Red Vine’s Take It’s crazy that we live in a time where there could be two documentaries released about the exact same obscure subject, Netflix’s FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened, and Hulu’s Fyre Fraud. The war for best documentary streaming service is far from over, but as far as this particular battle, Netflix was…
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Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Red Vine’s Take While perusing CNN, I saw an opinion article called “What America needs now is Mr. Rogers” and after watching the documentary “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” at the True/False Film Festival, I can say quite easily that the opinion article’s title is not at all hyperbolic but rather a severe understatement. America…
Community (Entire Series)
RV: I can always tell if I’m going to like a person that I meet simply by knowing if they watched Community. It’s a show that was ahead of its time. Seriously, if it would have been released on Netflix, it would have dominated. It was just never broad enough for a major network, yet it…
Black Mirror
T: This show, more than any, is what the world needs right now. The title alone suggest the darkness that lies lurking in the milieu of our own society – tapped into our various screens and devices. RV discovered this show from NPR and demanded that we begin watching this series on an ordinary Saturday night. I…
Stranger Things
RV: So we’re cheating a bit here. We wanted to make sure we caught up on some reviews we’ve had on the back burner, so if you’ve noticed a lot of high scores lately, it’s because we are cherry picking some must watch TV and film to go along with awards season. Let me start…
Moana
RV: Disney is on a hot streak right now, and after watching their latest masterpiece, it’s not that hard to see why. Disney currently has their 93-year-old fingers on the pulse of progressive America. Gone are the days of those painful racial stereotypes or just random whitewashing. Moana is perhaps my favorite princess movie of all time….
La La Land
T: Are you prepared for a bunch of mushy-gushy, fan-girl raves about a movie that you probably haven’t watched yet? If not, you should probably stop reading right about now… Wait, you’re still here?! Awesome! Okay, are you ready to hear my heart soar for this amazing movie??? This movie is seriously the best. thing….
Westworld (Season 1)
T: Every once in awhile, I’ll come across something entirely new and immersive that completely and totally revolutionizes my existence. Goobers peanut-butter and jelly; bra’s with built-in-pockets; microchipping – all of these things force me to look at normal, everyday things in entirely new ways. Westworld is now a part of this list. Never has there…
Togetherness
RV: Did you know relationships aren’t supposed to be perfect, and no matter what we do our relationships will have unavoidable highs and lows? Well, Togetherness knows that, and the characters on the show illustrate just how much bullshit comes out of Hollywood. I’m a big hater of romanticized versions of reality. I’m not a…
Alice Through The Looking Glass
RV: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass are not considered classics stories because of the Mad Hatter or Johnny Depp or some big special effect dramatic plot for that matter. Much like all other classic satires (See: Gulliver’s Travels, Hitchhiker’s Guide, Candid, etc.) or classic children stories (See: Phantom Tollbooth, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,…
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Season 2)
RV: When Kimmy Schmidt debuted, I was drawn to the show for the pure nostalgia of its 90s references. However, by the end of the first season, the show realized that the bunker gimmicks were quickly getting stale., and changed the focus to its real source of staying power—the characters. When I started to binge…
Masters of Sex (Seasons 1-3)
RV: I know this show takes place in the 60s, but I’m embarrased to say that I’ve learned more about sex from this show than I ever learned from my high school health class or Google. Even though the research that the show is based on has been around in the form of dense medical…
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