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Butterflies Are Free: a review of One Strange Rock

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 …

Love, Death and Robots

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 …

The Key to Mass Appeele: a review of Weird City

Weird City Created by: Charlie Sanders & Jordan Peele Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Ed O’Neill, LeVar Burton, Rosario Dawson, Michael Cera, Mark Hamill, Laverne Cox, Sara Gilbert, Steven Yeun, Gillian Jacobs, Awkwafina, Yvette Nicole Brown, Auliʻi Cravalho Weird City is an interesting cross between Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, and the Key and Peele Show. Indeed, Jordan …

Life considered as a bowl of Oatmeal: a review of Russian Doll

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 …