Cultural Sociologist and Communication Professional
Director: Joram Lursen Rating: 3/5 This film tackles the WWII and the dictatorship of the Nazi regime, perpetrated against the non-Jewish population in the occupied Netherlands. In this particular case, the film tackles the true story of a banker Walraven van Hall (Barry Atsma) who organised an underground bank to fund the resistance movement. The film…
I really should get a tagger’s job for Netflix, since I tend to binge watch majority of their series anyway. But, when was I ever good in making extra cash!? Speaking of binge watching, and just like with season 1, I also binge watched season 2 of this lovely series. While in season 1 (see…
Director: Kyle Rideout Rating: 4/5 This film is a cheerful portrayal of a very serious issue. The issue portrayed is an emotional enmeshment, or a situation in which parent is over-involved with the child’s life by treating child as a partner. According to one of many definitions, enmeshment can be defined in the following way,…
Director: Erdal Ceylan Rating: 1/5 I was excited when I saw this film, and especially because I just completed reading Jon Ronson’s excellent book on social media shaming (So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed; Riverhead Books). However, the film disappointed me immensely and this is predominantly because the director never decided whether the film is supposed…
Insatiable is a new series on Netflix, and I watched it as soon as it was released. While at first I enjoyed it, towards the end I have to say I did not like the combination of murder and humour. The series follows the life of Patty (Debby Ryan) and her solicitor (and also manager,…
Director: Lauren Miller Rogen Rating: 5/5 A very good film. It is both a drama and a comedy, and thus it made me laugh several times. In addition, it portrayed women in the advertising industry very well. Rachel (Kristen Bell) is a typical women working in advertising. She is entirely consumed by her work, which includes…
Oh my gosh. I waited for this new season of one of my top 3 series of all times. Boy, did I get disappointed in the first 10 minutes of the first episode of season 6 of the Orange is the New Black. But boy, was it worth watching the rest… As I expected following…
After enjoying the first season of Glow, I thought that the second season may water down and not be so good. I was wrong. If anything, it is better and I truly enjoyed it. In this season, our girls continue to wrestle for the Glow, however, this season is more centred on negotiating their identities…
Director: Alex Richanbach Rating: 4/5 I watched this film just because I was tired, while conducting archival research, but it actually surprised me. I was properly entertained and it got me thinking. Jacobs The film follows the life of a young PR associate Harper (Gillian Jacobs) who gets her first assignment from her boss, who…
Director: Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke Rating: 4/5 I was really worried when I saw the film from Australia, because I never saw anything light from that country. I was right to an extent, because the film is heavy. However, it is also very good and different, and I am glad I watched it. This is also…
Director: Vince Marcello Rating: 2/5 I am always up for a good film about teenagers, if for nothing else, because they are usually fun. I am also always interested to see what kind of a message is being sent to youth. In this particular case the film moves on from High School issues, such as…
Director: Kagiso Lediga Rating: 4/5 This film is one of Netflix’s international ventures. With other international films I was so annoyed with them that I did not even want to blog about it, because I would feel too evil to write what I actually think. But, this film was a very refreshing experience and I…
If you thought that season 1 of Netflix’s 13 reasons why is heavy, than beware of the season 2, because this one is even heavier than the first one. While in the first season we followed heart breaking story of bullying, which ultimately lead Hannah Baker (Katherine Langford) to take her own life, in this…
Director: Laura Brownson Rating: 5/5 The Rachel’s Divide is a film in which one cannot take a stand. I entirely understood and agreed with both Rachel and her opponents, and this is what makes this film great. Rachel Doležal is a white woman who identifies as black. She grew up in Montana with very strict and…
Director: Mark Raso Rating: 2/5 Kodachrome is a new film on Netflix, and it narrates a predictable story of forgiveness and redemption. I was able to tell what is going to happen, and how the film will end, early at the beginning of the film. However, the fact the film is predictable does not mean…
The Rain is a new series on Netflix. I was very excited when I first saw it, because it’s a Danish series and I do not recall watching a Danish series before. I do have nice memories from one semester I spent in Denmark in 2005, and I have been arguably biased about Denmark ever…
Director and writer: Michael Larnell Rating: 4/5 This film has been on Netflix for a few weeks, but I did not watch it until now, because the environment from the trailer reminded me of Netflix’s First Match (see here). The film is based on a true story, and it narrates a life of Roxanne Shanté…
Director: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Rating: 5/5 I was surprised that Netflix made a film lasting only 40 minutes, but after I watched it I understood why. It would indeed be unnecessary to broadcast human suffering and pain of their loved ones for much longer. The film is heavy, but at the same time I…
New series on Netflix is a combination of Sherlock Holmes (there are two partners working on the case), and Poirot (the whole Police force is irritated by the duo who works on cases). The only difference is that the main person investigating the cases is not a detective, like Sherlock and Poirot, but a premodern…
Director: Ben Shelton Rating: 2/5 This film gives a story of diversity, growing up, sacrifice, and ways of coping with failure, when the whole world seems to be falling apart. The film has some nice messages incorporated into the story. A high school couple Lona (Sami Gayle) and Bennett (Jacob Latimore), are falling in love,…
Director: Robert Smigel Rating: 5/5 Netflix has released a film in which Jews are portrayed as poor. That’s it, I’ve seen it all! The film is about Kenny (Adam Sandler) preparing a wedding for his daughter, who is marrying a son of a wealthy black doctor Kirby (Chris Rock). Since Kenny feels less worthy from…
