On 10/14/23 10:03 PM, Robin Miller wrote:

>         Monday, Oct. 16
>
>
> Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs       (4K restoration)          (3:01
> am, Disney+)

Anim already dinged this, but I will just point out again that this
exactly the sort of thing that explicitly *doesn't* need a "4k"
remaster, because of how it was made/how it looked in the first place.

Now a "color remaster" is another issue...

> The American Buffalo      (documentary miniseries)       (8-10 pm, PBS)
>
> Ken Burns' four-hour documentary tracing the history of the North
> American buffalo concludes tomorrow at the same time.

I'm sure this'll be depressing!!

Hopefully, he can at least find something positive to end on...

> The Daily Show       (returns from hiatus)       (11 pm, Comedy Central)
>
> The series will continue to rotate guest hosts until a new permanent
> host begins sometime in early 2024.

Well, Reddit says they already lost the best (only good?) candidate, so
rest assured they're going to choose somebody shitty again!!

>         Tuesday, Oct. 17
>
>
>
>     Streaming:
>
>
> I Woke Up a Vampire         [new; complete season 1]          (3:01 am,
> Netflix)
>
> Carmie Henley wakes up on her 13th birthday to discover she suddenly has
> supernatural powers! With help from her best friend, Kev, she discovers
> she's a Vampling: half human and half vampire. Half-hour episodes.

OK, so this is Canadian.

But it's from Netflix, so it will almost certainly be crap. It also
doesn't inspire confidence that there is virtually *no* "name" in the
entire cast (Rainbow Sun Francks is as "high-profile" as it gets).

OMG - is the lead's middle name seriously "Angelic"?!! Her parents are
monsters.

Oh, and thank gawd there's not one Anglo in the entire cast! *In Canada*!!

At what point does this become unmistakable "reverse racism"?!...

>     Broadcast and cable:
>
>
> Binged to Death      (movie)       (9 pm, MTV)
>
> After learning their favorite reality show couples have broken up, an
> obsessive single woman (Loni Love) and her best friend (Carl Anthony
> Payne II) kidnap the contestants and force them into a series of
> torturous games, all with the hopes of rekindling their favorite TV
> romances. Also stars Quincy Brown,  Loren Lott, Jessica Lord, Andre
> Anthony, Dan Ginnane and Nico Tortorella.

Who's giving odds that this is actually "good"?...

>         Thursday, Oct. 19
>
>
>     Streaming:
>
>
> Neon        [new; complete season 1]          (3:01 am, Netflix)
>
> This comedy centers on a young reggaeton artist who moves from small
> town Florida to Miami in the hopes of making it big. All eight episodes
> stream today. Eight episodes.

OK, why does this need to be a series?...

> The Burning Girls        [new]          (3:01 am, Paramount+)
>
> The Burning Girls is a brand new psychological thriller series starring
> Samantha Morton and Ruby Stokes, who play a Vicar and her daughter. Both
> arrive in a new village in hope of a fresh start but soon find the
> strange community has terrible secrets in this six-episode adaptation of
> the novel by C.J. Tudor. UK only?

Again - why does this need to be a series?

> Peter & the Wolf      (movie)        (3:01 am, Max)
>
> Follows a grieving 12-year-old Peter, who is now in the care of his
> grandfather after enduring the loss of a parent. Upon hearing stories of
> a wolf on the loose, Peter decides to explore the vast meadow and forest
> nearby to try and find the wolf himself. Along the way he encounters
> creatures who help him on his quest while contending with hunters aiming
> to win a prize for capturing the wolf. English-language German-UK film.

IMDb says this is an "animated short", though they don't list a runtime.

> Surprise 2     (movie)      (3:01 am, Tubi)
>
> Lauren and Anthony hire a new midwife after their last one mysteriously
> disappears, but things may not be as they appear. Stars Will Coleman and
> NuNu Thurman.
>
> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt28760895/
>
> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26545301/     ["Surprise," 2023 Tubi Original]

Meh.
(And that seems incredibly fast to churn out a sequel!!)

>     Broadcast and cable:
>
>
> Handyman from Hell    (movie)     (8 pm, LMN)
>
> Maggie Anderson has just separated from her husband and, as a way to
> cope, is finally overhauling the beautiful converted church that she had
> bought with so much promise just a few years ago. When she meets the
> sexy, skilled Nate, she feels like she’s met the man who is going to fix
> up her kitchen…and maybe even her heart. What she doesn’t realize is
> that Nate is mysteriously connected to her family and is entering her
> home and her life with murder on his mind. Liliana Tandon, Joey Ariemma,
> Kristina Horan, Steve Hofstetter, and Jodie Sweetin star.

