2024 – 2025 Streaming Highlights Through Winter

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Docudramas

* Lee (2023 Catch Up) The story of American photographer Lee Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II starring Kate Winslet, Andy Samsberg, Marion Cotillard – Hulu
* Till (2022 Catch Up) – True story 1955 14 year old boy’s lynching and his mother Mamie Till-Mobley’s fight that finally resulted in the Emmitt Till Antilynching act in 2022 making lynching a federal hate crime offense – Peacock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamie_Till
* The Offer (2022 Catch Up) Story of producing The Godfather movie – Paramount
* The Fabelmans (2022 Catch Up) – Steven Spielberg autobiography with Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogan – Starz
* Jeanne du Barry (2023 Catch Up) – Story of King Louis XV (Johnny Depp) and his scandalous marriage. Directed by, co-written by and starring Maïwenn (Jeanne) – Paramount
* Tattooist of Auschwitz (Dropped May 2, 2024) Memoir of Lale and Gita Sokolov. Six episodes with Harvey Keitel (born 1939), Melanie Lynskey as writer – Heather Morris. (much more emotionally painful to watch than “We Were the Lucky Ones” or “Lee”) – Peacock
* Gilded Age Season 3 (confirmed for 2025 no date yet) – Max

Sci Fi

* Silo – Season 2 Finale 1-17-25 – Apple Plus
* Severance – Season 2 start 1-17-25 – Apple Plus
* Last Days of Ptolemy Grey (Catch Up 2022) Coming of Age starring Samuel Jackson – Apple Plus

Comedy

* Shrinking – Harrison Ford, season 2 started 10-16-24 dropping Wednesdays – Apple Plus
* Fly Me to the Moon – Romcom with Scarlett Johansson, Channing Tatum and Woody Harrelson – Apple Plus
* Nobody Wants This – Hot rabbi and sex podcast shiksa RomCom finale end September – Netflix
* Mythic Quest Season 4 dropped 1-29-25 – Apple Plus
* Hacks – Season 4 – May 2025 confirmed – Max

Drama

* Drops of God (2022 Catch Up) 8 part series in French, Japanese, English and Italian. Wine, family, coming of age – Apple Plus
* The Day of the Jackal – VERY highly rated 10 episode series starring Eddie Redmayne who is fabulous 12-12-24 – Peacock Original
* Emilia Perez Thought provoking, entertaining musical with outstanding performances by Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez. Don’t let the cancel culture surrounding Karla prevent you from seeing this Oscar nominated film 11-13-24 (there is a Making Of) – Netflix
Update: Zoe Saldaña won best supporting actress Oscar. Wonderful acceptance speech.
* Conclave Nominated for best film Oscars. Great cast – Peacock
* Maria Oscar nominee. Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas – Netflix
* A Real Pain Oscars – Best supporting actor Kieran Culkin, best screenplay Jesse Eisenberg. Brothers visit Poland – Hulu
* Lioness – Zoe Saldaña, Nicole Kidman, Michael Kelly Season 2 dropped 10-27-24. CIA; created by Taylor Sheridan – Paramount
* The Old Man – season 2 Episode 8 Oct 24, 2024 – Hulu
* Disclaimer – Cate Blanchett, Kevin Kline, Sacha Baron Cohen finale S1E7 11-8-24 – Apple Plus
* La Maison – Feels like Succession in French, fashion – Apple Plus
* Penguin – Highly rated DC comics. Colin Farrell, Cristin Milioti (Made for Love) S1E8 11-10-24 – Max
* Diplomat – Keri Russell (The Americans), Rufus Sewell (Glass Castle) – S2E1 10-31-24 – Netflix
* Lincoln Lawyer – Season 3 dropped 10-17-24, 10 episodes – Netflix
* Blitz – Uneven ratings but if you like historical fiction and nice coming of age – Apple Plus
* Tulsa King – Sylvester Stallone as mafia boss, Taylor Sheridan created – Season 2 dropped September 2024 – Paramount
* Landman – Billy Bob Thornton, Jon Hamm, Demi Moore; created by Taylor Sheridan, Dropped 11-17-24 – Paramount
* The Agency – Richard Gere, Michael Fassbinder, Jodi Turner-Smith (Bad Monkey) CIA series dropped 11-29-24 – Paramount
* White Lotus – Season 3 in Thailand. Four Seasons Koh Samui is a primary location. dropped 2-16-25 – Max
* Night Agent CIA offshoot; All of Season 2 dropped 1-23-25 – Netflix
* Prime Target We loved it. Prime numbers math genius thriller IMDb only gave it 6 point something. Dropped 1-22-25, Finale 3-5-25 – Apple Plus

Date Night

Outlander Season 7 episode 7 (part 2) 11-22-24 episodes on Starz only. Netflix has Season 1-6.
Three Women – starring Shailene Woodley. Story driven, female centric romantic soft porn. S1E5 10-11-24 – Starz
Emily in Paris – Season 4 – Netflix
Tell Me Lies – Season 2 Finale 10-16-24 Disturbing but sexy – Hulu
Dancing with the Stars – with my former tennis pro Joey – Hulu
Nobody Wants This – Hot rabbi and sex podcast shiksa RomCom – Netflix

Documentary

Remarkable Life of Ibelin film 10-25-24 – Netflix
Elizabeth Taylor The Lost Tapes 8-3-24 – Max
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story 2024 – Max
Breath of Fire – Mini series 10-23-24 the scandalous history of Kundalini yoga – Max
Rock Hudson (6-28-23 Catch up) – Max

Martha Stewart film 10-30-24 – Netflix
(Martha was not happy with this Netflix version)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/30/movies/martha-stewart-netflix-documentary.html)
The Many Lives of Martha Stewart a CNN production 4 episodes Jan – Feb 2024 – Max
(There are more CNN biographies on Max. The Kennedy Dynasty 2018 is a good one)

Catch Up Details on The Offer

The Offer 2022 – Paramount
Watching Penguin inspired us to watch another gangster show.
Executive Produced by the main character Albert S. Ruddy (1930 – 2024). This highly acclaimed highly binge-able 10 part series is the story of how The Godfather was filmed. The real Al Ruddy is seen in interviews in the “inside the episode” clips. After Juno Temple and Giovanni Ribisi, lesser known actors but the casting is excellent.
Al Ruddy passed May 25, 2024 after a brief illness.