Stream Guide: The Irishman & Us (November 29, 2019)

November 29, 2019 / Leave a Comment

Every Friday, we gather around our televisions to see what new movies and TV show are streaming on the various streaming platforms. There’s always something new. Stream Guide highlights ten new must-see streaming options that may be just reaching the world for the first time, classics that deserve a rewatch, or simply a fascinating title that deserves your attention.

THE IRISHMAN

Release Date:
November 1, 2019
Directed by:
Martin Scorsese
Studio:
Netflix
Streaming:
Netflix

Official Synopsis: A mob hitman recalls his possible involvement with the slaying of Jimmy Hoffa.

Starring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Ray Romano, Bobby Cannavale, Anna Paquin, Stephen Graham, Stephanie Kurtzuba, Jesse Plemons, and Harvey Keitel

US

Release Date:
March 22, 2019
Directed by:
Jordan Peele
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Streaming:
HBO Go

Official Synopsis: A family’s serene beach vacation turns to chaos when their doppelgängers appear and begin to terrorize them.

Starring: Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex, Elisabeth Moss, and Tim Heidecker

THE GODFATHER: PART II

47TH ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Picture — WINNER
Best Director — Nominee
Best Adapted Screenplay — WINNER
Best Lead Actor (Al Pacino) — Nominee
Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro) — WINNER
Best Supporting Actor (Michael V. Gazzo) — Nominee
Best Supporting Actor (Lee Strasberg) — Nominee
Best Supporting Actress (Talia Shire) — Nominee
Best Costume Design — Nominee
Best Art Director — WINNER
Best Original Dramatic Score — Nominee

Release Date:
December 20, 1974
Directed by:
Francis Ford Coppola
Studio:
Paramount Pictures
Streaming:
Fubo TV

Official Synopsis: The early life and career of Vito Corleone in 1920s New York City is portrayed, while his son, Michael, expands and tightens his grip on the family crime syndicate.

Starring: Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton, Robert De Niro, and John Cazale

CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND

50TH ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Director — Nominee
Best Supporting Actress (Melinda Dillon) — Nominee
Best Cinematography — WINNER
Best Film Editing — Nominee
Best Art Direction — Nominee
Best Original Score — Nominee
Best Sound — Nominee
Best Sound Effects Editing — WINNER
Best Visual Effects — Nominee

Release Date:
November 16, 1977
Directed by:
Steven Spielberg
Studio:
Columbia Pictures
Streaming:
Sling TV

Official Synopsis: Roy Neary, an electric lineman, watches how his quiet and ordinary daily life turns upside down after a close encounter with a UFO.

Starring: Richard Dreyfuss, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, Cary Guffey, and François Truffaut

E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL

55TH ACADEMY AWARDS
Best Picture — Nominee
Best Director — Nominee
Best Original Screenplay — Nominee
Best Cinematography — Nominee
Best Film Editing — Nominee
Best Original Score — WINNER
Best Sound — WINNER
Best Sound Effects Editing — WINNER
Best Visual Effects — WINNER

Release Date:
June 11, 1982
Directed by:
Steven Spielberg
Studio:
Universal Pictures
Streaming:
Syfy

Official Synopsis: A troubled child summons the courage to help a friendly alien escape Earth and return to his home world.

Starring: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Pat Welsh

JOHN WICK

Release Date:
October 24, 2014
Directed by:
Chad Stahelski
Studio:
Summit Entertainment
Streaming:
Fubo TV

Official Synopsis: An ex-hit-man comes out of retirement to track down the gangsters that killed his dog and took everything from him.

Starring: Keanu Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen, Adrianne Palicki, Bridget Moynahan, Dean Winters, Ian McShane, John Leguizamo, and Willem Dafoe

JONAH HEX

Release Date:
June 18, 2010
Directed by:
Jimmy Hayward
Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Streaming:
Fubo TV

Official Synopsis: The U.S. military makes a scarred bounty hunter with warrants on his own head an offer he cannot refuse: in exchange for his freedom, he must stop a terrorist who is ready to unleash Hell on Earth.

Starring: Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Michael Fassbender, Will Arnett, Michael Shannon and Wes Bentley

GREMLINS

Release Date:
June 8, 1984
Directed by:
Joe Dante
Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Streaming:
Fubo TV

Official Synopsis: A boy inadvertently breaks three important rules concerning his new pet and unleashes a horde of malevolently mischievous monsters on a small town.

