In the aftermath of Groundhog Day the majority of groundhogs have seen their shadows, forecasting an early spring! Time to burn through February’s best streaming content while it is still cold outside.
Netflix
1.) Crazy Stupid Love (2011) – February 1st
Cal Weaver’s, (Steve Carrell) life is turned upside down when his wife, (Julianne Moore) tells him she cheated on him and wants a divorce. With the help of his new Lothario friend Jacob, (Ryan Gosling) who is in a friend-with-benefits situation with young lawyer Hannah, (Emma Stone), Cal wades back into the dating pool.
2.) Gone With The Wind (1939) – February 1st
The legendary 1939 historical epic, directed by David O. Selznick, follows the life of tempestuous Scarlett O’Hara, (Vivien Leigh), and her relationship with Rhett Butler, (Clark Gable) throughout the American Civil War and the South’s Reconstruction era.
3.) Munich (2005) – February 1st
Stephen Spielberg dives into the aftermath of the Munich Massacre, enacted by the Palenstine terrorist group Black September at the 1972 Summer Olympics. The Israeli government retaliated through Operation Wrath of God, to eliminate the individuals responsible for the massacre, carried out by five men (Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler). The film captures the hard truth of death-begetting-death in an unending conflict.
4.) Horse Girl (2020) – February 7th
Alison Brie, (GLOW) plays Sarah, a meek and mild craft store salesperson who enjoys her Zumba class, favorite supernatural television show and visiting her former horse. However, she begins experiencing gaps in time and having lucid dreams, possibly connected to her mother and grandmother’s history of mental illness.
5.) Locke & Key (2020) – February 7th
Based Joe Hill’s acclaimed comics, the series, the series follows the Locke siblings (Connor Jessup, Emelia Jones, Jackson Robert Scott) who move to their ancestral family home after their father is murdered. They discover the manor contains a multitude of magical keys that bestow upon the owners a number of abilities, but evil forces after also after the keys and its powers…
6.) To All The Boys: PS. I Still Love You (2020) – February 12th
The sequel to the 2018 rom-com sleeper throws a curveball in Lara Jean Covey, (Lana Condor) and Peter Kavinsky’s, (Noah Centineo) picture-perfect romance. When John Ambrose McClaren, (Jordan Fisher, RENT: Live) one of the recipients of Lara Jean’s old love letters comes back into her life, she is torn over her feelings for the both boys.
7.) I Am Not Okay With This (2020) – February 26th
Sydney (Sophia Lillis, It) is dealing with the typical horrors of high school, an unrequited crush, a complicated family life — and mysterious superpowers, much to her frustration.
8.) Altered Carbon (season 2) (2018-) – February 27th
In the aftermath of the first season, freedom fighter Takeshi Kovacs transfers his consciousness into a new host body, (Anthony Mackie, Captain America: The Winter Soldier) to continue fighting against the wealthy elite, who are effectively immortal through transferring their consciousness to new bodies.
9.) All The Bright Places (2020) – February 27th
Suicidal teenagers Finch, (Justice Smith, Detective Pikachu) and Violet, (Elle Fanning, The Beguiled) connect with and support each other while struggling with the emotional and physical scars inflicted on their lives.
10.) Babylon Berlin (season 3) (2017-) – February 27th
At the height of the Weimar Republic in 1929 Berlin, politics and social changes are afoot amidst a tangle of neo-noir plots, from Berlin gangsters to a potential Community uprising to the steadily growing fascist party, that leave the city teetering on the edge.
Going, Going, Gone! – Titles Leaving Netflix
February 1st
The Mindy Project: Season 1-6
February 14th
Mean Girls
February 19th
Bates Motel: Season 1-5
February 25th
Blade Runner 2049
February 28th
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
Crave TV
1.) When Harry Met Sally (1989) – December 1st (Starz Programming)
In the Rob Reiner-directed and Nora Ephorn-written relationship drama Harry Burns, (Billy Crystal) and Sally Albright, (Meg Ryan) cultivate a very close friendship across twelve years but worry whether becoming a couple could ruin their relationship.
2.) Boys Don’t Cry (1999) – December 1st (Starz Programming)
Kimberly Pierce, (Stop-Loss) tells the real-life story of trans man Brandon Teena (Hilary Swank), as he navigated being transgender and living his life in rural Nebraska.
3.) Network (1976) (Starz Programming) – December 1st
Fictional television network UBS takes advantage of mentally unstable anchor Howard Beale, (Peter Finch, Sunday Bloody Sunday) for high ratings, to disastrous and chillingly prescient results.
