On the hunt for yet another worthwhile Netflix binge watch? Now’s the time to check out Season 1 of the the acclaimed series Dead to Me because the streamer just announced that the show will return for its second season on May 8, 2020! From creator Liz Feldman, the black comedy is a performance showcase for Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini, with Applegate scoring a Golden Globe nomination, Emmy nomination and a SAG nomination for her performance as Jen. She’s a recently widowed real estate agent with two kids who opts to join a support group to help …
This is a review of the first three episodes of HBO's McMillions. At first glance, James Lee Hernandez and Brian Lazarte's HBO documentary series McMillions seems like it will be a fun true-crime romp. You've got an easy-to-understand crime—people defrauding the McDonald's Monopoly game—and colorful characters like loquacious and gregarious FBI agent Doug Matthews. The direction is slick and stylish, and it seems like it will be a good time to untangle how the mysterious "Uncle Jerry" defrauded this popular contest. However, by the time you reach the end of the …
Netflix is looking to make up for the lack of home video releases for its original films by releasing a series of robust looks at the making of some of this year’s major Oscar contenders online. Aside from the lack of a significant theatrical release for its films, another one of the major drawbacks to a “Netflix Original Film” is the fact that Netflix doesn’t release its movies on Blu-ray or DVD. That means no audio commentaries, no feature-length making-of documentaries, and no robust bonus features. Which is a shame, because as a young film-…
FXX has released the first trailer for Archer Season 10, which is titled Archer: 1999 and moves the animated show firmly into science-fiction territory. The Alien-influenced new season finds everyone’s favorite detective crew aboard a spacecraft, interacting with aliens and getting into all kinds of new shenanigans. This anthology-like approach to the series began with Archer: Dreamland, which put the viewer inside Archer’s head as he was laid up in a coma. Subsequent seasons, including last year’s Danger Island and this year’s Archer: 1999, still take place inside Archer’s head, and thus …