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Action Films

  • 6 Underground
    • The world is a mess, with global politics falling apart and terrorists essentially running countries. So a team of six people, lead by an eccentric billionaire, decide to take matters into their own hands.
  • Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F
    • Axel returns to Beverly Hills after 30 years away to help protect his daughter and solve a murder involving lots of drugs and very bad cops.
  • The Gray Man
    • The Russo Brothers bring out a new CIA wet-work hero to take on bad guys within the agency in this messy, but fun, action flick.
  • Gunpowder Milkshake
    • An assassin on the run from the men that once employed her is forced to take ground with the only person she can trust: her mother.
  • Kate
    • A assassin gets poisoned and has to go on a journey of revenge, and redemption, before she dies.
  • The Night Comes for Us
    • A brutal, over-the-top martial arts film, The Night Comes for Us promises no-stop-action and bloody-good fights. But does it deliver?
  • The Old Guard
    • Over the centuries, an elite group of immortal warriors has banded together to fight the battles that need fighting. But when a wealthy tech-magnate sets his sights on the band, it's hunt or be hunted for the fate of humanity.
  • The Old Guard 2
    • Andi and her team of immortals are back for an underbaked quest that doesn't live up to the potential of the original film.
  • Polar
    • A retiring assassin gets pulled in for one last job only to discover the real hit is his own in this tylish, but stupid, neo-noir.
  • Red Notice
    • Ryan Renolds and The Rock are a mismatched pair on a heist for their life in this tired crime caper.
  • The Rip
    • A team of cops find a stash house full of money and they have to decide who they can trust in this mildly okay thriller.
  • SAS: Rise of the Black Swan
    • This Die Hard-style film can't really muster much action, or style, or even morals, creating something vastly less than its ambitions.

Animated Films

  • Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters
    • In this lackluster anime reboot, humanity has fled from Earth only to come back thousands of years later to try and defeat Godzilla and reclaim their home. Meanwhile, we all struggle to care.
  • KPop Demon Hunters
    • Three pop stars battle demons while trying to save the world in this enjoyable animated romp.
  • Nimona
    • A disgraced knight teams up with a magical, shape-shifting girl to take on an evil institution in this fun, family adventure.
  • Pinocchio
    • Guillermo Del Toro brings us a wonderfully animated version of the Italian story of a wooden boy thrust into a world he shouldn't be forced to understand.

Comedy Films

  • Hit Man
    • A college professor becomes a fake hit man to help the cops in this comedy very loosely based on a true story.
  • The Prom
    • It's singing and dancing and self-congratulation in Netflix's 2020 musical.

Drama Films

  • Enola Holmes
    • Younger sister of the famous Sherlock, Enola has to go on her own mission to solve a mystery when her mother goes missing.
  • Enola Holmes 2
    • Enola returns with her own detective agency, and a case to find a missing matchstick girl.
  • Glass Onion
    • The second Benoit Blanc mystery takes place on an island during COVID, with a group of clueless influencers caught up in a (brilliant?) mystery.
  • Wake Up Dead Man
    • The third Benoit Blanc mystery finds our famous detective taking on a locked-room mystery at a creaky old church
  • Luther: The Fallen Sun
    • DCI John Luther (well, former DCI) is back, out of prison and on the case of a deranged serial killer. Just another day in Luther land, then.

Fantasy Films

  • Bright
    • Will Smith tries to spin up a franchise about fantasy cretures living on Earth, but the cop movie that results falls very flat.
  • Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny
    • Hey, remember Crouching Tiger? That awesome wuxia epic of love, loss, and killer sword fights? Did you ever wonder why they never made a sequel? Well they did, and it sucked. Let's see why.
  • Damsel
    • A princess has to battle after getting betrayed by royalty in this fun, if flawed, action adventure.
  • The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
    • An eccentric Roald Dahl tale gets adapted by the ever eccentric Wes Anderson into a whimsical, strange, theatrical short.

