Streaming has been our entertainment lifeline over the past year, and content providers continue to meet our insatiable demand. Below are our most recent recommendations for your latest at-home cinematic feast

BY LAURA D.C. KOLNOSKI

MOXIE NETFLIX (RATED PG-13)
Comedy queen Amy Poehler directs and stars in a new comedy/drama/musical as the former protester mom whose past inspires her put-upon teenage daughter to create a magazine to combat sexism, bullying, and the toxic atmosphere at her high school. The movement takes hold, resulting in a school-wide revolution. Based on the novel by Jennifer Mathieu and co-starring Patrick Schwarzenegger, plus Marcia Gay Harden as the problematic principal.

COMING 2 AMERICA PRIME VIDEO (RATED PG-13)
Comedic chameleon Eddie Murphy plays nine roles in this long-awaited follow up to the 1988 original smash hit about an African prince-out of water in New York City seeking the woman of his dreams (and it’s one of the pandemic’s most-viewed films). This visit, King Akeem returns to the states to find the son he never knew he had. Hilarity and more ensues when they return to Akeem’s kingdom. The stellar cast includes returnees James Earl Jones and Arsenio Hall, joined by Wesley Snipes, John Amos, Garcelle Beauvais, Louie Anderson, and SNL alum and laugh machine Leslie Jones.

YES DAY NETFLIX (RATED PG)
In her first film for Netflix, Jennifer Garner plays Allison Torres, a mom who decides with her husband Carlos (Edgar Ramirez) to give in to their three kids’ wishes for 24 hours. The frothy, rollicking romp through Los Angeles, including mayhem at an amusement park, is based on the 2009 novel by New York Times bestselling author Amy Krouse Rosenthal, which Garner, in real life, uses as inspiration for her own magical day of all things “yes” with her own three kids with ex-husband Ben Affleck.

SOMEBODY FEED PHIL NETFLIX
Launched in 2018 and renewed for a fifth season, this light-hearted, highly informative docuseries features the lesser-known half of the Everybody Loves Raymond sitcom creative team. It wasn’t just Ray Romano’s family tales viewers guawed over, it was also those of his writing partner Phil Rosenthal. Somebody Feed Phil offers a healthy helping of the pair’s observational humor as Phil travels the world with his cameraman Richard, meeting and interacting with chefs and luminaries in places like Bangkok, Lisbon, Hawaii, and Rio de Janeiro.

STANLEY TUCCI’S SEARCHING FOR ITALY CNN
At age 11, prolific actor Stanley Tucci spent a year in Italy with his family so his art teacher father could hone his craft. He’s returned frequently since, absorbing intimate knowledge of wines and cuisines indigenous to the country’s vastly different regions. Tucci expertly demonstrates that Italy, as well as its regional dishes, is far more diverse than common preconceptions of proliferating pastas and meatballs. The best moments occur when the camera follows the urbane connoisseur down ancient streets to local food stands, eateries, and farms where he interacts with owners and chefs, plying them for their culinary secrets.

RESTAURANTS ON THE EDGE NETFLIX
With over 500,000 Instagram followers, Canadian chef Dennis Prescott first entered the global zeitgeist with his 2017 best selling cookbook Eat Delicious – 125 Recipes for Your Daily Dose of Awesome (HarperCollins). Debuting in 2020 and reminiscent of Restaurant: Impossible without the overplayed drama, the series features the culinary wizard traveling to flailing restaurants in fascinating locales and transforming them into modern successes with the help of design expert Karin Bohn and restaurateur Nick Liberato. Viewers get enlightening insights and gorgeous views of Finland, St. Lucia, Austria, Costa Rica, the Caribbean, Slovenia, and more in 47-minute episodes.