Review: I’m Not Okay with This
Netflix’s I’m Not Okay with This, delivers a swift coming of age drama. It places the powered person origin story into a frenetic exploration of self-discovery. Young Sydney (Sophia Lilllis) begins the rapid-fire series running in the streets, presumably running from something horrible. I’m Not Okay with This draws its source material from Charles Forsman […]
Review: Defending Jacob
There is no back to normal, there is just before and after. The story of Defending Jacob follows the Barber family as their son goes to trial for allegedly killing a classmate. Andy Barber, played brilliantly by Chris Evans, works as an Assistant District Attorney initially involved in the murder investigation. Yet, when his son has […]
Review: Upload
Amazon Prime’s Upload takes a 21st Century approach towards the afterlife. The series focuses on Nathan, a tech entrepreneur who dies in a self-driving car accident. At the hospital, he can have surgery or get uploaded. His girlfriend’s family foots the bill to upload him to a digital afterlife called Lakeview. There he meets his […]
Review: TNT’s Snowpiercer Worth Getting Your Ticket Punched
Review: TNT’s Snowpiercer Review: Snowpiercer — Humankind’s obsession with progress doomed the planet to a frosty death. A few stalwart humans find themselves on a train to nowhere, designed to ensure their future of humanity. The private project derails before it begins as hundreds of people stowaway on the train creating an unexpected class of […]
Review: Hollywood
Glitz, glamor, and the gilded age. 1940s Hollywood finds itself revered and scandalized. In a time when the culture changes and the second World War had just finished, Hollywood designed studios to churn out movies and use every trick in the book to capture an audience’s attention. Problem was, they did this at any cost. […]
Review: Amazon’s Hunters Goes Down a Dark Path Toward More Darkness
Amazon’s Hunters Goes Down a Dark Path Toward More Darkness Amazon’s Hunters. I was in. The Karate Kid of Nazi hunter movies. I was hoping that was the pitch. The young orphaned Padawan, recently deprived of his grandmother’s love, taken in by a mysterious man who happens to be in the business of exacting revenge […]
Review: Picard Season 1 Boldy Goes Where No Trek Has Gone Before
Review: Picard Season 1 Boldy Goes Where No Trek Has Gone Before Review: Picard Season 1 brings back one of Star Trek’s iconic characters. Patrick Steward does justice to Picard, but the show, like all the new Treks, fails to both inspire and create a cohesive worldview that explains how they got from Roddenberry to […]
Review: Altered Carbon Season 2 Hacks the 2380s But We’re Still Here!
Review: Altered Carbon Season 2 I inhaled Altered Carbon Season 2, the dystopian Netflix series. The first season established the logic of the future (or lack of logic), along with backstories driven by arrogance for longevity among the rich and powerful. This season, don’t look for too many familiar faces as the premise of the show […]
Review: The Witcher Vanquishes All Streaming Fantasy Comers
Review: The Witcher There is a lot of confusion in The Witcher. Broad time leaps propel the audience into various moments and subplots experienced by the immortal warrior. Our understanding of the characters and the overall narrative comes in fits and starts. ideas reveal characters and characters reveal ideas in a recursive stream of narrative […]
Review: Dracula Gives Netflix Horror Some Fresh Teeth
Review: Dracula We all know Dracula. So what new can be done to ensure we don’t lump into the long slumber while we watch? First, get Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffatt to deliver a Netflix horror romp that puts the charming, dirt-nailed bedazzler into tight circumstances against the emergent Van Helsing line, and enough little twists […]