Streaming Roulette, Oct: The Manor, Black Widow, 'Just a Girl' and more...

New month and a... oops, we're approaching the halfway mark. How did that happen? It's past time for another round of Streaming Roulette where we point out a handful or two of random titles that are streaming and just for fun, freeze frame them at totally random places in the scroll bar...

I brought a little something to get the party started...

THE MANOR on Prime
Barbara Hershey stars in this new horror film about a woman convinced that residents of a nursing home are being killed. Bruce Davison co-stars so you get two 1990s Oscar nominees in this new film from a director named Axelle Carolyn...

I needed out.

BLACK WIDOW on Disney Plus
You know what's annoying? People who think that Scarlett Johansson isn't a good actress. They need to watch more movies. She's been excellent for years: Ghost World, Lost in Translation, Girl with the Pearl Earring, Match Point, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Don Jon, Under the Skin, Jojo Rabbit, Marriage Story, and, yes, as Black Widow herself Natasha Romanoff. She's even excellent stripped of her beauty with only her voice to work with (Her, Isle of Dogs) She's an easy target due to her outsize fame and a few missteps but she's an excellent movie star. Can't wait to see what's next after being freed from the MCU.

I can't see anything.

AFTER THE THIN MAN (1936) on HBOMax
HBOMax continues to be the only mainstream streaming service to regularly program a healthy amount of films made before the 1990s. Bless them for their service! This Myrna Loy and William Powell screwball/mystery series ran for six films from 1934-1947. Franchises have been with us forever but only in the past decade or so have they all but obliterated originals from the cinematic landscape. 

I had to deal with it in some way so I took everything out of my mind and i was like that for a long time. Until somebody said to me 'You really need therapy.' That was Marlon Brando.

RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT (2020) on Netflix
That quote serves as a bridge between Rita talking about being raped by one of her agents and talking about her obsessive and unhealthy (but consensual) long relationship with Marlon Brando.

- Why are you so eager to help me?
- Because once, a long ago, you did the same for me.

THE MASK OF ZORRO (1995) on Hulu
Forgot this was an origin story. Origin stories are the bane of my existence with franchises. Can't we all assume by now in the end times of neverending franchises that culturally we all know the origins of every movie property that's been around for several decades? Still vaguely remember this being a pretty solid entertainment with a wonderful cast: Antonio Banderas, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Anthony Hopkins.

Dust to dust, Superman.

SUPERMAN & LOIS (2021) on HBOMax
Speaking of... I wasn't going to watch this if it did the Origin Story yet again but YAY it doesn't. It dispenses with that in the opening 3 minutes. Perhaps I'll watch! Now if only Spider-Man and Batman would quit telling theirs. After 59 and 82 years of those characters respectively in pop culture, we... get... it. 

They're saying you're officially bonkers. Unfit to be seen in public. You have to get out there and show them othwerise. Because once they think you're just another unhinged woman driven made her unfaithful hus-- [cuts herself off as said husband enters]

DIANA THE MUSICAL on Netflix
I shan't be watching this given the bad buzz. After The Crown, Spencer, and this this year alone plus obsessive media coverage and docs and a biopic over the past 40 years, I think we've had enough Diana-related projects to last us the rest of our lives, don't you?

I shall look after you. And you will comfort me.

BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN at Criterion Channel
My good sir, let him finish his soup, before you ask for a lifetime commitment! This James Whale classic is still perfect. And still perfect for October. Part of Criterion's "Universal Horror" series. 

To watch Meryl being matched by an actor who is as strong as her, as smart as her, as funny as her, as winning as her, as kind as her, is spectacular. The energy between them is unmistakable...

