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Which device platforms support your favorite streaming apps? We’ve done the deep app dive on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV.

If you are a new cord-cutter or considering switching to a different streaming TV device, app availability should be your top priority. After all, what if your favorite apps aren’t supported on the new platform? Fortunately, the big three streaming device platforms — Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and Apple TV — support the vast majority of popular streaming apps. Roku leads the pack with over 27,000 apps (Roku calls them “Channels”), followed by Amazon Fire TV with more than 21,000. Apple TV offers around 12,000, less than half of Roku’s total.

Those are obviously overwhelming numbers, so we’ve broken them down to a more manageable list of around 60 popular streaming apps for comparison. Your favorites are most likely included regardless of platform, though there are some outliers depending on which platform you choose.

Hallmark Channel When Calls The Heart spoilers and updates reveal fans have been livid over a huge scheduling debacle regarding a Wcth episode. Here’s why the scheduling problem has fans so livid!

What Exactly Has Fans So Upset?

Fans are extremely upset with the network due to a scheduling issue; what caused this frustration among the Hearties-a mistake disrupted their Season 12 experience, and here’s what happened.

On Monday, angry Hearties took to social media to express their concerns about a significant scheduling error with When Calls The Heart-one fan shared, “I’m so confused…T1D storyline.”

They went on to explain, “Last week, I watched the episode Buried Treasure, featuring the Garrison gang and Angela Canfield (Vienna Leacock) at the school for the blind.

I just started watching last night’s episode, and it began with ‘previously’ scenes from an episode I haven’t seen, where...

It’s St. Patrick’s Day, and Syfy’s celebrating accordingly with a marathon of the Leprechaun movies. But if you’re looking for horror inspiration that’ll bring the laughs and screams beyond the pint-sized killer’s holiday-appropriate franchise, this week’s streaming picks are dedicated to Irish horror comedies that do just that.

If you’re feeling lucky, here’s where you can stream these Irish horror-comedies this week.

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Extra Ordinary – Kanopy, Paramount+

This horror-comedy from writers/directors Mike Ahern & Enda Loughman delivers laughs and ectoplasm in spades. Maeve Higgins stars as the kindly Rose Dooley, a lonely woman with a unique ability to see and deal with ghosts. When a washed up rock star (Will Forte) enters a Satanic pact that entails sacrificing his daughter, Rose must team up with client and crush Martin Martin (Barry Ward) to save her.

This week, we’re seeing red. This Friday is Valentine’s Day and Terrifier 3 debuts on Screambox. Instead of revisiting Valentine’s Day-themed or romantic horror, however, we’re celebrating with ultra-gory horror movies that splatter their sets with all the red matter.

That means that this week’s streaming picks are for the sickos and showcase some of horror’s goriest offerings that wield the gore in various ways. Some use excessive bloodletting to elicit a laugh, while others aim to put you through an extreme gauntlet of visceral terror.

These splatter horror movies are all available on streaming now.

As always, here’s where you can watch them this week.

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Found – Hoopla, Pluto TV, the Roku Channel, Screambox

Twelve-year-old Marty deals with bullying, friendships, and a tumultuous family life. His father is short-tempered and a terrible role model, at best.

If you’re a fan of classic horror, you’re in luck! The iconic silent film Nosferatu (1922) is available to watch for free on platforms like Kanopy, Fawesome, Hoopla, Plex, Darkroom, and JustWatch. And if you’re a subscriber to Prime Video, AMC+, Vudu, or Tubi, you can stream it there too. It’s never been easier to revisit this masterpiece that has influenced nearly every vampire story since its release over a century ago.

Whether you’ve been meaning to check it off your “classic films” list or want to see how it compares to today’s horror movies, now’s the perfect time to dive in.

Why Nosferatu Is Making Headlines Again

So, why is everyone suddenly talking about Nosferatu again? Well, it’s all thanks to Robert Eggers’ 2024 remake of the film. If you’re into movies like The Witch or The Lighthouse, you already know Eggers...

SeasonPass will allow viewers to binge a full season of TV on a single borrow.

