Review – Stranger Things (2016)

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by Henry Hill

The newest Netflix Original series Stranger Things is a terrific throwback to the Spielberg movies of the ‘80s. Think Goonies meets E.T. Meets John Carpenter’s The Thing. Featuring a Carpenter-esque theme song and score, Stranger Things is full of horror, mystery, drama and most of all, fun. It is full of fun easter eggs that will have viewers pausing and rewinding to see what they can spot in the background. Posters for films like Jaws and The Evil Dead hang on the walls in the kids bedrooms and The Clash’s hit 1982 song “Should I Stay or Should I Go” is played on the record player. Needless to say, after five episodes I am hooked.

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Review – The Ranch

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by Taylor Lunsford

As Netflix continues to produce more original content, they are beginning to attract bigger. Hollywood names to be part of their projects. The Ranch is the newest of those products. The Ranch features the reunion of That 70’s Show stars, Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson, as well as legendary tough guy Sam Elliott as a broken family who comes together to save the ranch they grew up on.

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Review – Daredevil, Season 2

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by Taylor Lunsford

Following a stellar debut for Marvel on Netflix with the first season of Daredevil, the legendary comic book company ups the ante by adding the Punisher to the mix for the show’s second outing.

The first season of Daredevil gave us a grittier and more down-to-Earth level of hero than the MCU had previously given us. It was praised for being more realistic and showing a darker side of Marvel. Season two immediately takes the brutality to another level upon the Punisher’s introduction.

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