Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit (SVU)

The Mattel Corp. follows up Barbie with not-Barbie.

Mike Flanagan’s limited series adaptation of the King classic.

Don’t have a baby in the Evil Dead cabin.

Zero Divided by Zero (Dark Thirty)

Pitch Perfect: Bollywood

Pop, lock, laughing stock.

A Cold War comedy from the makers of "Game Night."

Anthony Mackie and Ben Kingsley take a payday in the Saudi-set epic.

Sunny Sandler takes the lead.

When high concepts stop making sense.

Zendaya + Tom Holland = $

Muse, speak to me of Christopher Nolan’s ambitious epic.

Kill and kill and kill again.

Matt and Jordan deep-dive into the free, ad-supported streaming platform Tubi. They evaluate the platform across five distinct categories: library; playback/interface; reliability; originals; and price. Plus, recommended titles to watch on Tubi, and a recommendations for a listener who is looking for a hangout comedy like semi-obscure 2005 comedy. And Producer Sam hosts this week’s game: Tubi or Not Tubi. The State of Streaming: Tubi (00:00:00–00:49:36) Rec Seg: Watch on Tubi (00:49:37–01:01:23) Listener Request Recs: Hangout Comedies (01:01:24–01:17:23) Game: Tubi or Not Tubi (01:17:24–01:38:35) New to Streaming / Credits (01:38:36–01:45:49) Show Notes Now Streaming on Bazooga - A Filmspotting: SVU Archive⁠ https://letterboxd.com/samvanhallgren/list/now-streaming-on-bazooga-a-filmspotting-svu/⁠ Pre-Order Matt's book "Funny Business: The Old-School Wedding Crashers and Knocked-Up Virgins Who Changed Comedy Forever" (Coming October 6th):⁠…

John Cena and Eric André star in the lewd, crude new Netflix comedy.

Julian Schnabel’s big swing is a Netflix miss.

The J-Lo/Brett Goldstein rom-com is preposterous, but it’s a real movie.

HBO's Allison Janney-starring two-hander.

Holy smokes, our society is effed.

What’s going on here?

The new Netflix comedy is a solid base hit.

Rating Big Red.

This week, Matt and Jordan fight over the conch in their review of the BBC’s new four-part adaptation of The Lord of the Flies, now streaming on Netflix. The duo dives deep into Jack Thorne’s "cinematic" take on the classic novel, debating the effectiveness of its character-focused structure and its haunting visuals. For Rec Seg!, they've got Flies-inspired recommendations that range from the whimsical to the harrowing; and in response to listener emails, recommendations for an overseas deep-cut horror film and an experimental short (that may just scratch that jam-band itch). Plus, Matt faces his fears as Producer Sam takes over as "Dungeon Master" for this week's game, The Streaming Limited.

Netflix's streaming hit is a rom-com charmer.

Charlize on the run.

"Chekhov’s Vampire Fish," Stream-of-Consciousness Satire, and Hitchcockian Throwbacks

Jonah Hill, Keanu Reeves, and the Resurrection of SVU

Highlights (and a lowlight) from the Toronto Int'l Film Fest and the latest from Romania's Cristian Mungiu.

The new British anthology series ranges from comedy to horror, but all episodes are set at a location numbered “9.”

Will there ever be a great American anime adaptation?

Is the Bruce Willis-starring "Hawk" the epic disaster its reputation suggests? And what makes a vanity project anyway?

Matt and Alison discuss writer/director Marti Noxon's ("Buffy" "UnREAL") latest project, the Netflix original about a young woman battling anorexia.

A recommendation for James Gray's new jungle adventure - and more movies about dashing, daring adventurers available to rent or stream.

Matt and Alison discuss the genre-defying Netflix original "Okja" and recommend some other multilingual movies available to rent or stream right now.

Matt and Alison discuss the new Grateful Dead doc "Long Strange Trip" and the larger question of what makes a music doc worthwhile for audiences beyond the hardcore fans.

Matt and Alison discuss 1992's "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" and the not-always-grand movie tradition of the "the beautiful dead girl."

Matt and Alison discuss "The Handmaid's Tale" and how the new Margaret Atwood adaptation depicts its horrors as experience rather than spectacle.

Matt and Alison debate whether SPLIT is the M. Night Shyamalan comeback vehicle it’s been heralded to be, then offer up recommendations for some other convention-defying superhero stories available to stream right now.

Matt and Alison bask in the richly hued glory of Technicolor for this week's episode, recommending Technicolor classics to available to stream inspired by their listeners' choice review, 2016's retro-styled "The Love Witch."

Matt and Alison ackowledge the streaming debut of Ken Russell's infamous "The Devils" (1971) with a review and recs for other streaming Religious Horror movies.

Matt and Alison honor the passing of Bill Paxton with a review of the actor's 2001 directorial debut "Frailty."

Matt and Alison review the Sundance winning "I Don't Feel At Home In This World Anymore" and share other Amateur Detective Movies available to stream.

Matt and Alison stay up late to make some "Midnight Movie" suggestions, plus a review of "The Greasy Strangler."

Matt and Alison dig into one of 2016's most divisive films, the "farting corpse movies" SWISS ARMY MAN and talk other streamable Paul Dano films.

Matt and Alison review Kirsten Johnson's innovative "memoir" documentary "Cameraperson" and reflect on their time at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival.

Matt and Alison get scared with subtitles as they discuss foreign horror films along with a review of 2016 horror flick from Iran "Under the Shadow."

Matt and Alison bring in the new year with Woody Allen's 2016 period comedy "Cafe Society" and talk other Love Triangle Movies available to stream.

Matt and Alison commemorate their last podcast of 2016 with their annual SVUvie Awards, plus a Listeners' Choice review of "The Lobster."

Alison and Matt review Ryan Coogler's "Creed" (2015) and recommend other streaming titles from directors that broke through at Sundance.

Live from Schubas Tavern in Chicago, Matt and Alison recommend some cinematic comfort food and introduce the SVUvotron 5000.