Streaming Roulette, Sept: Whoever Slew Carey Mulligan's Oscar dreams?

If you're new to the site this is how we share new streaming offerings for the month. We select a handful or two of titles and just randomly hit a place on the scroll bar to see what the film looks like - no cheating.  Ready? Let's play...

I used to dress like this all the time when I was younger...

Wildlife (2018) on Netflix
We stand by our stanning of Carey Mulligan in this movie. She should'a been in 2018's Best Actress lineup. How many more great performances does she have to give before Oscar nom #2? 

A harlequin's nothing without a master.

Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn (2020) on HBOMax
Okay so this got fairly respectively reviews. We watched it this week out of curiousity. Yikes. It's as obnoxiously smug, boringly actioned, and self-consciously "gritty" as most DC films despite a principal game cast of talented women (Jurnee Smollet, Margot Robbie, Rosie Perez, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead -- love them all). Bonus points for being so colorful, though. That's thanks in particular to the overachieving costume designers (Erin Benach & Helen Huang) and cinematographer (Matthew Libatique).

-I'm sorry baby, I'm just so tired.

-It's okay, mommy. 

Practical Magic (1998) on Hulu
Totally forgot Evan Rachel Wood was in this! She was just 11 years old but already a pro as she started acting professionally at just 7. In the first dozen years of her career she played the daughter of Holly Hunter, Billy Campbell, Sandra Bullock, Cathy Moriarty, Joan Allen, Brian Cox and Cate Blanchett. What an ace gallery of screen parents.

-A little girl disappeared from this house... She's never been seen and she's never turned up.

-Children don't just vanish!

Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1971) on Amazon Prime
Figures that AFTER we completed our Shelley Winters Centennial this one shows up. We've never seen it but given that it's a thriller inspired by Hansel & Gretel starring Winters, Sir Ralph Richardson, and little Oliver! himself, Mark Lester, we probably should. 

No dialogue

Kramer vs Kramer (1979) on Amazon Prime
This scene is cute, with son (Justin Henry) and dad (Dustin Hoffman) staggering sleepily to the bathroom in quick succession for morning pee. Until you realize that neither of them wash their hands afterwards! Eww. [5 Oscar wins including Best Picture from 9 nominations]

Dramatic Music

Adrift (2018) on Netflix
IT'S A MAN! Shailene spots a man adrift, barely hanging on to a boat in the distance. This must be the title scene? Is this where the leads, Shailene Woodley and Sam Claflin, meet? We heard so little about this movie when it arrived that we assumed it a non-starter. Have you seen it? 

[crowd laughter]

I Married a Strange Person (1997) on Criterion Channel
Any fans of the surreal Bill Plympton in the house? Love his shorts but have never braved a full feature length. Wouldn't it be too much past 20 minutes? Criterion Channel has lots of his work up.

[applause]

The Greatest Showman (2017) on Disney Plus
You guys it's NEVER ENOUGH ♪ NEVER ENOUGH ♫ NEVER ENOUGH ♬

This scrap of paper will send your brother to the guillotine. Unless of course you care to redeem it? Bring me the name of the pimpernel and this is yours.

The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) on Criterion Channel
Leslie Howard and Merle Oberon star in this swashbuckler... though its Raymond Massey here threatening our heroine. Never seen this one though I've seen a couple of later film versions.

ALSO STREAMING  RIGHT NOW...

newly streaming

• Bacurau (2020) 
• Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
• Cheatin' (2013)
• La Cienaga (2001)
• La Collectioneuse (1967)
• The Comfort of Strangers (1990)
• The Deep (1977)
• Exporting Raymond (2010)
• Fat Girl (2001)
• Funny Games (1997)
• The Green Ray (1986)
• Hair High (2004)
• Henry Gamble's Birthday Party (2015)
• House (1977)
• Idiots and Angels (2008)
• John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection ()
• Long Weekend (1978)
• Mutant Aliens (2001)
• Phantom Lady (1944)
• Princess Cyd (2017)
• Revengeance (2016)
• Sátántangó (1994)
• Sheltering Sky (1990)
• Sightseers (2012)
• Sun Don't Shine ()
• The Tune (1992)
• Unrelated (2007)
• The Wise Kids (2011)

later this month (a selection) 

