Netflix Reviews

Imagine a world where billionaires decided who ran countries. Where Elon Musk could pay for a death squad to kill Bashar al-Assad and install whoever he wanted in his place. Where Mark Zuckerberg could send…

When Netflix released the first A Christmas Prince, its success seemed to take even the streaming giant itself by surprise. To the 53 people who've watched A Christmas Prince every day for the past 18…

Anyone that is familiar with Noah Baumbach’s work would know that Marriage Story isn’t necessarily breaking new ground. He’s made his career on telling family dramas about individuals in metropolitan areas, specifically New York. Most…

‘Tis the season for typical Christmas movies in which there is always a lead male and female that are destined to fall in love. Of course, before the happy ending can be achieved, something bad…

When it comes to movies, it’s been a particularly good year for me. I don’t expect to come across another year quite like it any time soon. The magic started at the end of May…

As someone who pines for the days of hand-drawn animation, I’ve watched for updates on Sergio Pablos’ Klaus like a hawk. Pablos, a former Disney animator, has worked on this film for the better part…

American Son is listed by Netflix as a “Television Event” which feels like a pre-emptive defense about its un-cinematic look. Adapted from writer Christopher Demos-Brown‘s own play, the film takes place entirely within a Miami police station…

Whichever side of the political spectrum you reside on, the unequal distribution of wealth should concern you. But the solution to this is anything but clearcut. Sometimes it seems that the ultimate answer to this…

Eddie Murphy is a comedy legend whose greatness is often spoken about in the past tense. A comedic descendant from the likes of Richard Pryor and Redd Foxx, he kickstarted his cinematic career with the…

Fractured is from the writer of such cinematic milestones as Ballistic: Ecks vs Sever, Wrong Turn 5, and The Marine 4, which is the third sequel to a movie starring a wrestler that isn’t The Rock, and doesn’t…

As a huge fan of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, I was admittedly nervous about El Camino. Jesse Pinkman’s ending in Breaking Bad was a satisfying conclusion to a beloved character. So, when I…

From The Mind Of Stephen King… …is no guarantee of cinematic quality. For every Stand By Me or Misery, there’s a Pet Sematary or /shudders Maximum Overdrive. So where does this adaptation of King and Joe Hill’s In The…

In hindsight, Netflix’s Between Two Ferns: The Movie was probably inevitable. Writer-director Scott Aukerman has basically cornered the market on the Fake Talk Show (apologies to Eric Andre). He co-created the hit Zach Galifianakis-hosted web…

In July, Netflix released Secret Obsession, the streaming service’s take on a Lifetime movie. It….did not go well. The cast was weak, the story was not engaging, and it missed the whole point of a good…

Sextuplets is the latest comedy released by Netflix. In a similar manner to The Nutty Professor and Norbit, the gimmick of this movie is that one actor plays multiple characters, several of whom are female. Starring…

Netflix can be a new route for films to reach an audience, a new distributor for good work that might not have the commercial pull to reach a deserved level of people in cinemas. Too…

“Last year, data surpassed oil in value!” These are the words of Brittany Kaiser, one of the people of interest within The Great Hack. In a time where almost everybody has a smartphone full of…

At 32 minutes, Frankenstein’s Monster’s Monster, Frankenstein is the shortest contender for this year’s academy award. It is the masterpiece of David Harbour III, the talented actor known solely for his role in Hellboy (2019).…

I’ve always been a fan of action-thrillers that involve corrupt cops. From Filth and Lakeview Terrace to Training Day and The Departed. The trailer for Point Blank suggests that it will follow the budding bromance…

Despite its availability on Netflix and a star-studded cast — including Terence Stamp, Gemma Arterton and Luke Evans — none of my distinguished MovieBabble colleagues wanted to review Murder Mystery. And who can blame them?…

Netflix has been churning out documentary after documentary, and Life Overtakes Me is the latest. With a relatively short runtime of just 40 minutes, it follows several refugee families living in Sweden. Each of these…

Netflix’s new romantic comedy offering, Always Be My Maybe, is a story written by its stars: real-life friends Randall Park, and Ali Wong. According to interviews the two have done in support of this film,…

Not every film has to ring with greatness in order to be enjoyed. Explosions, high-speed chases, and edge-of-your-seat suspense suffice for many action movies, though they may lack deep significance. Rim of the World is one…

The Perfection reportedly received rave reviews at its screening at Fantastic Fest and was described as being both “elegant” and “terrifying.” Such acclaims naturally piqued my interest. I hadn’t seen the trailer beforehand, and I…

When a time travel movie actively courts Back To The Future comparisons, then either the makers know they have something special or they’re horribly deluded. Fortunately, See You Yesterday is the former. With Spike Lee acting as a…

Look I’ll be honest, the only movie I’m remotely excited about is HBO’s Deadwood, the long-awaited return of one of the greatest TV shows ever created. Anything else just looks mildly amusing in comparison. But…

I finally settled a personal vendetta by sitting down to watch Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile. I grew increasingly frustrated after striking out on three screenings of the film at Sundance back in January,…

It’s always worth noting what a new Netflix film means in the larger scope of the company. With the service essentially at saturation levels here in the U.S., the only way to expand is through…

Netflix is having a big 2019 in terms of quantity, but their quality seems to be lacking. They have been good about releasing a new film pretty much every single week. Unfortunately (for us), those…

In a time where the revisionist Western (and even the revisionist-revisionist Western) are typical the only stories of the West getting the green light, The Highwaymen goes in the opposite direction, preferring a classical approach…

Companies that don’t have access to delicious sources of IP such as Marvel or DC comics have to get inventive in creating blockbuster films. We’ve seen countless failures as a result, some have which have…

One can’t but help but feel some kind of pity for The Silence. After the book of the same name hit shelves back in 2015, the film adaptation was immediately put into pre-production, with Stanley…

As our fearless leader Nick Kush noted, The Perfect Date seems like the perfect movie for me. For those of you who have been tagging along on my MovieBabble journey thus far, you would have…

Some people say movies like Napoleon Dynamite,  Juno, or pretty much anything by Wes Anderson, are quirky for the sake of being quirky. That they try too hard to be whimsical, and “different.” The people…

When you come across a movie with a $2-$3 million budget in the United States, you would expect it to be something that A24 spits out that has actors you’ve never seen before in an…

It’s no secret that Netflix wants to dominate the streaming market on a global scale. Especially with Disney+ and Apple TV+ on the horizon, they’re in a bit of a scramble to capture as much…

Although Netflix will push the Bird Boxes and the Kissing Booths of the world until this Earth of ours hurdles into the sun, I admire their ability to find interesting foreign films and plop them…

Triple Frontier had me feeling a bit nostalgic for a time when the crime thriller reigned over everything else in Hollywood. A few decades ago, when an A-lister was looking for a big-time project, they…

Many of our best actors want to take the next leap in their artistic journeys and become directors, to tell their own stories and raise a new crop of talent along the way. As such,…

When watching a straight-to-Netflix movie that was never going to leave a theatrical imprint, where does one draw the line between holding high standards and simply allowing the film to wash over you as you…