With a world premiere at Sundance on January 28, 2020 an 84% Rotten Tomatoes score on 95 reviews, comes a movie directed by Greg Barker (Manhunt, Homegrown: The Counter-Terror Dilemma) and screenplay by Craig Borten. If you are saying, “who?” that’s OK, I’m with you. Charismatic and complex, Sergio Vieira de Mello (Wagner Moura) has … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Sergio (2020) – Netflix
The number of new(er) releases hitting VOD is multiplying and growing. Check out the list above in red with 8 of 9 titles released on various streaming channels. As for the “limited” theater releases that I’ve remarked before are (too often) difficult to locate, maybe when the pandemic passes, we’ll be in a world where … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Never Rarely Sometimes Always (VOD)
Billed as a sci-fi/horror hybrid, this one seems like right in my movie genre interest. It originally screened at Cannes in 2019 and released in Ireland, UK and United States on March 27, 2020 (in what limited theaters are open, I guess) as well as VOD simultaneously(?) it seems. It stars Imogen Poots as Gemma … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Vivarium
An anthology TV series based on paintings? My immediate thought was Rod Serling’s Night Gallery. No, this is not a reboot of that series (although I’d be in favor of that, someone, anyone), this is something else … (Sidenote: this is the first FIRST LOOK on a TV Series and not a new movie coming … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Tales From The Loop (TV Series) – Amazon
Netflix surprised me with the very good … Klaus⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ … an animated film in December, and that wasn’t the only one in the can. Now, we get the hard to spell name and long-necked family known as The Willoughbys. Convinced they’d be better off raising themselves, the Willoughby children hatch a sneaky plan to send … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: The Willoughbys (2020) – Netflix
With theaters shut down and many new Netflix Original movies being released in April 2020, we’re going to FIRST LOOK profile some of the original streaming releases in the interim. First up: Coffee & Kareem. While police officer James Coffee (Ed Helms) enjoys his new relationship with Vanessa Manning (Taraji P. Henson), her beloved 12-year-old … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Coffee and Kareem (2020) – Netflix
These reality movies where the camera is supposedly catching “real” reactions leave me a bit detached. I have a hard time believing in the reactions. They work better in a reality TV show format, I guess. Not saying this movie won’t be hilarious, but this particular genre I have a hard time staying in the … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Bad Trip
Disney has pushed back the release date of Mulan. At a budget exceeding $200 million (take that, $100 million club, see: $100+ Million Movie Budgets Are Stupid) this is the most expensive live action Disney film ever by a female director. They need to get it right in this current environment where the NBA has shut … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Mulan
Check out the box art. A+ to the designer behind that. This is one of the most famous music-related plane crashes in history. It’s up there with Buddy Holly and Ozzy’s plane crash that took the life of Randy Rhoads and others. Artimus Pyle is one of the few survivors of the fateful plane crash … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Street Survivors – The True Story of the Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash
Rated R. Chris Rock starring in a Saw movie? No, I wasn’t aware that comedian Rock even liked horror, much less would create a story for a sequel in the Saw series, but it’s true and happening and coming soon. For starters, it’s releasing in May rather than October, and it stars two actors you … Continue reading FIRST LOOK: Spiral: From the Book of Saw
