Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit (SVU)

Do you think mustaches are inherently hilarious? Then you are going to love the new episode of Filmspotting: SVU, where Alison and Matt discuss the art heist caper (and mustache comedy) MORTDECAI. Plus, they discuss the fascinating and frustrating career of its star, Johnny Depp, and recommend a few more of his movies you can rent or stream at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Love is in the air on the new Filmspotting: SVU... like literally, as Matt and Alison discuss the new Netflix original series LOVE starring Paul Rust and Gillian Jacobs, and co-created by Judd Apatow. Inspired by this unusual show, Matt and Alison also recommend some other unusual romantic comedies you can rent or stream at home right now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Quentin Tarantino's a huge fan, but what did Matt and Alison think of the Japanese revenge movie LADY SNOWBLOOD? Find out in the latest episode of SVU. Plus, Matt and Alison discuss all the week's big new releases, and offer some movies you can watch at home right now in their place. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break 99 HomesGrandmaSouthbound Listeners Choice Review Lady Snowblood Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Experimenter / Meru / American Graffiti Alison: Unreal / Love / Amy 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Night Gallery / The Missing Alison: June 17th, 1994 / Black Mountain Side 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: iZombie Alison: Meet the Patels Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt and Alison head to the Windy City for a serious discussion of Spike Lee’s hip-hop sex comedy CHI-RAQ. Plus, fresh from the 2016 Sundance Film Festival, Alison shares the highlights of her trip, while Matt helps you win your Oscar pool by handicapping all three Oscar shorts categories. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Lamb A Perfect DayStonewall Listeners Choice Review Chi-Raq Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Man of Tai Chi / The Dead Zone / The Jacques Tati Collection Alison: Kal Ho Naa Ho / Mommy / Our Nixon 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Misery Loves Comedy / The Overnight Alison: A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflection on Existence / RocketJump: The Show 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Black Mirror Alison: Incompresa Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Matt is back from paternity leave, just in time for for Alison to leave for the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. Before she goes, though, she's got a preview of some of the most exciting titles at this year's fest. Hopefully her trip out West will go better than the one in this episode's main review, the indie horror Western BONE TOMAHAWK. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Freeheld Irrational Man The Condemned 2 Queue Shots: Paternity Leave Viewing An Honest Liar Men, Women, & Children Outcast Election Listeners Choice Review Bone Tomahawk Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Serenity / Duck, You Sucker / Super Sentai Zyuranger Marathon Alison: Goodnight Mommy / When Animals Dream / World of Tomorrow 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Coherence / The Resurrection of Jake the Snake Alison: The Overnighters / In the Basement 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Major League Alison: Jessica Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alison is joined by special guest Amy Nicholson from LA Weekly and The Canon podcast while Matt’s on leave... Together they brave Adam Sandler’s first (and apparently wildly successful) Netflix original movie THE RIDICULOUS 6, then recommend some Sandler films that are either actually good or interestingly awful and available to rent or stream. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Sleeping With Other PeopleThe Keeping RoomCaptive Guest Host’s Choice Review The Ridiculous 6 Queue Shots The CobblerFunny PeopleClickGoing Overboard Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Amy: Chi-raq / Victoria / The Final Girls Alison: Dazed and Confused / Black Mirror: White Christmas / The Mend 2 Listener Recommendations Amy: Careful / Scarlet Street Alison: Peace Officer / Pay the Ghost 1 Random Film From Our Queues Amy: The Jewel of the Nile Alison: Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Matt away on paternity leave, Alison is joined by special guest from The Daily Beast to bust into the multiplex and talk about the new Star Wars movie in all its spoilerific glory. Then they discuss some other noteworthy sequels and franchise continuations available to rent or stream. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On the 100th episode of Filmspotting: SVU, Matt Singer and Alison Willmore celebrate the best (and worst) of 2015 with the latest installment of their annual SVUvie Awards. Plus with THE HATEFUL EIGHT on the horizon, they're reviewing Quentin Tarantino's war movie INGLORIOUS BASTERDS. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break BreatheGoodnight MommyMI-5 2015 SVUvie Award Winners Jurassic World The Walk We Are Your Friends Cinderella Spy Chappie I Smile Back The End of the Tour The Duke of Burgundy Ex Machina Fifty Shades of Grey Listeners Choice Review Inglorious Basterds Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Friday the 13th, Part VI: Jason Lives / Manhunter / Shout! Factory TV Alison: Tangerine / Black Coal, Thin Ice / Christmas, Again 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Birdman / Hit Record on TV Alison: Elevator to the Gallows / Medicine for Melancholy 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Bushido Man: Seven Deadly Battles Alison: Cheatin' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ladies and gentlemen, on the new Filmspotting: Streaming Video Unit, Matt Singer and Alison Willmore discuss all ten episodes of Aziz Ansari's new Netflix series, MASTER OF NONE. We think you'll find the discussion as soothing as a robotic therapy seal. Plus, Matt and Alison are deep into their year-end movie research, hunting for the best movies of 2015 they might have missed, and they recommend some of the gems they've discovered that you can rent or stream at home right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break American UltraMan UpHeist Queue Shots: Notable 2015 Movies You Might Have Missed TangerineExperimenterBlindBest of Enemies Listeners Choice Review Master of None Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: Midnight in Paris / Desk Set / JCVD Alison: Out 1 / The We and the I / Call Me Lucky 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: Pentatonix: On My Way Home / Ask Me Anything Alison: W/ Bob & David / Tubi TV 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Da Sweet Blood of Jesus Alison: Creep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Film or digital, digital or film? On the new SVU, Matt and Alison follow Jason Mann as he tries to make THE LEISURE CLASS on the latest season of PROJECT GREENLIGHT and then recommend some other films from producers Ben Affleck and Matt Damon that you can rent or stream at home right now. Filmspotting: SVU is brought to you by Movies On Demand On Cable. Opening Break Entertainment Bleeding Heart The Hallow Queue Shots: Films Starring Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Good Will Hunting The Adjustment Bureau Paycheck Che Listeners Choice Review Project Greenlight Behind the 8-Ball: 3 New Releases Matt: The James Bond Collection / The Adventures of Buckaroo Bonzai / Awakenings Alison: Amour Fou / Happy Valley / Doomsdays 2 Listener Recommendations Matt: The Lives of Others / iZombie Alison: A Simple Plan / Kingdom 1 Random Film From Our Queues Matt: Twinsters Alison: I Touched All Your Stuff Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices