Catch zombies, ‘Doctor Strange,’ ‘The Golden Girls’
February highlights from major streaming and cable on-demand services: FRIDAY Santa Clarita Diet (Netflix). Lots of Realtors are trying to cram in meals between showing houses and closing sales. But Sheila Hammond (Drew Barrymore) has special dietary needs: raw meat (eventually, the human variety).
Justified’s Timothy Olyphant co-stars as her husband in this comedy. FEB. 7
Loving (OnDemand). Catch Ruth Negga’s Oscar-nominated performance as one-half of the couple that successfully chal-
lenged state laws banning interracial marriage. FEB. 10
The Collection (Amazon). Mamie Gummer and Richard Coyle ( Covert Affairs) headline this original series about a postwar Paris fashion house. FEB. 13 Golden Girls: The Complete Series (Hulu). The streaming service has deemed this “Galentine’s Day,” making all seven seasons of the classic sitcom available for the first time on streaming. Stock the freezer with plenty of ice cream and cheesecake and settle in with Rose, Sophia, Blanche and Dorothy. Crownies (Acorn). Also known as Janet King: The Early
Cases, this prequel introduced the British prosecutor played by Marta Dusseldorp.
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The Mindy Project (Hulu). The sitcom picks up with the second half of Season 5.
Arrival (OnDemand). The sci-fi drama about a linguist’s attempts to communicate with aliens landed Oscar nominations for best picture and director, though star Amy Adams was snubbed.
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SuperMansion (Crackle): Season 2 adds Community’s Yvette Nicole Brown to the all-star voice lineup, which features Bryan Cranston, Chris Pine and Keegan-Michael Key. FEB. 17
Chef ’s Table (Netflix). Season 3 transports foodies to Russia, Germany, Peru and South Korea, as well as New York and Los Angeles. FEB. 20 Wild at Heart (Acorn). A pair of middle-aged newlyweds (Stephen Tompkinson and Amanda Holden) and their blended family relocate from England to South Africa to rehabilitate a wildanimal preserve and veterinary hospital. FEB. 21 Best-picture nominees (OnDemand): Hacksaw Ridge, Manches
ter by the Sea and Moonlight all make their home-video debuts (DVD and OD), giving you five days to binge before the Oscars on Feb. 26 FEB. 24
Patriot (Amazon). An intelligence officer tries to cope with his “non-official cover” job at an industrial piping company, which is simultaneously dangerous and tedious. And in a bit of bald allstar casting, Lost’s Terry O’Quinn and That ’70s Show’s Kurtwood Smith play his State Department and civilian bosses. Ultimate Beastmaster (Netflix). Sylvester Stallone and the producer of NBC’s Biggest Loser are coming for American Ninja
Warrior with this new international obstacle-course competition, with competitors (and announcers) from six countries. FEB. 28
Doctor Strange (OnDemand). Watch Benedict Cumberbatch make his superhero debut from the comfort of your couch.