Being drenched constantly in the superhero genre gets old sometimes. This is especially true when one variety of superhero film in the MCU manages to strangle the market. We’ve seen the genre branch out and spawn films and shows that break the mold, however, especially recently with the likes of The Boys and Zack Snyder’s […]
Thsoe of you who followed this site for my review series, Netflix Dumpster Dive, have likely noticed that there has been a notable lack in posts since February of this year. For that I apologize. I want to give an explanation for the series’ pause and give a proper update of where it’ll be in […]
Welcome to 2020. I’ve been sitting on Netflix Dumpster Dive for a month, wanting to let my post on The Witcher ride out January as the general public caught up on the show. Now, I’m back for more. I plan on doing more seasons of shows in the future, as I’m finding that the television […]
I don’t consider myself a critic. I don’t have the educational or long term career background to claim that title for myself. What’s more, I find that I, like many people, am often at odds with critics’ opinions of movies. As a reviewer, my first and foremost consideration with any piece of media is not […]
Thanksgiving has come and gone. Christmas looms just around the corner, bringing with it snow and gifts and joy. It’s officially the holiday season, which means it’s the perfect time for family. I of course mean family in the mob-film italics sense of the word. However, the layman’s sense of the word is plenty relevant […]
And so, another year rounds out for this series. Netflix Dumpster Dive is three years old today, and it’s as surreal as ever to think about how long I’ve been doing this. Last year I set a bar for quantity in my anniversary post I’m not prepared to meet again, but this year, I have […]
The buzz around Joker has grown into a powerful hum, one that took the world by storm. With every day, the worries I had for Joker faded more and more. I did the best I did to keep my expectations in check, but in the end, I had my hype rewarded. Joker is a movie […]
Regardless of how many movies attempt to tackle time and time travel, it’s always exciting to see one that takes a different approach to the topic. Time Trap is one such movie. While its plot is not entirely new, it is a relatively fresh take on movies with time as a central device. Time Trap […]
This has been an unfortunate break in my streak of posting. I haven’t broken a streak in a long time, but truthfully, I think a breath of air was overdue. I had run low on inspiration in the movies I was seeing over on our good friend Netflix. Flipping through the catalogue was coming up […]
Movies that depart from a genre’s norms are always refreshing in this series. I try to find films that, at their core, add to their category without blending into the crowd. I can usually find movies outside the standard procedure for their horror subcategory with relative ease, but I’ll admit that this month I hadn’t […]
Vincent C. Russo 