How do you feel about paranormal activity or the Supernatural? Ghosts? Spirits? Demons? Do you believe? The Black Tapes is a serialized fictional docudrama podcast about one journalist’s search for truth, her enigmatic subject’s mysterious past, and the literal and figurative ghosts that haunt them both. I discovered The Black Tapes a few months back […]
Movies/TV/Podcast Reviews
Series Review: You on Netflix
On the surface, You seemed like a series I wouldn’t enjoy. It’s about a stalker-turned-murderer who is obsessed with the woman he’s dating. It’s (mostly) told from his point of view (there are a few instances when we flip to the victim’s point of view, but for the most part, it’s his story). As I’ve […]
Movie Review: “Mirage” on Netflix
“Mirage,” an original Netflix move, is surprisingly good. I say “surprisingly” because, well, here’s the description: A space-time continuum glitch allows Vera to save a boy’s life 25 years earlier, but results in the loss of her daughter, whom she fights to get back. So, first, it’s got a time-travel element to it, which always […]
Movie Review: Abducted in Plain Sight on Netflix
Abducted in Plain Sight is a documentary based on the true story of an innocent and naïve family in Idaho whose daughter was abducted. Twice. By the same man. This is one of those stories that would never work as a piece of fiction, because no one would believe it. It’s the craziest story on […]
Movie Review: The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix
“The Haunting of Hill House” is a Netflix series based on the novel by Shirley Jackson. At least, that’s how it’s billed. But, to be clear, the two are very different. They share the same title, the same haunted house, some of the same character names but that’s about it. In the Netflix version, the […]