and I can't wait for S2.
Love is Blind [Netflix]
My wife and I's guilty pleasure. Super bingable. I hear it's like Married at First Sight but I wouldn't know as I've never seen it. I will say, this show, more than any other reality show I've ever seen, actually has tension and drama and high stakes. You feel for the participants because so much of the interaction is one-on-one and relatable. This show also has one of the wildest proposals I've ever seen. Sooooooo extra.
LOST [Hulu/Amazon]
A classic. If you haven't seen it, I consider the first 3 seasons to be some of the best broadcast television ever produced. The ways they showcase each character - each episode focus' on a different person's backstory - was innovative at the time and the shows influence can be found in nearly every major high-end sci-fi series since.
Assassination Nation [Hulu]
A revenge thriller/satire of what happens when an entire community goes lynch mob against 4 high-school women who decide to fight back.