Nat Cassidy’s Mary is a dark, wild wonderful ride

Nat Cassidy’s Mary is a dark, wild wonderful ride

Nat Cassidy’s Mary is basically the story of Carrie suffering through a very bloody version of menopause – among so many other things. In the beginning, Mary herself looks like a singularly uninteresting woman: quiet, middle-aged unassuming, working in the basement of...
Musical zombies!

Musical zombies!

Musical zombies? Really. No kidding: it’s not quite as rare as you’d think. Strangely enough, zombie music spans the decades, including two features, at least one theme song and an Off-Broadway show. One thing that’s been pointed out a million times is the reallly...
Winchester is just … a waste

Winchester is just … a waste

I just waded through Winchester on Netflix and … I am at a loss. At a loss to explain how so much money and talent could be wasted on such an utterly uninvolving, derivative, boring ‘haunted house’ movie. This shambling, unfeeling, tedious thing has beautiful...
Why doesI Am Not Okay With This feel so incestuous?

Why doesI Am Not Okay With This feel so incestuous?

Seriously, who are they kidding? This moderately engaging I Am Not Okay With This is a Netflix mini-series that smells so strongly of Carrie and IT that it makes your nose twitch. So why are the producers claiming complete astonishment at the parallels? Don’t...