“TV” Archives
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Netflix’s Maniac
I’m particularly struck by the series’ skewed aesthetic, which feels like Blade Runner by way of Terry Gilliam.October 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: The Shining, Batman Ninja, The Blair Witch Project, Galaxy Quest, Donnie Darko & more
Also: Wesley Snipes vampire action, Kingpin’s return, Tim Burton’s Christmas, a Stanley Kubrick epic, and more.September 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Groundhog Day, Black Panther, The Good Place, Ghostbusters & more
Also: Douglas Adams, Clint Eastwood, lots of Wes Anderson, Kevin Costner in Sherwood Forest, and one of the great car movies of all time.August 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Batman Begins, Voltron, Shaun of the Dead, Jiro Dreams of Sushi & more
Also: Kevin Smith’s debut, Keanu Reeves, Anton Chigurh, The Good Place, Jet Li, High Noon, and the Blair Witch.Your Public Library as a Streaming Service
If you haven’t been to your local library in awhile, then you might be in for a pleasant surprise.July 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Jurassic Park, Gone Baby Gone, Bill & Ted, Burn Notice & more
Also: Spike Jonze sci-fi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, a South Korean blockbuster, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and a Mel Brooks classic.June 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Luke Cage, The Last Jedi, Lord of the Rings, Trainspotting, Babylon 5 & more
Also: Nicolas Cage’s treasure protecting, Thor loses his hammer, Hellboy, Scottish drug addicts, and Michael Bay mayhem.May 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: The Bourne Ultimatum, Coco, The Crow, The Elephant Man & more
Also: Hellboy, a Danish post-apocalypse, Stallone vs. Snipes, Tonya Harding, Kubrick by way of Spielberg, and classic 007.April 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Speed Racer, The Iron Giant, The Handmaid’s Tale, Spaceballs & more
Also: Liu Kang and Shang Tsung, Jack Sparrow, South Korean superheroics, Sam Raimi noir, and The Man With No Name.March 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Ghostbusters, Voltron, Jessica Jones, James Bond, Hackers & more
Also: Ambitious low-budget sci-fi, Netflix original anime, James Bond, Takashi Miike’s 100th film, and Luc Besson’s return.February 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: GoodFellas, Men in Black, Altered Carbon, Amélie, Blazing Saddles, The Expanse & more
Coming soon: Scorsese gangsters, Will Smith and aliens, cyberpunk, Audrey Tautou, Mel Brooks and the Old West, and gritty space opera.What happened in Dark’s first season?
A show like Dark practically demands that its viewers come up with their own pet theories… so here are some of mine.January 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Batman Begins, Caddyshack, Lethal Weapon, Capote, Doctor Who & more
Coming soon: A South Korean thriller, the first of Nolan’s “Dark Knight Trilogy,” an action classic, several twisty thrillers, and a madman with a box.December 2017’s Best Streaming Titles: Full Metal Jacket, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Bright, Silence, Doctor Who & more
Also: A couple of Vietnam War epics, a twisty German thriller, Taratino’s revenge masterpiece, and the Muscles from Brussels.Why does Stranger Things affect me so strongly?
I understand why others find the series derivative, clichéd, too reliant on tropes, etc. But it doesn’t feel derivative to me at all.Netflix Is Producing a Live-Action Version of Erased
The series will premiere in Japan on December 15, with the rest of the world to follow soon after.Stranger Things 2 Is a (Mostly) Satisfying Return to Hawkins, Indiana
Also, let’s talk about what’ll happen in season 3 and why the series is so affecting to begin with.November 2017’s Best Streaming Titles: The Punisher, Airplane!, Shaolin Soccer & Bond… James Bond
Coming soon: More Marvel and Margaret Atwood adaptations, Agents J and K, Vikings, Keyser Söze, the Mach Five, and more.Germany’s Dark Could Be the Next Stranger Things
We’ll find out for sure on December 1.