It seemed like forever, but Arlys and I finally got through both seasons of the Frankenstein Chronicles on Netflix. Re-imagining the Frankenstein mythos in 1820’s Britain sounded like a wonderful idea. The series also featured historical characters such as Ada Lovelace, William Blake, Sir Robert Peel, and Mary Shelley herself. This fictionalization of history plus […]
I approached this Netflix streaming movie with trepidation. Recently this network funded a live-action adaptation of the classic manga/anime Death Note that drew the ire of fans, myself included. I sincerely hoped this wouldn’t be another proverbial train wreck. I was pleasantly surprised to see that it wasn’t. The Fullmetal Alchemist movie (see my review […]
Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, is one of those people who can get the public’s attention simply by announcing a new project. His Futurama quickly became a cult classic and as for The Simpsons, there’s hardly a place on the planet where they haven’t heard of Homer and Bart. So Disenchantment, his new medieval […]
When I heard Netflix was doing a cyberpunk television series, I was excited to try it. I was not aware of the 2002 book by Richard K. Morgan on which it was based. The show followed some familiar themes: a technologically advanced future in which medicine has made it possible to live forever. However, only […]
Bright is movie currently airing on Netflix, written by Max Landis and directed by David Ayer. It stars Will Smith as a policeman in an alternate world where magic is real and mythical races such as elves, orcs, and fairies exist openly in society. Practically everything else is the same as in our world. There […]