There are so many things you can do with a library card, but one of the best ways to use it is to sign up for a free hoopla account. This streaming service allows you to rent eBooks, audiobooks, TV shows, and movies at no cost at participating public libraries, so long as you have a valid card. To make that experience even better for TV lovers, hoopla is launching a new SeasonPass feature, which will let patrons binge entire seasons of TV without having to check out the same show over and over.

Key Details: SeasonPass lets viewers check out an entire TV season for a full week on a single borrow. A lineup of 14 TV series will be available with SeasonPass at launch. Viewers can stream ad-free on hoopla, and watch on multiple devices.

Your library card just got 100x more powerful with Hoopla - the free TV and movie streaming service.

There are basically two free streamers that allow you to watch movies and TV shows (as well as other kinds of content) through your library card. I wrote about Kanopy here, and now it’s time to check out Hoopla – another totally free streaming service you unlock through your library. The service features movies and TV shows, along with millions of audiobooks, ebooks, comics, and more. But even better, using The BingePass feature, you can get free access to other coveted streaming services like Hallmark+ for seven days per month. So, here’s everything you need to know about the free streamer, Hoopla.

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Happy Thanksgiving! The festival that comes between two major holidays -Halloween and Christmas is all about gathering together to have some fun, a good time, and great food. The day is scheduled for family, food, and football. But after gorging on Turkey, what comes next? Well, obviously a movie marathon!

A snippet from Holidate (a Thanksgiving movie) | Credits: Netflix

Sit back with your friends and family and relax. While enjoying hot chocolate, watch some rom-coms that will ignite those butterflies and prepare you for the Christmas feeling. There’s no shortage of holiday romance flicks in this era. From cult classics to new-age romantic dramas – we have curated some recommendations in that category. Let’s dive in and take a look at the list of 10 rom-com movies with a Thanksgiving day theme that you can watch this weekend.

1. Always Be My Maybe A snippet from Always Be My Maybe | Credits:...

At The Streamable, we love watching movies and TV for free, especially if we don’t have to sit through ads. Tubi is great, but seeing an ad for car insurance in the middle of your movie tends to kill the vibe. As we race to Halloween, we looked up all the best scary movies and found that a huge number were streaming ad-free on Kanopy, which is free if your library participates. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. Hoopla is another free streamer that just added a major horror partner.

Your library probably partners with either Kanopy or Hoopla (or both!), giving you an unexpectedly great package of ad-free entertainment.

Use Kanopy for the Best Horror Selection

My jaw dropped when I saw how many A+ horror movies were available ad-free on Kanopy. You can see 48(!) of Metacritic’s best-reviewed horror films.

Kanopy gives you recent horror masterpieces like “Hereditary,...

Toei Animation's hit Spring 2024 original anime series, Girls Band Cry, is finally coming to North America. However, many anime fans are dismayed after learning that they will only have the option to purchase digital copies of the episodes -- and from a seemingly bizarre selection of platforms.

On X (formerly Twitter), Toei Animation recently unveiled a special launch trailer for Girls Band Cry, announcing that it will become available on "digital stations" starting Aug. 13, 2024. The same day, @MangaMoguraRE, a popular anime and manga news hub on X, provided additional details about the anime's North American release format. "Girls Band Cry will finally release in English...but not via your usual suspects aka streaming platforms. For some reason, it is only available as a digital purchase via Amazon, Hoopla and...the Microsoft Store."

Related Dragon Ball Daima Finally Reveals New Trailer Ahead of October Premiere

Dragon Ball fans get a...

BayView Entertainment have released the comedic horror film Poppy Loftus on Digital Platforms worldwide including on Hoopla in the USA.

Poppy Loftus will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 30th July 2024.

Poppy Loftus is from former Mma coach and award-winning director Luke Corcoran.

Synopsis:

Failing at another job, Fiadh must return home to take care of her mother, “Mental” Maggie. When the strange goings on appear to be more than her mother’s eccentricity, she decides to dabble in the field of paranormal investigation.

Poppy Loftus was Written and Directed by Luke Corcoran. The film stars Niamh Sweeney, Martina McCormack and Anthony Murphy.