AMERICAN MASTERS: RAUL JULIA - THE WORLD'S A STAGE on Amazon Prime
In this shot they're talking about Raul & Meryl Streep's run in a production of "Taming of the Shrew" in Shakespeare in the Park. She spit in his face onstage (unplanned, without warning) and his reaction is priceless.

also streaming on Netflix

A Sinister Sect: Colonia Dignidad -Documentary
The Guilty 
MAID – Netflix Series
Paik’s Spirit – Netflix Series
Scaredy Cats 
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light
Swallow 
A Knight’s Tale
An Inconvenient Truth
Are You Afraid of the Dark? (season 1)
As Good as It Gets
Awakenings
B.A.P.S.
Babysitters Club (season 2)
Bad Teacher
Britney vs Spears
The Cave
Desperado
Destination Wedding
The Devil Inside
Don’t Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood
Double Team
The DUFF
Eagle Eye
Endless Love
Ghost
Gladiator
Hairspray (2007)
The Holiday
Insidious Chapter 2
Jet Li’s Fearless
The Karate Kid (2010)
Malcolm X
Midnight Mass (miniseries)

Observe and Report
Official Secrets
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Project X
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Rumor Has It…
Seinfeld (all seasons)
Serendipity
Spy Kids
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
Spy Kids 3: Game Over
The Starling
Step Brothers
The Ugly Truth
Till Death
Titanic
Tommy Boy
Unthinkable
Waterworld
Zodiac

later this month

• Begin Again (October 27th)
• Rita Moreno Just a Girl Who Decided To Go For It (October 12th)
• Locke & Key -Season 2 (October 22nd)

 

COLLECTIONS streaming on Criterion Channel

• Universal Horror (8 films including The Mummy, Bride of Frankenstein)
• Home Invasion (20 films including Viridiana, Funny Games, Night of the Living Dead)
• Starring Kirk Douglas (23 films including Out of the Past, The Big Sky, Spartacus)
• Adventures in Moviegoing with Edgar Wright (9 films including Dont Look Now, Persona)
• True Crime (31 films including Smooth Talk, To Die For, La Ceremonie)
• Jim Jarmusch (9 films including Only Lovers Left Alive, Mystery Train, Night on Earth)
• Indecent Desires (6 films including Nude on the Moon, Let Me Die a Woman)
• Starring Cicely Tyson (3 films including Bustin' Loose)
• Lubitsch Musicals (4 films including One Hour With You, The Love Parade)

Individual films also streaming on Criterion Channel

• After Life (1998)
• Island of Lost Souls (1932)
• Kagemusha (1980)
• Klute (1971)
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
• When We Were Kings (1996)

later this month

• In the Cut, Jennifer's Body, Office Killer, Come back to the five and Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean, Streetwise, Brother to Brother

also streaming 

A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Air Force One
Ali
Blippi’s Spooky Spells Halloween
Boxcar Bertha
Castle (all seasons)
Cedar Rapids
Chasing Papi
Class
Clifford
Clockstoppers
Code 46
Crimson Tide
Date Night
Dead of Winter
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules
Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Dr. No
Edge of the World
Escape from Alcatraz
Exorcist: The Beginning
The Extreme Adventures of Super Dave
Flatliners
From Russia With Love
Gemini
G.I. Joe: Retaliation
Goldeneye
Goldfinger
Gunda
Happy Feet
Happy Feet Two
The Holiday
House of Games
The Hunger Games (all films)
Hunt for the Skinwalker
Intersection
Licence to Kill
Light It Up
Lost in Space
The Love Guru
Mad Max (1980)
Madhouse
 

Madonna and the Breakfast Club
Maggies Plan
Maze
Mean Creek
Meet the Spartans
My Best Friend’s Wedding
The Offence
Peeples
The Perfect Holiday
The Program
Queen of the Damned
Racing with the Moon
The Recruit
Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Resident Evil: Retribution
Road Trip
Rocky Horror Picture Show (2016)

Rogue Hostage
Rushmore
The Saint
Signs
Sleeping With the Enemy
Sleepless in Seattle
Snatch
Species
Species II
Species III
Species: The Awakening
The Spy Who Loved Me
Star Trek (first 10 films)
Still
Sweet Home Alabama
Sweet Land
The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3
Teen Wolf (1985)
Theater of Blood
Tooth Fairy
Total Recall
Unfaithful
The Untouchables
Victor Frankenstein
Vigilante Force
The Village
The Vow
Waitress
What About Bob?
When a Man Loves a Woman
Within
Wolves at the Door
Wrong Turn 2

later this month

• Toni Collete in Dream Horse (Oct 21)  

also streaming on Prime...

