Posts Tagged ‘Netflix’
Film Review – Things Heard & Seen
There are two stories happening in Things Heard & Seen (2021). I wonder if they would have worked better as separate films instead of juxtaposed together. Written and directed by the husband/wife duo of Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini (based off Elizabeth Brundage’s novel, All Things Cease…
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Film Review – Stowaway
Stowaway (2021) presents a moral dilemma wrapped up in a sci-fi setting. It’s not interested in alien invasions, space adventures, or the overwhelming mysteries of the galaxy. Instead, it’s story is far more grounded – for lack of a better term. A small group of astronauts…
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Film Review – Why Did You Kill Me?
Amongst the plethora of true crime documentaries coming out – seemingly weekly on Netflix – is Why Did You Kill Me? (2021). The story itself is a sad one, about a life being taken far too early. But in terms of presentation, there isn’t much here that…
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Film Review – Concrete Cowboy
The setup is classic formula. A troubled youth, running out of options, is sent away to their long-lost parent in a last-ditch effort to set them straight. Through their interaction, the child and parent come of age, learning more about the world and about themselves.…
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Film Review – Bad Trip
Bad Trip (2021) falls in the same line of hidden camera/prank movies as the Jackass series, Bad Grandpa (2013), and the work of Sacha Baron Cohen. But where Ali G sought to expose the hypocrisy of the political world and Borat revealed the ugliness of American society as a…
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Episode 64 – I Care a Lot
For this episode of the podcast, we review the Netflix crime film, I Care a Lot, and for our streaming homework, we discuss the 2019 release, Queen & Slim. We also ponder the canonization of our childhood pop-culture and weigh in on the latest movie…
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Film Review – Malcolm & Marie
Malcolm & Marie (2021) is a relationship drama that features a troubled couple hashing out their problems while questioning whether they should be together. It is tender, explosive, sexy, messy, indulgent, and everything in between. Maybe that’s what writer/director Sam Levinson was going for. Relationships are…
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Film Review – The White Tiger
Writer/director Ramin Bahrani’s The White Tiger (2021) is a pitch-black look at the harsh economic divisions of Indian society. It starts off as a dark comedy – a satire lampooning the caste system that prevents many from rising above their class standing. But as the story unfolds,…
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