On its face, the new original Netflix dramedy Fatherhood might appear to be just another Kevin Hart vehicle, a flimsy exercise in slapstick designed to let Hart do his zany, off-the-wall shtick for 90 minutes before…
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Netflix Review – Oxygen (2021)
Though the global events of the past year have understandably thrust many a production into unadulterated chaos (and the mere acknowledgement of this reality has grown exceedingly tiresome), the French sci-fi thriller Oxygen was experiencing its…
Netflix Review – Things Heard & Seen (2021)
From the minds of filmmaking duo/real-life husband and wife Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini comes a new Netflix creation, the intriguingly titled Things Heard & Seen. Though the film may technically be categorized as a…
Film Review – Portal (2021)
Portal, an original sci-fi flick with absolutely no relation to the popular video game series of the same name, is a project with eyes far bigger than its stomach. As is often the case with…
Netflix Review – Why Did You Kill Me? (2021)
Why Did You Kill Me? is a fresh true crime documentary just taken out of the oven by the folks at Netflix for an early Spring release. It details the 2006 murder of 24-year old…
Netflix Review – Night in Paradise (2020)
With the release of writer-director Park Hoon-jung‘s ambitious crime drama Night in Paradise, Netflix has once again returned to the well of South Korean cinema in search of distribution-worthy material. It seems the streaming platform has…
Netflix Review – Gerald’s Game (2017)
I know, I know, it’s not exactly the time of year that usually befits the practice of watching horror movies. The sprightly seedlings of spring are beginning to emerge from the gloomy grunge of the…
Netflix Review – Yes Day (2021)
Allison Torres (Jennifer Garner) used to be the fun one. Whether it was descending through the atmosphere on a daring skydiving adventure or tearing her and her husband, Carlos (Édgar Ramírez), away from their demanding…
Netflix Review – Moxie (2021)
Amy Poehler is an exceptionally accomplished individual whose career in comedy has spanned multiple decades and interlaced with more than one outrageously successful television show. From SNL to Parks & Recreation (and a number of notable films in between),…
Netflix Review – Space Sweepers (2021)
A movie like Space Sweepers would probably have been promptly ignored by western audiences of the past, brushed aside as a frivolous foreign film of no cultural consequence to viewers hailing from Western Europe or North America.…
Netflix Review – Penguin Bloom (2021)
Life was perfect for the Blooms. Cam (Andrew Lincoln), a photographer, alongside his adventurous wife Sam (Naomi Watts), a lover of all things outdoors, had made a really good life for them and their three…
Netflix Review – The White Tiger (2021)
“Do we loathe our masters behind a façade of love, or do we love them behind a façade of loathing?” So ponders Balram (Adarsh Gourav), a servant for a wealthy and influential Indian family and…
Netflix Review – 1922 (2017)
In the pantheon of fictional horror, there exists no name as preeminently respected as the great Stephen King. The sight of King’s name plastered across the cover of a book is enough in and of…
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