Bingo Hell – Amazon Original horror movie
Black as Night – Amazon Original horror movie
My Name is Pauli Murray – Amazon Original documentary
A Good Year
Anaconda
Atonement
Bad Hombres (Showtime)
Bad News Bears
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Blue Crush 2
Breach
Bulworth
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Christmas Edition
Dear Christmas
Die Hard: With a Vengeance
Die Hard
Die Hard 2
Duplicity
Exorcist: The Beginning
Fight Club
Flash of Genius
Flight of the Phoenix
Fools Rush In
Garden State
Get Shorty
The Graduate
The Grudge 2
Intolerable Cruelty
It’s Kind Of a Funny Story
Killers
Lansky
Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life
Last Action Hero
The Last Exorcism
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Macho: The Hector Camacho Story (Showtime)
Madres (Amazon Original)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Prometheus
Raising Arizona
Resident Evil: Retribution
Rugrats Go Wild
Stomp the Yard
Swimming For Gold
Taken
Thank You For Smoking
The Thing (remake not the 80s original)
Welcome to the Jungle

later this month

• Deutschland 83 (season 1 - October 14th), I Know What You Did Last Summer (season 1 -October 15th), Cowboys and Aliens, Wanderlust (October 16th)

also streaming 

• Among The Stars (season 1)
• Black Widow (2021)
• Fauci (2021)
• Maleficent (2016)
• Muppets Haunted Mansion (2021)

later this month

• Just Beyond (season 1 -oct 13th)
• The Making of Black Widow (October 20th)
• McFarland USA (October 29th)
• Rookie of the Year (October 22nd)
• Thumbelina (October 22nd)

also streaming

Admission 
A Royal Affair 
After the Thin Man
All The President’s Men 
American Gigolo 
American Graffiti 
Argo (Alternate Version) 
Bad Boys II
Bad Boys
Bad Words 
Ballet 422 
Being Flynn 
Best Man Down 
Beverly Hills Cop 
Beverly Hills Cop II 
Beverly Hills Cop III 
Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure 
Bill And Ted’s Bogus Journey 
Billy Elliot 
Black Christmas 
Black Hawk Down 
Blades of Glory 
Blazing Saddles
Blood Father 
Bloodsport
Blue Crush 
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 
Bridget Jones’s Diary
Broken City 
Caddyshack II
Cake 
Cats (2019) 
Child 44 
City of God 
Clash of Titans
Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer
Culpa 
Danny Collins 
David Lynch: The Art Life
Desperately Seeking Susan 
Dinner for Schmucks
Doom Patrol (Season 3)
Doubt 
Down A Dark Hall
Downhill 
Drop Zone 
Dying Young 
El Cantante
El Profugo 
Emma (2020) 
Endless Love
Entre Nos: The Winners 2
Entre Nos: What She Said 
Family Matters
Fifty Shades Of Black
For A Good Time, Call… (Alternate Version)
Full House
Gangs of New York 
Gangster Squad 
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
Hacksaw Ridge 
Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay
He Said She Said 
Hearts In Atlantis 
Hitch
Hitman (Alternate Version) 
Hooper
Hostage
House of Wax
House 
Imagine That
Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words
It Chapter Two
J. Edgar
Johnny English Strikes Again 
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Just Mercy 
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Kill Bill: Vol. 2
Kin 
Leap Year 
LEGO DC Shazam: Magic and Monsters!
Less Than Zero
Little Man 
Lincoln 
Lottery Ticket 
M*A*S*H
Mama 
Marathon Man 
Misery
Monster’s Ball (Alternate Version)
Moonrise Kingdom 
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
National Lampoon’s Vacation
Natural Born Killers
Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always
Night Catches Us 
Orphan
Parental Guidance 
Pariah 
Police Academy
Poltergeist II: The Other Side 
Poltergeist III
Private Parts
Promising Young Woman
Proof Of Life
Racing Stripes
Reservation Road 
Say Anything…
Sergeant York
Shaft
Shall We Dance? 
She’s All That 
Sherlock Holmes And The Great Escape 
Sherlock Holmes
Shrek The Third 
Simmer
Six Degrees Of Separation 