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Hallmark Movies Now App’s May releases are all mysteries and continue with new episodes of When Calls The Heart. This list should especially thrill Hearties as it includes a brand-new Chris McNally mystery. In addition, What are the four mysteries added to the network’s streaming site?

Here are the details fans will want to know.

Wcth Photo: Chris McNally, Cecilia Deacon, Erin Krakow Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Ricardo Hubbs When Calls The Heart Season 11 Episodes Airing Monday Nights On Hallmark Movies Now

Hearties can come to Hallmark Movies Now every Monday for brand-new Wcth Season 11 episodes. Follow this season as Elizabeth goes through a major transformation. In addition, Rosemary and Bill try to find out who really shot Governor Lucas Bouchard.

Photo: Amanda Schull, Brendan Penny

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Allister Foster Family Practice Mysteries: Coming Home Premiering Early On Hmn

Hallmark Mystery may be premiering the brand-new...

The quest romcom A Lifelong Love will be having its Hallmark Channel premiere soon. This movie stars When Calls The Heart star Andrea Brooks, as well as Patch May and Averie Peters. Andrea and Patch are reunited in this movie as they previously co-starred in The Wedding Fix.

Is it possible to have two great loves in your life? This is the story of a quest to find and reunite two people who still had tender feelings for their first love.

Ready to learn more?

Photo: Andrea Brooks, Patch May, Averie Peters, Tom Young Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Courtesy of Cartel What Is Hallmark’s A Lifelong Love About?

Hallmark is premiering A Lifelong Love on its Og channel in May. What is this movie about? According to the synopsis, Annika and Ryan are ex-boyfriend and girlfriend. Both have been struggling to manifest their dream. Annika is a poet, while Ryan is a street photographer.

The Hallmark streaming service is just the latest participant in Xfinity’s ‘Free This Week’ program.

The Hallmark Channel is well-known for its annual slate of beloved original Christmas movies, but the channel always spins up some fantastic new titles for Easter as well. This year, fans of the channel who subscribe to Xfinity internet or TV services but don’t have time to watch Hallmark originals when they air live on the linear channel can enjoy the same titles on-demand through free access to the Hallmark Movies Now streaming platform!

The full Hallmark Movies Now library is available to Xfinity TV and internet customers this week. Hallmark Movies Now availability starts Monday, April 1, and continues through Sunday, April 7. Streamers like Starz, Disney+, and many more have been offered through Xfinity’s Free This Week program. 7-Day Free Trial $5.99+ / month Hallmark Movies Now via amazon.com

Hallmark Movies Now is an...

Hallmark Movies Now has released their April premieres and this should especially interest Wcth fans. That is because this information includes when Season 11 episodes will be available. Also, because one Spring Into Love movie is being released early. Lastly, because one of the most popular movies from 2023 will be available. This spooky movie stars a When Calls The Heart heartthrob and his real-life partner. Can you guess?

Hot off the wire, he is the latest information Hearties and app subscribers will want to know.

Wcth Photo: Chris McNally, Jack Wagner, Ben Rosenbaum, Kevin McGarry

Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Ricardo Hubbs When Will Hallmark Movies Now Air New Wcth Season 11 Episodes?

Hallmark Movies Now has released its April Streaming Preview video. This includes the long-awaited information on Wcth Season 11. The new episodes will be available on the Hmn App the Monday after the premiere. That is the next day! Hearties don...

Wcth Season 10 ended with a broken engagement and a cliffhanger. Hearties expected a big Hope Valley wedding with Lucas Bouchard (Chris McNally) and Elizabeth Thornton making it official. However, that was not to be. After issues with her wedding dress and differing views on which wedding cake they would pick, it turned out that Lucas running for governor was the deal breaker.

Now that When Calls The Heart is returning for Season 11, will Lucas try to win back Elizabeth? Chris McNally reveals whether his character will try to woo his ex-fiancée.

Wcth Photo: Erin Krakow, Chris McNally Credit: ©2023 Hallmark Media/Photographer: David Dolsen Will Lucas Fight To Win Back Elizabeth’s Love In Wcth Season 11?

