Archive for the 'Television' Category


The Titan Documentary

“Titan: The OceanGate Disaster” – Netflix trailer: https://rb.gy/2235z2 This was not the film I expected it to be, not the gory details of the explosion, but the choices and behaviors leading up to it. Sure, they show some of the retrieved detritus, but there are not panicked recordings… But you will be positively unnerved at […]

Families Like Ours

Netflix trailer: https://rb.gy/4kocqr I wanted “Families Like Ours” to be good, but I wasn’t expecting it to be one of the best series I’ve seen this year. I’ve been kind of on a losing streak. I want my series to be as good as a movie. Then again, how many mediocre movies did I go […]

Stick

Apple TV+ trailer: https://shorturl.at/dxkKf I’ll watch Owen Wilson in anything. He’s kind of like Howard Stern, self-deprecating, but even more lovable. And he’s got that smile/wink of the eye. Unfortunately he’s better than this predictable show, but that does not mean I didn’t enjoy it. I broke my cardinal rule of not watching anything week […]

Dept. Q

Netflix trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72hK6FUmm8o How does everybody know? My e-mail has been blowing up about this show starting on Thursday, the day it went live. And I did see reviews in some papers, but to think the success of this show is based on the usual hype is to believe the mainstream media is still in […]