• Working Girls (1931) and Merrily We Go To Hell (1932) on Sept 2nd
• The Heiress (1949) on Sept 3rd
• "Starring Joan Blondell" 14 films on Sept 6th
• "Directed by Albert Brooks" 5 films on Sept 13th
• Boyhood (2014) on Sept 17th
• The Films of Agnes Varda on Sept 20th

newly streaming

• 1BR
• Aggretsuko: Season 3
• Alien TV
• All Together Now
• Anaconda
• Back to the Future (all 3 movies)
• Barbershop
• Barbie Princess Adventure
• Biohackers
• Borgen: Season 1-3
• Boss Baby: Get That Baby!
• The Bridge Curse
• Casino Royale / Quantum of Solace
• Children of the Sea
• Cobra Kai: Seasons 1-2
• Coneheads
• Emily's Wonder Lab
• The Frozen Ground
• Glory
• Grease
• Great Pretender
• Hoops
• I Am a Killer: Released
• John Was Trying to Contact Aliens
• Lucifer: Season 5
• Magic Mike
• The Muppets
• Muppets Most Wanted
• Not Another Teen Movie
• Pineapple Express
• Possession
• The Producers (2005)
• The Promised Neverland: Season 1
• Puss in Boots
• Red Dragon
• Residue
• Rust Valley Restorers: Season 3
• Sex Drive
• Septembers of Shiraz
• Sister, Sister: Season 1-6
• The Sleepover
• The Smurfs
• Trinkets: Season 2
• True: Friendship Day
• Zathura

Later in the Month... a selection

• I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020) on September 4th
• The Devil All The Time (2020) on September 16th
• Ratched (2020) on September 18th

newly streaming

• Mike Tyson Mysteries: Complete Season 4 (Adult Swim)
• Jeopardy!: Episode Refresh (ABC)
• 50 First Dates (2004)
• Absolute Power (1997)
• Aeon Flux (2005)
• American Dragons (1998)
• An American Haunting (2006)
• Any Given Sunday (1999)
• Anywhere but Here (1999)
• Back to School (1986)
• Bad Girls from Mars (1991)
• The Bank Job (2008)
• Because I Said So (2007)
• The Birdcage (1997)
• The Binge (2020)
• Broken Lizard’s Club Dread (2004)
• Call Me (1988)
• Carrington (1995)
• The Cold Light Of Day (2012)
• Cool Blue (1990)
• Criminal Law (1989)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)
• De-Lovely (2004)
• Demolition Man (1993)
• Desperate Hours (1990)
• Deuces Wild (2002)
• Employee of the Month (2006)
• The End of Violence (1997)
• Evil Dead II (1987)
• Extreme Justice (1993)
• The Festival (2019)
• Hanoi Hilton (1987)
• Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008)
• Harold & Kumar Go To White Castle (2004)
• Hoosiers (1986)
• The House on Carroll Street (1988)
• I Feel Pretty (2018)
• The Impossible (2012)
• Invasion U.S.A. (1985)
• Jessabelle (2014)
• Julia (1977)
• The Last Boy Scout (1991)
• The Last House on the Left (1972)
• The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976)
• Love Is All There Is (1996)
• Mad Money (2008)
• Man of La Mancha (1972)
• The Mechanic (1972)
• Mississippi Burning (1988)
• Mr. North (1988)
• Music Within (2007)
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001)
• Notorious (2009)
• The Omen (2006)
• Outbreak (1995)
• Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
• Pieces of April (2003)
• Rambo (2008)
• Reasonable Doubt (2014)
• Religulous (2008)
• Slow Burn (2007)
• Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
• Stargate (1994)
• The Terminator (1984)
• Things You Can Tell Just By Looking At Her (2001)
• This World, Then the Fireworks (1997)
• Top Gun (1986)
• Trolls World Tour (2020)
• Turkey Bowl (2019)
• Twilight (all movies)
• Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls (2007)
• The Weight of Water (2002)
• Wanted (2008)
• The Woods (2006)
• 
  
• later in the month (a selection)

• The Addams Family (2019) on Sept 22nd
• Babyteeth (2019) on Sept 18th
• Gemini Man (2019) on Sept 18th
• Judy (2019) on Sept 25th
• Prisoners (2013) on Sept 10th
• Southbound (2015) on Sept 30th

newly streaming for August - a selection. They usually offer (most) of the same films as Hulu  plus a slew of older often B films

• 1/1 (2018)
• 1 Million Happy Nows (2018)
• A Birder’s Guide to Everything (2014)
• Abe & Phil’s Last Poker Game (2018)
• Addicted to Fresno (2015)
• Alex Cross (2012)
• American Dragons (1998)
• Bachelor Lions (2020)
• Barney Thomson (2016)
• Beach Party (1963)
• Bewitched (2005)
• Big Time (1988)

• The Bank Job (2008)
• The Billion Dollar Hobo (1977)
• The Birdcage (1997)

• Bitter Melon (2018)
• Bully (2019)
• C.O.G. (2013)
• Carrington (1995)
• Casino Royale (2006)
• Chemical Hearts (2020)
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
• Dark Matter (2007)
• De-Lovely (2004)
• Defense of the Realm (1986)
• Die, Monster, Die! (1965)
• Don’t Talk to Irene (2018)
• Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)