At the end of Wcth Season 10, Elizabeth broke off her engagement to Lucas. This was just as he was headed off on his whirlwind political campaign. Although he was focused on campaigning and winning the governorship,...

I’ve gotten out of the habit of reading individual comics issues – because I first got out of the habit of buying them. There were a lot of factors there, but an already-ebbing stream turned to nothing after the 2011 flood destroyed all of my existing floppies. Since then, if it’s not in book form, I basically don’t read it.

But my library app – Hoopla , another silly name because everything Internetty is required to have a silly name – includes individual issues, all mixed in their general “Comics” section in a way that sometimes makes it hard to tell if something is a book or a floppy. So I now can read floppy comics, at least some of them, about as regularly as I want.

I still haven’t really done it much.

But I did read the big collection of Fungirl comics by Elizabeth Pich recently, and noticed there...

Hallmark’s Spring Into Love just kicked off with Katherine Barrell and Tyler Hynes’ new movie Shifting Gears. However, the streaming app Hallmark Movies Now has already been airing the April movie Falling In Love In Niagara starring Jocelyn Hudon, and Dan Jeannotte.

What is this new movie about? Moreover, how can romcom fans watch this new movie early on the app?

Photo: Tyler Hynes, Katherine Barrell Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Albert Camicioli What Is Falling In Love In Niagara About?

Hallmark is headed to Niagara in their new movie Falling In Love In Niagara. What is it about? According to IMDb, Madeline is a Type A personality who has a list for everything. She likes things to be safe because of her past. Now, she is engaged and everything is headed to a perfect, safe life.

Also, Madeline has dreamed of going to Niagara for her honeymoon. That is...

Things get spicy in Wcth Season 11, Episode 4 entitled “Along Came A Spider.” In this When Calls The Heart episode, “Someone from Lucas’s past comes to town and gets everyone talking.”

In addition, the tagline reads, “An Easter egg hunt takes place in Hope Valley while Lucas’ past catches up with him.” This is very intriguing. What sort of trouble is the new governor in?

Hearties, are you ready to learn about this new episode?

Wcth Photo: Chris McNally Credit: ©2024 Hallmark Media/Photographer: Ricardo Hubbs What Is Wcth Season 11, Episode 4 ‘Along Came A Spider’ About?

What happens in the fourth episode of Wcth Season 11 entitled “Along Came A Spider”? According to the Hallmark synopsis, “It’s Easter in Hope Valley. Elizabeth (Erin Krakow) organizes an egg hunt with help from Nathan (Kevin McGarry). A visitor from Lucas’ (Chris McNally) past gets the town talking. Angela (Vienna Leacock) and Cooper (Elias Leacock...

This post contains spoilers for "True Detective: Night Country."

"True Detective: Night Country" is starting to look more and more like a horror show. Two episodes into the season's six-part run, things in Ennis, Alaska just keep getting stranger. The severed tongue of Indigenous activist Anne appeared on a research facility's floor six years after she died. The scientists at said research facility (who remind us a lot of horror classic "The Thing") ended up dead in the snow, naked and frozen with ruptured eardrums and scratched-out eyes. At least two characters have heard a voice whisper "She's awake" in their minds, and a little girl is drawing pictures of a local folk figure — a woman in the snow with bloody, dripping hands. On top of all that, the ghost of Rust Cohle's dad may or may not be out in the wilderness, possibly worshipping the sky.

At the risk of stating the obvious,...

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Studio Ghibli films have some of the most recognizable art styles in anime. Cyberpunk: Edgerunners makes use of Studio Trigger's brightly colored, intense visuals in its futuristic setting. Unlike other horror stories, Mononoke uses vivid imagery to unsettle its viewers.

An anime's art style is one of the first things to stand out to viewers. Unlike manga, which uses stationary, black-and-white artwork, anime has more freedom in how it uses its visuals to attract an audience. Some anime, like Devilman Crybaby, are appealing for their unique, but not necessarily attractive, art styles. This is different from many of the other series that use colorful visuals to attract attention.

