Peter Wong

03 Dec 2021

All The Cool Stuff Coming To Hulu In December

Interesting programming (read: anything not holiday-related) on Hulu in December is on the light side.  Then again, those with a yen for food art will want to see a reality series about building an all-candy house.  Treats for the rest of us this month include cult character actor Udo Kier

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01 Dec 2021

The Sick & Twisted Another Hole In The Head Film Festival is Here!

In England and other countries, winter has been the season for telling ghost stories and other tales of the supernatural.  Over here in the SF Bay Area, our nod to that tradition is the return of the Another Hole In The Head Film Festival (hereafter AHITH). The 18th edition of

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30 Nov 2021

All The Cool Stuff Coming To Netflix In December

Netflix’s offerings in December are not a case of sparse choices. Instead, it’s a question of what viewers will make time for in between bouts of holiday merrymaking. Viewers can go for one of many Christmas romances or family comedies airing this month (For the record, Shaun the Sheep gets

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29 Oct 2021

All The Cool Stuff Coming To Hulu In November

Christmas films clog up a good chunk of Hulu’s November programming. This Scrooge-like writer found curiosity value in one such film starring future DC Superhero TV stars Jes Macallan and April Bowlby. But frankly, a viewer’s time would be better spent watching Bowlby in “Doom Patrol” or Macallan in “Legends

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29 Oct 2021

All The Cool Stuff Coming To Netflix In November

Netflix in November resembles a bountiful Thanksgiving table, with something for everyone. There’s a classic Bill Murray farce. Robert Greene brings a new take on Catholic sex abuse. An action adventure blockbuster starring Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot pops up. The director of “Train To Busan” helms a

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22 Oct 2021

Decibels Film Festival is All Films About Music…and it’s Almost Here!

The upcoming first Decibels Music Film Festival (hereafter, “dB Film Fest”) promises to be the music documentary version of a trip to Amoeba Music. The 25 films dB Film Fest will show both online and in-theater from October 27 to November 7, 2021 features such music genres as rave, synthwave,

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04 Oct 2021

Interview With Blunderland Creator Eric Schmalenberger

Blunderland is finally coming to San Francisco. The LGBTQ+ loving variety show which has wowed audiences in New York City, New Orleans, and Adelaide now comes to our beloved City by the Bay for an extended weekend’s worth of performances at Chinatown’s Great Star Theater. From October 7-10, 2021, San

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01 Oct 2021

All The Great Stuff Coming To Hulu In October

Fond of franchise films?  Hulu kicks off October with a whole bunch of them, ranging from the complete “The Hunger Games” trilogy to selected James Bond films.  There are some handy rules of thumb regarding some of the older franchise films being offered.  Sean Connery’s Bond films (“Dr. No,” “From

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