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“Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous” Netflix Series Review by Steven Redgrave

November 15, 2020 5:23 pm |

The Jurassic franchise has always teetered on the line of family friendly and targeted toward an older audience, but the Netflix Original series created by Dreamworks, Jurassic Park Camp Cretaceous, has finally put a line in the sand on the shores of Isla Nublar. Set on the very same iconic island that respawned generations of...

“The Haunting of Bly Manor” Netflix Series Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

October 31, 2020 11:06 am |

Mike Flannagan’s second entry into Netflix’s The Haunting anthology, The Haunting of Bly Manor, is more gothic romance than straight gothic horror. This time, The Haunting of Hill House creator/writer/director Flannagan adapts Henry James’ novel, The Turn of the Screw into a modern ghost story. By “modern” I actually mean the story is moved 89...

“Challenger: The Final Flight” Netflix Docu-Series Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

September 20, 2020 3:08 pm |

January 28, 1986, I was three and a half. It was a Tuesday, so my paternal grandmother was on babysitting duty. My mother showed up several hours early to pick me up, her office had closed because everyone was too devastated from the news about Challenger to work. I will never forget my mom’s face...

“Away” Netflix Series Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

September 13, 2020 10:51 am |

Netflix announced their space drama Away in 2018. It is based on an article by Chris Jones at Esquire about astronaut Scott Kelly. It seems the only consultation creator Andrew Hinderaker did was to the article itself and other space movies. The premise sounds interesting and the cast seems pretty solid. You have Oscar winner...

“The Boys” Season 2 Review (Episodes 1-3) by Josh Davis

Published by Leftover Brian

September 7, 2020 1:16 pm |

Season two of the Amazon Prime series “The Boys” is probably the only show on television featuring a man duetting with his own gills to the classic schmaltz ballad “You Are So Beautiful.” It’s also the show most likely to get you to stop drinking milk, or possibly the only time you’ll ever see two...