It's important to draw a distinction between art style and animation. Art style refers to how the anime looks in still frames, and includes character and background designs, color palettes, and overall esthetics. Animation, on the other hand,...

Cat Person, directed by Susanna Fogel, is based on the popular New Yorker short story by Kristen Roupenian, telling a story that highlights the horrors of modern dating for women. A new tweet reveals that the movie is streaming for free on Hoopla after hitting theaters in October and making a disastrous $338,541. Netflix offered to buy the film for $5 million but was refused as the studio thought a theatrical release would be the smarter move financially.

Cat Person is available to stream online for free from a surprising website, and film fans are shocked. Directed by Susanna Fogel, the movie is based on a popular short story of the same name by Kristen Roupenian from 2017, which itself is loosely inspired by real events. Cat Person had its premiere at Sundance in January of this year, telling a story about college sophomore Margot (Emilia Jones), who discovers the true horrors of...

Bone Tomahawk is an underrated Western that combines elements of horror with the traditional Western genre, creating a fresh and dark experience for the audience. The movie is available to watch on a variety of different streaming platforms, including The Roku Channel, Hoopla, Tubi, and Pluto TV, making it easily accessible for viewers. If viewers want a digital copy of Bone Tomahawk, they can rent the movie for around $2.99 or purchase it for $12.99, with slightly different prices on different platforms like Microsoft Video. It's worth the price due to its critical acclaim and its role in reviving the Western genre.

Bone Tomahawk is an excellent modern Western that helped bring the old genre back to life, and thankfully it’s available to watch on several different streaming and VOD platforms. The movie follows a sheriff in the Old West who embarks on a mission with his deputy, a local cowboy,...

The impressive list of Selena Gomez movies and TV shows has grown over her lengthy career in show business, and she keeps getting better with every subsequent role. There aren't many people as young as Gomez who can trace their acting careers back through three different decades, but the multi-talented performer is one of those rare cases. She originally got her start on TV screens as a child on Barney & Friends and her career was launched into high gear through other children's programs. Gomez is unique among Hollywood stars because she was able to successfully shed her child-star image, and branch out into more mature roles.

Not limited to acting alone, Selena Gomez has also established a successful music career for herself and has even produced hit shows like Netflix's 13 Reasons Why. Though she is a star in her own right and has led TV shows and movies, Gomez's...

If you’re a lover of Hallmark original movies, it will soon be time to head to your local library. Hoopla, a free streaming service users can access with their library card, has agreed to a new partnership with Hallmark Movies Now that will see that streamer’s content catalog added to Hoopla.

7-Day Free Trial $5.99 / month Hallmark Movies Now via amazon.com

Library patrons who have access to Hoopla can check out a seven-day BingePass, which will allow them to watch anything and everything in the Hallmark Movies Now inventory for a full week. In 2023 alone, Hallmark Movies Now is adding 450 titles, including over 150 Christmas-themed films that will join the service throughout the year.

“Our goal at Hoopla is to provide the best content available to libraries and their patrons. We pursued this partnership with Hallmark Movies Now to give access to this celebrated range of movies, specials and original series,...

If there is one thing that is popular in Hollywood, it is shared cinematic universes and movies that connect. This has made the Marvel Cinematic Universe the most famous example of crossing movies over throughout multiple iterations. However, there have been other franchises to try something similar, such as the DC Universe and the Monster Universe with King Kong, Godzilla, and other giant monsters. However, there are a lot more shared universes out there that most audiences are not even aware of, movies that somehow connect to each other in small ways that are not always made clear.

Most shared universes are remembered for being part of giant franchises like the MCU but sometimes, filmmakers decided to connect to movies and nobody really notices until later. Whether it's through small cameos or merely one recurring character or a reference to events from another movie, there are many movies that connect...

Irish actor Colin Farrell has been an ever-present star in Hollywood over the last two decades, but what are his best and his worst movies? Having played leading roles in smaller-budget movies since 1999, Farrell gained international recognition after appearing in Steven Spielberg's Minority Report alongside Tom Cruise. He continued to star in a range of independent films and blockbusters throughout the 2000s and 2010s and is one of the most sought-after actors today.

