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NETFLIX CATCH-UP: AMERICAN CRIME STORY (SEASON 2)

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Talking about American Crime Story: The Assassination Of Gianni Versace .

NETFLIX CATCH-UP: THE PUNISHER (SEASON 2)

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Talking about Season 2 of Netflix's The Punisher .

STAR TREK DISCOVERY - VLOG REVIEW

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JESSICA JONES (SEASON 2) - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk a bit about the second season of Netflix's Jessica Jones .

ALTERED CARBON - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk a bit about Netflix's Altered Carbon .

WHY ARE THE OSCARS SO BAD?

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I rant about The Oscars for... far too long.

LIVE-ACTION COWBOY BEBOP? - PODCAST

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We discuss the possibility of a live-action Cowboy Bebop TV series on The Big Rewind .

THE WALKING DEAD DISCUSSION - PODCAST

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We talk briefly about the first few seasons of The Walking Dead on The Big Rewind .

STAY TUNED - VIDEO REVIEW

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I review the 1992 dark comedy Stay Tuned .

CHIPS - REVIEW

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Along with Baywatch , another dated TV series that got the movie remake treatment in 2017 was CHiPs , starring Michael Peña and Dax Shepard as two California Highway Patrol cops who take on a mysterious gang of thieves and corrupt police officers. When FBI Agent Castillo (Peña) is sent undercover to help solve the aforementioned case, he finds that getting along with his partner Jon Baker (Shepard) might prove to be the real challenge. The latter is a down-and-out ex-motocross champion with a crumbling marriage and metal plates keeping most of his limbs in place and Castillo is a playboy with little patience so they obviously can't stand each other initially but eventually learn to work together and make a great team. This is pretty standard cop story stuff complete with the obligatory yelling chief, epic car chases and obvious bad guys so don't expect anything ground-breaking or completely unpredictable. The film was universally trashed by critics who seemed to be disappo

BAYWATCH - REVIEW

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Loosely based on the popular 90's television series, Baywatch is a blockbuster comedy starring Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron as lifeguards who investigate a potential drug lord suspected of conducting their business around the beach. The comedic approach to Baywatch makes sense: everyone knows how silly the show was and everyone made fun of it to a certain extent back when it was on, even if you enjoyed it. Friends celebrated its goofiness back in the 90's and there have been countless spoofs since, including a memorable cameo by David Hasselhoff in  The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie . Unfortunately, dated TV shows rarely translate all that well into big blockbusters: CHiPs (also released last year) got panned, everyone forgot there even was an A-Team movie and the  Starsky & Hutch  movie didn't exactly re-invent cinema, though it was admittedly a fun watch. With a project like this, arguably the best approach is to take a page from Airplane! 's book and play

STAY TUNED - REVIEW

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Released in 1992, Stay Tuned  was a dark comedy about a couple who gets sucked into a demonic satellite dish before being forced to survive living inside various TV shows from Hell as their kids try to help them back on the other side. John Ritter is Roy Knable, a couch potato loser husband who is too addicted to television to notice his marriage is falling apart and Pam Dawber plays his much more successful wife Helen. One day, Roy meets the mysterious Mr. Spike (Jeffrey Jones) who offers him a free trial for a new TV with a brand new satellite dish. Roy accepts and, soon enough, he and Helen find themselves stuck in all kinds of twisted shows from westerns to gameshows, even cartoons. The concept for Stay Tuned is very silly but also very clever as it provides a lot of opportunities for social satire and creative scenarios, not to mention hilarious puns (Fresh Prince Of Darkness, Wayne's Underworld etc.). It's easy to see why Tim Burton was once attached to this project

THOUGHTS ON BLACK MIRROR - PODCAST

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We talk briefly about Black Mirror on The Big Rewind.

LOST IN SPACE - VIDEO REVIEW

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The Lost In Space movie finally gets its own review.

ACTING MASTERCLASS: LOST IN SPACE

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A lesson in great acting courtesy of Lost In Space .

TOP 20 WORST LOST IN SPACE LINES

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I narrow it down to 20 hilariously bad  Lost In Space  lines.

THE PUNISHER - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk about Season 1 of Netflix's The Punisher .

STRANGER THINGS 2 - VLOG REVIEW

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I finally talk about Season 2 of Stranger Things .

RICK & MORTY: SEASON 3 - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk a bit about the 3rd Season of Rick & Morty .

AMERICAN MADE - VLOG REVIEW

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I talk about American Made in a live vlog.