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National Cut the Cord Day

  It’s National Cut the Cord Day, a celebration that encourages us to break free from the shackles of traditional cable TV and embrace the streaming revolution. Television has been a faithful companion to households for decades. From black-and-white classics to high-definition dramas, it has entertained, informed, and connected us. But there was a time when our viewing options were limited to a handful of channels, contracts, carriage disputes and service interruptions all courtesy of traditional cable and satellite companies. Fast-forward to the mid-2000s, YouTube emerged, allowing users to share all sorts of video content. Apple’s iTunes service followed soon after, letting subscribers download TV shows and series. And then came the game-changer: streaming technology. Between 2006 and 2009, streaming services like Amazon Video and Netflix stepped onto the scene. Suddenly, we had more shows and movies than we could possibly watch at our fingertips. Hulu, CBS’s tv.com, and other pl...

Streaming. What's trending? January 26th, 2024

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:   The Hill The story of Rickey Hill, who overcomes his physical disability and repairs his relationship with his father in a quest to become a major league baseball player.    Hulu: The Good Mother A journalist and his pregnant girlfriend attempt to track down those responsible for the murder of his estranged son. Together, they confront a world of drugs and corruption in the underbelly of their small city in upstate New York, where they uncover an even darker secret.  Amazon Prime: Fast X Over many missions and against impossible odds, Dom Toretto and his family has outsmarted, and outdriven every foe in their path. Now, they confr...

Streaming. What's trending? January 5th, 2024

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:   The Equalizer 3 Robert McCall finds himself at home in the Southern Italy, but he discovers his friends are under the control of local crime bosses. As events turn deadly, McCall knows what he has to do: become his friends' protector by taking on the mafia.   Hulu: The Creator Amid a future war between the human race and the forces of artificial intelligence, Joshua, a hardened ex-special forces agent grieving the disappearance of his wife, is recruited to hunt down and kill the Creator, the elusive architect of advanced AI who has developed a mysterious weapon with the power to the end the war - and mankind itself.  Amazon Prime: Salt...

Streaming. What's trending? December 15th, 2023

   Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:   Leave the World Behind A family vacation on Long Island is interrupted by two strangers bearing news of a mysterious blackout. As the threat grows more imminent, both families must decide how best to survive the potential crisis, all while grappling with their own place in this collapsing world.   Hulu: The Polar Express This is the story of a young boy on Christmas Eve who boards a magical train that's headed to the North Pole. What unfolds is an adventure which follows a doubting boy, who takes an extraordinary train ride to the North Pole; during this ride, he embarks on a journey of self-discovery which shows him that the wonder o...

Streaming. What's trending? December 1st, 2023

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:   Family Switch Jess and Bill Walker are doing their best to keep their family connected as their children grow older, more independent, and more distant. When a chance encounter with an astrological reader causes the family to wake up to a full body switch, one of the mornings of the most important day of each of their lives, can the Walkers unite to land a promotion college interview, record deal and soccer tryout?    Hulu: Kandahar After his mission is exposed, an undercover CIA operative stuck deep in hostile territory in Afghanistan must fight his way out, alongside his Afghan translator, to an extraction point in Kandahar...

Streaming. What's trending? November 17th, 2023

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:   The Killer After a fateful near-miss, an assassin battles his employers, and himself, on an international manhunt he insists isn't personal.   Hulu: Quiz Lady A brilliant but tightly wound, gameshow-obsessed young woman, Anne, and her estranged, train-wreck of a sister Jenny, must work together to help cover their mother’s gambling debts. When Anne’s beloved dog is kidnapped, they set out on a wild, cross-country trek to get the cash the only way they know how: by turning Anne into a bona-fide gameshow champion. Amazon Prime: Assassin Club Takes place in the world of international spies and elite assassins. In this world of contract killers...

Streaming. What's trending? November 10th, 2023

   Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:   Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, an epic adventure that will transport Brooklyn's full time, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man across the multiverse to join forces with Gwen Stacy and a new team of Spider-People to face off with a villain more powerful than anything they have ever encountered.   Hulu: A Haunting in Venice Celebrated sleuth Hercule Poirot, now retired and living in self-imposed exile in Venice, reluctantly attends a Halloween seance at a decaying, haunted, palazzo. When one of the guests is murdered, the detective is thrust into a sinister world of ...

Streaming. What's trending? October 27th, 2023

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:   Old Dads  A cranky middle-aged dad and his two best friends find themselves out of step in a changing world of millennial CEOs and powerful preschool principals.   Hulu: Monster Inside: America's Most Extreme Haunted House Russ McKamey is the creator of the world's most extreme haunted house - McKamey Manor. He is also a manipulative abuser, according to three people who realize the horror is never over once you decide to enter the Manor.  Amazon Prime: The Burial A lawyer helps a funeral homeowner save his family business from a corporate behemoth. In a move to bring resonance to a dry case, the lawyer digs up a complex web of ra...

