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02 Aug

The Lord of the Rings Amazon Series Release Date

Raul Navedo0 CommentsNewsAmazon Studios, Release Date, Series

It's been confirmed for quite some time now that Amazon Studios had purchased the rights to the epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings and was working on TV series based on the material surrounding the Tolkien masterpiece. Little has been heard since then until now! The Lord of the Rings (2022) Series Wrap The highly anticipated, yet-to-be titled Amazon Original The Lord of the Rings television series will premiere Friday, September 2, 2022 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, with new episodes available weekly. Filming of Season One completed today in New Zealand.The new epic drama…

06 Dec

Small Axe: Education Review

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsAmazon, Amazon Prime Video, Brooke Haynes, Education, Kenyah Sandy, Review, Series, Small Axe, Steve McQueen

A heartbreaking tale about injustice and systemic racism in its most insidious form-- that form which affects the youth and tries to sweeten the bitter taste of oppression by disguising it as a “good deed”. Kenyah Sandy as Kingsley Smith (left) and Nigel Boyle as Mr. Hamley (right) in "Education." Photo Credit: Will Robson-Scott / Amazon Prime Video. Kingsley is a 12 year old boy with dreams of being an astronaut who gets sent to a "special school" after being disruptive in class. This school, they say, is more suited to his needs. Kingsley soon learns that this new school…

04 Dec

The Wilds Review | An Ode to the Strength, Resourcefulness, and Tenacity of Women

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsAmazon Prime Video, Helena Howard, Series, The Wilds, YA

The Wilds is so much more than a story about the modern-day young woman at their worst struggling to survive… It’s an ode to the strength, resourcefulness, and tenacity of women who are thrust into a trial by fire that will, likely, reveal that their biggest threat isn’t the impending doom facing them on the desolate island where they lay stranded, but rather the everyday pressure waiting for them back home. Pictured (L-R): Jenna Clause (Martha Blackburn), Shannon Berry (Dot Campbell), Mia Healey (Shelby Goodkind), Reign Edwards (Rachel Reid), Sophia Ali (Fatin Jadmani), Sarah Pidgeon (Leah Rilke) A group of…

30 Nov

Small Axe: Alex Wheatle Review

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsAmazon, Amazon Prime Video, Review, Series, Small Axe

Alex Wheatle is a heartfelt tale that will frustrate you to your core because it is, undeniably, incomplete. A true story depicting the life of award winning writer Alex Wheatle, from his childhood through his formative years as a young adult trying to find his way in Brixton. Sheyi Cole as Alex Wheatle (center, black leather jacket) in "Alex Wheatle." Photo Credit: Will Robson-Scott / Amazon Prime Video. Listen, I love what Steve McQueen has achieved by making the Small Axe series. Five stories, all true or inspired by such, about the struggles of the black West Indie community in…

05 Oct

The Haunting of Bly Manor Review

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish ReviewsGothic Romance, Horror, Mike Flanagan, Netflix, Review, Romance, Series, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Haunting of Hill House

The Haunting of Bly Manor is intoxicating! Like sitting around a campfire, or perhaps in an attic, as a child being told a ghost story. Wherever you were, do you remember how your heart would flutter filling your stomach with excitement and… worry? Wanting to listen but knowing that maybe you shouldn’t for the fear of knowing is what we knew, even then, gave life to the monsters lurking in the dark. Waiting in the empty hallways of our homes at night, or in the closets, or maybe dwelling in the uncharted space underneath our bed. But “monsters don’t exist…

23 Sep

Utopia Review | Gillian Flynn’s Amazon Original Series

Raul Navedo0 CommentsEnglish Reviews, ReviewsAmazon, Amazon Original, Review, Series, TV, TV Review, Utopia

Though not quite as perfect as the name would suggest, Utopia is an imaginative and exciting action drama that keeps you theorizing episode after episode. Unfortunately, the show falls flat because of its drawn out nature and it fails to consistently introduce characters and situations that keep us engaged throughout. A spinoff of the original British dark comedy, Utopia feels like it needed more time in the lab to “…earn [its] place in this crowded world…” Jessica Rothe as Samantha. Cards on the table Gillian Flynn wrote my favorite novel, Gone Girl, so when I heard she had an original…