Streamed & Screened: Movie and TV Reviews and Interviews

Baz Luhrmann's new biopic, Elvis , tied Top Gun at the box office this past weekend, and we've got some thoughts on all two hours and forty rhinestone-scarved minutes of its overstuffed runtime. It's not a wildly busy weekend at the theaters, what with Independence Day pushing most people out of doors, but that doesn't mean we can't have some fun with the latest Despicable Me spin-off, Minions: Th...

The format of Streamed & Screened is focused on working through the shows and movies whose release dates are fast approaching, which means we don't usually get to revisit things we've talked about, or put a spotlight on new discoveries. Also: We chew through our favorite theater snacks. Links to the movies we mentioned: For All Mankind ( Apple TV+ ) For All Mankind ( Criterion Collection ) E.T...

The King is in the building! The assuredly bombastic new 'Elvis' directed by Baz Luhrmann is hitting theaters this weekend and we're pretty excited to see what that twelve (or was it ten) minute standing ovation was all about that it got at the Cannes Film Festival this year. Along the way, we scour the archives for some relevant Elvis content that will entertain, illuminate, and amaze, which we h...

Our first Bonus Episode! These might be weekly or bi-weekly but regardless of how that all shakes out we hope you enjoy these bite sized episodes. The format of Streamed & Screened is focused on working through the shows and movies whose release dates are fast approaching, which means we don't usually get to revisit things we talk about, or put a spotlight on things that are new discoveries. A...

As predicted last week, "Jurassic World: Dominion" did gangbusters at the box office but failed to wow critics, our own Bruce Miller especially. The summer blockbuster season continues to heat up though, with Toy Story prequel "Lightyear." And "Top Gun: Maverick" looks to maintain a steady cruising altitude and (we predict) might even reclaim the top spot from the dinosaurs in short order. If...

We're coming in for a landing after a wild ride with 'Top Gun: Maverick,' plus Bruce has three words to describe the first few episodes of 'The Boys' S3 ("...dirty, dirty, dirty!"), David Cronenberg returns to form this weekend with his old school brand of body horror, and we end things with a chat between Bruce and Craig Pearce & Thomas Brodie-Sangster the writer and star (respectively) of 'P...

To call this weekend the start of summer blockbuster season would be an understatement. The only question is if a three-day weekend will give us enough time to pack in all this action. We have Top Gun: Maverick and The Bob's Burgers Movie in theaters, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Disney+) and Stranger Things (Netflix) on the small screen, and even with all that going on not only do we squeeze in an interview w...

It's another week and we have another slate of movies and shows to recommend! It's still a bit of a slow period between blockbusters Dr. Strange and Top Gun: Maverick , but art-house horror afficionados will be lining up for Men , the buzzy new movie from Alex Garland. Best known for Ex Machina (2015) and Annihilation (2018), this looks to be a step down from the standpoint of special effects whil...

For this episode we kick things off with some immediate reactions to Marvel's latest, which finds Dr. Strange manipulating the mystical arts in a "Multiverse of Madness". Bruce Miller's interview this week is with NBA great John Salley, who's adding a new entry to his IMDB credits with a Cinderella twist, "Sneakerella," which hits the court May 13 on Disney+. Next up, Bruce offers a...

This week, team of the award-winning Streamed & Screened, fresh off its win as Best Podcast by the Iowa Newspaper Association, talks about "Doctor Strange" as well as the new Liam Neeson movie "Memory." Plus: Bruce scored a fantastic interview with Disney animator Samantha Vilfort, one of the subjects of the new Disney+ show "Sketchbook," who talk about the process of character creation for th...

We kick the episode off with our immediate thoughts on "The Northman" and "Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent," both of which are fantastic in their ways. Not a ton of new stuff in theaters other than a Liam Neeson shoot-em-up, "Memory," and some interesting foreign films, "Hatching" and "Vortex," but over on the streaming side there are series finales dropping on Netflix for "Ozark" and "Grace &...

This week we have a very cool interview with Robert Eggers, director of a new Viking epic  The Northman , which hitting theaters this weekend. We also get real deep with how much we absolutely loved Everything Everywhere All At Once , can't wait to see the new Nicolas Cage bonanza, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent , and talk about some other fantastic movies and shows you should s...

We're looking back real quick this week and giving some knee-jerk reactions to the new Michael Bay action extravaganza, Ambulance, as well as the over-the-top epic Indian film RRR. Looking ahead we preview new movies in theaters ( Fantastic Beasts and Father Stu ), some great new shows coming to the small-screen this weekend ( Roar on Apple and The First Lady on Showtime), and wrap up with an inte...

It's now been over a week since Will Smith walked on stage and slapped Chris Rock at the Oscars, so we check in on if our feelings have changed over the course of the multitude of hot-take think-piece articles that have been all but unavoidable. Also, we have some thoughts on the new Marvel-connected vampire movie Morbius , Richard Linklater's latest rotoscope gem Apollo 10½ , look ahead to...

Well, The Oscars... sure did happen! We've got a bunch of immediate reactions to all the good, the bad, and the surprisingly ugly stuff that went down, including some predictions about the changes the Academy Awards might make in the future. All that, plus there's a list down below of where you can stream a whole bunch of the movies, both winners and runners up alike! More from Bruce Miller: Julia...