I know it has been a few months since I’ve published the Streamer Monthly. I will resume starting this month by highlighting popular movies and shows, and ones I find interesting. I will no longer do the full lists unfortunately as they are time consuming and my perfectionism makes formatting the long lists tedious.
Later this month I will give details on the upcoming Disney+ streaming service that starts later this month. Also in the future I will do articles highlighting other streaming services as well as pieces on different shows featured on the streaming platforms (Anime, Sci-fi etc).
PlayStation Vue
Sony’s cable-like streaming service, PlayStation Vue, will be discontinued January 30 of next year. Started in 2015, the service allowed viewers to watch cable channels and some local channels on their PlayStations and Rokus. (Source: PlayStation Blog)
Failed negotiations with Viacom a few years ago lost them dozens of channels (including Comedy Central, MTV family of channels, Lifetime family of channels, and Spike (now called the Paramount Network)) PS Vue also lacked The CW and CBS from launch (though does carry CBS news and sports).
Other options for live TV include, Sling TV, Hulu (with their Live TV package) and even YouTube. Later this month I will give a break down of different live TV options including lineups and prices.
HBO
His Dark Materials
Adapting Phillip Pullman’s ‘His Dark Materials’ trilogy of books, the series follows Lyra (Dafne Keen), who comes from another world in search of a lost friend and discovers a plot involving kidnapped children. Series also stars Ruth Wilson (‘Luther’, ‘The Affair’), and James McAvoy (‘IT: Chapter Two’, ‘Split’). (Source: HBO)
This is not the first attempt at an adaption as ‘Golden Compass’ (the U.S. name of the first book in the trilogy) starring Daniel Craig and Nicole Kidman released in 2007. Unfortunately while it did well worldwide it didn’t so well in the U.S.
The series (which will run two seasons) is a joint venture between BBC and HBO (with BBC producing it and HBO releasing it worldwide). It will be available through Amazon Prime and Hulu with the premium HBO add-on, in addition to the HBO Go app.
Starring: Dafne Keen, Ruth Wilson, James McAvoy, Lin-Manuel Miranda
Streaming Service: Hulu/ Amazon Prime (Through Premium Add-On)
Date: November 4
Amazon Prime
Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan
The popular series featuring Jack Ryan from the Tom Clancy novels (and also featured in several feature films) returns for its second season this month. The series stars Jonh Krasinski from popular NBC series ‘The Office’ and the hit horror movie ‘A Quiet Place’.
Starring: John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, John Hoogenakker
Previous Season: Amazon Prime
Streaming Service: Amazon Prime
Date: November 1
The Man In The High Castle
Amazon Prime’s popular alternate reality series premieres for its fourth and final season. Based on the Phillip K. Dick novel of the same name, ‘The Man In The High Castle’ takes place in an alternate world where the Axis powers have won and America is divided by Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany.
Starring: Alexa Davalos, Luke Kleintank, Rufus Sewell
Previous Seasons: Amazon Prime
Streaming Service: Amazon Prime
Date: November 15
Netflix
The Witcher
The long awaited Netflix series based on the Polish novels (which also inspired the video games) by author Andrzej Sapkowski, gets a trailer and premiere date. ‘The Witcher’ follows Geralt (Henry Cavill) a monster hunter known as a Witcher (who go threw mutations) who hunts down beasts and creatures normal men can’t handle.
Starring: Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, Anya Chalotra
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: December 20
Coming This Month
November 1
Matrix Trilogy
The popular Cyberpunk trilogy returns to Netflix. Computer hacker Neo (Keanu Reeves) discovers the world he lives in isn’t real and that humanity has been enslaved by machines. The mysterious Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) believes he is the answer to saving humanity and trains him on how take advantage of The Matrix, the artificial world created by the machines.
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: November 1
Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphan
The latest ‘Mobile Suit Gundam’ series comes to Netflix. 300 years after the Calamity War, a conflict arises on Mars.
Starring: Bill Rogers, Adin Rudd, Jennifer Alyx
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: November 1
Queer Eye: We’re in Japan!
The popular makeover show heads to Japan.
Starring: Bobby Berk, Karamo Brown, Tan France, Antoni Porowski, Jonathan Van Ness
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: November 1
November 5
She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
The popular reboot of the 1980’s cartoon returns for its fourth season.
Starring: Aimee Carrero, Karen Fukuhara, AJ Michalka
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: November 5
November 15
Toys That Made Us
The show that tells the stories behind toys from our childhood returns for a third season this month.
Starring: Donald Ian Black, Mark Bellomo, David Vonner
Previous Seasons: Netflix
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: November 15
November 22
Nailed It! Holiday
The popular cooking show where armatures trying to recreate baked goods, with hilarious results, returns for another a second holiday season (it’s fourth overall). “Hwes!”
Starring: Nicole Byer, Jacques Torres
Previous Seasons: Netflix
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: November 22
November 27
The Irishman
Set in the 1950’s the Martin Scorsese movie follows a hit man through his rise through a crime family in Pennsylvania.
Starring: Jesse Plemons, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: November 27
November 28
Levius
A new anime that follows Levius, who fights in the world of Mecha Boxing using his steam powered prosthetic arm.
Starring: TBA
Streaming Service: Netflix
Date: November 28
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