Streamed & Screened: Movie and TV Reviews and Interviews

Because it's the season for scary things, we can't get enough horror films in our lives. Thankfully, Netflix is here for us all with 'Guillermo del Toro's Cabinet of Curiosities.' An anthology series in the same vein as 'Alfred Hitchcock Presents,' they've been dropping two "episodes" a day since Tuesday. I say "episodes" because they're basically creepy cinematic novellas, each one helmed by a modern horror legend and featuring a cast-list loaded top to bottom with great actors.

As with every collection of stuff like this, it's an eclectic grab-bag but we're here to run through the episodes in a spoiler-free fashion and pick out the best of the bunch.

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This weekend will see the premiere of the second season of "The White Lotus," the most-awarded series at the Primetime Emmys earlier this year (nabbing ten statues for HBO), and Bruce Miller can't wait to talk about it.

Also we've got an interview with Tony Hale about the brand new season of "The Mysterious Benedict Society" which premieres this week on Disney+. Best known as Buster Bluth ("Arrested Development"), Gary Walsh ("Veep") and Forky ("Toy Story 4"), he gets into what it's like to play both of the twin brothers Nicholas and Nathaniel Benedict.

And, finally, we unexpectedly end up arguing a little bit about how excited everyone should be for Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Pinocchio movie for Netflix.

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There's a new Halloween sequel out, Halloween Kills, that wraps up the trilogy of Michael Myers movies directed by David Gordon Green (Pineapple Express) and we figured we'd use that as the launching pad to talk about all the scary Halloween horror tropes that irk us to no end and recommend some examples of the genre, both new and old, that subvert expectations.

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Enjoy this bonus episode highlighting Bruce Miller's conversation with actors Zach Woods and Lenora Crichlow about their roles in season 2 of “Avenue 5” which premiered on HBO last weekend.

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Despite the admittedly bad press surrounding Amsterdam, its release marks something of a beginning to the Hollywood Awards Season that will run from now until the end of the year. Studios will be dropping the bulk of their prestige films in the coming months, so we thought it was a great time to start a list of films we think are in the running to be nominated for the top Oscar category. The vast majority of these movies haven't come out yet, but between film festival buzz, trailers, and general vibes we think this is about a good a short list as we can come up with, all things considered.

Did we leave anything out? Think our picks are way off? Let us know at our contact info below!

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Jared McNett is back and joining Chris Lay for this special bonus episode roundup of the best horror movies we've seen this year so far, as well as a glance over the horror horizon at a handful of movies we're looking forward to that coming out later this month.

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We are back as promised with a brand new full episode! Bruce Miller has spent the past couple of weeks prepping for the 2022 Sioux City International Film Fest so we talk about festivals before we hand it over to his interview with Bri Holland, a (deep breath) songwriter, music producer, audio engineer, singer, and vocal production specialist who was onboard to host the "Engineering Theatrical Vocal Music for Cinema" workshop.

Bri's most recent credits include Dear Evan Hansen (2021), tick, tick... BOOM! (2021) and Vivo (2021).

Bruce name-checked some of the SCIFF films in the course of the episode (Jim of Earth, Score: A Film Music Documentary, Sons of Toledo), but the full list of films screened at the festival can be found here: 2022 Films

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One last fill-in episode before we're back with new episodes, but this is a good one. Our very own Bruce Miller was a guest on Across the Sky, a weather-centric podcast hosted by Lee Enterprises meteorologists, counting down the 10 greatest weather movies of all time. Here's the description from their side of the dial:

"Grab a bucket of popcorn and get comfortable. If you like weather and movies, you have to listen to this!

Weather plays a role in lots of films, but in some it has a starring role. With the help of Bruce Miller, from Lee Enterprises' TV, streaming and movie podcast Streamed & Screened, the Lee Weather Team takes a look at the best weather movies ever made.

Listen along as the gang counts down the movies from ten to one. What makes these films stand out? Do they accurately portray the lives of meteorologists? Do they get the science right? Or are they just too much fun to leave out?!

Find out if your favorite weather movie made the cut and which film the team crowned number one on this week's episode of Across the Sky."

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Matt Holiner of Lee Enterprises' Midwest group in Chicago, Kirsten Lang of the Tulsa World in Oklahoma, Joe Martucci of the Press of Atlantic City, N.J., and Sean Sublette of the Richmond Times-Dispatch in Virginia host a fast-paced weekly podcast that tackles hot (and cold!) topics plus what’s trending in meteorology, science and climate. The show isn't limited to hard science as our hosts and guests tug at your emotions from stories out in the elements.

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Streamed & Screened is a podcast about movies and TV hosted by Bruce Miller, an entertainment reporter for multiple decades who is now the editor of the Sioux City Journal, Jared McNett, a reporter for the Sioux City Journal, and Chris Lay, the podcast operations manager for Lee Enterprises.

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Halloween is just over a month away, so in this special encore presentation of Streamed & Screened we are looking at some of the scariest movies around.

Expect some horror classics for sure but also some curveballs including an unexpected pick you can stream on Disney+.

Below is our roundup along with links to where you can stream them.

Streamed & Screened is hosted by Chris Lay, the podcast operations manager for Lee Enterprises, along with Bruce Miller, the editor of the Sioux City Journal, and Jared McNett, a reporter for the Globe Gazette in Mason City, Iowa.

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A summer dominated by "Top Gun: Maverick" is nearly over, so in this special encore presentation of Streamed & Screened, we look at some of our favorite summer blockbusters of the past.

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