REview: Vikingulven/Viking Wolf (2022) Potential (Mostly) Unrealized

What’s cool about werewolf films by my reckoning is their flexibility. They can be metaphors for sexual wakening, stories about coming into adulthood, whodunits or nothing more than a person changing to a beast. Vikingulven (or Viking Wolf) is the latter, which is to say that it appears to be saying nothing more than what […]

Netflix Cancels 1899

According to various sources the Prometheus has sailed its final voyage as Netflix has cancelled Baran Bo Odar’s 1899 after one season. The series, revolving around a voyage of immigrants to New York, was pretty amazing by my reckoning and while similar to things we’ve seen before – The Matrix films in particular – it […]

Should Netflix Stop Producing Live-Action Anime?

I enjoy Netflix for the most part though I just wish they’d stop trying to adapt anime into live-action because – at least so far – they don’t do it particularly well. Remember 2017’s Death Note? You probably don’t and I can’t blame you. What about 2021’s Cowboy Bebop? By my reckoning it was better […]

‘1899’ is Amazing!

I have yet to see Dark, but I’ve heard good things about it and intend to soon though having completed the followup, 1899 – review forthcoming! – if it’s half as good it’s going to be remarkable. And I have no intention of talking about what happens – beyond the obvious, which is to say […]