Drama… Movie #183 2021: Fear Street: 1994 (2021) 19 Jul 202119 Jul 2021 A trilogy of horror movies released on Netflix weekly? Count me all the way in. Could this have easily been a regular TV series? Absolutely. But this is kind of…
Action… Movie #158 2021: Love and Monsters (2020) 14 Jun 202112 Jun 2021 On the surface, Love and Monsters looks like it's for sure going to be one of those average, uninteresting Netflix movies, but guess what? It's actually not bad! Being nominated…
Animation… Movie #143 2021: The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) 30 May 202127 May 2021 Did I expect The Mitchells vs the Machines to be the best movie of the year so far? Not at all. But listen to me when I say: this is…
Cerebral… Movie #140 2021: Things Heard & Seen (2021) 27 May 202123 May 2021 Here's something you already know: Netflix original films are generally not brilliant. Barring a few anomalies like The Irishman, Marriage Story and The Mitchells vs. the Machines, the streaming giant…
Documentary… Movie #136 2021: My Octopus Teacher (2020) 23 May 202123 May 2021 Can you tell that I was cramming in a few Oscar nominated films before the awards this year? I'll be honest, I watched My Octopus Teacher over every other film…
crime… Movie #130 2021: Why Did You Kill Me? (2021) 17 May 202113 May 2021 Watched this on a whim, wish I watched an actual film instead. Go figure. Yes, I got sucked in by the Netflix true crime schtick that the streaming giant seems…
Art House… Movie #101 2021: She Dies Tomorrow (2020) 18 Apr 202131 Mar 2021 I meaaaaaan... what the fuck was that? Am I too stupid to understand the point of this movie or is it just a massive load of nonsense? She Dies Tomorrow…
Coming of Age… Movie #98 2021: To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021) 15 Apr 202130 Mar 2021 Surprise! I actually watched this movie immediately after To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You and completely forgot to review it. I have no concrete explanation for this…
Drama… Movie #73 2021: News of the World (2020) 21 Mar 20211 Mar 2021 The best thing about movies is when you fully expect to be underwhelmed by one and end up being pleasantly surprised by it. On this most unlikely occasion, I can…
Awards Season… Movie #58 2021: Hillbilly Elegy (2020) 6 Mar 202119 Feb 2021 Hillbilly Elegy has received quite a lot of criticism since its arrival on Netflix, so I thought I’d give it a go. Do I understand the hate for it after…
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