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‘First and Last’ | Netflix Original Documentary Series Review

September 7 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

There have been no shortage of documentaries about prison and prisoners, but Netflix’s new original documentary series, First and Last, which debuted today, approaches the...

‘City of Joy’ | Netflix Documentary Review

September 3 2018, by Daniel Hart

I welled up ever so slightly during City of Joy. The Netflix documentary details so much tragedy, yet curtails the depression with hope, signifying a light at...

Sisters Season 1 Review – Netflix series is well-balanced

September 1 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix Original Series Sisters perhaps unsurprisingly follows three women who find out they are sisters. Julia learns that her Nobel Prize-winning father, who specialised in reproduction science...

‘Cathedral of the Sea’ (‘La catedral del mar’) | Netflix TV Review

August 31 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Directed by Jordi Frades and adapted from the famed Spanish historical novel La catedral del mar by Ildefonso Falcones, Cathedral of the Sea is a...

Inside the Criminal Mind Season 1 Review

August 31 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix’s Inside the Criminal Mind is a four-part series exploring the answers experts have been seeking for decades – what makes evil criminals tick? Each episode...

Undercover Law Season 1 Review

August 31 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

You can have too much of a good thing, which you swiftly learn when your humble, home-grown media outlet develops a reputation for being the...

‘The Laws of Thermodynamics’ | Netflix Film Review

August 27 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix’s The Laws of Thermodynamics, or known in the native language as Las leyes de la termodinámica, is not the best film of 2018. But it is undeniably...

‘Ghoul’ Season 1 Netflix TV Review

August 24 2018, by Alix Turner

Ghoul is set in a version of India which is ruled by the military and religious prejudice; presumably in the near future (nothing looks terribly...

Take My Brother Away Season 1 Review

August 24 2018, by Daniel Hart

Take My Brother Away, also known as Take My Brother Away, Please! is about two bickering siblings Shi Miao (Sun Qian – also supported in Meteor Garden) and Shi...

The Innocents Season 1 Review

August 24 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Just when you think that the onslaught of YA-type shows has finally finished, another one comes along in the shape of the new Netflix Original...

‘The After Party’ | Netflix Film Review

August 24 2018, by Daniel Hart

I never thought I’d experience a movie that slots in as many cutesy references as Ready Player One, but Netflix’s The After Party is a...

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) Review

August 15 2018, by Daniel Hart

Directed by Susan Johnson, we review the 2018 Netflix movie To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, which does not contain spoilers. Netflix Original film To...

‘Ozark’ Season 2 | Netflix Original Series Review

August 15 2018, by Alix Turner

Note: this review of Ozark Season 2 is based on the three episodes we were provided for review, and may be updated following the season’s official air date....

‘Zion’ | Netflix Short Film Review

August 10 2018, by Alix Turner

Zion is a short documentary film about one remarkable young man, and most especially his attitude about himself. By “short”, I mean it’s less than...

‘Afflicted’ | Netflix Original Series Review

August 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Afflicted is an extraordinarily bleak seven-part Netflix Original documentary series created by Dan Partland. It follows individuals with severe, chronic illnesses who seek out increasingly...

The House of Flowers Season 1 Review

August 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Created and directed by Manolo Caro, The House of Flowers, or La casa de las flores, is a new Spanish-language Netflix Original Series – the...

‘Perdida’ | Film Review

August 9 2018, by Alix Turner

This new Netflix film set in Argentina looked very interesting at first: an exciting mystery about a missing girl, being reopened many years later, with...

‘The Most Unknown’ Review – A Fascinating Documentary

August 9 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The Most Unknown is a fascinating documentary by Ian Cheney that unites nine scientists from a slew of fields in pursuit of intellectual common ground....