Michael K Williams and Emilio Estevez in The Public While people might point to more controversial directors when they think about which filmmakers you either love or hate, personally there isn't a director quite like Emilio Estevez in completely avoiding the middle ground. His unique blend of factual and overtly sentimental direction often rubs people …
Continue reading Review: The Public (2020) – Left Out In The Cold
In recent years we have been hit with a wave of documentaries that in my opinion have had an incredibly damaging effect on people's idea of justice. How we perceive people accused of crimes has always been flexible, ebbing and flowing due to not only the facts on offer but also what other people are …
Continue reading Review: American Vandal Season 2 – Hit The Fan
In 2012 we were introduced to the first part in a series of shows we all came to consider the Arrowverse, a name we have clung to as it connects the four shows in its shared multiverse while also paying tribute to the show that started it all - Arrow. That isn't to say it …
Continue reading The Woes of Building A Universe – An Arrowverse Analysis Part 1
Plenty of time these days is devoted to discussing the idea that high brow storytelling is moving to the small screen and streaming services where there is more of a demand for complex storytelling and sprawling narratives. Maniac is such a series but in a way its a trilogy of films that never would have …
Continue reading Review: Maniac Season 1 (2018) – Connection Interrupted
When developing a character such as Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (John Krasinski) for the screen you have to be careful not to make him too capable or smart because he serves the role of everyman despite being able to foil terrorists and enemies of America while still being the guy you could go down the …
Continue reading Review: Jack Ryan Season 1 (2018) – Terrorism by Numbers
When we first meet June McDaniel (Sorcha Groundsell) all we know is shes a girl struggling with her fathers' overprotective nature, a girl struggling to be normal while under the thumb of someone else. What we come to know about June is that the word normal should never be used in the same sentence as …
Continue reading Review: The Innocents Season 1 (2018) – Inside, Looking Out
You might find yourself asking why review The OA at all. Firstly it came out at the end of 2016 with little advertising by Netflix at all almost as if they were trying to bury it, much like Amazon did with Zoe. Secondly its not a film, at least not in the conventional sense. Finally, …
Continue reading Looking Back: The OA Season 1 – Finding Strength Through Belief
The Sardonic Romantic 