Sliver (Alternate Version)
Snitch 
Speedway
Step by Step
Stigmata 
Strange But True 
Sublet
Superstar
Super 8
Superman & Lois (season 1)
Talk to Me
Teen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans
The Banger Sisters 
The Blind Side
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Book of Eli 
The Campaign (Alternate Version) 
The Cider House Rules 
The Cincinnati Kid
The East 
The Eichmann Show 
The Internship 
The Invisible Man (2020)
The Harvey Girls
The High Note 
The Hours 
The Legend Of Hercules 
The Many Saints of Newark (Warner Bros. Film Premiere)
The Outsiders
The Perfect Storm
The Poseidon Adventure
The Quarry 
The Rite
The Running Man
The Way Way Back
The 15:17 To Paris 
Things We Lost In The Fire 
Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 
Trance
Tully
Twelve Monkeys 
Underwater
Up In The Air 
Voyagers
Wall Street 
Warm Bodies 
Wendy
We're Here (Season 2)
XXX

later this month

• Aquaman King of Atlantis (series premiere - Oct 14th)
• The Conjuring 3 (Oct 21st)
• Dune (Oct 22nd)
• In the Life of Fire (Oct 15th) 
• In the Heights (Oct 28th)
• Insecure (Season 5 - October 24th)
• Point Break (Oct 15th)
• Succession (season 3 - October 17th)
• Tu Me Manques (Oct 15th)
• What Happened Brittany Murphy (Oct 14th)

WHICH WILL YOU BE WATCHING THIS MONTH? WHICH WOULD YOU LOVE TO SEE A POST ON? 

Comments

[Arlo]

William Powell had quite the year in 1936, didn't he? 3 top 10 hits.

- The Great Ziegfeld (Best Picture winner, #1 film in its year)
- The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (really the only forgotten one)
- My Man Godfrey (Best Actor nomination in an enduring classic)
- Libeled Lady (another Best Picture nominee)
- After the Thin Man

[par]

if you skip diana the musical you're missing out on one of the most hilarious [unintentional] comedies of the year

it is hypnotically terrible - i could not look away

[Ryan T.]

I wasn't planning on seeing DIANA either but everything I've seen of it makes it look, as par says above, like the funniest comedy ever. I can't wait to see it.

Definitely agree with you on origin stories So happy MCU decided to just skip that for their Spider-Man.

[thevoid99]

I was just re-watching Black Widow on Disney+ as a way to make up for the awful screening I went to back in July due to the projector going on the fritz a few times.

While I would rank in the middle of the list of the films of the MCU, it is still a solid film as yes, Scarlett Johansson is an incredible actress. In fact, I think she's one of the best right now. Other performances that people should see her in are: Manny & Lo, The Horse Whisperer, The Man Who Wasn't There, An American Rhapsody, Her, We Bought a Zoo, Hail, Caesar!, and Lucy.

Upon re-watching Black Widow, what made me enjoy the film the 2nd time around is the chemistry between Johansson and Florence Pugh. I enjoyed watching them including the family reunion table scene where Pugh just stole the scene from everyone. That was the moment that I would say that the film belonged to Pugh as I think the film is really part of an upcoming trilogy for Pugh's character as someone who is trying to find her own identity as the Black Widow.

[thevoid99]

I was just re-watching Black Widow on Disney+ as a way to make up for the awful screening I went to back in July due to the projector going on the fritz a few times.

While I would rank in the middle of the list of the films of the MCU, it is still a solid film as yes, Scarlett Johansson is an incredible actress. In fact, I think she's one of the best right now. Other performances that people should see her in are: Manny & Lo, The Horse Whisperer, The Man Who Wasn't There, An American Rhapsody, Her, We Bought a Zoo, Hail, Caesar!, and Lucy.

Upon re-watching Black Widow, what made me enjoy the film the 2nd time around is the chemistry between Johansson and Florence Pugh. I enjoyed watching them including the family reunion table scene where Pugh just stole the scene from everyone. That was the moment that I would say that the film belonged to Pugh as I think the film is really part of an upcoming trilogy for Pugh's character as someone who is trying to find her own identity as the Black Widow.

[Dave in Hollywood]

I started watching DIANA and had my hands over my eyes within about ten minutes. I haven't finished it yet, but I'd say whoever wrote the lyrics makes Tim Rice sound like Shakespeare. I felt so sorry for all the (no doubt excellent) actors stuck in this turkey. Definitely a highlight of the season so far.

[Mr Ripley79]

Someone put CZJ in a musical.