Jason Bateman
(Ozark Season 4 Part 1 premieres on Netflix on January 21st) As season three drew to a close, Marty and Wendy Byrd had their hands drenched in blood. By the halfway point of the final season, they’re practically drowning in it. Whether it’s by the Mexican drug cartel
Streaming
★★★★ | *grunt*
Kevin Smith
(Masters of the Universe: Revelation arrives on Netflix on November 23rd) The first half of Revelation, released this summer and reviewed here, received exactly the kind of response you’d expect for a series that questions nostalgia. Guided by Kevin Smith, Revelation dared to put He-Man on the bench for
Cowboy Bebop
(Cowboy Bebop premieres on Netflix on November 19th.) Let’s be honest, a live-action adaption of Cowboy Bebop was never going to top the original. At best, it would be a complementary addition to one of the greatest anime series ever made. At worst, it would be terrible, and we’
Army of Thieves
(Army of Thieves premieres on Netflix on October 29th) Talk about a mixed bag. Army of Thieves, directed by and starring Matthias Schweighöfer, is both a prequel and a standalone spin-off from Zack Snyder’s terrible Army of the Dead from last summer. It is, at once, a far better
He-Man
I loved He-Man as a kid. Of course, I loved other animations as well, but there was something about the musclebound righter of wrongs that was on another level. And it wasn’t just him, but his entire cohort of adventuring heroes. From the brave Teela to Man-At-Arms, the timid
Ana de la Reguera
★ | Kill it with fire ARMY OF THE DEAD is Zack Snyder at his purest and most unfiltered. According to the credits, he is one of the producers (his wife is another), one-third of the writers with an original story credit, a cinematographer, and the director. In essence, this is the
Amy Adams
★ | Draw the curtains THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW stars Amy Adams, Gary Oldman, Julianne Moore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Anthony Mackie. It is directed by Joe Wright, the man behind ATONEMENT, ANNA KARENINA, and DARKEST HOUR. On paper, WOMAN should be a bona fide thriller hit. In reality, it’s
Abbi Jacobson
★★★ | The middle child (DISENCHANTMENT continues on Netflix Nordic, January 15th. Full season viewed for review.) DISENCHANTMENT is an odd duck. It’s not as funny as THE SIMPSONS in its prime (though today, even a freshly painted wall is more entertaining), and it’s rarely as clever or inventive as
Documentary
★★★★ | I’m walkin’ here! New York is one of the most fascinating cities in the world. It’s an unwieldy behemoth, ever-changing, and never as you’d picture it, even after a century of pop-culture iconography painting it in a particular light. It’s loud, hard, unfriendly, confusing, hostile, and
Chance Perdomo
★★ | The magic has run out When the reimagined SABRINA burst on the scene in 2018, it was a surprisingly sharp, if Hot-Topic-infused new take on the young adult classic. While not original and certainly not as daring as it hoped, SABRINA bounced along thanks to a winning cast and some
August Wilson
★★★★ | Play it again, for old time’s sake. Set during a long sweltering day of a Chicago summer, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM is the latest adaptation of master playwright August Wilson’s material. Featuring the last performance by Chadwick Boseman, taken from us suddenly and far too young, it
