Netflix Archives - Joe Mikolay

Everybody Loves Uhtred – An Uht-Head’s Elevator Pitch For Watching The Last Kingdom

I can’t say for sure that I created the term “Uht-Head” but I haven’t heard it before, so I’ll stake a claim to it until proven otherwise.

PUBLISHED ON March 29, 2022March 29, 2022in Netflix, Television
Netflix, The Last Kingdom, Uht-Head, Uhtred

Taking A Nostalgic Stroll Down Fear Street

Fear Street ropes in viewers from my generation with nostalgia, while also appealing to the current crop of teenage viewers with teenage character who aren’t so very different than they are – even with 20+ years of history between them.

PUBLISHED ON July 20, 2021July 20, 2021in Halloween, Horror, Monsters, Netflix
Fear Street, Netflix, Slasher Films

Stranger, Better Things

A lot has already been written about the new Netflix show Stranger Things, so I’m not really going to take too deep a general… Continue reading Stranger, Better Things

PUBLISHED ON July 23, 2016in Monsters, Netflix, Television, Uncategorized
A Nightmare On Elm Street, Carrie, E.T., Firestarter, H.P. Lovecraft, It Follows, Jaws, Netflix, Stand By Me, Stephen King, Stranger Things, Super 8, Television, The Guest, Winona Ryder

America Is “R”-eady!

Deadpool just became the highest grossing R rated film of all time, which is awesome, but I’m not here to discuss Deadpool specifically. Rather, what… Continue reading America Is “R”-eady!

PUBLISHED ON April 24, 2016in comic books, Game Of Thrones, movies, Netflix, Television
Bridesmaids, Comic Books, Daredevil, Deadpool, Die Hard, Face/Off, Game Of Thrones, Jessica Jones, John Wick, Judd Apatow, Kingsman, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Lethal Weapon, Netflix, Paul Feig, Punisher, Shane Black, Superheroes, Television, The Nice Guys, The Purge, The Walking Dead, Trainwreck

We Need To Talk About Movie Bloat

A few weeks ago my three month old was only sleeping about an hour at a time – he’s since gotten much better. But this… Continue reading We Need To Talk About Movie Bloat

PUBLISHED ON January 13, 2016in movies, Uncategorized
Amazon Prime, Braveheart, Christopher Nolan, Django Unchained, Gladiator, Gone With The Wind, HBOGo, Heat, Interstellar, Lawrence Of Arabia, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Michael Bay, Netflix, Quentin Tarantino, Reservoir Dogs, The Dark Knight, The Dark Knight Rises, The Hateful Eight, The Revenant, The Ten Commandments, Transformers, Wolf Of Wall Street

100% Pure, Uncut Narcos

Pablo Escobar was a drug trafficker, mass murderer and terrorist. Which, of course, means that he happens to make for very entertaining television. Netflix unveiled… Continue reading 100% Pure, Uncut Narcos

PUBLISHED ON September 26, 2015in Netflix, Television
Narcos, Netflix, Pablo Escobar, Television

Joe Mikolay

Author of the Venator Series and the Post-Human Universe

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