Monday, October 31, 2022

Maybrier, Austin (MW) Trigun 50

Trigun tells the story of the legendary outlaw Vash the stampede. Vash has the biggest bounty in the word of Trigun, but we soon find out that this is not because he is a morally corrupt man who is taking advantage of the lawless land but rather for the unfortunate circumstances he gets into. He causes destruction everywhere he goes and even is responsible for the disappearance of an entire town. This destruction is almost never of his own doing but rather is a result of the bounty hunters coming to take claim to his head. Vash in fact is an outright pacifist refusing to ever enact harm on anyone. This among other things can often lead to him getting hurt but he would rather himself be gravely wounded than anyone else even receive a scratch. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYxLb2FF3GE

Sanchez, Destany (MW) Oddballs 50

Oddballs is an animated series on Netflix by the creator Robert James Rallison, also known as theodd1sout on YouTube and co-creator Ethan Banville. The series follows James, a white blob-like person along with (most of the time) his best friend crocodile named Max, which ends up in many misadventures based on James' questions about social norms and everyday inconveniences that often result in disaster. James has always been the odd one out, but not anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeMDgX9jga4

Lugo, Dezi (MW) Maggie 50

Maggie is a new series only available on Hulu. It's a comedy show with sci-fi themes created by Justin Adler and Maggie Mull, starring Rebecca Rittenhouse. This series follows a psychic by the name of Maggie who holds the future in her hands… so she thinks. Maggie can see the future and one day she sees her own. Maggie first sees her own future in the show when she sees herself getting married and living a whole life with a stranger she's just meeting, so she gives him a chance excitedly. Once Maggie starts to believe this could be the one, she gets the same vision, only this time it reveals another woman in the visions, which Maggie takes as her sign to end things now before she gets hurt. She can see the future, so she can't be wrong, right? Except Maggie is indeed wrong and as the episodes go on, visions are revealed and come to life in the show, only showing that Maggie is misreading the messages she's receiving. So, while Maggie thinks the answers are in her visions, they're only pushing her further away from them! "While she can see the future, her present is a mess!"
 
https://youtu.be/YjVNZIUw9ek
 
 
 

Torres, Alejandro (MW) The Resort 50

The Resort is an 8-episode miniseries on Peacock. It's about a couple, Emma (Christin Milioti) and Noah (William Jackson Harper), who go on vacation for their anniversary and to rekindle their dying marriage. While on a quad bike jungle tour, Emma crashes and finds a phone on the ground. Through the phone, she and Noah have uncovered an unsolved mystery about two missing kids and all the evidence was erased by a hurricane.

https://youtu.be/0DmeT1GLQn8

Perez, Meadow (MW) Grand Army

Grand Army is an American teen drama series on Netflix that stars Odessa A'Zion and David Lacono. This show follows five different students that attend Grand Army High School in New York City. It shares the many stories of each student and their struggles relating to racism, poverty, sexual assault, and identities. It sheds light on modern issues that teenagers can relate to today. There is one season out of Grand Army and is streaming on Netflix with subscription.

https://youtu.be/WKJ80PoTty8

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

Glendinning, Merron (MW) Wellington Paranormal 50

Watch the misadventures of Officer Minogue and O'Leary unfold, in this mockumentary horror comedy. Set in New Zealand, we see as they use investigation and dimwit to keep their community safe from the supernatural. Whether its witches, aliens, or even an evil plastic bag, Wellington Paranormal is here to save the day or at least try their best. This is a spinoff of the original What We Do in the Shadows movie.

https://youtu.be/1rhGsZJUxvs

Butterfield, Cassie (MW) Ghosts (UK) 10

The British comedy series Ghosts is about a group of ghosts from different historical eras that are stuck in a deteriorating mansion together and have to learn how to live with their new residents. When Allison Cooper receives news that she's inherited a large estate from a distant relative, she's thrilled to move in with her husband, Mike, who dreams of renovating the home and turning it into a hotel. However, soon after moving in, Allison has a near-fatal encounter with one of the ghosts that put her in a medically induced coma. Allison then awakens to discover her new ability to see the spirits that possess her home. Ghosts just released the fourth season in September and it's currently available to stream on HBO Max.

https://youtu.be/5e0nB1mSd9Q

Aguilar, Bella (MW) Pistol 50

Pistol is a six-part miniseries based on Lonely Boy: Tales from a Sex Pistol by Steve Jones. It tells the story of the British punk band the Sex Pistols, starting from their formation to the death of Nancy Spungen. This stylistic show is directed by Academy Award winner Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, Trainspotting) with supporting roles by Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) and Thomas Brodie-Sangster (Nanny McPhee, The Maze Runner). The series premiered in May of 2022 with all six episodes streaming on Hulu as a part of FX on Hulu.

https://youtu.be/9KhxwG0eCiE

Patterson, Sloan (MW) Welcome to Eden 50

Welcome to Eden is a sci-fi drama that takes place on a remote island, streaming on Netflix. Hundreds of young adults are invited to an island party that is promoted to be a festival of a lifetime but ends up being a journey into a cult. Members are made to sign a contract that states you can't bring any cellular devices or people. The main character Zoa, sneaks her friend in, later to face the consequences. Upon arrival, the hosts announce this Eden festival is organized to launch a new drink, the Blue Eden. Everyone is given a wristband but only 5 people's wristbands will light up deciding if you get to try the new drink. However, this drink led those five people, Zoa, Aldo, Africa, Charly, and Ibon to hallucinate. When they woke up, they had zero recollection of what happened and everyone was missing except those who drank the Blue Eden drink. Led by drone, they are led to the Eden foundation civilization, not knowing they will eventually end up fighting for their lives to escape the cult. 

https://youtu.be/__JMu36vrV4

Scott, Madelyn (MW) Our Father 50

Our Father is about a Gynecologist named Donald Cline who was artificially inseminating women in the city of Indianapolis. The women who saw Dr. Cline found out that the sperm that they thought they were being inseminated with was from a donor or a desired father when in reality Cline was using his own semen. There is around 90 children that he has and they all live around the city of Indianapolis to this day and are still trying to fight Cline for what he did to the families he affected. You can find this docu-series on Netflix. 

https://youtu.be/phQxK5u8IEs