Horror Films

  • Apostle
    • A man goes to an island to find his kidnapped sister. Waiting for him there, though, is a strange cult, a nature goddess, and a mystery that might just claim his very soul.
  • Army of the Dead
    • Zack Snyder does his Zack Snyder thing, for better and worse, in this original zombie property.
  • Blood Red Sky
    • A mother and son take a plane ride to hopefully cure her of a disease, only for things to go off the rails forcing her to fight monster without... and within.
  • Day Shift
    • Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco star in this silly, midling horroc-action-comedy flick.
  • Fear Street Part 1: 1994
    • There are killers on the loose, unstoppable and deadly, and they seem to want to kill a teen and all her friends. The question is why?
  • Fear Street Part 2: 1978
    • As our heroine searches for answers, the action goes back 16 years to show us a previous killing spree at a nearby camp.
  • Fear Street Part 3: 1666
    • The mystery deepens, and the answers seem to point to the first killer of Shadyside all the way back when the town was founded...
  • Fear Street: Prom Queen
    • This franchise extension adds another killing spree to the history of Shadyside, but doesn't really do much for the overarching story.
  • Velvet Buzzsaw
    • Art people are so weird, right? So what if you juxatapose a horror movie against the hoity-toity art world? I guess that's a setup that someone wanted to explore.

Sci-Fi Films

  • Anon
    • In a future where everyone has implants that record everything they see and hear, what happens when people find ways to spoof the feeds?
  • ARQ
    • A man gets attacked by bandits in his home and has to try and fend them off, except the day is also looping and he only has so much time to set it all right.
  • Atlas
    • A woman has to go across the universe to fight the evil A.I. that killed her mom (and a good chunk of humanity) in this half-baked sci-fi film.
  • The Cloverfield Paradox
    • A group of scientists work on a space station to try and prevent the Earth's energy crisis. But a series of incredibly stupid events derail all their plans.
  • In the Shadow of the Moon
    • A cop is on thee hunt for a serial killer, one that he thought he'd killed years earlier, but decade after decade she keeps showing up, almost as if my magic or some kind of freaky science.
  • Rebel Moon: Part One - A Child of Fire
  • Rebel Moon: Part Two - The Scargiver
    • Snyder continues his (supposed) epic with a sequel long on battles but short on characters you can care about.
  • See You Yesterday
    • Two teenagers travel through time to prevent the death of their friend in this fun, African-American-led production.
  • Stowaway
    • Three crew memebers head off on a mission to Mars, only to find a fourth hidden on the ship, leading to a moral dilemma about who should live or die so that the ship has enough resources to support the rest of the crew.
  • The Titan
    • Earth is dying. To save humanity, a new kind of human is needed. Enter genetic engineering. Let's explore this movie and see if the astronauts it invents are really up to the task.
  • The Wandering Earth
    • The biggest blockbuster China has ever produced, this film proposes a future where the only way to save teh Earth is to blast it out into space, like a giant spaceship. It's... not really a great idea.
  • War Machine
    • Army ranger trainees get caught up in an alien invasion in what was supposed to be just a routine final exam.

Marvel Television on Netflix

  • Daredevil (NFLX 01)
    • When a shadowy cabal threatens NYC, a masked vigilante has to suit up to fight for what's right, no matter what.
  • Jessica Jones: Season 1 (NFLX 02)
    • Haunted by demons from her past, Jessica Jones works as a private eye, keeping her head down... until her literal demon comes back to haunt her once more.
  • Daredevil: Season 2 (NFLX 03)
    • New gangs move into the vacuum left by the downfall of the Kingpin, and Daredevil has to battle them by night while working by day to defend the seemingly indefensible: the Punisher.
  • Luke Cage: Season 1 (NFLX 04)
    • Back in Harlem, Luke Cage just wants to keep his head down and avoid the hero life. But the universe always seems to have a way of ruining his best laid plans.
  • Iron Fist: Season 1 (NFLX 05)
    • Returning to NYC after the whole world thought he was dead, Danny Rand wants to take back over his family's business all while keeping a secret... his powerful iron fist.
  • The Defenders (NFLX 06)
    • The street-level heroes of NYC are forced to work together to battle against the evil Hand in this crossover that should have been better than what we actually got.
  • The Punisher: Season 1 (NFLX 07)
    • Spinning out of Daredevil, Frank Castle is a man on a questt for revenge. But can he get his pound of flesh without hurting the allies he's somehow made along the way?
  • Jessica Jones: Season 2 (NFLX 08)
    • Jessica is back, and now known as a vigilante hero. But mysteries from her past threaten to topple the unease balance she's trying to find in her life.
  • Luke Cage: Season 2 (NFLX 09)
    • Now something of a celebrity, Luke gets to enjoy his life in Harlem, right up until powerful gangs move in seeking to take over and shove him out of the limelight.
  • Iron Fist: Season 2 (NFLX 10)
    • Danny works at night as the Iron Fist, but when another monk from back East comes to town, Danny's life as the mystical protector may suddenly come to an end.
  • Daredevil: Season 3 (NFLX 11)
    • After being seriously injured in the battle against the Hand, Matt has a crisis of faith, unsure if he wants to be himself or just the Daredevil. But the return of the Kingpin may force him to make a decision, and fast.
  • The Punisher: Season 2 (NFLX 12)
    • Frank is back, working in Michigan and keeping a low profile. But a girl on the run from Russian gangster may force him to pick up the guns, and his skull logo, to fight for some kind of justice once more.
  • Jessica Jones: Season 3 (NFLX 13)
    • Jessica is now working as something of a hero, helping people in need. But when she finds that her adopted sister, Trish, also now has powers, and is abusing them, Jessica has to decide what's right, and what she can do to help.

