“The Terror” (2018 - ) Episode Three Fantasy/Horror 10 Episodes Developed by: David Kajganich Featuring: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis, Ian Hart, Nive Nielsen, Ciarán Hinds “The Terror” is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the Northwest Passage. Franklin and his crew are plagued by …
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“Save Me – Series One” (2018) Drama/Mystery 6 Episodes Developed by: Lennie James Directed by: Nick Murphy Featuring: Lennie James,Suranne Jones, Stephen Graham, Jason Flemyng, Susan Lynch, Kerry Godliman, Nadine Marshall, Barry Ward, Jimmy Walker "Save Me" (2018) revolves around Nelson "Nelly" Rowe, a down-and-out whose life is turned upside down when Jody, the estranged …
“The Titan” (2018) Sci-Fi Running Time: 99 minutes Written by: Max Hurwitz Directed by: Lennart Ruff Featuring: Sam Worthington, Taylor Schilling, Tom Wilkinson,Agyness Deyn, Nathalie Emmanuel, Corey Johnson, Aleksandar Jovanovic Another week and another Netflix original movie, this time a genre piece called “The Titan” (2018) something of a Sci-Fi experiment, obviously shot on the cheap with …
“The Terror” (2018 - ) Episode One & Two Fantasy/Horror 10 Episodes Developed by: David Kajganich Featuring: Jared Harris, Tobias Menzies, Paul Ready, Adam Nagaitis, Ian Hart, Nive Nielsen, Ciarán Hinds “The Terror” is a fictionalized account of Captain Sir John Franklin's lost expedition of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror to the Arctic, in 1845–1848, to locate the Northwest Passage. Franklin and his crew are …
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“Annihilation" (2018) Sci-Fi/Horror Running Time: 115 minutes Written & Directed by: Alex Garland Featuring: Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Gina Rodriguez, Tessa Thompson, Tuva Novotny, and Oscar Isaac The Psychologist: "It's destroying everything." The Biologist: "It's not destroying... It's making something new." When it comes to genre television and films Netflix really runs the gamut from incredibly complex high quality projects …
“The Ritual” (2017) Horror Running Time: 94 minutes Written by: Joe Barton Directed by: David Bruckner Featuring: Rafe Spall, Arsher Ali, Robert James-Collier and Sam Troughton Dom: "My old scoutmaster used to say 'If the shortcut was a shortcut, it wouldn't be called a shortcut, it would be called a route'." It seems like 2017 was a banner year for horror …
“A Dark Song” (2016) Horror/Fantasy/Drama Running Time: 99 minutes Written & Directed by: Liam Gavin Featuring: Steve Oram and Catherine Walker Joseph Solomon: "You've been looking shit up on the Internet. No, this is Gnosticism." Sophia Howard: "I was told it was based on the Kabbalah." Joseph Solomon: "It's there as grammar. A structure. The Kabbalah is an exploration of god. …
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“Altered Carbon” (2018) TV Series/Sci-Fi Episodes: 10 Created by: Laeta Kalogridis based on 'Altered Carbon' by Richard K. Morgan Featuring: Joel Kinnaman, Renée Elise Goldsberry, James Purefoy, Martha Higareda, Dichen Lachman, Leonardo Nam, Chris Connor, Ato Essandoh, Trieu Tran Laurens Bancroft: "This is where I was murdered." The nadir of cyberpunk themed films is most definitely Ridley …
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“The Cloverfield Paradox” (2018) Sci-Fi/Horror Running Time: 102 minutes Written by: Oren Uziel and Doug Jung Directed by: Julius Onah Featuring: Daniel Brühl, Elizabeth Debicki, Aksel Hennie, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Chris O'Dowd, John Ortiz, David Oyelowo, and Zhang Ziyi Mundy: "That's my fucking arm!" In this modern age can a movie still be surprising, when there is twenty four hour coverage of behind the …
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“Louis Theoux: Talking To Anorexia (2017) Documentary Running Time: 60 minutes Presented by: Louis Theroux Louis Theroux: “But that’s part of your illness there should be no shame attached, it’s an illness.” If you enjoy watching Louis Theroux as well as his particular form of documentary, then the recent month has been a blessing for …
