The Agony of Choice: Is It Time To Limit Streaming Services for Our Own Good?

September 13, 2021 on Business, Featured, Ladder, Media, Technology by Mark Thompson

The Agony of Choice: Is It Time To Limit Streaming Services for Our Own Good?

September 13, 2021 on Business, Featured, Ladder, Media, Technology by Mark Thompson

It’s the streaming generation’s most enduring problem: there’s too much to watch, so there’s nothing to watch. Is it time for something drastic?

Fear Street Part 3: 1666 Brings It All Home

July 20, 2021 on Featured, Film Reviews, Society by James Jay Edwards

James Jay Edwards reviews Fear Street Part 3: 1666, the finale of the teen horror film series directed by Leigh Janiak, inspired by the R.L. Stine Fear Street books. (Netflix) 

Fear Street Part 2: 1978 Adds a Few More Pieces to the Puzzle

July 13, 2021 on Featured, Film Reviews, Society by James Jay Edwards

James Jay Edwards reviews Fear Street Part 2: 1978, a teen horror film series inspired by the R.L. Stine Fear Street books and directed by Leigh Janiak. (Netflix) 

Fear Street Part 1: 1994 Kicks Off The Fear Street Trilogy With Style

July 6, 2021 on Featured, Film Reviews, Society by James Jay Edwards

James Jay Edwards reviews Fear Street Part 1: 1994, a teen horror film based on the R.L. Stine Fear Street book series and directed by Leigh Janiak. (Netflix) 

Bingepocalypse Now: A Journey Into the Heart of Netflix

October 26, 2019 on Entertainment, Featured, Society by Maciej Radny

I went down the river Netflix in order to define it. I returned changed, fatigued, and understood by Michael Douglas. The horror.

With the Obamas on Board, a Left-Leaning Netflix Could Swing the 2020 Election

July 4, 2019 on Featured, Ladder, Media by TBS Muse

Despite data showing the opposite, Netflix has repeatedly denied that it leans to the left. Apparently, politics doesn’t enter into it. So, why did they give the Obamas a multi-project deal?

The Ritual: An Examination of Judgment and Escapism

February 8, 2019 on Featured, Film Reviews, Society by Jason Arment

Jason Arment reviews the Netflix horror movie The Ritual based on Adam Nevill’s novel involving a group of friends and their nightmarish trip through the woods.

The Kominsky Method: Michael Douglas’ Weird Netflix Flex

December 8, 2018 on Entertainment, Featured, Society by The Lesser Column

Looking for something meaty on Netflix to devour? Sample the insanity of The Kominsky Method.

Bodyguard: Netflix’s New Force Toes the Line Between Genius and Stupidity

November 17, 2018 on Entertainment, Featured, Society by The Lesser Column

Netflix’s Bodyguard wonderfully intersperses the British worlds of politeness and extreme violence in a manner that skirts the boundaries of genius.

Matt Groening’s New Show “Disenchantment” Is Worth Your Time

September 8, 2018 on Entertainment, Featured, Society by TBS Newsbot

Matt Groening has an impressive reputation to live up to. However, his follow-up to Futurama, Disenchantment now streaming on Netflix looks the goods.