Needs Some Introduction
As a lifelong film and TV fan I try to bring historical knowledge of narrative trends to my weekly analysis and reviews (and hopefully a bit of humor also).
Needs Some Introduction - Severance / The Agency
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Episodes
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
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Another very entertaining episode, this week. Is Greg cheating or are we misreading all of this? Does Albie really have this little game?
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Flynne's got the cramps real bad and can't quit Halloween. Conner gets to run again. Lev watched Highlander one too many times and everyone goes to the weirdest cemetery/museum ever.
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Sona has a much more positive initial reaction to the second season of the series than the first. I find myself actually interested in all of these characters.
Then I briefly review the excellent new thriller on Netflix, The Stranger. And Sona took my recommendation to watch Barbarian, on HBO, and she didn't love it.
Friday Oct 28, 2022
Friday Oct 28, 2022
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Is that my attention starting to drift or is it just my haptics.
Plus, my suggested episode list for Netflix's Cabinet of Curiosities anthology.
Barbarian Spoiler Episode:
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ijhfj-12c6a3b
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
Tuesday Oct 25, 2022
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It's been a bumpy ride but we made it to the end. We have some complicated feelings now that we have gotten this far.
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
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Let the dance of the dragons begin...
Plus we recap and review the first two episodes of Amazon Prime's new Sci Fi show, The Peripheral
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
Wednesday Oct 19, 2022
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Another mixed reaction to the show which just seemed to have found its rhythm. A lot happens but this show needs to do a lot of work to tie itself together in its final episode.
Then, given my family roots in Westfield NJ, I am very disappointed with the Ryan Murphy Netflix adaptation of the true story of The Watcher. I'm sorry if I got you to watch this... or at least I hope you enjoyed it more than I did. You can read the original story on which this was purportedly based in the link below. I have also included some information on the OTHER Westfield mass murder that the show references.
https://www.thecut.com/article/the-haunting-of-657-boulevard-in-westfield-new-jersey.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_List_(murderer)
Monday Oct 17, 2022
Monday Oct 17, 2022
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Beware the beast beneath the boards.
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Halloween Ends? I hope that's a promise. What a disappointing conclusion and that is given the mostly terrible list of films that preceded it. I do have my own corrections that may have helped to salvage this latest trilogy.
Before that, we discuss the totally mediocre Hellraiser re-imagining. And I do have a pretty enthusiastic recommendation to the old-school horror romp of Marvel's Werewolf By Night on Disney+.
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
Wednesday Oct 12, 2022
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We have the absolute high point of the series, to date, with an excellent episode that makes some of the shakiest moments in the series worth while. Let's hope the quality only goes up from here.
Then we discuss the new Peacock series A Friend of the Family, a high quality affair that, perhaps, should not exist (??).
I also briefly review and recommend The Midnight Club on Netlfix.
Links:
Heavyweight Podcast:
https://gimletmedia.com/shows/heavyweight/n8h7ajo/46-dan
Jerusalem Post article:
https://www.jpost.com/judaism/article-719100