NOTE: Here is my review from Soda & Telepaths that was posted back on April 13th, 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S01E03 Review and Recap
NOTE: Here is my review from Soda & Telepaths that was posted back on April 8th, 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S01E02 Review and Recap
NOTE: Here is my review from Soda & Telepaths that was posted back on March 31st, 2021
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier S01E01 Review and Recap
NOTE: Here is my review from Soda & Telepaths that was posted back on March 24th, 2021
About The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a Disney+ series set in the Marvel Cinematic universe, six months after the events of Avengers: Endgame. This six-episode miniseries aired the first episode on March 19th, meaning we have new Friday night appointment television now that WandaVision’s finished
Blood Moon (2021) – Blood Moon Rising
NOTE: Here is my review from Soda & Telepaths that was posted back on March 22, 2021
The Into the Dark series is a monthly anthology on Hulu centered around the idea of holidays. Every month a new film would be released around some random holiday, this has been the way things were since October of 2018… until, ya know, the plague happened and they took a break between August 2020 and Jan of this year. Well, now it’s March and Into the Dark is back with another holiday film, in this case, inspired by the Spring Full Moon, Blood Moon.
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The Tragedy Of Macbeth (2022) – The Scottish Film
Released: 14th January
Seen: 19th February
If one were to take a wild guess at who was the most frequently performed and adapted writer in history, chances are good your first guess would be Shakespeare and you would more than likely be right. His work is incredibly malleable and easy to adapt into anything you want. His works can be turned into cartoons about a pride of lions (Lion King = Hamlet), it can be a fun 90s romcom (10 Things I Hate About You = Taming Of The Shrew) or it can be a classic Hollywood musical (West Side Story = Romeo & Juliet).
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Lucky (2021) – Luck Repeats Itself
NOTE: Here is my review from Soda & Telepaths that was posted back on March 2, 2021
Lucky starts with a premise that’s slowly growing more familiar with every passing usage of it. May (Brea Grant) is a self-help author living with her partner, Ted (Dhruv Uday Singh), and having what could be considered a relatively comfortable life when suddenly a man breaks into their home.
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Spencer (2022) – Better Than The Musical
Released: 20th January
Seen: 14th February
Telling the story of the life of Princess Diana is never going to be easy, in part because she was one of the most well documented human beings in history thanks to the paparazzi who were ultimately implicated in her death but also because her story is ultimately one of utter tragedy, she’s a Disney Princess who was overwhelmed by the harsh reality and eventually torn down by the very glamorous lifestyle that nobility promised.
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The Lost Daughter (2021) – Found It
Released: 31st December 2021
Seen: 13th February 2022
In 2006, the Italian novel La figlia oscura by Elena Ferrante was released. Eventually translated in 2008, the book got the English title of The Lost Daughter. This year at the Oscars the film adaptation of this would only receive three nominations, two for acting and one for the screenplay which honestly feels like a lot less than it deserves but considering the material, they’re definitely the best categories for a film like this.
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Belfast (2022) – Bel-slow
Released: 3rd February
Seen: 11th February
In August of 1969, there was a series of riots in Belfast that started a 30 year conflict colloquially known as “The Troubles” or the Northern Ireland Conflict. Without going into detail (cos I suck at history), the short version is that it was effectively a civil war between Catholics and Protestants that made life hard for those caught in the middle… one of those people was a young Kenneth Branagh who was only 9 when his family left Ireland and moved to England in order to escape from The Troubles.
When you live through something like that and grow up to be an influential filmmaker like Kenneth did, it feels inevitable that you might turn that period of your life into a film at some point and with Belfast, Kenneth did exactly that… so god it’s going to be awkward to say I’m on the fence on this one.
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