Russian Doll (2019) - A Netflix Sci-fi Series Review

Russian Doll (2019) is a sci-fi series from Netflix. The middle-age girl Nadia trapped in a mysterious time loop. It has happend at her birthday. From her birthday, every night she dies and awakes the next day daily.

We have seen many movies with this concept like Happy Death Day and Happy Death Day 2, The Triangle etc., But as a series, it is a fresh one. There are many risks as series in this concept.

For example, if we take a movie with the time-loop concept, the same scenes will be repeated for few times only. If this is taken as series, the same scenes will be repeated by inifinte times untill the end. Suppose, the season one has ten episodes, the scenes had to be repeated for atleast ten times. This is the major risk in this concept.

Russian Doll has not given space for this major drawback and the writers of the show nailed this lackness.  There are six writers and they are aware of this problem. Hats off to their creation.

But there is an another drawback which is the nature of the script and it is unavoidable. There is little bit of lag through the series but it is happened here and there only. The actors' contributions are good and they are given the needed performance.

Overall, Russian Doll is a engaging but not great  thing like movie material. It is worth to watch. 

Imdb 7.9/10

Sharkz Scale 6/10

Never Have I Ever season 2- A Netflix Series Review

 Never Have I Ever is a Netflix originals. It is created by Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher. In the first season, Devi struggles to get an American boyfriend and she also striggles to grasp attention from others as a nerd teenager.

In season 2, Devi has managed to get two American boyfriends. She dates with two boys at the same time. Paxton and the nerdy kid come to know about Devi's shocking behaviour and the controvercy arises.

This speciality of this series is emotional elements. They clearly presents this as an emotional drama. Devi's lack of decision making, Dr.Nalini's insecurity, Fabiola's lesbian plot are all deal with emotional aspects.

All actors performance are good particularly Ben's frustrations over Devi. Overall, Never I Have Ever becomes of the best series in Netflix and joined the queque after Friends, The Bigbang Theory, Sex Education, The IT crowd.

Imdb 7.6/10

Sharkz Scale 6.6/10

Fear Street Part Three 1666- A Netflix Horror Movie Review

 Fear Street Part three 1666 is the final and third sequel to the Fear street movie. It is based on the book by R.L.Stine's Fear Street series. It is an another body slasher movie from Netflix.

The movie starts with the persistance of its prequel. The running time of the film is 110mins. The first half an hour is crawled due to the nature of its screenplay. After, the twisted knots are slowly untied one by one and it start to buzz.

The plot is simple. A group of Shadyside teenagers try to find out the mystery behing horrible murders which are happening in the town. Their investigation leads to terrible history and horrifying secrets.

Once again the director Leigh Janiak roared by her screenplay. The nature of script is slow burn but he makes his magic to become engaging. There is a slight touch of LGBT in the background of the year 1666.

The movie also deals with several aspects such as queer things, satanic things and summoning the devil etc. Apart from the first half an hour, there is no negative elements in this film. 

Overall, Fear Street part thee 1666, is an engaging thriller and horror series and it is not to be skipped. 

Imdb 6.8/10

Sharkz Scale 6/10

Fear Street- Part two 1978- A Netflix Movie Review

 Fear Street Part two 1978 is an another body slasher film and it is a sequel. It is streaming in Netflix. On behalf of continuation of first part, the sequel is a good one.

This second movie in this triology deals with group of teens try to unravel the mysteries behind the Shadyside curse. As usual the movie has body slashing scenes, violence and an erotic scene etc. So, it has all the qualities of slashing movies.

Even though, we have seen these plot in various films, this film succeeds through the engaging screenplay. The first part ends with the introduction of the survivor C.Berman and the second part begins with the introduction of C.Berman.

The final twist is unexpected and last 45 minutes arises the curiosity among audience. The lead to the third part at the end gears the expectations. The director and the music composer showed their creativity throughout the entire film. The character Cindy scores high in this film.

Overall, Fear Street part two 1978 is an engaging sequel and it creates hype for the next part. It is worth to spend time but not with family.

Imdb 6.8/10

Sharkz scale 7/10

The Fear Street: 1994 Part One - A Netflix Movie Review

 The Fear Street 1994: Part One is a horror slasher movie streaming in Netflix. After The Babysitter 2, this is one of the better slasher movies in the covid curfew.

A group of teenagers try to find out the reason for mystical deaths in Shadyside town. Unfortunately, they have come across the story of the Witch Sara and the survivor C.Berman in the year 1978. 

The movies has three parts and the intro of C.Berman marks the end of the first part. Fear Street is based on the series of tweleve books by R.L.Stine. 

This movies contains all the elements of a slasher movie. The chasing of devil/murderer, body slashes, blood splashes and little but of sexual pleasure etc.

The background score is good. The colour and tone of the movie is excellent for a slasher genre. The director Leigh Janiak also gives importance to queer representations through the characters. There are mild lags in the screenplay here and there I hope tge director will correct those lags for the sequels.

Overall, Fear Street 1994: Part One is teen, brutal,bloody, horror, queer and body slasher movie and strictly not suitable for children. It is worth to spend 1.45hrs in this lockdown.

imdb 6.5/10

Sharkz Scale 6/10

The Tomorrow War (2021) - Movie Review

 The Tomorrow War (2021) is a sci-fi action movie. We have been watching several alien movies since Alien (1979). If we watch Alien (1979), still it gives goosebumps for us. this is because of the concept and screenplay. Let's see how The Tomorrow War is?

A troop of army comes from thirty years future. They ask for help from current military. Chris Patt also joins with the army and he travels to future to save his daughter. The movie answers whether the humans win the war or not?

As I have said earlier, we have seen several blockbuster alien movies like Alien, The Independence Day, After Earth, Alien VS Predator, The Predator etc. These movies are strong in technical aspects and also in plot and screenplay. So, that we cannot find anything new in the movie The Tomorrow war (2021) except the war that happens in the future.

The only new thing is time travel. The relationship between the hero and his daughter is worked out well. This is also another main reason to grab the audience till the end.

The predictablity of the scenes and tiring alien scenes are the major drawbacks. Lorane Balfe's average background score adds as a kind of positive element in this film. We hope that Chris Mckay will come up with another meaningful movie in the future. 

Overall, The Tomorrow War is not a worst movie but it is one time watchable if you want to pass the time.

Imdb 7/10

Sharkz Scale 6/10