Sofia Vergara as Griselda in ‘Griselda.’ Cr. Courtesy of Netflix © 2023. We know Sofia Vergara best as the outspoken Gloria Delgado-Pritchett on the long-running, successful comedy series ‘Modern Family’, which ended in 2020. Yet even before the show concluded, Vergara has been expanding her career out beyond it, appearing in movies such as ‘Hot … Read more
Mike Flanagan has developed a reputation as a great horror filmmaker (and TV creator) via movies such as ‘Oculus’, ‘Gerald’s Game’ and ‘Doctor Sleep’ and shows including ‘The Haunting of Hill House’ and ‘Midnight Mass’. Until recently, he’s been under a big deal with Netflix, where his TV output has been based. But last December, … Read more
(L to R) Emily Rudd as Nami, Iñaki Godoy as Monkey D. Luffy, Mackenyu Arata as Roronoa Zoro in season 1 of ‘One Piece.’ Cr. Casey Crafford/Netflix © 2023. Premiering on Netflix beginning August 31st is the new live-action adaption of the popular manga series ‘One Piece.’ It is based on the highly popular anime … Read more
The murder mystery is one of the oldest and most well-used genres out there. So, if you want your story to stand out, you need to find an angle that offers something fresher than the corpses littering the narrative. For ‘Bodies’, which began life as a graphic novel, the intriguing concept looks to blend Jack … Read more
(L to R) Idina Menzel as Bree Friedman, Samantha Lorraine as Lydia Rodriguez Katz, Adam Sandler as Danny Friedman, Sunny Sandler as Stacy Friedman and Sadie Sandler as Ronnie Friedman in ‘You Are So Not Invited To My Bat Mitzvah.’ Photo: Courtesy of Netflix © 2023. Debuting on Netflix August 25th, ‘You Are So Not … Read more
Gal Gadot in ‘Superpowered: The DC Story.’ Photograph by Courtesy of Max/Warner Bros. Wonder Woman has battled many enemies in her time, between the pages of comic books and on screens big and small. But this past December, it looked like the one challenge she couldn’t rise to meet was the sweeping regime change at … Read more
Alba Baptista as Ava in ‘Warrior Nun.’ Photo: Courtesy of Netflix/NETFLIX © 2020. Given that it follows the adventures of a young woman who wakes up after seemingly dying, it makes sense that ‘Warrior Nun’, which had a two-season run on Netflix before the streaming service unceremoniously dropped the axe following last year’s second run … Read more
Gal Gadot as Rachel Stone in ‘Heart Of Stone.’ Cr. Chris Baker/Netflix © 2023. On Netflix now, ‘Heart of Stone’ is an abject lesson in what happens when you really, really, urgently want to put the pieces of a brand-new franchise together, but like someone mis-reading an Ikea instruction booklet, end up with something that … Read more
Though it never became the giant blockbuster it honestly deserved to be, Edgar Wright’s ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ –– adapted from Bryan Lee O’Malley’s cult comic book series –– quickly picked up its own strong following. And now it is coming back to our screens as an eight-episode Netflix anime series and will boast … Read more
Gal Gadot as Diana Prince/Wonder Woman in ‘Wonder Woman 1984.’ Speaking before the SAG-AFTRA strike took effect –– but with the interview tied to new Netflix movie ‘Heart of Stone’ –– Gal Gadot whipped (or should that be lassoed) the internet into a frenzy when she offered fresh comments in an interview that indicated current … Read more
