Lost in the Reel's video review for The Flight Attendant Season 2The Flight Attendant was one of my most anticipated series of 2020, but as it came to a close, I couldn't help, but be extremely disappointed. While the first couple of episodes started off strong, really setting up an
You don't have to tell me twice to watch something that Michael Mann is involved with. Tokyo Vice is a show that sounds incredible on paper, but does it really work out as well as the idea? Let's start with the background of the series, It's based on the memoir of Jake Adelstein from 2009 Tokyo
Starstruck from BBC and HBOMax was one of my favorite new shows of 2021. When the series was renewed for a season 2 I was ecstatic. I fell in love with every character, as well as the on-again, off-again of Jessie and Tom. Starstruck tells the story of a girl named Jessie who, just like the rest of
Lost in the Reel's video review for DMZI'm just going to start this review out by saying that DMZ is a real conundrum for me. On one hand, the new HBO Max mini-series is a powerful and timely saga with a fascinating world and a vast array of interesting characters. It's a show that
When I first learned about Minx from HBOMax, the cast alone had me all in. Now that I’ve seen the series, season 2 can’t get here fast enough! Minx stars Ophelia Lovibond (Mr. Popper's Penguins), Jake Johnson (New Girl), Jessica Lowe (The Righteous Gemstones), Idara Victor (Rizzoli & Isles),
The Los Angeles Lakers are one of the most storied franchises in the history of sports. The story of their rise in the 1980s is the focus of the HBO series, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty. Dr. Jerry Buss was already a rich man before he bought the team in 1979. In the following years,
Lost in the Reel's video review of The Tourist.The new 6 episode limited series The Tourist is a hard egg to crack in terms of tone. This Australian co-production is at once a breakneck, pulpy mystery thriller with shocking moments of unexpected violence. And an absurdist dark comedy with a
We should all be convinced that James Gunn can take anything and turn it into gold. Did we know who the Guardians of the Galaxy were before him? How about most of the members of The Suicide Squad? Well, he's done it again with Peacemaker. For a show that was written as a way to escape the horrors
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
Daemons of the Shadow Realm slows down the plot just a bit to plan things out in Ep. 21 "Zashiki-Warashi and Higashi Village". First to let Danji and Kiri the Zashiki-Warashi daemons give Yuru and Asa some important backstory to explain the past of Higashi Village. Then to let the twin siblings to
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia gives us a true puppetmistress in the form of Boraqchin in Ep. 11 "An Ungraceful Stone". This episode has shown her to be a master planner and manipulator, making her quite the political genius. However, this episode also reveals that the people she's puppeting don't