WHAT TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND #42 of 2020 Movie and TV Streaming Picks – Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Peacock, Shudder

Netflix: Oct 16

Weekend #42 of 53 (10/15 – 10/18/2020) for 2020 Picks By Streaming Service

A encouraging weekend coming up for both theater releases (see: Opening 10-16-2020 in Theaters: Honest Thief, 2 Hearts) and streaming.

The Trial of The Chicago 7, originally intended as a theatrical release, was picked up by Netflix. Blumhouse continues their horror movies Q&A with directors watch party this Saturday, but you can see the movies on Amazon already: Evil Eye and Nocturne. Also on the horror front, Shudder will premiere The Mortuary Collection.

KEY

*Title with asterisk – newly released
Title is linked and has star rating – already watched, rated and reviewed
Title bolded – on our schedule to watch/rewatch, rate and review (or in progress)

NOTE: If you’re coming to these posts weeks or months later, some and/or all of the picks listed below may no longer be on the streaming services indicated. Anything marked as “Original” typically doesn’t expire on the streaming services.

NETFLIX Movies

1. *The Trial of The Chicago 7
2. *A Babysitter’s Guide To Monster Hunting – Original
3. *Love Like The Falling Rain – Original
4. Rooting for Roona

NETFLIX TV

1. *Social Distance – Season 1 – 8 episodes
   Technology, COVID-19, Anthology
2. Half & Half – Seasons 1-4
3. One on One – Seasons 1-5
4. Power Rangers: Beast Morphers – Season 2, Part 1
5. Someone Has To Die – Season 1 – 3 episodes (Oct 16)
   Crime, Thriller Miniseries
6. Grand Army – Season 1

HBO Max Movies

1. *The Perfect Weapon (2020) – Documentary

HBO Max TV

1. Detention Adventures – Season 2
2. David Byrne’s American Utopia
   Concert, Music
3. *Lovecraft Country – Season 1, Episode 10 “Full Circle”
   Horror, season final episode (Oct 18)

Amazon Prime Video Movies

1. *Evil Eye – Original
2. *Nocturne – Original
3. *Time – Original
4. A Most Beautiful Thing
5. Playing With Fire

Hulu Movies

1. *Playing With Fire (also on Amazon Prime Video)
2. The Painted Bird (2019)
3. Life After Basketball (2019)
4. The Escort (2016)
5. Friend Request (2016)

Hulu TV

1. *Helstrom – Season 1
2. *The Purge – Season 2
   Horror
3. Treadstone – Season 2

Peacock TV

1. *Mr. Mercedes – Season 1 – 2, 20 total episodes (Oct 15)
   Stephen King adaptation

Shudder Movies

1. *Mohawk (Oct 12)
2. *The Mortuary Collection – Original