What’s Fresh in Crime Documentaries
Ally Zacek, Design Editor
May 29, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist For all true crime aficionados, there is nothing more satisfying than solving the crime faster than the documentary unfolds. Diving into “Evil Genius,” however, is unlike any other true crime series. In this original Netflix f...
What’s Fresh on Netflix
Lacey Latch, Arts and Life Editor
May 7, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
Kodachrome It’s slightly ironic that a film that is named after the photo development system Kodachrome, essentially revering print photography, is streaming online, a testament to the ways in which we now use technology. “Kodachrome” is set in the final few days of Kodachrome’s existence as a...
What’s Fresh on Netflix
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
April 16, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
A Series of Unfortunate Events The highly anticipated second season of the adaptation of the beloved children’s book series was recently released on Netflix. The show, just like the books, follows the tragic lives of the three Baudelaire children after their parents die in a mysterious fire and ...
Film review: “Game over, Man!” is for “Workaholics” fans
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
April 2, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life
They were a staple of Comedy Central for seven years as the stars and creators of “Workaholics,” a show that followed the antics of three slacker best friends. Now, Adam Devine, Blake Anderson and Anders Holm, three of the four members of the comedy group Mail Order Comedy, celebrate the releas...
The case for in-theater viewing of “Annihilation”
Garret Neal, Staff Writer
February 27, 2018
Filed under Art, Arts/Life, Film & TV
The United States is one of the three markets, the others being China and Canada, that actually gets the opportunity to see “Annihilation” in theaters. Paramount chickened out on the film and sold it to Netflix to save some face, so the rest of the world will get the film 17 days after its theatric...
Netflix comedy puts dark twist on rom-com tropes
Allie Odell, Contributing Writer
January 22, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
"End of the F***ing World" is a British dark-comedy television series based on the book "End of the Fucking World" by Charles S. Forsman. It originally aired in the United Kingdom in 2017 but recently aired internationally on Netflix this month. The plot follows two discontented teenagers, James (Alex L...
What’s fresh on Netflix
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
January 8, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
Peaky Blinders This often overlooked period drama set in Birmingham, England after World War I has recieved immense critical acclaim over the course of its four seasons so far. Often described as the middle ground between "Downton Abbey" and "Boardwalk Empire", this show is the perfect choice for people...
The divide in “Black Mirror”
Mackenzie Murtaugh, Copy Editor
January 8, 2018
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
A spoiler alert is necessary, as many plot points and endings will be discussed and analyzed from here on out. The fourth season of Netflix’s British smash hit “Black Mirror” premiered on Dec. 29, 2017 to vivid reactions by fans. Viewers prepared by rewatching the past seasons of the mind-bendi...
A Winter break binge watching guide
Lacey Latch, Arts & Life Editor
December 14, 2017
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
For those of you who want to maximize this break’s binge-watching potential, there are a handful of shows that can rise to the occasion. Shows that are tried and true and have over 100 episodes for you to autoplay one after another until Netflix has to confirm that you’re still alive. Without further ad...
What’s new on Netflix
November 6, 2017
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
[accordions] [accordion title="While We're Young" load="show"] Shortly after director and writer Noah Baumbach's "The Meyerowitz Stories" was released on Netflix, one of his past gems from 2014, "While We're Young," was added to the streaming service. Ben Stiller plays Josh, a documentarian that is n...
What’s fresh in stand-up
October 23, 2017
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[accordions] [accordion title="Patton Oswalt: Annihilation" load="show"] Just last week, Patton Oswalt’s special “Annihilation” was released on Netflix. It was last year that his wife, the 46-year-old crime writer Michelle McNamara, died suddenly. Oswalt begins the first half of his hou...
What’s fresh on Netflix
October 16, 2017
Filed under Arts/Life, Film & TV
[accordions] [accordion title="The Meyerowitz Stories " load="show"] Adam Sandler is back in something that is actually worthwhile, in regards to his dramatic role in Noah Baumbach’s “The Meyerowitz Stories.” The Netflix original film was released on Netflix on Oct. 13 and is available now...
