One Strange Rock produced by Nutopia in conjunction with Darren Aronofsky, National Geographic 2018 Hosted by: Will Smith, Astronauts: Chris Hadfield, Nicole Stott, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Mae Jemison, Leland Melvin, Mike Massimino, Jerry Linenger, and Peggy Whitson. Hmm. American documentary hosted by Will Smith. That didn’t sound very promising. I know nothing of Smith the …
After Life Written and directed by Ricky Gervais Ricky Gervais Tony Tom Basden Matt Tony Way Lenny Diane Morgan Kath Mandeep Dhillon Sandy David Bradley Tony’s Dad Ashley Jensen Nurse Kerry Godliman Lisa Paul Kaye Psychiatrist Tommy Finnegan George Anti Brandy the Dog Penelope Wilton Anne Tim Plester Julian Joe Wilkinson Postman Roisin Conaty Roxy …
Love, Death and Robots Executive-producers: David Fincher and Tim Miller Other credits at link below. Each of the 18 episodes has its own director(s) and voice actors. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Back in the days when the Enter key was a lever on the side of the adding machine, there was Métal Hurlant, a French magazine that migrated …
Chasing Rent: a review of “This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy” Adam McKay, who has left Will Farrell behind in order to write spritely comedies about economics and neo-fascist politics, has produced an eight-part series for Amazon, This Giant Beast That is the Global Economy. Despite what the title suggests, the series isn’t …
The Umbrella Academy Based on; The Umbrella Academy by: Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá Developed by: Steve Blackman, Jeremy Slater Starring: Ellen Page, Tom Hopper, Emmy Raver-Lampman, David Castañeda, Robert Sheehan, Aidan Gallagher, Mary J. Blige, Cameron Britton, Colm Feore, Adam Godley, John Magaro About five minutes in, I thought, oh, this is stupid, and …
The Dragon Prince Season 2 Creators: Aaron Ehasz and Justin Richmond Jack DeSena as Callum Paula Burrows as Rayla Sasha Rojen as Ezran Racquel Belmonte as Claudia Jesse Inocalla as Soren Jason Simpson as Viren In its second season, the animated effort by Ehasz and Richmond, as it title suggests, spreads its wings and prepares …
Velvet Buzzsaw Directed by Dan Gilroy Produced by Jennifer Fox Written by Dan Gilroy Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen and John Malkovich First off, Velvet Buzzsaw is a slasher movie. That said, I’m going to be using all sorts of words you don’t …
Created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler Starring Natasha Lyonne, Greta Lee, Yul Vazquez, Charlie Barnett, Elizabeth Ashley There’s an overwhelming temptation to compare this series to Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day. In both, the central character is caught on a hamster wheel in which life resets to a certain point, one identified by …
Kingdom Based on Land of the Gods by Kim Eun Hee Written by Kim Eun-hee Directed by Kim Seong-hun Starring Ju Ji-hoon, Bae Doona, Ryu Seung-ryong Country of origin South Korea You could almost believe you were watching an Akira Kurosawa film. Mystery lies in the minutiae, horror in hints, suspense in speckles. Mixed in …
Note: This review was written in late 2017 for Electric Review. John, perhaps because of unfamiliarity with the series, elected not to run this one, presumably because Electric Review is aimed at a more sophisticated readership. I happened across it while looking for something else on my backup drive, and decided it would be suitable …