4.) Norma Rae (1979) (Starz Programming) – February 7th
Sally Field plays the titular protagonist, who is based on the true story of Crystal Lee Sutton, a single mother and factory worker in North Carolina who becomes involved in unionizing her textile factor in the light of poor working conditions.
5.) William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet (1996) (Starz Programming) – February 7th
Baz Lurhmann gave Shakespeare’s tragedy a very Nineties aesthetic with a gangster twist, setting the tale in Los Angeles between two rival gangs tearing the city apart while Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) fall in love and meet their end.
6.) Tootsie (Starz Programming) (1982) – February 7th
Talented but volatile actor Michael Dorsey, (Dustin Hoffman) creates a female identity in order to land a job at a popular soap opera.
7.) Kidding (2018-) (season 2) – February 9th
Jeff Pickles, (Jim Carrey), the host of the on-indefinite-hiatus Mr. Pickles Puppet Time show, creates a new and morally gray method of communicating with children and becomes a subject of controversy for the first time in his career.
8.) Homeland (2011-) (final season) – February 9th
In the final season of Homeland, the brilliant and troubled CIA agent Carrie Mathison, (Claire Danes) helps her mentor Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin, The Princess Bride) negotiate peace with Taliban Afghanistan while struggling with PTSD from her imprisonment in Russia.
9.) American Hustle (2013) – February 23rd (Starz Programming)
In 1970’s New York City con man Irving Rosenfeld, (Christian Bale)and his partner Sydney Prosser, (Amy Adams) are forced by ambitious FBI agent Richie DiMaso, (Bradley Cooper) into setting up an elaborate scheme to catch corrupt politicians. With the mafia, Mayor Carmine Polito, (Jeremy Renner) of Camden, New Jersey, and Irving’s unpredictable wife Rosalyn, (Jennifer Lawrence) thrown in the mix, the entire scam balances on a high-wire tightrope.
10.) The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019) – February 28th (Crave+Movies+HBO)
A young man with Downs Syndrome, (Zack Gottsagen) escapes assisted living home to become a wrestler and makes friends with a troubled fisherman, (Shia LeBeouf) on the run, while trying to avoid his social worker (Dakota Johnson).
Going, Going, Gone! – Titles Leaving Crave TV
February 1st
THE AFTERMATH
February 2nd
THE LADY IN THE VAN
February 6th
BITTEN, Season 2
February 8th
60 MINUTES SPORTS, Season 4, Episode 2
EDDIE GRIFFIN: UNDENIABLE
February 11th
GANGS OF NEW YORK
MOONRISE KINGDOM
MY LEFT FOOT
RAMPAGE
WORD IS BOND
February 17th
KOBE BRYANT’S MUSE
February 20th
THE LAUNCH, Season 1
February 24th
RACER AND THE JAILBIRD
February 28th
MOTIVE, Season 3
RUSH: TIME STAND STILL
WOMEN WHO ACT
February 29th
60 MINUTES SPORTS, Season 4, Episode 3
A STONE’S THROW
A SWINGERS WEEKEND
ADORATION
ANOTHER KIND OF WEDDING
BARNEY’S VERSION
BLINDNESS
BLOCKERS
CATS AND DOGS
CEDAR RAPIDS
CHARLOTTE’S WEB
DIM THE FLUORESCENTS
EDGE OF DARKNESS
ELEPHANT SONG
FORREST GUMP
GHOST
HUNGER
I, ROBOT
IN THE FADE
ISLE OF DOGS
JETSONS: THE MOVIE
MADE IN DAGENHAM
MEAN GIRLS
MIMIC
MOVING MALCOLM
NOVITIATE
OLD SCHOOL
PADDINGTON GOES TO THE MOVIES
PAN’S LABYRINTH
PITCH PERFECT 3
PLANES, TRAINS and AUTOMOBILES
SELMA
SPUN OUT
SUBMARINE
SUPER 8
SUPER DUPER SUMOS
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON BEAR, SEASON 3
THE BIG SHORT
THE BOOK OF ELI
THE HANGOVER PART II
THE HILLS HAVE EYES
THE LESSER BLESSED
THE LITTLE VAMPIRE (2017)
THE UNTOUCHABLES
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
UNCLE BUCK
WALK ALL OVER ME
WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005)
WEXFORD PLAZA
YOU KILLED MY MOTHER
YOUR BEAUTIFUL CUL DE SAC HOME