Comedy Series

  • American Vandal
    • A (fictional) true-crime series about outcast kids and crimes at their school. When a serial vandal strike, the show is there to ask the hard-hitting question: "Who did the dicks?"
  • Arrested Development
    • This is the story of a television show too smart and funny for the time it came out in, and the creators and producers that wouldn't let it die even after it being off the air for years and years.
  • Disenchantment
    • After The Simpsons and Futurama, fans of Matt Groening were dying to find out what genre he'd tackle next. And the answer was: Fantasy. We explore the series to see what works and what might need improvement.
  • The Joel McHale Show with Joel McHale
    • After the cancellation of The Soup, Joel McHale took his clip-show format to Netflix to take another stab at a regular series. Sadly, it only lasted one season. Let's explore the show to see what happened and why it didn't catch on.
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000
  • Teenage Bounty Hunters
    • Two teenage twins, Blair and Sterling, get mixed up with a bounter hunter, Bowser, and end up finding a real knack for catching criminals on the run in this lighthearted action-comedy.

Drama Series

  • Cobra Kai
    • Years after the original films we join back up with the Karate Kid 'verse, but this time with Cobra Kai bad-boy Johnny in a lead role as he gets him life together and restarts the rival dojo.
  • The Gentlemen
    • A reinvention of the Guy Ritchie film of the same name, this series follows a duke as he's suddenly thrust into the deep end of the criminal world.
  • GLOW
    • Back in the 1980s there was women's wrestling league called the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling, or GLOW for short. This semi-fictional series explores that league, and we review it to see if really packs a punch.
  • House of Cards
    • In 2013 Netflix launched a slate of original content, with his Kevin Spacey-starring political thriller in the pole position. A smash at launch, the show continued on through various evil plots and political machinations, but was hobbled in the end by the firing of Kevin Spacey (for being Kevin Spacey and doing all kinds of terrible things in his life). It continued on, so we take a look at the whole run to see how the show sends itself off.
  • Kaleidoscope
    • A group of criminals come together to pull off the heist to end all heists in a story told in a random, mixed up order.
  • The Last Kingdom
    • He is Uhtred, Son of Uhtred, and his adventures have moved permanently to Netflix after first debuting on BBC America. We take a dive into this historical epic about an English lord, raised by Danes, and watch to see if he ever reclaims his honor and his destiny.
  • Last Samurai Standing
    • In the waning days of the Samurai, a group of Japanese oligarchs put together a contest to find the greatest warrior. A contest... to the death.
  • The Lincoln Lawyer
    • Michael Connelly's lawyer shows up in a new series that somehow misses the spark of it's main character.
  • Mindhunter
    • Set in the 1970s (and after), this series follows a team at the FBI has they begin the construction of a new unit that would interview mass murderers (soon to be dubbed "serial killers" to figure out what drives them... and maybe use that knowledge to catch other killers.
  • The Queen's Gambit
    • We follow young Beth Harmon, and up-and-commer in the 1960s Chess world, as she works to become the next World Champion of Chess (while fighting her own demons).
  • Orange is the New Black
    • One of Netflix's first experiments with original content, OITNB focused on the lives and troubles of a group of women in a female prison. Although the series is still going strong, we only checked in on the first season and then never went back.
  • Secret City
    • Set in Australia, this series explores the political turmoil just under the surface of the government. But is the show tense and thrilling, or simply trying to do too much?

