Though the financial crimes of Bernie Madoff may feel distant from our current post-Trump era, the four-episode docuseries from Netflix present a strong case for its continued relevance. Featuring Emmy winner Joe Berlinger as director and executive producer, the series sheds light on the perplexing conditions that allowed Madoff to commit unrestrained fraud for years. Through multiple interviews including...
On Nov. 6, the series finale for AMC’s “Interview with the Vampire” was released, ending the first part of the twisted saga of love and gothic horror. With the full story of the season released, it became much easier to understand the angle the writers were going for and how it would all end.
In modern-day Dubai, Louis du Pointe...
In the three years since the release of the second season, fans have been eagerly waiting for the third season of “The Mandalorian'' to be released. Since the success of the first season, the show has garnered a broad fan base. Alongside longtime “Star Wars” fans, the show gained a new audience’s interest in the franchise. With the wide...
Netflix Korea’s latest series, “Squid Game,” is taking the world by storm as a strange and violent show whose ruthless and depressing atmosphere exposes a dark reality of our society. And this was specifically the intention of the writer and director, Hwang Dong-hyuk, who stated how he "wanted to write a story that was an allegory or fable about...
All the ingredients needed to make “Peter Pan & Wendy” a fun, swashbuckling adventure are present, but it fails to fully come across. Perhaps that is due to how often this story has been adapted for the screen. At a certain point, a level of creativity is needed to make it stand out from the rest, and this adaptation...
Audiences got their first look at a modern, live adaptation of DC Comics’ own scarlet speedster last year with CW’s “The Flash.” With superheroes dominating movie screens in recent years from both Marvel and DC Comics, “The Flash” broke out of the vast array of superheroes to bring us one of the best live-action adaptations of a comic book...
The nights of New York City are run amok with organized crime that ride or die in the drug business. That’s where the so called “Devil of Hell’s Kitchen,” the vigilante known as Daredevil, comes in. As a now successful attorney by day, Matt Murdock (Charlie Cox) balances the life of his normal day time occupation as a lawyer...
The 2013 marriage of game developers Naughty Dog and entertainment giant Sony Computer Entertainment spawned the phenomenal zombie-apocalypse game, “The Last of Us.” Inspired by the bleakness of Cormac McCarthy’s book, “The Road,” and the classic apocalyptic game “Resident Evil 4,” “The Last of Us” launched June 14, 2013, and was revered for its captivating narrative experience and tense...
One thing I’ve wanted more of in “Orphan Black” is interaction between Helena and Sarah (both played by Tatiana Maslany). It was intriguing in season one that Helena, who had been killing clones, had several opportunities to kill Sarah but didn’t take them. The reveal that they were twin sisters was just icing on the cake, giving them a...
With several of The CW’s TV superhero series wrapping up, “Stargirl” is a welcome addition to a DC library of shows that is consistently impressive.
The series premiere opens on a flashback sequence set 10 years in the past, introducing viewers to the Justice Society of America (JSA). The team, led by Starman (Joel McHale), are defeated in battle by...