Colin Farrell is best known for his roles in action, crime, and comedy movies, with his natural cheeky charisma often landing the Dublin native roles as the lovable rogue. But by no means is Farrell a one-note actor, as he has proven throughout his career that he can turn his talents toward drama, romance, and horror. Farrell shows no sign of slowing down, with the actor most recently appearing in contrasting roles in the superhero box...

It doesn’t feel like hyperbole or even a matter of opinion to call “The Rehearsal” one of the most original, off-the-wall shows to debut in years. The proof lies in how difficult it can be to describe: it has elements of a reality show, but not a single variable is left to chance; it’s darkly funny, but also deeply sad; and, five episodes in, it remains unclear whether the audience is in on the joke, or if we’re the butt of it.

If you’re not caught up, “The Rehearsal” is the second series from “Nathan For You” creator/director/star Nathan Fielder. The HBO series is built around a deceptively simple premise: Fielder wants to help people (who responded to his ominous Craigslist ad) prepare for important moments by rehearsing them to perfection. He does this by measures of escalating absurdity – constructing a full-size model of...

(Welcome to The Daily Stream, an ongoing series in which the /Film team shares what they've been watching, why it's worth checking out, and where you can stream it.)

The Movie: "Boy"

Where You Can Stream It: Kanopy, Hoopla, SundanceNow, Showtime

The Pitch: In 1980s New Zealand, an 11-year-old Maori kid nicknamed Boy (James Rolleston), lives in a small town where his auntie holds half the jobs. Boy's life with his Gran and brother Rocky (Te Aho Eketone-Whitu) is tinged with sadness and strife, but the sweet kid has an active imagination (and undying love for Michael Jackson) that keeps him positive. While...

The post The Daily Stream: Boy is a Creative, Beautiful, Bittersweet Coming-of-Age Story appeared first on /Film.

Warner Bros. has officially, successfully rebooted the Batman franchise with “The Batman,” which has earned glowing notices from audiences and critics alike and is dominating the box office. And while it will surely be some time before a sequel is ready to go before cameras let alone unleashed on the public, there are plenty of films that influenced “The Batman” that should whet audiences’ appetites – and may expand their cinematic horizons in the process.

Co-writer and director Matt Reeves has made no secret of the fact that several films influenced his dark, “urban noir” take on the Caped Crusader for “The Batman.”

Below, we’ve rounded up a handful of films that served as touchstones for the new Batman film that are well worth seeking out to enjoy more of what made “The Batman” so special. Whether you were thrilled by the detective angle of the film, the hard-boiled noir...

While Occupy Wall Street goes global, Martha Colburn has made two short films documenting the movement and Cinefoundation launches #OccupyCinema. One of the more popular recent Ows speakers has, of course, been Slavoj Žižek, and Anne Thompson reports that he and Sophie Fiennes have just completed shooting on their followup to The Pervert's Guide to Cinema, the timely Pervert's Guide to Ideology.

Even as This Is Not a Film runs a sort of victory lap through the festival circuit since its triumphant premiere in Cannes, an appeals court in Tehran has upheld the sentence against Jafar Panahi many of those same festivals have been protesting for practically a year now. Laurent Maillard, reporting for the Afp, turns to a government-run newspaper in Iran for confirmation: "The charges he was sentenced for are acting against national security and propaganda against the regime." Maillard: "Panahi was convicted in December last year over...

The exhibition More Than That: Films by Kevin Jerome Everson opens today at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and will be on view through September 18. Artforum is rerunning Ed Halter's piece on Everson from its May 2010 issue for the occasion: "For more than a decade, working in numerous film and video formats, Everson has presented images of the lives of African Americans — and other people of African heritage, worldwide — through his own distinctive practice of cinematic portraiture, a blend of fiction and documentary that analyzes minute aspects of individual personality by homing in on everyday gestures of labor and leisure. Whether shot from real life, rediscovered in archival images, or performed according to Everson's direction, these gestures subsist as parallels and cognates for artmaking. His films suggest not records of reality but, rather, recordings of performance."

"The lineup for the third annual BAMcinemaFest, just announced today,...