Peacock to Add 146 New Titles On Monday – Here’s the 6 Best

By Phillip Swann
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Peacock on Monday (July 1) plans to add 146 new TV shows and movies to its streaming lineup. Here are the six best, in my humble opinion:

Knowing (2009)
The sci-fi/drama film starring an unusually subdued Nicolas Cage as a teacher who stumbles upon a mathematical formula to predict disasters. The burden of knowledge is overwhelming as Cage’s character desperately tries to warn loved ones and others to change their behaviors and plans. Knowing is an intelligent look at the human condition and our need to live freely and without fear.

Hell Or High Water (2016)
Written by Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone) and directed by David Mackenzie, this neo noir Western stars Chris Pine and Ben Foster as two bank robbing brothers in modern day Texas who are pursued by two Texas Rangers (Jeff Bridges and Gil Birmingham). The film is basically Michael Mann’s Heat set in the dusty plains of the New West and that’s a good thing. Hell or High Water offers a fascinating portrait of the meticulous methods of the good guys and bad and Pine and Bridges are fantastic in the Pacino/De Niro roles. A real hidden gem here.

The Big Lebowski (1998)
The 1998 cult comedy from the Coen Bros. features an iconic Los Angeles slacker (Jeff Bridges) named ‘The Dude’ who accidentally becomes the focus of a murder investigation.  Only Joel and Ethan Coen could take this farfetched plot and turn it into a cultural mainstay and masterpiece that resonates with multiple generations. The flawless supporting cast includes John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Philip Seymour Hoffman, David Huddleston, Julianne Moore, and John Turturro as Jesus, a bowler with a strange fetish for his ball.

Scarface (1983)
The brilliant Brian De Palma-directed drama stars Al Pacino as Cuban refugee Tony Montana who discovers crime does pay, and exceedingly well, in coke-fueled 1980s Miami. While Scarface may be — okay, is — too violent for some, the film perfectly chronicles the era’s thirst for excess and hedonism through the eyes of Montana. Michelle Pfeiffer is flawless as Montana’s ice-cold, white powder-sniffing moll and the splendid supporting cast also includes Steven Bauer, Robert Loggia, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and F. Murray Abraham. Great movie, and don’t forget to say hello to Tony’s little friend.

Jaws (1975)
The big fish drama from director Steven Spielberg remains one of the tautest and most suspenseful movies ever made with outstanding performances from Roy Scheider as the town sheriff, Richard Dreyfuss and the marine biologist and Robert Shaw as the crafty boat captain. And what a great time to watch (or rewatch) the film with summer just ahead.

Bridesmaids (2011)
Since we picked three dark crime dramas to start, let’s mix in this 2011 comedy starring Kristen Wiig (Saturday Night Live) at the peak of her zany powers as a single woman in her 30s who turns an upcoming wedding into a series of comic misadventures. The flawless supporting cast includes Jon Hamm, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Melissa McCarthy, Ellie Kemper, and for fans still nostalgic for 1970s indie films, the great Jill Clayburgh.

Complete List of New Titles Coming to Peacock On Monday, July 1

2 Guns

All Saints Christmas

American Pie

American Pie 2

Angel of Christmas

 

Angels and Ornaments

Annihilation

Arsenal

Bangkok Dangerous

Best of The Best

 

Between Worlds

The Big Lebowski

Big Sky River: The Bridal Path

A Biltmore Christmas

Black Girls

 

Boyfriends of Christmas Past

Bridesmaids (‘11)

Broadcasting Christmas

The Bronze

Bruce Almighty

 

Campfire Christmas

Catch a Christmas Star

Chasing Niagara

Christmas Festival of Ice

The Christmas Heart

 

The Christmas House

The Christmas House 2: Deck

Those Halls

Christmas in Conway

The Christmas Parade

 

Christmas Sail

The Christmas Spirit

The Christmas Train

Christmas With a Kiss

Christmas With Tucker

 

Collateral

Contraband

Crimes of Fashion: Killer Clutch

A Dog Named Christmas

Drift

 

Drive Angry 3D*

Enchanted Christmas

Fallen Angel

The Fifth Element*

Fir Crazy

 

Fisherman’s Friends

Foxcatcher

Friends & Family Christmas

Game Time

Ghost Rider (2007)

 

Ghost Rider Spirit of Vengeance

Gone in Sixty Seconds

The Gospel According to André

Hell or High Water*

Her Pen Pal

 

Letters to Santa

A Lifelong Love

Little Rascals

Lone Survivor

Lord of War

 

Love Locks

Lucky Christmas

Madagascar

A Majestic Christmas

Men In Black (1997)*

 

Men In Black II*

Men In Black 3*

The Miracle Season

Monsters V. Aliens

My Christmas Guide

 

Mystic Christmas

Nadia

Naughty or Nice

Neighbors

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising*

 

Nobody*

Northpole

November Christmas

A Nutcracker Christmas

Office Space

 

One Christmas Eve

One Summer

Our Christmas Mural

A Paris Proposal

Paris, Wine & Romance

 

The Perfect Storm

Piranha 3-D*

Piranha 3DD*

Pitch Perfect

Profile*

 

The Purge*

The Purge: Election Year*

The Purge: Anarchy

Purple Rain

Repentance*

 

Road to Perdition

The Rock

A Rose For Christmas

Scarface (‘83)

A Season for Miracles

 

The Secret of Roan Inish

The Secret Life of Pets 2

Signed, Sealed, Delivered For Christmas

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: From Paris With Love

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: The Impossible Dream

 

Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Truth Be Told

Silver Bells

Soul Surfer

Sound of Christmas

Spirit: Stallion of Cimarron

 

Hitched For the Holidays

Holiday Heritage

A Holiday in Harlem

The Holiday Stocking

Ice Sculpture Christmas

 

The Independent*

It’s Complicated

Jaws*

Jaws 2*

Jaws 3-D*

 

Jaws: The Revenge*

Joe

Joyeux Noel

Kick-Ass

Knowing*

 

Let It Snow

Letters To Juliet*

Summer Villa

Terminator 2: Judgment Day

Titanic

 

Transformers

Transformers: Age of Extinction

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Under The Christmas Sky

USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage*

 

Wet Hot American Summer

Where Are You, Christmas?

Who’s Your Caddy?

Window Wonderland

The Chosen: Season 4

“Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” 15th Anniversary Special

 

* Denotes Peacock streaming exclusive.

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