Most horror films unspool short stretches of screen time where nothing much happens. Their plots are peppered with moments of blood-curdling mayhem to keep viewers vaguely interested. The Darkness, on the other hand, is a horror film that belches up long stretches of time in which nothing much really happens. Its plot is only occasionally […]
The investigation to find the notorious Unabomber and bringing him to justice is one of the landmark cases of the FBI. A notorious domestic terrorist, whose actions were unquestionably wrong, but whose driving ideologies and motivators seem relevant today. This series produced by the Discovery network and later made available on Netflix takes you inside […]
Music buffs, here comes a wonderful treat for y’all right on Netflix – Nobody Knows I Am Here, a heart touching story from the early 90s of a child artist in the Latin music industry. Now I know many of you may have been babies at the time when Garrido (our super star here) and […]
Releasing on Netflix on June 12, this documentary is part of a series of films. The NDG series of documentaries is a choice of French sports activities in the form of a two-hour-long film. NDG stands for Nuit De la Glisse, or Night of the Glide. Magnetic is one of the five documentaries of this […]
A lot has changed since The Politician first hit Netflix last year. Back then, maybe the college kids in the US wouldn’t have imagined why a fellow grad student would want to run for state senator and if he would even be constitutionally allowed. However, given the current state of affairs, it seems understandable. Ryan […]
It’s one of those ‘going gets tough, tough gets going’ moments for NBC and the crew of its beloved TV show The Blacklist. When the COVID pandemic hit the world with a whack, wrapping up any and every group activity, including production of our favorite films and shows, The Blacklist was in the middle of […]
A few days after reviewing The Stranger, we have another Netflix miniseries on our hands. The Woods has also been adapted from a Harlan Coben novel with the American setting switched out for a Polish one. The 6-part miniseries offer a more gripping mystery than The Stranger, which is wrapped up without losing its focus. […]
Jed Mercurio, the man behind one of Britain’s most successful dramas Line Of Duty, serves as creator and writer of the 6-part miniseries Bodyguard. Bodyguard is a fast-paced, highly entertaining political and police drama filled with twists and turns. Featuring several of Mercurio’s trademark storytelling elements such as political conspiracies, psychological duress, and inappropriate sex […]
With the pandemic keeping our favorite shows and films at bay, we wondered why not spend some time talking about them instead. It may not reduce the pain of this indefinite wait, but will at least give us some food for thought in the meantime. Here goes nothing. Stranger Things is coming back for a fourth […]
Spike Lee has shown up with an insurgent filmic uproar to match the uproar in the world today. Da 5 Bloods is a paintball gun loaded with real bullets. It is a blast of satire and emotional agony about race and the American empire. The film holds many important themes that seem extremely relevant to […]
The story of “Dirty” John Meehan and Debra Newell is one of those tales that prove Reality is stranger than fiction. A woman desperate for love after four failed marriages falling for a conman seems like an uncommon occurrence. But Debra, who is obscenely rich, owns a successful business and is a mother of two […]
It’s already been six months since this eventful year began. Can you even believe it? I sure can’t. If not for the wonderful guys at Netflix and other streaming platforms, we couldn’t have managed it this far. Anyway, we are almost in July 2020 and here is a list of everything coming to Netflix in […]
