By Phillip Swann
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Former editor of 4 TV magazines. Author of TV Dot Com.
Are you rested up from watching the Super Bowl last night? We hope so because it’s going to be a big week in streaming with some hot titles coming to services such as Netflix, Peacock, Max, Amazon’s Prime Video and Apple TV+. Here are the top five titles coming to streaming for the week of February 12-18.
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Wednesday, February 14
Love Is Blind, season 6 (Netflix)
We normally wouldn’t put this frothy lovefest among the elite of new premieres. But, hey, it’s debuting on Valentine’s Day so we couldn’t resist. Co-hosted by Nick and Vanessa Lachey, season six of Love Is Blind will feature two flight attendants, a school principal, a salesman/DJ, and a former athlete turned makeup artist. All looking for love in a so-called unscripted environment. (Unscripted. Yeah, right.) The first six episodes will be available on Wednesday, February 14.
Friday, February 16
Oppenheimer (Peacock)
Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan, opened in theaters last July and it certainly hasn’t been a bomb. The film, which has generated rave reviews from critics and theatergoers, has made almost $1 billion worldwide. Oppenheimer stars Cillian Murphy as the brilliant but troubled scientist, J. Robert Oppenheimer, who led the U.S. mission to build the first atomic bomb during World War II.
The Peacock premiere will come less than a week before the Academy Award voting will close. The Oscar nominations haven’t been announced yet, but Oppenheimer is a near guarantee to win one for Best Picture as well as nods for Nolan as Best Director and Murphy as Best Actor.
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This Is Me…Now: A Love Story (Amazon Original)
Jennifer Lopez this month is releasing her first album in a decade and this Amazon original 65-minute music fantasy will serve as the official promotional video. The show purports to chronicle JLo’s personal travails and triumphs with appearances from such notables as real-life hubbie Ben Affleck, Trevor Noah, Post Malone, Keke Palmer, Sofia Vergara, and Jenifer Lewis. The trailer looks weird, we must say, and you can see it below.
The Dynasty: The New England Patriots (Apple TV+)
This Apple TV+ original 10-part documentary will chronicle the incredible success of the New England Patriots (perhaps seeming somewhat less incredible after the Chiefs’ Super Bowl win yesterday) under Bill Belichick who guided the team to 11 Super Bowl appearances and six wins over a two-decade run. The show, produced by Brian Glazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Documentaries, will feature interviews with Belichick, quarterback supreme Tom Brady and team owner Robert Kraft.
Sunday, February 18
True Detective: Night Country (HBO/Max)
Jodie Foster stars as a police chief in a frigid small town in Alaska who’s investigating the supernatural (maybe) murder of several scientists at a mysterious research center. The True Detective series peaked with season one (starring Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey) but the first five episodes of season four are worthy of comparison. Foster is great and so is Kali Reis as her mismatched partner. The season’s finale is set for Sunday, February 18, at 9 p.m. ET and it should be a doozy with multiple plot holes (and body parts) needed to be filled.
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