In a current world where everything is isolated due to a global pandemic, there’s something quite thrilling about watching movies where people are in isolation attempting to break out. Such is the case with Sputnik, a thrilling piece of sci-fi from Russia, which takes the creature feature to new heights. Much of Sputnik was a
It is nice when your faith in a show, however small, is rewarded. The Umbrella Academy’s first season contained a myriad of interesting elements that never cohered into anything truly superlative. Thank goodness a time jump injected some personality and life into the show as the second season is truly a delight. Building upon the
The Emmy nominations were announced today and naturally there was a lot to talk about. Netflix led the field with a whopping 160 nominations. Here are my key takeaways from the Emmy nomtinations. The Good Black women are all up and through the acting nominations. There’s at least one Black woman nominated in every acting
When I looked back at my list of shows to start working on this piece, I was honestly surprised at how far we’ve come. Not just because of the fact 2020 has been 100 years long, but the breadth of shows released was really interesting. I had a harder than usual time narrowing down my
The first day of Comic Con is over. There was and still is lots to cover but I thought I’d type up some news that happened in a fun summary every night. Amazon is hosting a virtual “offsite” with lots of interactive things and a full suite of cosplay interviews tomorrow. Oscar Isaac is apparently
Upload checks off so many of my TV watch boxes! Greg Daniels, a fantastic and diverse cast, kind of macabre humor and wild fantasy played as normal. It’s rare to find a show that’s supposed to make humorous jokes about the afterlife, but ends up telling really poignant truths about the state of the world