[sigh...] And the fact that Sweetin is in this is a bad sign... But I
guess I'll watch.

> The Challenge: USA       (season 2 finale)         (10 pm, CBS)

As they always do in these dumb (scripted!) reality series, they've
already voted out all the cute babes... So...

NO!!

>         Friday, Oct. 20
>
>
>     Streaming:
>
>
> The Pigeon Tunnel        (documentary)           (12:01 am, Apple TV+)
>
> Errol Morris directs a profile of the life and career of former British
> spy David Cornwell—who later became better known as a spy novelist who
> wrote under the pen name John le Carré. The film, which spans six
> decades and is based on le Carré's own best-selling memoir of the same
> name, includes the final interview given by the author prior to his
> death in 2020. 1h 32m.

I wouldn't mind seeing a scripted biopic on the subject.

> Bosch: Legacy         (season 2 premiere)         (12:01 am, Amazon
> Freevee)
>
> Bosch: Legacy follows Harry Bosch [Titus Welliver], a retired homicide
> detective turned private investigator...

Bosch, and its spinoff, is something else that's relatively high on my
"Get to watching" list, that I never find the time to actually get to... :(

> Disco Inferno       (horror short)         (3:01 am, Netflix)
>
> A young couple conjures a dark presence that hungers for their unborn
> baby as they prepare to burn up the dance floor at LA's hottest disco.
> 15 minutes. This is not the 2015 horror short by the same name.

Great title. But it sounds like no one has managed to come up with
something worthy of the title.

> Doona!          [new; complete season 1]          (3:01 am, Netflix)
>
> A college student navigates life and school while dealing with a unique
> predicament--he's living with a beautiful former K-pop sensation. Korean
> series.

Oh, what the actual F***, Netflix!?!

They might as well just phase out their English-language programming and
turn everything over to "K-TV" at this point...

> Flashback          (horror short)          (3:01 am, Netflix)
>
> A yoga teacher's life flashes before her eyes during a deadly home
> invasion, sending her on a desperate race through her past to save the
> man she loves. 16 minutes.

And starring no one you've ever heard of... Meh.

> Old Dads          (movie)         (3:01 am, Netflix)
>
> Three best friends become fathers later in life and find themselves
> battling preschool principals, millennial CEOs and anything created
> after 1987. Comedian Bill Burr makes his feature directorial debut with
> a comedy in which he also stars alongside Bobby Cannavale, Katie
> Aselton, and Bokeem Woodbine. 1 h 44 m.

Decent cast. But it better be "pee your pants" funny with this premise!

> Werewolf by Night in Color       (special)        (3:01 am, Hulu and
> Disney+)
>
> A colorized version of the 2022 black-and-white Disney+ special. 52
> minutes.

I've still never gotten to the B&W version!!

> If You Were the Last        (movie)        (3:01 am, Peacock)
>
> Well-reviewed out of its SXSW premiere in the spring, the feature
> directorial debut from Kristian Mercado is a sci-fi rom-com starring
> Anthony Mackie and Zoë Chao as Adam and Jane, two astronauts stranded on
> a derelict spaceship. Not knowing if they'll ever be rescued, they must
> decide if their friendship should become physical, and, possibly,
> something more. 1h 29m.

OK, this actually doesn't sound horrible!

> Night of the Hunted          (movie)          (3:01 am, Shudder)
>
> When an unsuspecting woman stops at a remote gas station in the dead of
> night, she's made the plaything of a sociopath sniper with a secret
> vendetta. To survive she must not only dodge his bullets and fight for
> her life, but also figure out who wants her dead and why. Stars Camille
> Rowe. 1h 35m.

It doesn't matter that Anim already got to this! - I must say it!!:

Nobody gets Shudder!!

>     Broadcast and cable:
>
>
> Checkin' It Twice       (movie)       (8 pm, Hallmark Channel)
>
> A journeyman hockey player falls for a real estate agent in a career
> crisis when he’s traded to her hometown and moves into the cottage in
> her hockey loving family’s backyard. Stars Kim Matula and Kevin McGarry.

As I said, I actually like Kim Matula...

> > (end)