Streaming. What's trending? October 3rd, 2023

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:   Reptile Following the brutal murder of a young real estate agent, a hardened detective attempts to uncover the truth in a case where nothing is at it seems, and by doing so dismantles the illusions in his own life.   Hulu: Simulant Faye attempts to replace her newly deceased husband, Evan, with an android simulation (SIM). Although SIM Evan appears like human Evan in every way, Faye does not feel the same love for SIM Evan as it does for her. Amazon Prime: Insidious: The Red Door To put their demons to rest once and for all, Josh Lambert and a college aged Dalton Lambert must go deeper into The Further than ever before, facing their family'...

Streaming. What's trending? September 25h, 2023

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:    The Machine Bert Kreischer faces a familial crisis and the arrival of his estranged father when the ghost of his booze-soaked past arrives: a murderous mobster hellbent on kidnapping Bert back to the motherland to atone for his crimes.   Hulu: Power Book IV: Force Tommy Egan leaves New York behind and plans to take on Chicago, using his outsider status to break all the local rules and rewrite them on his quest to become the biggest drug dealer in the city. Amazon Prime: Guy Ritchie's The Covenant After an ambush, Afghan interpreter Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save US Army Sergeant Jon Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahme...

Streaming. What's trending? September 15th, 2023

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:    Scout's Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America Survivors, whistleblowers and experts recount the Boy Scouts of AMerica's decadelong  cover-up of sexual abuse cases and its heartbreaking impact.    Hulu: Vacation Friends 2 Newly married couple Marcus and Emily invite their uninhibited besties Ron and Kyla to join them for a vacation when Marcus lands an all-expenses-paid trip to a Caribbean resort. Amazon Prime: Kelce An intimate and emotional documentary that chronicles Philadelphia Eagles team captain and All-Pro center Jason Kelce's 2022 season, which began with him confronting one of the most challenging dec...

Happy National Frankenstein Day - Where to Stream

  In honor of National Frankenstein Day, here are some of One Source's favorite Frankenstein movies and where to find them. As always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at OneSource@midcentury.com Frankenstein (1931) Dr. Frankenstein dares to tamper with life and death by creating a human monster out of lifeless body parts. Where:Youtube,  Amazon Prime Video Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994) When the brilliant but unorthodox scientist Dr. Victor Frankenstein rejects the artificial man that he has created, the Creature escapes and later swears revenge. Where: Youtube, Amazon Prime Video   The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) Having escaped execution and assumed an alias, Baron Frankenstein transplants his deformed underling's brain into a perfect body, but the effectiveness of the process and the secret of his identity soon begin to unravel. Where: Fubo The Bride of Frankenstein (1935) Mar...

Streaming. What's trending? August 28th, 2023

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:    You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who've always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs. But things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and rite of passage.      Big George Foreman: The Miraculous Story of The Once and Future Heavyweight Champion of the World Fueled by an impoverished childhood, George Foreman channeled his anger into becoming an Olympic Gold medalist and World Heavyweight Champion, followed by a near-death experience that took him from the boxing ring to the pulpit. But when he sees his commu...

Why are there flags in my yard?

     One day you may be surprised to come home to colorful flags in your yard or even the grass spray painted. You don't remember calling 811, so what could this mean? More than likely one of your neighbors has called and requested JULIE ( Joint Utility Locating Information for Excavators.) , or a utility company is doing repairs and maintenance. That's right, even though the work may not be for your property, responsible do-it-yourselfers and companies want to make sure that no underground asset gets hit when the work gets underway on the properties next door. So, don't be alarmed if a locator shows up to your home one day to let you know that they'll be marking your yard. The alternative could add up to costly repairs or even injuries.  What is 811? "811 is the national call-before-you-dig phone number. Anyone who plans to dig should call 811 or go to their state 811 center’s website before digging to request that the approximate location of buried utili...

Streaming. What's trending? August 14th, 2023

  Need some help finding what to watch? Here is a selection of the top trending shows in movies across four of the most popular streaming services, and as always if you need help with anything streaming or smart home related you can contact us at 309-778-8611 or by emailing us at   OneSource@midcentury.com     Netflix:    Heart of Stone Rachel Stone is an intelligence operative, the only woman who stands between her powerful, global, peacekeeping organization and the loss of its most valuable - and dangerous - asset.                                     Untold: Johnny Football This documentary traces the meteoric rise and precipitous fall of football star Johnny Manziel via interviews with friends, coaches and Manziel himself.   Hulu: The Ritual Killer Unable to process the death of his daughter, Detective Boyd embarks on a hunt for a serial killer who murders acco...