Chadwick Boseman radiates excellence in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The late Chadwick Boseman galvanized the screen in Netflix’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. Directed by George C. Wolfe and written by playwright & actor Ruben Santiago–Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom is an adaption of August Wilson’s 1984 same-titled play.
Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey is the perfect holiday gift
Director David E. Talbert brings Christmas magic to the comfort of your own home in Netflix’s Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey. The film begins as a grandmother (Phylicia Rashad) is telling a story to her grandchildren.
Ratched is a worthy prequel for an iconic villainess
One of cinema’s greatest villains, Nurse Mildred Ratched, receives a prequel spin-off in Netflix’s Ratched. Series creator Evan Romansky & executive producer Ryan Murphy takes viewers on a journey of the character first introduced in Ken Kesey’s 1962 One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and later immortalized on film by Louise Fletcher in an award-winning […]
Abundance confusion fills I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ian Reid’s best-selling novel I’m Thinking of Ending Things, gets a Netflix adaptation from director Charlie Kaufman. A nameless young woman (Jesse Buckley) and her boyfriend Jake (Jesse Plemons) are on a road trip to meet Jake’s parents Suzie (Toni Collette) and Dean (David Thewlis). Jake gives Young woman a fair warning that his family is quite eccentric, which only adds to the hesitant reservations he had about the trip.
Love Guaranteed is a harmless romantic comedy
A new romantic comedy hits Netflix in director Mark Steven Johnson’s Love, Guaranteed. The majority of gold-hearted lawyer Susan (Rachel Leigh Cook) involves pro-bono work. After a chance meeting with an endearing physical therapist Nick (Damon Wayans Jr.), Susan learns that Nick wants to hire her law firm. He wants to sue the dating app service, “Love Guaranteed.”
Typical family entertainment in The Sleepover
Director Trish Sie takes a break from directing music-based films to helm the Netflix family comedy, The Sleepover. High school student Clancy (Sadie Stanley) leads a bleak and mundane life, only finding joy playing the cello in her school.
“3 AM” is a great kick-off for The Punisher Season 1
Marvel’s most well-known antihero, Frank Castle, also known as The Punisher, makes his headlining series debut on Netflix’s The Punisher. Jon Bernthal is returning to the role he perfected in Season 2 of Daredevil.