• The Dunning Man (2018)
• The Festival (2019)
• The Go-Getters (2018)
• The Graduate (1967)

• Eaten By Lions (2020)
• Employee of the Month (2006)
• Enemy Within (2019)
• Extreme Justice (1993)
• Face 2 Face (2017)
• Gas-s-s-s (1970)
• Get Duked (2020)

• The Hanoi Hilton (1987)
• The Haunted Palace (1963)
• The House on Carroll Street (1988)

• I’d Like to Be Alone Now (2019)
• I’m Not Here (2019)
• Kart Racer (2003
• Kramer Vs. Kramer (1979)
• Lakeview Terrace (2008)
• Last House on the Left (1972)
• Lord Love a Duck (1966)
• Man of La Mancha (1972)
• The Mechanic (1972)
• Microbe and Gasoline (2016)
• Miss Nobody (2010)
• Muscle Beach Party (1964)
• Music Within (2007)
• No Way to Live (2017)
• Patriots Day (2017)
• Rambo (2008)
• The Ring Thing (2019) 
• Sex and the City (both movies)
• Slash (2007)
• Slow Burn (2007)
• Snapshots (2018)
• Sunlight Jr. (2013)
• To Keep the Light (2018)
• The Turkey Bowl (2019)
• Twice-Told Tales (1963)
• Tyler Perry’s Daddy’s Little Girls (2007)

• The Video Dead (1986)
• The Visitors (1972)
• The Weight of Water (2002)
• The White Bus (1967)
• The Woods (2006)

• Warrior Road (2017)
• Weather Girl (2009)
• What Children Do (2018)
• What If It Works? (2018)
• Yongary: Monster From The Deep (1967)
• Zoom (2016)
• The Yes Men (2004)

later in the month (a selection)

• The Boys: Season 2 on Sept 4th
• Blackbird (2020) on Sept 16th
• The Addams Family (2019) on Sept 18th
• Judy (2019) on Sept 25th

also newly streaming

• Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018)
• Beauty & The Beast (2017)

later in the month a selection

• Big (1988) on Sept 18th
• Ever After (1998) on Sept 18th
• Mulan (2020) *extra $30* on September 4th
• Secret Society of Second Born Royals (2020) on Sept 25th

also newly streaming

• 93Queen, 2018
• All The Right Moves, 1983 (HBO)
• The Astronaut Farmer, 2007 (HBO)
• Badlands, 1973
• Ballmastrz: 9009, 2018
• Bandidas, 2006 (HBO)
• Barnyard, 2006 (HBO)
• The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, 2012 (HBO)
• Birds of Prey, 2020
• Black Dynamite, 2012
• Blood Diamond, 2006
• The Bodyguard, 1992
• The Brak Show, 2000
• Butterfield 8, 1960
• Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, 1958
• Caveman, 1981 (HBO)
• Charlotte’s Web, 1973
• The Cider House Rules, 1999 (HBO)
• City Of God, 2003 (HBO)
• Clara’s Heart, 1988
• Clerks, 1994 (HBO)
• Cold Creek Manor, 2003 (HBO)
• Congo, 1995 (HBO)
• The Conversation, 1974
• Cop Out, 2010
• The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button, 2008 (HBO)
• Date Movie, 2006 (HBO)
• Dave, 1993
• The Devil Inside, 2012 (HBO)
• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, 2002
• Doctor Who: Season 12
• Dog Day Afternoon, 1975
• Dolores Claiborne, 1995
• Election, 1999
• Fatal Attraction, 1987
• Father of the Bride, 1950
• Final Destination 5, 2011 (HBO)
• Flight Of the Phoenix, 2004 (HBO)
• Forensic Files II: Season 1
• Going the Distance, 2010
• A Good Year, 2006 (HBO)
• Grease, 1978
• Harlem Nights, 1989
• Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, 2000
• Heartbreakers, 2001 (HBO)
• A Hidden Life, 2019 (HBO)
• Honeymoon in Vegas, 1992
• Idlewild, 2006 (HBO)
• Impractical Jokers: Seasons 5-8
• Impractical Jokers: After Party, 2002
• Impractical Jokers: The Movie, 2020
• Infomercials, 2013
• In Good Company, 2004 (HBO)
• Jackson, 2016
• JFK, 1991
• Joe Pera Talks With You, 2018
• Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, 2012 (HBO)
• Joyful Noise, 2012
• A Kiss Before Dying, 1991 (HBO)
• The Lake House, 2006
• Lassie Come Home, 1943
• Lazor Wulf: Season 1
• Lean on Me, 1989
• Life with Father, 1947
• Little, 2019 (HBO)
• Little Women, 1949
• Lost in Space, 1998
• A Man Apart, 2003
• Mao Mao, Heroes of Pure Heart: Episodes 1-30
• Marathon Man, 1976
• The Mexican, 2001
• Miracle Workers: Season 1
• Midnight Run, 1988 (HBO)
• Miracle At St. Anna, 2008 (HBO)
• Miss Congeniality, 2000
• Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous, 2005
• Moral Orel: Seasons 1-3
• Murder by Numbers, 2002
• Netizens, 2018
• Observe and Report, 2009
• Off the Air, 2011
• An Officer and a Gentleman, 1982
• OK K.O.! Let’s Be Heroes: Seasons 1-3
• The Operative, 2019 (HBO)
• The Outsiders, 1983
• Over the Garden Wall, 2014
• Over the Hedge, 2006 (HBO)
• Point Break, 1991 (HBO)
• Private Benjamin, 1980
• Prometheus, 2012 (HBO)
• PT 109, 1963
• Queen & Slim, 2019
• Red Riding Hood, 2011
• The Replacements, 2000
• Replicas, 2019 (HBO)
• Reversal of Fortune, 1990
• A Room With A View, 1986 (HBO)
• Sealab 2021: Seasons 1-5
• See No Evil, 2006 (HBO)
• Shrek Forever After, 2010
• Sin Cielo, 2018 (HBO)
• The Sitter, 2011 (Unrated Version) (HBO)
• Snakes on a Plane, 2006
• Son of the Mask, 2005
• Squidbillies: Seasons 1-12
• Star 80, 1983
• Sunrise at Campobello, 1960
• Superjail! Seasons 1-4
• Tennessee Johnson, 1942
• Three Kings, 1999
• Tigtone, Season 1
• Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! Seasons 1-5
• Too Beautiful: Our Right to Fight, 2018
• Two Weeks Notice, 2002
• V for Vendetta, 2006
• Victoria and Abdul, 2017 (HBO)
• The Wedding Singer, 1998
• Wes Craven’s New Nightmare, 1994
• When We Were Kings, 1996 (HBO)
• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 1966
• The Wind and the Lion, 1975
• Young Sheldon: Seasons 1-3

