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May 22, 2018May 22, 2018

CARGO [Movie Review]: Zombies Are the Windows to the Soul.

It’s a shame that Netflix spoiled a key moment for Cargo in the trailer. All you need to know about the film is Martin Freeman is trying to protect his infant daughter from zombies in the Australian wilderness. The film is based on a 2013 short also by Australian filmmakers Ben Howling and Yolanda Ramke …

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April 18, 2018

LOST IN SPACE [Series Review]: Not Lost; Just Meandering…

There is a moment in the second or third episode of Netflix's remake of the 1965 series Lost In Space where mother Maureen Robinson (Molly Parker) and father John Robinson (Toby Stephens) take control of the Jupiter 2, and maneuver it through a collapsing ice cave, using the last of their fuel reserves to escape …

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March 28, 2018March 28, 2018

WONDERCON 2018 [Pilot / Panel Reviews]: Lost In Space / Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

A FIRST LOOK AT NETFLIX'S LOST IN SPACE (Saturday) - Having never watched the original series (boooooooo!!! Moody, you suck!!!), my expectations for the pilot were low heading in. What I did know from early teasers and trailers is that fans of the 50+ year Irwin Allen franchise were disappointed in the 2018 reimagining's lack …

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March 15, 2018March 15, 2018

JESSICA JONES [Season 2 Review]: No Villains Allowed.

"Pastor" KEVIN PALMA: Here we go again: Netflix. Marvel. Phase 2. Jessica Jones kicks off the post-Defenders party with her second season, though to call a season of Jessica Jones a party is analogous to calling Jessica a well-adjusted, social person with healthy coping mechanisms for the stresses of her life. This season hammers that …

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February 23, 2018February 23, 2018

MUTE [Review]: Sex Robots and Sea Horses.

I wrote an article ages ago, sometime after Moon in 2009 and Source Code in 2011 but long before the 2016 release of Warcraft, which teased writer and director Duncan Jones' vision for Mute. At the time, all we had was a handful of concept art and some story ideas. Jones had envisioned making Mute …

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February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

ALTERED CARBON [Series Review]: Harbinger War.

Seeing how I never dived into (or, sadly, never even heard of) Richard K. Morgan's 2002 sci-fi novel up until now, I really had no idea what to expect going into Netflix's latest venture, Altered Carbon. But what I binge-watched over this past Super Bowl weekend was a visually attractive 10-hours that stimulated the mind …

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