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Netflix Series Lost in Space is an Exceptionally Well-Done Family Show

The huge lack of quality entertainment the whole family can watch together became really apparent to me once my oldest kid was around two.  I quickly realized that, if I wasn’t watching something animated, there is very little out there that I could watch with him in the room that wouldn’t be teaching him a… Continue reading Netflix Series Lost in Space is an Exceptionally Well-Done Family Show

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Netflix’s Watership Down is Not Your Typical Cartoon Bunny Show

I never read the novel Watership Down, and I didn’t actually know anything about it, before I watched the new animated Netflix limited series adaptation of it.  The main reason I watched the series was because I saw it had rabbits in it and it was rated PG, so I figured it was a go to… Continue reading Netflix’s Watership Down is Not Your Typical Cartoon Bunny Show

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The Star and Angela’s Christmas: Two Surprisingly Religious Kids’ Christmas Movies on Netflix

           Even if you’re super into Santa Clause stories (which, for the record, I am not), the sheer number of generic, almost made-for-TV type movie options along these lines that can be found on Netflix right now is a little ridiculous. Between those and the sappy cookie-cutter PG romance-in-the-snow movies abounding this time of year,… Continue reading The Star and Angela’s Christmas: Two Surprisingly Religious Kids’ Christmas Movies on Netflix

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Daredevil Season 3 is Very Good (Huge Understatement!)

I reviewed the Netflix original series “Daredevil” a while back, after I’d watched (and enjoyed) the first two seasons. I’d loved the positive portrayal of Catholicism in “Daredevil,” and just how well-done the show was as a whole. So my husband and I were moderately excited when season 3 of the series came to Netflix… Continue reading Daredevil Season 3 is Very Good (Huge Understatement!)

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Netflix Film Sierra Burgess is a Loser: A Fun Coming-of-Age Rom-Com

When it comes to young adult movies, Netflix originals seem to me to be pretty hit or miss. Some of them, like Candy Jar, are pretty clean, fun, and well-done. And some of them, like #RealityHigh, are pretty much insufferable. So where does Sierra Burgess is a Loser fall into that spectrum? Maybe not squeaky clean,… Continue reading Netflix Film Sierra Burgess is a Loser: A Fun Coming-of-Age Rom-Com

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Black Panther Just Came to Netflix… And it’s Pretty Darn Good

  So, I’ve taken a long time to get around to seeing what’s pretty much the most critically acclaimed Marvel movie ever made. To be honest, I probably still wouldn’t have seen Black Panther if it hadn’t popped onto Netflix this month. Might I have rented it from Redbox? Perhaps. But I was at least a little… Continue reading Black Panther Just Came to Netflix… And it’s Pretty Darn Good

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Netflix Film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Not as Spectacular as I’d Hoped

I first heard of a novel called The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society from the blog of a film school acquaintance of mine. She’d posted a reading challenge sign-up for the novel on her Facebook page, because she had loved the book and was excited that it was about to become a Netflix movie.… Continue reading Netflix Film The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Not as Spectacular as I’d Hoped

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Netflix Film Brain on Fire is a Compelling Look at a Rare Ailment

I first saw the trailer for the Netflix movie Brain on Fire as one of those pop up-type trailers when Netflix opens that start playing before you even select anything. Most of the time I don’t watch these but instead just scroll on down to whatever I’d been planning to watch. This time, I watched… Continue reading Netflix Film Brain on Fire is a Compelling Look at a Rare Ailment

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Why I Liked Thor: Ragnarok (Even Though I’m No Marvel Geek)

I saw the first Thor movie in college because some friends I was with wanted to watch it on DVD. And I found it a fairly forgettable, standard superhero movie.  I watched The Avengers a couple years later on DVD. Aware that everyone in the world pretty much loved it, I was expecting to as… Continue reading Why I Liked Thor: Ragnarok (Even Though I’m No Marvel Geek)

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Disney’s Coco Delivers on the Hype (Despite a Couple Mixed Messages)

Basically, when you hear that a movie is Pixar, you know it’s good (we’ll forget about Cars 2 for a moment). Most of the time, Disney Pixar movies are pretty much always miles above any other animated film out there. So I had some pretty big expectations when we watched Coco the other day. Especially since… Continue reading Disney’s Coco Delivers on the Hype (Despite a Couple Mixed Messages)