Another week, another set of 5 top tips to get steaming.
Still not entertained? Try a previous edition of Stream On: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13.
One Day (Netflix – 14 x 25-40 mins)
15 years since David Nicholl’s book became a mega hit, and 13 years since the less great film version, we’re now treated to televisual epic of an adaptation. In a move closer to the book, each episode focuses on one of the chapters – one day in the lives of Emma (Ambika Mod) and Dexter (Leo Woodall) over the course of two decades. A bittersweet exploration of love, loss and longing.
Rebel Dykes (Channel4 – 92 mins)
The story of a community of women in 1980s post-punk London who met doing art, music, politics and sex, and how they went on to change their world by becoming artists, performers, musicians and activists. So bloody badass.
The Marvels (Disney+ 105 mins)
There’s nothing to be gained from be clanging in on the current state of MCU, enough – more qualified – voices have done that. All I will say is that The Marvels deserved more love than it got and is one of the more accessible, you don’t *need* to have watched all/any of the other films to enjoy this science fiction romp following three super women (Brie Larson, Teyonah Parris and Iman Vellani) as they team up to save the universe.
Suncoast (Disney+ – 109 mins)
While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother (Laura Linney), a teenager (Nico Parker) strikes up a friendship with an eccentric activist (Woody Harrelson) who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time. A really charming coming-of-age story made all the more heart-rendering considering this is writer-director Laura Chinn‘s fictional account of her life in the early 2000s as a Florida teen with a severely ill older brother.
Upgraded (Prime Video – 105 mins)
Arriving to Prime Video with a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 74% freshness, an infuriatingly and unjustly infrequent high score for a 21st Century romcom, should suggest to you that this is one to check out asap. When Ana (Camila Mendes) is upgraded to first class on a work trip, she meets handsome Will (Archie Renaux), who mistakes her for her boss (Marisa Tomei). The white lie that sets off a glamorous chain of events, romance, and opportunity, until her fib threatens to surface.
Charlotte Sometimes 
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