April 7th 2019 Narrated by David Attenborough No. of episodes 8 Executive producers: Alastair Fothergill, Keith Scholey, Colin Butfield Production companies: Silverback Films, World Wide Fund for Nature NOTE: Attenborough, nearing 93 years of age, is limited to the role of narrator. However, he will not put his imprimateur on anything not up to his …
One Strange Rock produced by Nutopia in conjunction with Darren Aronofsky, National Geographic 2018 Hosted by: Will Smith, Astronauts: Chris Hadfield, Nicole Stott, Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Mae Jemison, Leland Melvin, Mike Massimino, Jerry Linenger, and Peggy Whitson. Hmm. American documentary hosted by Will Smith. That didn’t sound very promising. I know nothing of Smith the …
After Life Written and directed by Ricky Gervais Ricky Gervais Tony Tom Basden Matt Tony Way Lenny Diane Morgan Kath Mandeep Dhillon Sandy David Bradley Tony’s Dad Ashley Jensen Nurse Kerry Godliman Lisa Paul Kaye Psychiatrist Tommy Finnegan George Anti Brandy the Dog Penelope Wilton Anne Tim Plester Julian Joe Wilkinson Postman Roisin Conaty Roxy …
Love, Death and Robots Executive-producers: David Fincher and Tim Miller Other credits at link below. Each of the 18 episodes has its own director(s) and voice actors. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9561862/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm Back in the days when the Enter key was a lever on the side of the adding machine, there was Métal Hurlant, a French magazine that migrated …
How To Train Your Dragon 3 Directed by Dean DeBlois Produced by Bonnie Arnold & Brad Lewis Written by Dean DeBlois Based on How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell Starring Jay Baruchel, America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett, Craig Ferguson, F. Murray Abraham How To Train Your Dragon has been a major franchise since the …
Weird City Created by: Charlie Sanders & Jordan Peele Starring: Dylan O’Brien, Ed O’Neill, LeVar Burton, Rosario Dawson, Michael Cera, Mark Hamill, Laverne Cox, Sara Gilbert, Steven Yeun, Gillian Jacobs, Awkwafina, Yvette Nicole Brown, Auliʻi Cravalho Weird City is an interesting cross between Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror, and the Key and Peele Show. Indeed, Jordan …
Velvet Buzzsaw Directed by Dan Gilroy Produced by Jennifer Fox Written by Dan Gilroy Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen and John Malkovich First off, Velvet Buzzsaw is a slasher movie. That said, I’m going to be using all sorts of words you don’t …
Created by Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler Starring Natasha Lyonne, Greta Lee, Yul Vazquez, Charlie Barnett, Elizabeth Ashley There’s an overwhelming temptation to compare this series to Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day. In both, the central character is caught on a hamster wheel in which life resets to a certain point, one identified by …
Kingdom Based on Land of the Gods by Kim Eun Hee Written by Kim Eun-hee Directed by Kim Seong-hun Starring Ju Ji-hoon, Bae Doona, Ryu Seung-ryong Country of origin South Korea You could almost believe you were watching an Akira Kurosawa film. Mystery lies in the minutiae, horror in hints, suspense in speckles. Mixed in …
Note: This review was written in late 2017 for Electric Review. John, perhaps because of unfamiliarity with the series, elected not to run this one, presumably because Electric Review is aimed at a more sophisticated readership. I happened across it while looking for something else on my backup drive, and decided it would be suitable …