A review by Nalini Haynes A long time ago in the time of the dinosaurs, Danger Mouse and Penfold (two actual albeit cartoon mice) saved …
TV & movie reviews
Arrival (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Arrival is a science fiction movie where alien ships that look like rocks you’d skip over a lake come to …
Travelers season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Travelers is yet another made-for-television time travel story. Although far from the first in its genre in the past few …
Vamps (2012)
A review by Nalini Haynes Goody (Alicia Silverstone) and Stacy (Krysten Ritter) are BFF vamps who share the same apartment in New York, texting each …
The Refugees (TV series)
A review by Nalini Haynes The Refugees is a science fiction TV series about people from the future transporting themselves into the present “because we …
Blacklist (TV series)
A review by Nalini Haynes Raymond ‘Red’ Reddington (James Spader) walks into FBI headquarters, alerts authorities then kneels on the seal so they won’t shoot …
Designated Survivor (TV series)
A review by Nalini Haynes Tom Kirman (Keifer Sutherland) is no longer FBI agent Jack Bower. (Thank you! I was sick of the poor writing …
Trepalium season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Trepalium is a short TV season from France with English subtitles, set in a 1984-style dystopian France where a wall …
Regression (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes A spoilery review. You have been warned. Regression begins with a note on screen stating that this story is inspired …
Supergirl season 1
A review by Nalini Haynes Kara (Melissa Benoist) flees her home planet of Krypton in a space ship minutes after her cousin was launched, heading …
Christmas with the Kranks (2004)
A review by Nalini Haynes This is a spoilery review. You have been warned. Tis the season to go nuts because it’s Christmas. Christmas with …
Rogue One (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes Rogue One is the latest Star Wars movie but this one is set just before A New Hope (1977), the …
Perfect Christmas (2012) aka Holly’s Holiday
A review by Nalini Haynes Holly (Claire Coffee) wants a perfect life with the perfect man and a perfect Christmas. She slips and falls on …
Mechanic Resurrection (2016)
A review by Nalini Haynes The Mechanic, Arthur Bishop (Jason Statham), faked his own death in the previous Mechanic movie (that I haven’t seen). It …
Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) PG
A review by Nalini Haynes Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a family movie with a PG rating based on Wild Pork and Watercress, a book by Barry …