Starring: Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, Howie Mandel, Dick Miller, and Judge Reinhold

I AM LEGEND

Release Date:
December 14, 2007
Directed by:
Francis Lawrence
Studio:
Warner Bros. Pictures
Streaming:
Sling TV

Official Synopsis: Years after a plague kills most of humanity and transforms the rest into monsters, the sole survivor in New York City struggles valiantly to find a cure in this post-apocalyptic action thriller.

Starring: Will Smith, Alice Braga, and Willow Smith

ANGELS IN THE OUTFIELD

Release Date:
July 15, 1994
Directed by:
William Dear
Studio:
Walt Disney Pictures
Streaming:
Sling TV

Official Synopsis: When a boy prays for a chance to have a family if the California Angels win the pennant, angels are assigned to make that possible.

Starring: Danny Glover, Tony Danza, Christopher Lloyd, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Adrien Brody, Matthew McConaughey, and Neal McDonough

LEAVING NETFLIX THIS WEEK

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30

10,000 B.C. (2008)
Agadbam (2010)
Alien Autopsy: Fact or Fiction? (1995)
Angels in the Snow (2015)
The Aviator (2004)
Beyond Bollywood (2013)
The Box (2009)
Breaking the Cycle (2017)
Breaking the Magician’s Code: Magic’s Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed – 2 Seasons (2009)
Breaking Up (1997)
Brother’s Keeper (1992)
Bullitt County (2018)
Bunks (2013)
Carrie (1976)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009)
Coffee Ani Barach Kahi (2015)
Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land On The Moon? (2001)
Dante’s Peak (1997)
David Blaine: Street Magic (1997)
Decoding Desire (2014)
Deewana (1992)
Deool (2011)
Digimon Fusion – 2 Seasons (2011)
A Dogwalker’s Christmas Tale (2015)
Employee of the Month (2006)
Fallen (1998)
The Farthest: Voyager in Space (2017)
Fishtronaut – 2 Seasons (2013)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
Gigi (1958)
Good Night, and Good Luck (2005)
Goodbye Lover (1998)
Gothika (2003)
Half Girlfriend (2017)
Happy Journey (2014)
Harry and the Hendersons (1987)
Hatfields & McCoys – 3-Part Mini-Series (2012)
Heathers (1989)
How Sarah Got Her Wings (2015)
Invictus (2009)
Ishq Wala Love (2014)
Joseph Campbell and the Power of Myth – 6 Episodes (1988)
Just Friends (2005)
King’s Ransom (2005)
Kshanbhar Vishranti (2010)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
The Legend of Drunken Master (1994)
Life in the Blue (2016)
Love Jones (1997)
The Man Who Knew Too Little (1997)
Masaan (2015)
Masterminds (2016)
Merry Kissmas (2015)
Money Talks (1997)
Mumbai Pune Mumbai (2010)
Mumbai Pune Mumbai 2 (2015)
My Little Lover – 1 Season (2015)
North Star (1996)
Ocean’s Thirteen (2007)
Ocean’s Twelve (2004)
Paleo Way – Season 2 (2018)
The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Pheka Pheki (1989)
Philadelphia (1993)
Popat (2013)
Premasathi Vattel Te (1987)
Rajwade & Sons (2015)
Rock the Kasbah (2015)
Rodeo & Juliet (2015)
Sandook (2015)
Second Best (1994)
Shame to Shame (1991)
Shejari Shejari (1990)
Sherlock Holmes (2009)
Shikshanachya Aaicha Gho (2010)
The Spirit of Christmas (2015)
Star Trek: The Animated Series – 2 Seasons (1973)
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives (2015)
Sukhi Sansarachi 12 Sutre (1995)
Sumbaran (2009)
The Sunchaser (1996)
Superbad (2007)
Taxi Driver (1976)
Tempel – 1 Season (2016)
Too Late (2015)
Twenty Two (2015)
UFOs: The Best Evidence Ever (Caught on Tape) – 2 Episodes (2000)
Uncle Nick (2015)
Valu: The Wild Bull (2008)
We’re Back! A Dinosaur’s Story (1993)
What a Girl Wants (2003)
YZ (2016)