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The COVID pandemic continues to have an impact on the film industry. The latest piece of news that has broken was as reports that MGM explored the possibility of selling No Time to Die to either Apple TV+ or Netflix. This was shocking news because a major studio would consider selling one of their biggest tentpoles […]
As I heard the rapturous reviews for Netflix’s new limited series The Queen’s Gambit (adapted from the 1983 novel of the same name by Walter Tevis) rolling out this past week, I’ll admit I wasn’t completely sold. A series about a female chess prodigy in the 1960s? Really? I mean, it’s chess. Not exactly a […]
Spoiler Warning: This review presumes that you have finished the entire season of The Haunting of Bly Manor (and, while it won’t get into the plot specifics, you should have seen The Haunting of Hill House as well). I will discuss specific plot points up to and including the finale. So, if you haven’t finished […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the effects of COVID on the film and TV industries.
The coming-of-age drama, Cuties, shows the perils of growing up as it focuses on an 11-year-old girl who’s torn between her traditional Senegalese background and a dance troupe from her school. Amy (Fathia Youssouf) is a Senegalese girl who has immigrated to a housing estate in Paris. Her mother (Maïmouna Gueye) and the family matriarch (Mbissine […]
This Sunday, September 20th, marks the 72nd Emmy Awards (airing on ABC at 8:00PM ET/7:00PM CT). We’re also still in the throws of a global pandemic, so instead of a glitzy red carpet, television’s royalty (and the occasional film star) sitting in an auditorium pretending to be thrilled with losing a golden statue to a […]
Kieran Freemantle and Jean Henegan discuss the streaming wars and the release of Mulan on Disney+ in the first podcast episode.
Since the rise of Netflix and streaming the future of home entertainment was going to be through the internet. For a time, from 2013 to 2018, it seemed possible due to dominates of Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. But I personally believe the predicted death of physical media has been grossly exaggerated. The claims that physical […]
In the past week I’ve watched both seasons of Netflix’s Umbrella Academy and I have to say it was one of the most frustrating viewing experiences I’ve had this year. It’s really easy to write a rave of a series or to pan a season of TV. It’s much harder to write about a show […]
We are living in a golden age of TV thanks to the streaming revolution. Showrunners and directors have been given more creative freedom and there has been a constant flow of new shows. Yet the rise of streaming has been so fast that it leads to the fears that we are on the edge of […]