New Netflix show, “Kaleidoscope” can be watched in any order. Courtesy | Unsplash A click, a burst of colors, and the appropriate title of “Kaleidoscope” flashes on screen. Some episodes may start with a jaunty tune, others silence, but all are centered around a heist: a team of eight are going to try to rob...
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White Lotus captivates viewers for second season
The second season of “White Lotus” takes place at an Italian resort. Courtesy | Wikimedia Commons The most interesting thing about HBO’s “The White Lotus” was its ability to transform relaxing TV downtime into 50 minutes of stressful, nail-biting cringing — and still bring a viewer back next week for more. The eccentric theme song...
Amazon takes on Tolkien
After a whopping $715 million budget, the producers and directors of the new Amazon show, “The Rings of Power,” should have remembered the old saying, “all that glitters is not gold.” On Friday, Sept. 10 a group of friends and I sat down to watch the show’s first episode. There was quite a range of...
Review: All is fair in love and autism
When my friend called me to tell me about a new dating show, I was thrilled. There’s nothing I love more than smutty attempts at romance. He informed me that this show, “Love on the Spectrum,” was different from everything I’ve seen before — that this show had the potential to change my life. Shot...
The ‘Social Dilemma’ has a message: Put the phone down and listen up
Netflix’s recent documentary “The Social Dilemma” argues that when it comes to social media, we have let the proverbial genie out of the bottle. Individuals, especially young people, are addicted to a device that profits from selling our attention—resulting in disaster for our health and relationships, but wads of cash for Silicon Valley executives. Whistle-blowers...