Black Mirror season five dropped last week, and we always have a great time talking about the show, even when we weren’t completely wowed by an episode. See below for a conversation about Black Mirror: Striking Vipers. (Warning, spoilers below.)
Netflix continues its massive reign of dropping great new original-content shows. Almost monthly now it seems, always something new and completely different. This month their big drop was The Umbrella Academy, based on the Dark Horse Comics series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá. The plot revolves around a dysfunctional family of adopted sibling superheroes who
For the past few years I’ve watched all the Oscar-nominated Documentary Shorts, officially because they’re timely and important films to watch. Unofficially it’s because they’re short, and I can knock out a whole category in an evening. This year, though, it might’ve been better to space them out: they’re well-made, intelligent, and often beautiful, but
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Can we just say for the record that if you’ve attended a convention and been bitterly disappointed, you have our sympathies. THAT BEING SAID, grab some popcorn, because in the wake of the Fyre Festival documentaries (which we adored) we’re going
Next up in reviews of Oscar-nominated films, guest writer Jordan Lynn Maitlen has a look at Netflix and the Coen Brother’s The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. “Pan-shot!” ~The Banker The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a series of 6 western stories wrapped into a full length movie directed by the Coen Brothers, who did The
The nominations for the 2019 Oscars have been announced! See below for the full list, including links to movie reviews we’ve already posted. Check back often, as we’ll update the list with even more reviews to come.
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! So did you watch Haunting of Hill House, or did you skip it and wonder what the fuss was about? Did you love all of it, or did you recognize the parts that were deeply flawed? Did you enjoy the ending,
Continuing our quest to catch up with the possible Oscar nominations, guest writer Jerome looks at Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma. A story that chronicles a year in the life of a middle-class family’s maid in Mexico City in the early 1970s. I can easily understand why this may not be for some people, however Alfonso Cuarón’s
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! It only took a year and a half (well, close to two years), but Kathryn finally took Elizabeth’s suggestion and watched the 2017 movie “Get Out.” First impressions: very weird movie. The discussion about just how weird it was includes mentions