Articles by Daniel Hart
Anima Review: Netflix Short Film Is A Mind-Bending Experience
Get seated, strap in, place your favorite headphones on and press play on Paul Thomas Anderson’s Netflix short film Anima. The experience is mainly conceptual and feels...
Mike Epps: Only One Mike Review: Netflix Special Is Full Of Energy
Netflix special Mike Epps: Only One Mike is energetic from the offset. There’s no escaping the comedian’s style. He pounces on the stage with his...
Forest of Piano Season 2 Review: Netflix Anime Continues To Appreciate Music
Netflix Anime Series Forest of Piano season 2 continues in the same vein as its predecessor. The creators of the anime understand the piano; what it...
The Chosen One Season 1 Review: Faith And Science Is Tested In Brazilian Netflix Series
As an atheist, I am naturally attracted to TV series that pertain to the battle between science and religion — The Chosen One season 1 goes...
Adolescence Review: A Coming-Of-Age, Drug-Fuelled Teenage Love Story
Ashley Avis’s film Adolescence understands the exhilaration of young love, and how beautifully dangerous it can be. It follows a young, shy, creative man named Adam...
Final Life Season 1 Review: A Needlessly Complex Story On Amazon
June 21st, 2019 marks the day that Amazon attempted to compete with Netflix for the Asian market by releasing two Amazon Original series – and...
Tokyo Alice Season 1 Review: It’s Love And Work In New Amazon Original Series
It seems after Netflix’s success in the Asian market for streaming content, Amazon is looking to tap into the same goldmine – Japanese series Tokyo...
‘Mr. Iglesias’ Season 1 Review: Netflix Series Presents A Noble, Kind And Funny Teacher
I usually eye-roll at series that inherit the laughing track, but Netflix’s Mr. Iglesias charmed my stubbornness from the first minute. I’m not against this type...
Go! Live Your Way Season 2 Review: Netflix Series Will Not Be The Next Glee
It’s peculiar how Netflix have started a new habit of releasing a second season close to the first and Go! Live Your Way season 2...
‘Blood Will Tell’ Review: A Shaky Thriller That Gets Stronger In The Second Act
Argentinian film Blood Will Tell, or in its native language La Misma Sangre, gets off to an unreasonable start. The thriller begins with Carla’s husband’s (Diego...
Beats (2019) Review: Music Drives The Netflix Film Forward
At the start of Netflix Film Beats, I was genuinely concerned that it was going to lack the emotional buy-in because the opening is curiously...
Yankee Season 1 Review: Another Netflix Drug Lord Series…
After giving Yankee season 1 a viewing, I’m confident that one of the executives at Netflix is an ex-narcotics cop. How many series on the...
‘Unit 42’ Season 1 Review: Belgian Netflix Series Brings Widowed Cop & Hacker Together
Belgian Netflix series Unit 42 Season 1 pits together two characters on opposite ends of the spectrum. Samuel Leroy (Patrick Ridremont) is widowed and has...
Charité at War Review: Netflix Series Presents Compelling Hospital Drama In Nazi Germany
The Netflix content machine churns out another German series, basing itself in a hospital during 1943, tackling the politics of war and the revelations of...
Awake: The Million Dollar Game Review: Winning With Sleep Deprivation
If anything, Netflix original Awake: The Million Dollar Game proves we are running out of ideas for game show formats. Netflix continues to throw their dice...
Life Overtakes Me Review: No Child Deserves This
Netflix documentary Life Overtakes Me provokes an emotional reaction I was not quite sure how to handle. The cameras follow refugee families who have fled to...
Rock My Heart Review: A Laidback Stable ‘Against All The Odds’ Story That Lacks Thrills
A girl with a heart defect that is at risk of death by strenuous exercise, and a man who owns land and stables and is...
‘Elisa & Marcela’ Review: Netflix Film Is A Slow-Moving Same-Sex Marriage Story
Netflix film Elisa & Marcela has been trounced before its consensus on Rotten Tomatoes. It can be assumed that the extensive sex scenes in the middle...
The Chef Show Review: Yet Another Netflix Cooking Show To Make Us Hungry
With the release of The Chef Show, Netflix has such a catalogue of cooking shows that they may as well create their stand-alone platform dedicated...
‘All is well’ Review – Netflix Film Provides Sobering View On Sexual Assault
Netflix German film All is well reminded of a recent time when I listened to the radio to hear a horrifying trend that rape cases...