Fantasy Series

  • Castlevania
  • The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
  • Cursed
    • A young woman is thrust into the middle of a war between her people, the fae, and the humans when a mad religious sect starts killing all of her kind. But with the help of knights, a magical sword, and her own pluck, maybe she can reshape the Arthurian world.
  • Dead Boy Detectives
  • Dracula (2020)
    • Created by Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat (of Sherlock fame), this mini-series has a lot of spectacular ideas, solid production value, and a pretty great story. Like a lot of Gatiss/Moffat productions, though, it falls apart at the five-yard-line.
  • First Kill
    • It's young love and lesbian romance in this "Romeo and Juliette" tale of a vampire who falls in love with a vampire slayer.
  • The Haunting of Hill House
    • Years ago, a family moved into a spooky old house. Eight weeks later, most of the fled those very same walls. What happened at Hill House to drive a family away in terror? Let's find out.
  • Lucifer
  • Masters of the Universe: Revelation
    • When He-Man and Skeletor die in battle against each other the truth of He-Man's real identity comes out, sending Teela, the newly knighted "Master of Arms" off on her own journey away from the kingdom. But the magic of the realm needs help and Teela is the best hero for the job of restoring magic and saving the world.
  • The Sandman
    • Based on the comics by Neil Gaiman, this series works to adapt tha authors ethereal tales for the small-screen, with sometimes limited results.
  • Scott Pilgrim Takes Off
  • Twilight of the Gods
    • A woman watches her whole family get murdered by the thunder god, Thor, and vows to get her revenge in this adult animated series.
  • Warrior Nun
    • In the battle between good and evil, Heaven and Hell, one group stands between our world and total annihilation: the Catholic Church and their band of warrior nuns.
  • Wednesday
  • The Witcher

Sci-Fi Series

  • Altered Carbon
    • In the future people can live forever by switching skins, their souls and personalities installed on discs that move from body to body. But not everyone likes this immortality (that mostly benefits the rich, of course) and the very foundations of the future could quickly crumble.
  • Another Life
    • An alien artifact lands on Earth sending future-humanity into a real tizzy. Suddenly, the United Space Force throws a crew together to head to the alien homeworld, but their journey, and events on Earth, conspire to make the mission far more complicated than first expected.
  • Black Mirror
  • Cowboy Bebop
    • We groove through the galaxy following bounty hunters Jet Black, Spike Speigel, and Faye Valentine, in this live-action adaptation of the classic anime.
  • The Innocents
    • With so many superhero shows on television, it takes a lot for a new series to stand out, especially when it's based on an original concept. Does the YA series The Innocents do enough to stand out? Let's see.
  • Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous
    • Taking place parallel to Jurassic World, this show follows the first six campers ever to enjoy the delights of the camp attached to the park... right up until all hell breaks loose in the camp proper.
  • Maniac
    • Set in a trippy not-quite future but not quite retro version of our world, we follow two damaged people, Owen and Annie, as they seek help (or maybe just a quick fix) from a weird new drug study.
  • Stranger Things
  • Umbrella Academy
    • When a whole group of children are all spontaneously born on the same day (to women who, before that day, weren't pregnant at all), one might say it's a little weird. Or you could be a rich industrialist and purchase seven of the kids to raise as your own. Why? So they can be superheroes and save the world, of course.

Reality TV and Specials

  • Attack of the Hollywood Cliches
    • Rob Lowe takes us through a shallow and joyless look at various Hollywood recurring bits.
  • Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend
    • The Chairman returns with a new set of Iron Chefs and a new challenge: best all the Iron Chefs and become his "Iron Legend".
  • Queer Eye
    • A revival of the makeover show, this series looks to help men (and women) reinvent themselves via the care and assistance of five gay men. Does the new series compare to the original? Let's find out.
  • Steve Martin and Martin Short: An Evening You Will Forget for the Rest of Your Life
    • A comedy special with two legends of the industry (and long-time friends) sharing the stage? Heck yeah, we'll check that out.

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