Given that this is the golden age of streaming services, it’s not surprising that many of the biggest players are bringing a number of movies, both old and new, to those looking for something to watch during the holidays. Though it is still one of the newer players in the streaming game, Paramount+ already has quite a few movies ready to start streaming in November.
Whether someone is in the mood for a comedy, a concert, or a romantic drama from the 1990s, there’s a little bit of something for everyone.
The Coen brothers are known for making movies with a biting sense of humor and a rather bleak view of the world, and that is evident in Fargo, one of their best movies. It focuses primarily on Marge Gunderson, a cop out to find out who is responsible for the death of another policeman and several local teens.
Though it is a scathingly funny movie with a powerful performance from Frances McDormand, it is also at times disturbing, showing the depths of human depravity.
The early 2000s was a golden age for romantic comedies, of which Kate & Leopold is one of the best examples. It focuses on the romance between the title characters (played by Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman), a 21st century woman and a 19th century nobleman brought to the present through a time portal.
Though it is at times predictable, it’s still a movie that manages to keep its power to charm twenty years after it was originally made, in part because of the obvious chemistry between its two leads.
Christopher Nolan has a well-deserved reputation for crafting movies that constantly challenge the audience to rethink what they thought they knew, so much so that even the very narrative of the movie itself is called into question. Those traits are all on display in The Prestige, which focuses on the competition between two illusionists in 19th century London.
It showcases all of Nolan’s skills as a director, and it also features some powerful performances from Hugh Jackman and Christian Bale, who ably capture the two men’s antipathy toward one another.
Though he is best-known as an actor, Ben Affleck has shown time and again that he is a man of many skills, including writing and directing. He brings both to bear on Gone Baby Gone, a thriller starring his brother Casey and Michelle Monaghan as they try to find a missing young girl.
It is a movie very much in the tradition of neo-noir, exploring thorny issues and leaving the viewer guessing not just about the central mystery, but also as to who is really the moral center of the movie (or whether there is one at all).
During the 1990s, there were few actresses more associated with the genre of the romantic comedy than Meg Ryan, and she has a number of performances to her credit. One of the most famous is, of course, Sleepless in Seattle, which paired her with Tom Hanks (another great actor in his own right).
There is an undeniable chemistry between Hanks and Ryan that stands the test of time, and the movie continues to demonstrate that it deserves its place as one of the classic romantic comedies that everyone should see.
The Fly was and remains one of director David Cronenberg’s scariest movies, and with good reason. It is one of those films that, even though a remake, manages to take the original in new and unsettling directions.
Jeff Goldblum also gives a powerful performance as a man who, as a result of a scientific accident, has his DNA melded with that of a fly. Though it leans into the horror aspect of the story, it’s also a tragedy, showcasing the limits of human ingenuity and scientific advancement.
There are few characters as iconic in the American imagination as Charlie Brown, who remains one of the most lovable cartoon characters ever created. This animated feature movie, one of several, features the usual Peanuts gang as they engage in a boat race with a ruthless gang of bullies (who even have their own cat that torments Snoopy and Woodstock).
Like all of the Peanuts movies, it never fails to charm both children and adults alike.
Along with Charlie Brown, Clifford The Big Red Dog is an icon of children’s literature, having appeared in many books published by Scholastic, as well as two animated series.
Though live-action, the new version aims to capture the magic and wonder of the original, focusing as it does on a girl’s efforts to protect Clifford from a genetics company that wants to exploit him. While it is being streamed on Paramount+, it will also be released theatrically for those who want to experience the larger-than-usual canine on the big screen.
There are few singers today with as passionate a following as Adele. Throughout her career, she has managed to craft albums and songs that express profound pathos and soaring joy.
Her fans are sure to be delighted with the special that will be airing on Paramount+, which will feature not only new songs from her forthcoming album but also several tracks from her earlier records. It will also feature an interview with Oprah Winfrey herself.
By this point, South Park has become something of an institution akin to The Simpsons, having been on the air since 1997.
Its edgy and irreverent brand of comedy has always aimed to disturb and anger audiences of any persuasion, and so it seems fairly likely that the new movie, South Park: Post COVID, one of the first of a series of movies for the steamer, will feature more of the same scathing humor that has made the series so popular with its audiences.
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