Tag: Netflix
This tag gathers reviews of films available on or produced by Netflix — originals and catalog alike. The reviews treat each as storytelling first, regardless of how it was distributed. The collection grows as more titles are reviewed.
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The Babadook (2014)
Jennifer Kent's 2014 Australian grief horror. Essie Davis as widowed mother. Mister Babadook book. Practical effects throughout. -
Ju-On: The Grudge (2002)
Takashi Shimizu's haunted house horror where a curse spreads from anyone who enters a Tokyo home where a murder occurred. -
Klaus (2019)
A spoiled postman exiled to a frigid island town befriends a reclusive toymaker, and they invent the Santa tradition together. -
The Last Dance (2020)
Jason Hehir's 2020 Jordan Bulls doc. Ten-part ESPN series. 1997-98 championship season as spine. Pandemic-era release. -
Don’t Look Up (2021)
Adam McKay's 2021 climate-denial satire. DiCaprio, Lawrence, Streep, Hill. Heavy-handed but the targets earn it. -
The Haunting (1963)
Robert Wise's 1963 Shirley Jackson adaptation. Hill House through implication rather than effects. Influenced every haunted house since. -
The Innocents (1961)
Jack Clayton's 1961 Turn of the Screw adaptation. Deborah Kerr as the governess. Atmospheric horror that earns its slow burn. -
Rebecca (1940)
Hitchcock's 1940 Daphne du Maurier adaptation. Manderley as character. Joan Fontaine. Won Best Picture, Hitchcock's only one. -
He’s All That (2021)
Mark Waters's 2021 Netflix gender-flipped remake of She's All That. Addison Rae casting reflects social media platform commercial framework. -
Havoc (2025)
Gareth Evans's 2025 Tom Hardy Netflix action thriller. Raid director applies established choreography approach to American institutional material.