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‘Daredevil’ Season 3 | Netflix Original Series Review

October 12 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Marvel and Netflix’s Daredevil has always revelled in Matt Murdock’s (Charlie Cox) vigilantism being a metaphor for Irish-Catholic self-penance. But the first six episodes of...

‘Kuntilanak’ | Netflix Film Review

October 12 2018, by Daniel Hart

Only a few weeks ago I grumbled at The 3rd Eye for its lack of imagination and new ideas for the horror genre. And here we are...

Fightworld Season 1 Review

October 12 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Frank Grillo makes an enthusiastic host in Netflix’s new original documentary series Fightworld. The 53-year-old actor is shredded, grizzled, and a lifelong fight fan; the...

‘Errementari: The Blacksmith and the Devil’ | Netflix Film Review

October 12 2018, by Daniel Hart

Landing on Netflix is a slice of hell, wrapped in Paul Urkijo Alijo‘s visionary work that portrays the workings of the underworld and a blacksmith determined...

‘Feminists: What Were They Thinking?’ | Netflix Documentary Review

October 11 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix documentary Feminists: What Were They Thinking? has arrived on the streaming platform at a time where a sober reminder is necessary. October 2018 will be sadly...

’22 July’ | Netflix Original Film Review

October 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Between instalments of the Bourne franchise, director Paul Greengrass has established himself as a master at dramatizing real-life tragedy. Possessed of an uncanny ability to...

‘Elite’ Season 1 | Netflix Original Series Review

October 5 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Sex, murder, drugs, blackmail and the usual high-school shenanigans are to be found in the eight-part soapy Spanish series Elite, which debuted on Netflix today....

‘Malevolent’ (2018) | Netflix Original Film Review

October 5 2018, by Alix Turner

Malevolent is an unusual beast: it was made in the USA, filmed in Glasgow, directed by a man from Iceland; it stars just a couple...

‘Dancing Queen’ (2018) | Netflix Original Series Review

October 5 2018, by Daniel Hart

It’s difficult to comprehend a show like Netflix’s Dancing Queen; I feel torn and uneasy at the pressure put on children to perform. It becomes bizarrely...

‘Lost Song’ Season 1 | Netflix Original Series Review

October 5 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Released globally on Netflix today, Lost Song is a 12-part musical fantasy anime series that begins unassumingly and predictably. Produced by Liden Films in collaboration with Dwango and Mages, it’s...

‘YG Future Strategy Office’ | Netflix Original Series Review

October 5 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix’s YG Future Strategy Office is K-pop’s answer to The Office, with the odd awkward glances towards the camera, and a mockumentary style effort to build a narrative. The...

The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) Review

October 4 2018, by Tyler Howat

Directed by Sara Colangelo, we review The Kindergarten Teacher (2018), which does not contain spoilers.  The Kindergarten Teacher, written and directed by Sara Colangelo, is...

The Haunting of Hill House Episode 1 Review

October 3 2018, by Alix Turner

To lovers of the horror genre, Shirley Jackson is an American goddess, just as Edgar Allan Poe and H. P. Lovecraft are their American gods....

‘Two Catalonias’ | Netflix Original Documentary Review

September 28 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The most effective scene in Two Catalonias occurs early in the two-hour runtime. It’s filmed from above, presumably from a balcony, in a swaying handheld...

‘Forest of Piano’ (‘Piano no Mori’) | Netflix Anime Series Review

September 28 2018, by Daniel Hart

Another week, another Netflix anime series added to a growing archive that can only please the fandom. Forest of Piano, or Piano no Mori, was originally a manga titled...

‘Reboot: The Guardian Code’ Season 2 | Netflix Original Series

September 28 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

“Great, they’re back.” I’m sure somebody out there must have said that about the return of Reboot: The Guardian Code, the Netflix Original series, but I certainly...

‘The 3rd Eye’ (‘Mata Batin’) | Netflix Film Review

September 28 2018, by Daniel Hart

The 3rd Eye, or Mata Batin, is an Indonesian horror film that Netflix snuck on to their platform. It beggars belief how some of these films manage to...

‘Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan’ | Netflix Anime Series Review

September 21 2018, by Daniel Hart

Dragon Pilot: Hisone and Masotan, also known as Hisone to Masotan, is the latest Netflix anime series to grace the leading streaming platform internationally. Since Netflix has reached...