Animals… a rather odd title for a film about Ben Affleck‘s Mark Kimball, who’s finding it’s rather expensive to run for mayor in his city, but a situation develops where he’ll need even more, because …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of BELOW on NETFLIX!
Below opens in Newfoundland, 1986, where young Calvin Penney and his family are transporting everything they’ve got for a new life. However, this also includes their house, during which… hang on, why would you transport …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of EAST OF EDEN on NETFLIX!
East of Eden packs a lot of exposition into the opening episode, telling us how Cyrus Trask’s (Tracy Letts – Ghostbusters: Afterlife) first wife – and mother to Adam (Christopher Abbott – Wolf Man) – …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of A DIFFERENT WORLD (2026) on NETFLIX!
A Different World (2026) reboots Lisa Bonet’s sitcom, which spawned from The Cosby Show, back from when Bill Cosby was still popular and not… well, everyone knows that story. I’d forgotten about any other characters …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of THE SCANDAL on NETFLIX!
The Scandal is one of those South Korean Netflix dramas where the number of episodes almost reach double figures, yet about three would’ve been enough. In a world where everyone wears silly big hats indoors, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MINERVA ACADEMY on NETFLIX!
Minerva Academy is what happens when an Italian military academy blends with Beverly Hills 90210. Well, and a bit of Full Metal Jacket, since they’re woken in the middle of the night to do training, …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of CREW GIRL on NETFLIX!
Crew Girl tells the tale of Teagan Tao (Miku Martineau – Bet), who’s hot but a bit of a loveable klutz. Her Dad defrauded people out of millions of dollars, did a runner and left …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MR T: I PITY THE FOOL! on NETFLIX!
Mr T: I Pity The Fool! is part of Netflix’s Untold strand… but it only tells us things that are already public knowledge. When I first heard about a documentary coming up, given how Mr …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of MY BRILLIANT CAREER on NETFLIX!
My Brilliant Career is Netflix’s adaptation for Miles Franklin‘s best known novel of the same name, released in 1901. Set the year before, in Australia, young lady Sybylla Melvyn (Philippa Northeast) comes to Caddagat, a …
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My BRUTALLY HONEST REVIEW of RICKY GERVAIS’ ALLEY CATS on NEFTLIX!
Alley Cats is Ricky Gervais‘ return to the small screen, in which he appears alongside a group of his friends in animated feline form. Just so you know which page I’m on, it’s been a …
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