Mythbusters hosts Kari Byron, Tory Belleci and Grant Imahara reunite for the new Netflix series White Rabbit Project to investigate and recreate strange events and weird inventions from pop culture, science, and history. We turn to The Nerdist for a review (because, of course, this right their alley): “Instead of focusing on legends or stories […]
Four new shows from around the world make their respective American debuts on Netflix this week. Fauda, an action thriller that launched in Israel in 2015, focuses on an elite undercover unit of the Israeli Defense Forces who embed themselves in Palestinian culture. It was a critical and popular hit in Israel, drawing praise from […]
The super anti-hero film Suicide Squad, which pits a team of supervillains against an ancient god, the new remake of the classic western The Magnificent Seven with Denzel Washington and Chris Pratt recruiting a team of cowboys for a revenge mission, and Clint Eastwood’s Sully with Tom Hanks as Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger, are among […]
Nine years after it ended its network run with a disappointing final season (missing its creator and show-runner Amy Sherman-Palladino), Gilmore Girls gets both a revival and a proper send-off in a Netflix production that reunites its cast with its creator. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life picks up with Lorelai (Lauren Graham), Rory […]
I don’t think I laughed as hard at any movie comedy in 2015 as I did with Trainwreck, Amy Schumer’s big screen debut feature as writer / star. Abetted by the direction of Judd Apatow, who has been moving from male-centric comedies to more inclusive stories, she brings her raunchy style of social commentary and self-effacing […]
Jurassic World is really what every summer spectacle aspires to be. It’s fleet, it wows audiences with special effects creations that are spectacular and inspired, it delivers romance and humor with the action and suspense, and it sends the audience on a fast and furious ride. It’s not an experience that necessarily sticks with you, […]
The Grand Tour: Season 1 – “Top Gear on steroids” is how critics are describing the first episode of the Amazon Original series starring Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond, and James May, the former stars of the British series Top Gear. This new gearhead series sends the trio around the world in search of cars, speed, […]
Ghostbusters (2016), the reboot / remake / revival of the 1984 frat boy comedy starring Bill Murray as a sardonic con man in academia turned nuclear powered paranormal investigator, was the most controversial film of the year if you measure such things by Facebook rants and Twitter burns from arrested adolescents. Why? Because it stars […]
It’s easy to see why German filmmaker Werner Herzog was so fascinated by Timothy Treadwell, the former beach bum turned self-made wildlife activist and grizzly bear guardian. Treadwell spent thirteen summers living amidst the grizzly bears of the Katmai National Park and Preserve in Alaska until he, along with his girlfriend and traveling partner, Amie […]
The superhero hit X-Men: Apocalypse with Michael Fassbender and Jennifer Lawrence leading the mutant squad against ancient villain Oscar Isaac, the comedy reboot Ghostbusters with Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig heeding the call, and the alien invasion sequel Independence Day: Resurgence with Liam Hemsworth, Jeff Goldblum, and Bill Pullman, are among the movies arriving from […]
