One of the hardest losses in the pop-culture sphere during the mayhem of 2020 was the life of Chadwick Boseman. While he was best known for his role as Marvel's King T'Challa, the Black Panther, Boseman had a career filled with great performances. For most people, his best performance pre-Panther was his portrayal of Jackie …
Continue reading Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom—Boseman’s Swan Song May Be His Greatest Performance
One of the highlights for the horror genre in the past couple of years was the Netflix original The Haunting of Hill House—loosely based on the book of the same name by Shirley Jackson. It was a show that was a hit with audiences and critics alike and left everyone clamoring for more Netflix original …
Continue reading The Haunting of Bly Manor—A Great New Entry in the Budding Anthology Franchise
One of the best Netflix shows that took the world by storm last year (2019 was a fantastic year to be a Netflix subscriber) was the first season of The Umbrella Academy, based on the Dark Horse comic book of the same name by Gerard Way. Filled with great quirky humor, lovable characters, and a …
My third favorite film from 2018 was Spike Lee's BlacKkKlansman, just falling behind Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse and A Quiet Place. Between the acting, directing, writing, timeliness, and every other aspect the film delivered on, it is safe to say that BlacKkKlansman was a masterpiece of film making. Over his long career, Spike Lee has …
Continue reading Da 5 Bloods—Spike Lee’s Newest Joint Just Misses the Mark of Greatness
Happy Pride Month! For me, the perfect kick off this Pride is Netflix's new season of their hit show Queer Eye. To date, there has not been a single season that I did not love, but I must say, this is the best season of Queer Eye that has been produced. Between the amazing stories, …
Avatar: The Last Airbender, the series, is finally making its way to Netflix tomorrow, May 15. For those who are not aware, Netflix has recently gained streaming rights to the original series and has began production on a new live-action series adaption of the original as well. In honor of its return to streaming, I …
Continue reading Avatar: The Last Airbender—Throwback T.V. Review
There are certain films every film fan needs to see and others that should at the very least be on their to watch list. These are not necessarily all films that I consider 100% must see (that list is coming soon), but they are all films that I believe are important to film history. There …
Continue reading 35-ish Film Fan Essentials On Netflix Right Now
Sometimes instead of committing 2 hours to a film, we enjoy sitting down with a good show that gives us those built in breaks where we can get up and move around. Netflix has TONS of incredible programming, and while some are marketed well and everyone gets to watching them (Strangers Things, House of Cards, …
Continue reading 10 Netflix Originals to Binge While Bunkered In
Unfortunately, too many Americans are repelled by subtitles. There are so many INCREDIBLE foreign films out there that are easily accessible to us through streaming. With the well-deserved Best Picture win by Parasite at the Academy awards this year, we've fortunately seen an uptick in consumption of foreign properties. So, if you are looking to …
Continue reading 15 International Films on Netflix to Watch While In Quarantine
Hopefully, everyone is staying home to wait out the pandemic in order to prevent the spreading. However, staying home for weeks leaves us all with way too much free time. Over the course of the next few days, I will give recommendations for films and series to watch during that time on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon …
Continue reading 20 Family Films on Netflix to Watch While You’re Home-bound
Saving Movie Night 