Netflix Finds

In early 1950’s America, a summer camp for disabled teenagers was established in the rolling hills of upstate New York, just a hop, skip, and a jump down the road from the future Woodstock site. Little did the camp’s founders know that a couple of decades later their Camp Janed would become the  ...

Are you ready for it? Giant snakes.  Dazzling fireworks displays.  Confetti streamers.  Glitter everywhere.  Screaming fans who know every lyric.  And costume changes galore.  Heck, there are even choreographed dances that spin from dizzying heights in this barnburner of a stadium ...

Frank Castle is The Punisher! Well… almost. Marvel has been on a roll, the MCU is as strong as it has ever been, behind the most critically acclaimed film to date, Thor: Ragnarok, the studio has been on the up and up as ...

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Here’s a hot take, Stranger Things, is without a doubt, the most brilliant original Netflix series that currently exists. With a slew of numerous other magnificently scripted, brilliantly acted, and thematically astounding television shows, the period piece drama involving  ...

Thank the good lord himself you don’t live next to, on the same block, or anywhere in the vicinity of this dysfunctional family. Although, if you did, you might learn a thing or two, whether it’s how to successfully harbor a 35+ year grudge, or maintain a career as a second ...

I’ve been sitting on my response to Netflix’s Stranger Things for almost a month now.  By now, you’ve probably seen – or at least started the 8 episodes that make up its first season.  If you haven’t, shame on you.  You are missing out on something very special.  The  ...

Stephen Daldry has spent the last decade or so racking up Oscar nominations for his overly Oscar baiting dramas. He surrounds himself with talented casts who have secured multiple nominations. To date, of his films, every single one has netted an acting nomination for  ...

Seven years. It’s been seven long years since the Bluth family has been heard from. In those seven years, the United States - hell - the WORLD, has changed. I jumped on the Arrested Development bandwagon in 2008, after my boss at the bank dropped references to it. Back in ...

Perhaps it’s a little bit unfair to review a film that’s already quite adored by the public. On the one hand, anyone who has not seen Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind must be an anti-indie film sadist, or a detractor of the film’s essence due to it’s considerable hype. For me, ...

It’s safe to say that by the 2000s Jim Carrey had lost a lot of what made him so excellent in the 90s. Gone were his iconic characters as the actor attempted to breach the drama reef and took on serious roles that were hit or miss. Starting in 2000 with ...

B-movie horror films have always been popular, so long as I've been watching movies that is. When I was younger Freddy, Jason, and Michael Myers were the kings of horror. They possessed unique attributes and while the intelligence behind their plots was ...

Mel Gibson sucks. Note that well. Sucks. At one point he didn't. Take note of the year on this movie - 1999. At one point, after Y2K scares were over, something inside of Mel Gibson's head went off Manchurian Candidate style and assassinated his own career. As far as acting that is ...

If it came out in the 1970s or 1980s and it has John Carpenter's name on it, I'm probably going to love it. While the horror genre has always been a big money maker, and a constant production line of memorable and non-memorable thrills, I feel the 1980s  ...

Just a few weeks ago I reviewed Swimming with the Sharks, one of the best Kevin Spacey character films from the last 20 years. In that review, I referenced this very film, a far superior one, and lo and behold, Netflix adds it to the instant queue! Huzzah! ...

Just a few weeks ago I reviewed Swimming with the Sharks, one of the best Kevin Spacey character films from the last 20 years. In that review, I referenced this very film, a far superior one, and lo and behold, Netflix adds it to the instant queue! Huzzah! ...

During the 1990s, several once A-list actors took to the indie circuit. They lent their incredible star power to budding studios. These films were never going to be box office smashes. They'd have limited releases. But they were mostly quality films that hit on topics that ...

2011 was owned by Ryan Gosling. He put out two great films, and one near perfect film. The formers - The Ides of March and Crazy, Stupid, Love were typical for their genre, but bolstered by performances and solid screenplays. Gosling was a star before these films ...

There's very few things Robert Shaw ever did wrong, in my opinion. With iconic roles in A Man for All Seasons, The Deep, The Sting, and of course Jaws, Shaw solidified himself as the go to guy for the perfect villain or anti-hero. His Red Grant is still revered as one of the best ...

This week's Netflix Find is one that I would hope many of you are aware of. But everyday I find someone who has not seen this film. So here goes... Long before he put the cape and cowl on Christian Bale, Christopher Nolan was making solid, hardly noticed films ...

The 1990s belonged to Kevin Spacey. He may not have delivered blockbusters like some of the other top draws of the 90s, but what Spacey lacked in box office receipts, he more than made up for with thunderous applause from critics and audiences. While most of the 2000s ...