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“Stranger Things 2” (2017) TV Series/Drama/Sci-Fi/Horror Episodes: Nine Created by: The Duffer Brothers Featuring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Natalia Dyer, Charlie Heaton, Cara Buono, Sean Astin, Paul Reiser When Netflix released the Duffer Brothers created “Stranger Things” in 2016 there is no way in the world that anyone could have known that it would …
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“Louis Theroux: Dark States” (2017) Documentary Created, written & presented by: Louis Theroux The last time we saw Louis Theroux was his revisitation to a subject that seems to have haunted him for some time, he obviously felt like he needed to revisit, this was “Louis Theroux: Saville” (2016) – an analysis of himself, something …
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“Mindhunter - Season One” (2017) TV Series/Drama Episodes: 10 Created by: Joe Penhall & Jennifer Haley Featuring: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv and Hannah Gross John Douglas: “[Talking about Monte Rissell] ...and like Ed Kemper he was able to convince the psychiatrist he was making excellent progress while he was actually killing human beings. …
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“Tin Star” (2017) Drama 10 Episodes Produced & Created by: Rowan Joffe Featuring: Tim Roth, Christina Hendricks, Leanne Best, Christopher Heyerdahl, Roark Critchlow Episodes: Fun and (S)Laughter Directed by: Rowan Joffe; Cinematographer: Dale McCready The Kid Directed by: Marc Jobst; Cinematographer: Paul Sarossy Comfort of Strangers Directed by: Alice Troughton; Cinematographer: Dale McCready Jack Directed by: Marc Jobst; Cinematographer: …
“Gerald’s Game" (2017) Horror/Thriller Running Time: 103 minutes Written and Directed by: Mike Flanagan Featuring: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood. Henry Thomas Gerald: “Isn't this why we came up here? To spice things up and try and push the boundaries.” Mike Flanagan the writer/director of “Gerald’s Game” (2017) the latest Stephen King adaptation to hit screens this …
"The Mist" (2017) Fantasy/Horror 10 Episodes Produced by: Guy J. Louthan and Amanda Segel Featuring: Morgan Spector, Alyssa Sutherland, Gus Birney, Danica Curcic, Okezie Morro, Luke Cosgrove, Darren Pettie, Russell Posner and Frances Conroy An unexplained mist slowly envelops the city of Bridgton, Maine, creating an almost impenetrable barrier to visibility. The residents of the town …
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“Narcos – Season Two” (2015-) Drama, Television Series, Action, Thriller Episodes: 10 Created by: Carlo Bernard, Doug Miro, Chris Brancato Featuring: Wagner Moura, Boyd Holbrook, Pedro Pascal, Paulina Gaitan, Juan Murcia Pablo Escobar: “Geniuses are always branded as crazy.” Yet another excellent Netflix show makes it ways onto Blu-ray and DVD this month and like …
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“Defenders” (2017) TV Series/Drama/Action Episodes: 8 Created by: Douglas Petrie & Marco Ramirez Featuring: Charlie Cox, Krysten Ritter, Mike Colter, Finn Jones, Eka Darville, Elden Henson, Jessica Henwick, Simone Missick, Ramon Rodriguez, Rachael Taylor, Deborah Ann Woll, Élodie Yung, Rosario Dawson, Scott Glenn and Sigourney Weaver Danny Rand: “I'm the immortal Iron Fist.” Luke Cage: “You're what?” Claire …
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“The Tick” (2017 - ) TV Series/Comedy/Action Episodes: 6 Created by: Ben Edlund Produced by: Peter Serafinowicz & Patrick Warburton Featuring: Peter Serafinowicz, Griffin Newman, Valorie Curry, Brendan Hines, Jackie Earle Haley, Yara Martinez The Tick: "Another urban legend dispelled: ninjas don't bounce." ‘The Tick’s’ origins go back to 1986 when artist Ben Edlund created …
“Icarus” (2017) Documentary Running Time: 121 minutes Directed by: Bryan Fogel Featuring: Bryan Fogel Tagline: “Truth is the new banned substance.” Since the advent of reality television there have been more documentaries made about people’s lives than ever before, but it was not until the 2004 documentary “Super Size Me” (2004) directed by Morgan Spurlock …
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