The cost of streaming keeps going up, and Peacock isn’t immune to those price increases.
Some may wonder if it’s worth it, and a good way to answer that question is to see how many high-quality movies there are on Peacock.
Well, here’s some good news — Peacock has plenty of new movies in October that have Rotten Tomatoes scores of at least 90 percent.
Watch With Us has selected three of them — Edward Scissorhands, Ghostbusters and Touch — that we think are worth your time and attention this month.
‘Edward Scissorhands’ (1990)
Rotten Tomatoes score — 90 percent
Tim Burton always found poetry in suburban banality, and his most moving work to date remains Edward Scissorhands, a twisted yet gentle take on the old Pinocchio story. Instead of a long nose, Edward (Johnny Depp) has scissors for hands, which makes him a curious attraction once the kind Avon saleslady Peg Boggs (Dianne Wiest) brings him to her neighborhood. Edward quickly falls for Peg’s daughter, Kim (Winona Ryder), but their romance is met with disapproval and outright scorn by almost everyone. All Edward wants to do is fit in, but in Kim’s pastel-colored, cookie-cutter world, is there room for someone as unique as him?
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With a now-iconic score by Danny Elfman, Edward Scissorhands conjures real movie magic. Both Depp and Ryder are at the height of their youthful stardom here and they generate real chemistry that sells the movie’s outsider love story. The movie is unabashedly corny and sentimental, which makes it as much of an outsider as poor Edward. But like the movie’s message, it’s good to be different, even if others may not properly appreciate it.
‘Ghostbusters’ (1984)
Rotten Tomatoes score — 95 percent
It’s kind of amazing that a movie over 30 years old can still feel fresher and funnier than the films made today. But that’s just one reason why Ghostbusters remains such a timeless classic. Ivan Reitman’s kooky blend of comedy and science fiction stars Bill Murray as Peter Venkman, a wiseass who teams up with fellow parapsychology professors Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) to capture ghosts in New York City. Their latest case involves the mysterious haunting of Dana Barrett (Sigourney Weaver), a beautiful cellist whom Peter has eyes for — and who may be a vessel for an entity that wants to destroy the world.
Ghostbusters works as both a comedy and a supernatural spectacle. The ghosts are visually interesting and even scary, while the comedic bits involving the Ghostbusters encountering numerous poltergeists are still effective. The cast is superb, with Murray giving one of his best performances ever. Only he can deliver a neutral line like “she’s a dog” and somehow make it the most hilarious thing you’ve ever heard.
‘Touch’ (2024)
Rotten Tomatoes score — 93 percent
In the late 1960s, grad school dropout Kristófer (Pálmi Kormákur Baltasarsson) falls in love with Miko (Kôki), the daughter of the owner of the Japanese restaurant where he’s working. After returning from a vacation, Kristófer is shocked to discover the restaurant has closed and Miko is gone. 50 years later, Kristófer is now an old man with little time left. Hoping to find out what happened to his lost love, He returns to his hometown hoping to find out what happened to Miko, but has too much time passed for him to chase old ghosts?
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Touch is as simple and gentle as the title suggests. It’s a small-scale drama about an elderly man’s regret at letting love slip away, and the hope that still lingers in him to get it back. The movie is gorgeous to look at, with the past filmed in golden hues and the present shown in icy whites. The ending is a bit unbelievable, but it’s also the conclusion you’re hoping for.
