By Phillip Swann
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Former Sony employee and editor of 4 TV magazines.
Hulu today has added 57 new TV shows and movies to its subscription Video on Demand service. Here’s the three most interesting, in my humble opinion.
FX’s Feud: Capote vs. the Swans
Tom Hollander stars as mercurial writer Truman Capote who betrays his coterie of high society females (‘The Swans’) by penning a thinly veiled expose of their exploits. Based on a true story, the FX original (each episode airs one day later on Hulu) from Ryan Murphy features a delicious cast as the betrayed ladies, including Naomi Watts, Diane Lane, Chloe Sevigny and Calista Flockhart. The first two episodes of the eight-episode show are available today on Hulu. Rottentomatoes.com, which tracks critical reviews, is currently giving Feud a score of 64, which doesn’t sound like high praise. But the site’s capsule summary says: “While this Feud might lack the abundance of incident that made its predecessor such a nasty delight, Capote vs. the Swans’ luxe milieu and dynamite ensemble will keep spectators entertained.”
Judas and the Black Messiah
The film, which is based on a real-life story, stars LaKeith Stanfield as Bill O’Neal, an FBI informant who infiltrates the Black Panthers during the 1960s to get incriminatory evidence against its leaders. However, O’Neal soon regrets his mission when his work triggers a controversial homicide of the group’s leader, Fred Hampton, played exceptionally by Daniel Kaluuya.
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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
This 2010 documentary on the sex scandal that brought down New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is a fascinating look at the human fragility of our most powerful leaders and how their careers can be determined by media and governmental whims. Spitzer appeared poised to become a leading presidential candidate in 2008 when it was discovered he had a penchant for prostitutes. The media pounced on the juicy story, but the documentary suggests its interest (and perhaps the FBI’s investigation) was fueled by unknown forces.
Complete List of New Titles Added Today to Hulu:
February 1
FX’s Feud: Capote vs. the Swans: Limited Series Premiere
Naruto Shippuden: Season 8, Episodes 426-437
Save It or Sell It: Complete Season 1
Tiny House Hunting: Complete Season 3
Addicted (2014)
America’s Sweethearts | 2001
Baby Boy | 2001
Big Momma’s House | 2000
Black Knight | 2001
The Cabin in the Woods | 2012
Call Me By Your Name | 2017
Client 9 | 2010
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs 2 | 2013
Date Movie | 2006
Dear John | 2010
The Descent | 2005
Eat Pray Love | 2010
The Eye | 2008
First Daughter | 2004
Force Majeure | 2014
Gnomeo & Juliet | 2011
Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S. | 2004
Hitch | 2005
How Stella Got Her Groove Back | 1998
Jason Bourne | 2016
Jack And Jill | 2011
Judas and the Black Messiah | 2021
Jumanji | 1995
Just My Luck | 2006
Jumping the Broom | 2011
Knight And Day | 2010
Life or Something Like It | 2002
Love is Strange | 2014
Man on Fire | 1987
Men Of Honor | 2000
Monster In-Law | 2005
Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 2005
My Super Ex-Girlfriend | 2006
Night Catches Us | 2007
Notorious | 2009
Obsessed | 2009
Pretty Woman | 1990
Secrets of Eden | 2012
The Secret Life Of Bees | 2008
Sisters | 2006
Soul Food | 1997
Twilight | 2008
The Twilight Saga: New Moon | 2009
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse | 2010
Twilight Saga Breaking Dawn Part 1 | 2012
The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 | 2012
Valentine’s Day | 2010
Warm Bodies | 2013
The Watch | 2012
What’s Your Number? | 2011
12 Years A Slave | 2013
The 40 Year-Old Virgin | 2005
500 Days Of Summer | 2009
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