They should have let Amanda Knox talk more. When she’s sitting there on screen, going through the details of what happened to her and describing the ordeal she went through, the latest true crime documentary that everyone will have an opinion about is insightful and engaging. The film is unabashedly Pro-Knox—-and really, how could...
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The “Rest” of Netflix: Episode 1
Netflix is really REALLY hoping that you dig its original programming, you guys. The cord-cutting catalyst recently cut its digital library by 30% as it continues to shift focus towards its original dramas like Orange is the New Black and less literally original programming like the amazing (seriously, watch it) Happy Valley. But, as...
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Last week saw Netflix drop the second season of a brilliant, critically acclaimed crime drama. Nope, not Daredevil. I’m talking about the outstanding Happy Valley. Adored by critics here and across the pond, the show has failed to catch on with American audiences the way programs like Broadchurch or The Fall have. If those...
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Season two of Daredevil dropped onto Netflix yesterday and I watched all 13 episodes in a binge. To the show’s credit, the time flew by pretty damn quickly. I was a huge fan of season one, being most impressed by Marvel finally willing to go a little darker. The characters were compelling, the fights...
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Netflix is both a wonderful and maddening service. It’s wonderful because there are so many options, so many categories—many of them oddly specific—that it always seems like you’ll be able to find something interesting to watch. You know the truth though. Nine out of ten times, you just sit there, scrolling through titles in...
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House of Cards has never been a great show. It doesn’t have nearly as much to say about politics or the nature of power as it thinks it does. At its best, it’s a classier version of Scandal; filled with backstabbing, long buried secrets coming to light, conspiracies, corruption, and murder. At it’s worst, it’s portentous,...
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*Note: I apologize for the terrible headline. Awful puns are a weakness of mine. I’m working on the problem in a 12-step program. Searching for a good movie on Netflix is a lot like crawling into the sewer and hunting for gold: it’s a disgusting, disheartening, painfully long process that almost always leaves...
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