Random Netflix Movie reviews
~ Unforgettable, five stars ~ Beasts of No Nation is a heartbreakingly important film that will outlive the Netflix PR hype for it’s devastatingly visceral image of warring Africa. Based in an unnamed West African country Cary Fukunaga’s adaptation of Uzodinma … Continue reading BEASTS OF NO NATION is Simply Breathtaking – Review
With an eerie vulnerability about him Macon Blair is sensational in Jeremy Saulnier’s Blue Ruin. “I know this is personal and that’s how you’ll fail. No speeches. You point the gun, you shoot.” Sucked into Dwight’s lonely vagrancy, sporting a … Continue reading Blue Ruin – ‘Because I Watched…’ Review
This review serves two purposes. I’ve always meant to watch The Warriors but couldn’t find room for it on my Blind Spot Series. It caught my attention on Netflix the other day, but again put it off, instead opting to … Continue reading The Warriors
I’m ashamed to admit that during the days of my youthful teenage ignorance one of America’s worst cases of police brutality somehow passed me by. It’s been a while since my last ‘Because I watched…‘ in large part because I … Continue reading Fruitvale Station
Snitch, movie #3 in my series of ‘Because I watched…’ sees Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in one of the only roles where he actually gets a beat down, albeit a four on one, and a baseball bat. The movie opens … Continue reading Snitch
