Daniel Hart

There is a paltry amount of dialogue in The Bad Batch. This is a good tool. Convincing dialogue would not have been weighty or forceful enough...

At first glance, it is easy to mistake American Vandal as a serious documentary series. It has that Netflix documentary font, the mysterious introductory music,...

If you have not watched this documentary, this opinion post contains major details on the story. I have had enough of this shit. That is...

First They Killed My Father is Angelina Jolie’s sixth movie as director. Her humanitarian efforts are widely praised so it is no surprise that she...

I hate needles. They make me feel squirmish. My phobia is a bit of a disadvantage when I want to watch a documentary on drug...

This Netflix Original Movie focuses on student Dani Barnes (Nesta Cooper), an overachiever with a bullied past about to make her way to U.C. Davis....

I have never understood the fascination with gold, apart from the obvious – it looks good. Okay, so its rarity provides the status, but blood...

Resurface is a Netflix Original Documentary—a short one, in fact. It is only twenty-six minutes long. Resurface shows the use of surf therapy to help...

I do not like Mondays. It is always a bit of a shock to get up so early and respond to colleagues after such a...

Somewhere in an air-conditioned office in Hollywood, a bunch of sweaty executives trawled through a big pile of scripts and raised this one in the...

Naked is a remake of the 2000 Swedish film Naken. It is a Netflix Original romantic comedy about a guy who is pretty much naked...

After many apparent hesitations, director Luc Besson and his wife decided to write an English-language French science fiction action-adventure film titled Valerian and the City...

Imperial Dreams was actually released at the Sundance Film Festival in 2014. Based on research it did not make strides in terms of distribution. Whiplash probably did not...

It’s one of those Netflix movies that keeps getting churned out by the Netflix movie-maker factory. This time it’s a generic-looking thriller/drama called You Get...

[As this is an analysis post, please be aware that this may contain spoilers. If you have not watched the film, and you do not...

I never thought I would come across a film that stank of money and emptiness more than The Wolf of Wall Street. What’s stranger in...

When Marnie Was There was originally released in Japan back in July 2014, but the UK did not get its release until June 2016. The...

On the face of it, Warcraft: The Beginning is a film for the ever-growing and dedicated fanbase. It is not for people like me who know nothing...

I have always been impressed with J.J. Abrams’ work since the day I came across his storytelling in Lost. I am not claiming he is a modern...

Race is a biopic that showcases Jesse Owens’ quest to become the greatest track and field athlete in history which thrusts him onto the world...