Binge or Purge?: Love, Death + Robots. Netflix‘s new anthology of science fiction shorts flexes its visual muscles but often lacks the storytelling skeleton for a heavy lift. Love, Death + Robots is the latest …
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Coming Soon Trailers: Captive State, Wonder Park. Three new wide release films look to find their niche in the Captain Marvel ecosystem. While it is highly likely that Marvel’s latest blockbuster will retain the first …
Binge or Purge?: The Umbrella Academy. Netflix’s misfit super hero team is stylish but lacking in substance, relying on riddle boxes to overcome poor characterization. I really wanted to like The Umbrella Academy. Jeremy Slater’s …
Binge or Purge?: Carmen Sandiego. The globe-trotting jewel thief Carmen Sandiego gets a fascinating reinvention on Netflix. Netflix has been pilfering treasures from my childhood lately, so it only makes sense they would eventually …
VOD Review: Polar. Mads Mikkelsen is wasted in a fatuous assassin flick based on much worthier source material. That makes me Mads! Where to begin with the train wreck that is Polar? Polar adapts a …
Binge or Purge?: Watership Down. Netflix and BBC re imagine Watership Down in an engaging manner, despite a few technical/animation hiccups. Netflix finished December strong with a two big movie releases in Roma and Bird …
VOD Review: Roma. Academy Award winning director Alfonso Caurón is back with another critically lauded drama, Roma, now streaming on Netflix. Roma is an intricately crafted film, of the type you could teach an entire …
What’s New On Netflix December 2018 Thanksgiving is over but that doesn’t mean that Netflix is serving leftovers this December! The weather is getting colder, the retail sector is getting crazier, what a better time …
Binge or Purge?: Maniac. This retro-futurist psycho-drama is a delightfully subversive mini-series with a stellar cast and striking ideas. You could be forgiven for mistaking the title of this series for Manic instead of Maniac. …
Coming Soon Trailers: Halloween (2018). Michael Myers’ cinematic return for the 40th anniversary of the franchise has apparently scared away the competition! We’ve got only one new film in wide release: Halloween. Against this iconic …
Coming Soon Trailers: First Man, Bad Times at the El Royale. Three new wide release films hope to keep the October momentum going against an unusually quiet home market. Perhaps the smaller studios got wind …
Binge Or Purge?: Disenchantment Does Disenchantment make a trifecta of hits for the legendary Simpsons creator Matt Groening? I was a huge fan of Futurama, and growing up I always enjoyed the Simpsons. I …