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(Welcome to  The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Where You Can Stream It: The Criterion Channel The Pitch: Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, and a teenaged Shirley Temple find themselves in an unlikely (and totally insane) love triangle. Why It’s Essential Viewing: Because this movie features one of the most bonkers premises ever committed to film. Margaret (Myrna Loy) is a judge ...

(Welcome to  The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Series: Where You Can Stream It: HBO Max The Pitch: Oscar-nominated actor John C. Reilly stars in the 1980-style public access television series Check It Out with Dr. Steve Brule, a spin-off from a segment that originated in a sketch from the Adult Swim series Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!. Armed with unfathomable naivet...

The Pitch: John Gustafson ( Jack Lemmon) and Max Goldman ( Walter Matthau) are two curmudgeonly neighbors who have been at each other’s throats for years. The feud between the former friends intensifies when Ariel ( Ann-Margret) comes along and provides a love interest for both of them that threatens to push their rivalry new heights. Why It’s Essential Viewing: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau starred in a handful of comedies together throughout their long careers on the big screen. The Odd...

(Welcome to  The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie:  Where You Can Stream It: Apple TV+ The Pitch: The daughter of a wolf hunter, Robyn, comes to Ireland with her father to wipe out the last pack. But when Robyn encounters a wild native girl, Mebh, their friendship leads her to discover the world of the Wolfwalkers and transform her into the very thing her father is tasked t...

(Welcome to  The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie:  Where You Can Stream It: Amazon Prime Video The Pitch: In 1950s small town New Mexico, a young switchboard operator begins fielding calls from folks in nearby towns who are reporting mysterious sightings in the sky. The operator and a local radio DJ team up to investigate a mysterious audio frequency that is interrupting t...

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Think about new york citys decision to essentially take the pentagon advice, the pentagons advice, not the veterans groups, but the pentagons advice that they should wait and not do a parade now for the iraq war even though the iraq war ended? >> i have a great respect for our government and for the pentagon. but i also have a great respect for our veterans. it is for our veterans. its the right thing to do. and the time to do it is now. >> st. louis county executive charlie dooly, veteran of th...

Decision to essentially take the pentagon advice, the pentagons advice, not the veterans groups, but the pentagons advice that they should wait and not do a parade now for the iraq war even though the iraq war ended? >> i have a great respect for our government and for the pentagon. but i also have a great respect for our veterans. it is for our veterans. its the right thing to do. and the time to do it is now. >> st. louis county executive charlie dooly, veteran of the vietnam war, thank you fo...

You. i realize youre the county executive of st. louis. and you dont have jurisdiction in new york city. but from your perspective, from your experience, what do you think about new york citys decision to essentially take the pentagon advice, the pentagons advice, not the veterans groups, but the pentagons advice that they should wait and not do a parade now for the iraq war even though the iraq war ended? >> i have a great respect for our government and for the pentagon. but i also have a great...