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Netflix’s new series is really something. I started to watch it, and I did not let go until I finished it. Fortunately it has only six episodes. If it had more I would have end up spending all night watching it and tomorrow’s day at work would be a nightmare. Based on real life events…
Director: Ry Russo-Young Rating: 5/5 This new film on Netflix is something I had in my list for a few weeks, but I haven’t watched it until today partly because of only 75% match and then partly because I was not in a mood for a film that deals with dying even though I do…
CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS Editors: Martina Topic, Leeds Business School, Leeds Beckett University, United Kingdom Sydney Heifler, The University of Oxford, United Kingdom Women in the Media: Who Creates the News? So far, the research has shown that women have less voice in the media than men do, both as the creators of news, the…
Director: Fernando Lebrija Rating: 3/5 #RealityHigh is a new film on Netflix. Well, it is not that new but it is from 2017 and I watched it now so there it is… This film takes teenage stories of abuse and jealousy to a new digital era. Therefore, while pretty rich girls were bullying other girls…
Director: Zak Hilditch Rating: 4.5/5 1922 is a new film on Netflix, and the story is based in Stephen King’s novella ‘1922’ published in his collection Full Dark, No Stars from 2010. Since it was a Halloween night, it seemed suitable to watch something psychotic and hence this choice. It was not a bad choice…
Stranger things finally returned to Netflix on Friday. I watched it on Friday and Saturday, as I could not let it go after initially considering to dropout. As a reminder, in the first season Will disappeared and his mother and brother launched a desperate search to find him for they never accepted that decomposed body…
I started watching this new series on Netflix last night, and it seems very promising based on one episode I watched, as it has an entirely different story than what I normally watch. It also seems to have depth and focuses on some important social issues. Therefore, Holden Ford (Jonathan Groff) is a federal agent…
Director: Jeremy Rush Rating: 3/5 Wheelman is a new film on Netflix. It is not the most brilliant film you will ever see, but it is not bad either. Nameless character known as the Wheelman (Frank Grillo) is driving bank robbers on their way to ‘work’. He needs to get the work done, as we learn,…
Director: Ben C. Lucas Rating: 4/5 OtherLife is a new film on Netflix, and if you thought you’ve seen it all when it comes to sci-fi, you didn’t. When the film first started I nearly freaked out when I saw it was Australian, because honestly, every film I ever watched that was made in Oz…
Director: Luis Prieto Rating: 3/5 Netflix’s new film portrays a struggle of a desperate mother to save her child kidnapped by an unknown couple. In that, diner waitress Karla Dyson (Halle Berry) speaks with her solicitor on the phone and gets shocked to find out that her wealthy husband and his new wealthy wife are applying…
Director: McG Rating: 3/5 The Babysitter is a new film on Netflix. I watched it on Saturday and I am still not sure how I feel about this film and what to say. Basically, Cole (Judah Lewis) is bullied and he gets super cool babysitter Bee (Samara Weaving) he really loves. She teaches him how to defend…
Oasis is a pilot episode of a potential series available to Amazon Prime subscribers. The series has a similar story to Netflix’s Terra Nova that also portrays future where the Earth is destroyed due to excessive use of resources and people look for options at other planets, or in other time. However, unlikely for Terra…
New season of Netflix’s Riverdale promises to unfold new events in a lively little town of Riverdale. While one would say it is too much that all this is happening in such a small place, the directors managed to overcome that issue by actually saying so in the series. Thus, when discussing who tried to…
I like business reality shows so I regularly watch Dragon’s Den and The Apprentice on BBC, and I absolutely love both shows. Therefore, when I saw that Netflix recently added Shark Tank, which is the American version of the British Dragon’s Den I immediately got interested. I was not disappointed because Shark’s Tank is brilliant.…
This film has recently been added on Netflix, and as an owner of a bunch of super cute and super cuddly kitties I was obviously inclined to watch it. Needless to say, I freaked out and I haven’t stopped freaking out ever since. Amazon probably knows this the best because all my ‘subscribe and save’…
As a feminist, I always eagerly follow all elections where women compete for the highest positions, and I always follow media articles and public debates on feminism and women’s rights. I noticed recently that feminism is criticised as unnecessary in some public forums and the media, and nevertheless this discourse has also been used against…
If you enjoyed all Star Trek series before, you will love this one too. And, if you care about representation of minorities and women in the media and popular culture, you will love it even more. In Netflix’s version of Star Trek the story starts with a female captain Philippa Georgiou (Michelle Yeoh) and female first…
Director: Eli Craig Rating: 3.5/5 I am not sure what’s up with these new films but the nature of comedy is changing. However, unlikely for bad films I watched recently that were mainly centred on overacting or no story at all (see e.g. here), this one actually has a story under the entertaining wrapping. I…
This new series on Netflix is really something for numerous reasons. One is that it nicely portrays how ordinary people can turn into very nasty creatures. The other is that the series brings old memories when we watched classics such as The Fog, in which this series is based. Apparently, the series is also based…
Director: Alex Ranarivelo Rating: 4/5 A new film on Netflix offers a well-known narration of corporations destroying farmers and small businesses in America. However, this film also offers something else, and that is criticism of NGOs and their plight to protect the nature while destroying people’s lives. This is quite novel in cinematography that normally…
Director: Adam Wingard Rating: 4/5 If I knew I would end up writing film and series reviews on my blog when I first started it, perhaps I would have considered naming it “blog of a sci-fi nerd” or something like that. I surely like sci-fi, and I clearly liked this film. In this film, we…