Thursday, November 11, 2021
Kruitz, Sheridan (TTh) The Devil's A Part Timer 10
The TV show is called "The Devil's A Part Timer". It's a 13-episode anime adaptation by White Fox. You can find it on Netflix. The demon Lord Satan is trying to conquer their world, Ente Isla with the help of his companians and army, but when they're confronted with the Heroes they escape to another word, our world. However, the Devil and his all powerful friends lose most of their magic an form in the modern world and morph into humans in Tokya, Japan. Simiar to the Marvel movie Thor. He takes a part time job at a fast food restaurent in order to make it in the non magic modern world in efforts to find his magic again and destroy the Heroes once and for all.
Martinez. Justin (TTh) Dollhouse 50
Dollhouse is an American science fiction series that explores identity and personhood. The show revolves around an organization called "The Dollhouse," a place that erases the memories and personalities of those who volunteer themselves and turns them into "actives." These actives are then given personas corresponding to the needs of the organization's wealthy and powerful clients. These needs include things such as heists, expert counseling, sexual gratification, and other things. Echo, the series protagonist, is an active that stands out through her ability to remember snippets of her past as well as being the personas that were once imprinted over her mind. This difference is what spurs her own development as she struggles to find her own authentic sense of identity.
Munson, Lucas (TTh) Sacred Games 50
Sacred Games is an Indian produced crime thriller series on Netflix. It has two seasons, each with eight episodes, and debuted in 2018. The show tells the story of Sartaj Singh, a Mumbai police inspector fed up with the corruption in his department. He gets a phone call from Ganesh Gaitonde, an infamous gangster who hasn't been seen in 16 years. Gaitonde warns Singh that he has 25 days to save the city. The show follows Sartaj's investigation into the city's criminal underworld, along with flashbacks to Ganesh's rise to becoming the crime lord of Bombay.
Ramon, Manuel (TTh) Beforeigners 50
Beforeigners is a Norweigan Sci-Fi/Crime series streaming on HBO Max and Hulu. This show revolves around the mysterious phenomena of people from different time periods of the past, as far back as the Viking days reappearing in an Oslo bay during present day, and the prejudice, and challenges faced while integrating into modern day life. We also follow the main character Lars, and his time working with one of the "beforeigners" Alfhildr". This show only has one season currently streaming but a second one is under production.
Ellis, Tyler (TTH) Pacific Rim: The Black 50
"Pacific Rim: The Black" is a Mecha and Cyborg anime series, that falls within the same universe of the Pacific Rim movies. It was released during the current year of 2021, with a total of seven episodes, and can be found on Netflix. The setting of the show follows closely with the movie as the new giant monsters known as Kaiju, emerge out of nowhere and start wrecking immediate havoc.
Wednesday, November 10, 2021
Prater-Burgess, Kincade (TTh) Midnight Mass 50
"Midnight Mass" is a 7-episode horror drama miniseries on Netflix written and directed by Mike Flanagan, the man who made "The Haunting of Hill House." The story centers on Riley Flynn, a former venture capitalist who is just released from a 4-year prison sentence for killing a young woman in a drunk driving accident. He returns to Crockett Island, the small, isolated village he grew up in, just as a young charismatic priest named Father Paul Hill arrives. A series of frightening events start to unfold as the characters wrestle with faith, redemption, and what it means to be part of a community.
Sosa, Ivan (Tth) The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 50
The Falcon and the Winter Soldier is a Marvel show that released this year in Disney+. The show is 6 episodes long and it takes place after the movie "Avengers Endgame" in which we follow Sam Wilson and James Buchanan Barnes also known as the falcon and the winter soldier. The show lets you know these characters in a deeper level and gives you an insight of their personal problems/struggles while also they attempt to stop a new organization called the Flag Smashers. Filled with plenty of action and thrilling scenes this show also tackles on a few real political struggles and in some cases racial discrimination. This is just one of the great shows that Marvel have released so far with more coming soon.
Rodriguez, Armando (TTh) DOTA: Dragon's Blood 50
DOTA: Dragon's Blood is an animated epic fantasy streaming television series based on DOTA 2, a 2013 Multiplayer Online Battle Arena video game developed and published by Valve. The series premiered on Netflix on March 25, 2021. The show starts off by introducing Davian, a renowned Dragon Knight who has sworn to eliminate all dragons who walk the earth. However, after a battle between a demon and elder dragon takes place, Davian helps the dragon and slays the demon. Mortally wounded, the dragon kills Davian and merges with his body to stay alive. Found by an exiled princess and her mute assistant, Davian joins them on their journey to retrieve stolen lotuses, while also struggling to find his own answers.
Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Garner, Isayah (TTh) Star Wars Rebels 50
Star Wars Rebels is an animated tv series on Disney+ set 5 years before the Movie Star Wars: A New Hope. This show deals with the aftermath of order 66, as most of the Jedi have been killed, some are still in hiding. That is the case for Kanan Jarrus, one of the few Jedis who survived order 66 and has been on the run, ends up running into Ezra Bridger, a teenager who ends up being force sensitive. Together, along with Hera Syndulla, Sabine Wren, Garazeb "Zeb" Orrelios, and Chopper, an astromech droid, their main purpose is to hinder the operations of the newly formed galactic empire, thus being a spark for what would eventually be known as the Rebellion.
Thomas, Blake (TTh) The Silence 50
The Silence is a British television crime drama-thriller mini-series, and it was the first broadcast on BBC One in 2010. It is now on Acorn TV and Tubi, owned by Fox Corporation. It consists of only four episodes in which it follows the story of a deaf 18-year-old girl, Amelia (Genevieve Barr), who struggles to fit in a hearing world ensuing a cochlear implant surgery. However, her whole life becomes a life-and-death situation when she witnesses the murder of a policewoman, prompting the unwilling teen into a din of police corruption, drugs and alcohol, disloyalty, and murder. The question is: How will she know if she is under investigation?
Monday, November 8, 2021
Gonzales Felipe (MW) Dope Sick 50
Dope Sick is a Hulu docuseries that focuses on how the specific drug Oxycotin and the company that manufactured it (Purdue Pharma) were key contributors in our nation's opioid crisis. The series covers multiple aspects of controversy with roles of the series consisting of everyone from Federal Agents, executives of the FDA, the executive board of Purdue Pharma, and even the people that fell victims of this drug harmful addiction rate. The show goes over how the drug became itself within the corporate office and how the executives did everything in their control to allow the production of a drug just as harmful as other illegal opioids like Heroine, and the steps they took to make sure it was readily available for multiple Americans- additionally it covers the harm the drug did to our nation.
Sunday, November 7, 2021
Scott, Danielle (MW) Why Women Kill 50
Why Women Kill is a comedy-drama series on Paramount + and Amazon Prime Video. In season one you follow the story of three different couples that all at different decades lived in the same giant house. Each couple finds themselves in a scenario where death follows. A wife finds out about her husband's mistress, a woman on her third marriage, finds out her partner is a homosexual, and the last one is a three-way gone wrong. Their stories are filled with infidelity, betrayals, and last but not least murder.
Thursday, November 4, 2021
Paredes, Francisco (MW) The Last Dance 50
The Last Dance is a sports documentary-series on Netflix, in partnership with ESPN Films, that follows the famous Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls; mainly during the 1997-1998 season of the National Basketball Association, after winning the basketball championship five out of the seven past seasons. This particular season is a very important one for many reasons, but the biggest reason is that it would be Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls' second "three-peat". During this season, a film crew got special, exclusive access and captured footage about this season and after 20 plus years, and 500 hours of film, this footage is now ready for basketball fans to see with integrated commentary of Michael Jordan, Scottie Pippen, Dennis Rodman, Phil Jackson, and others throughout the series. Relive the dominance of this basketball squad in their final season together.
Wicher, Madison (MW) My Name 50
My Name is a South Korean drama that is streamed on Netflix. This show follows a young woman seeking vengeance to take down Korea's police force and powerful drug ring after her gangster father is killed in front of her when she was a teen. She infiltrates both the underworld organizations and law enforcement with one simple goal: find and kill the man responsible for her father's death.
Wednesday, November 3, 2021
Lackey, Wade (MW) Only Murders In The Building 50
Only Murders In The Building is about three people who live in the same building that form a friendship based on their similar interest in a true crime podcast. When a murder happens inside of their building they decide to start their own investigation and podcast in order to try to solve the crime. Notable actors in the show are Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez. It is currently one season long and available to watch on Hulu.
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