later in the month, a selection 

• The Invisible Man (2020) Sept 19th
• Just Mercy (2019) Sept 26th
• Raised by Wolves SERIES PREMIERE Sept 3rd
• We Are Who We are SERIES PREMIERE Sept 14th

Comments

[Jonathan]

You could make a real game of counting how often movie characters wash their hands after going to the (movie) bathroom. Sadly, the number is not nearly as high as it should be!

[George]

I saw Carey Mulligan in Skylight on Broadway and was blown away. I really hope that Leonard Bernstein movie happens so she can be back in the Oscar conversation again. Crazy that she has only received one nomination thus far.

[Jess]

Shailene Woodley is really excellent in Adrift. Of course Nathaniel's comments were unnecessary.

[ken s]

Don't stop stanning for Carey Mulligan in Wildfire!!! She was absolutely superb, and the film itself is also excellent. Too bad it came in under too many people's radar due to the vagaries of bad distribution.

[DAVID]

ADRIFT was pretty good until the absolutely ludicrous 3rd quarter plot twist.

If you've seen enough films, you can probably guess what is is. I hate when they pull that on audiences.

[cal roth]

THIS >>>>>> Long Weekend (1978)

Incredible movie, a masterpiece in suspense, a Hitchcockian wonder, a primal riff on The Birds.

A+++++++

[forever1267]

Having just watched "An Education" for the first time this weekend, I, too, wondered how Carey Mulligan hasn't received #2 nomination. But outside "The Great Gatsby", she has stuck to small films.

[Drew]

Carey Mulligan's snubbing for Shame, in place of that entire lineup, was a MESS...and she had the traction and the reviews. She should have been a lock for the nom and a contender for the win.

[NJ]

Birds of Prey is the first comic book movie I’ve enjoyed in a long time. Silly, fun and colourful. Reminded me of those Joel Schumacher Batman movies, which are still more audacious and stylish and better than any Christopher Nolan or Marvel movie. Granted it’s a tacky gaudy style but hey at least it’s a style. Plus I loved the camp gay villains.

[Kirk]

cal roth, from such a large slate of movies you showed the superior tastes of all the commenters. Condragulations you are the winner of this week's challenge.

[KD]

Love The Scarlett Pimpernel

[Mirko]

Oberon is ravishing in The Scarlett I am sorry I never watched her only Oscar nominated perf, in The Dark Angel...but I will always regret that I could had never enjoyed her Messalina in I, Claudius

[jules]

What is going on with the release for Promising Young Woman? The trailer was fantastic.

[Anthony]

I watched "Birds of Prey" on HBO too because I had passed on it in theaters yet thought it might be watchable because of the largely glowing reviews.

UGGGGH!

I agree with you completely. I barely got through it and the inspired cast is the only positive thing about this chaotic mess.