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Official synopsis: A surgeon (Pierre Brasseur) causes an accident which leaves his daughter (Edith Scob) disfigured and goes to extreme lengths to give her a new face.  I fell off the wagon with my Blind Spots the last few months. A lot of what I wanted to watch isn't available on streaming, so I had to pivot a bit. I was hoping to make this my October watch, but I can't count on this to still be around then. I'm about 3 months behind, but hopeful I'll be able to catch up in the coming months. Summer always tends to distract me. I'd rather be outside. What surprised me the most about this film was how graphic it was. It's nothing like the gore and body horror you see today, but I was legitimately surprised with what they showed considering this film was made in 1960. I expected nearly everything to be off screen, but they really get into it.  It's very foreboding. You legitimately fear for all the women that the surgeon and his assistant come across. You al

Official synopsis: Set in the time of the old republic, An investigation into a shocking crime spree pits a respected Jedi Master (Lee Jung-jae) against a dangerous warrior (Amandla Stenberg) from his past. As more clues emerge, they travel down a dark path where sinister forces reveal all is not what it seems… I need to address the elephant in the room with Star Wars fans. And yes, I am one myself, but whenever Star Wars chooses to have a female or POC lead, a loud section of the internet loses their damn minds. And over the past 6 weeks, I've seen a lot of that going around with the Acolyte, which checks all those triggering boxes for the racists. It's disproportionate hate. The Acolyte DOES have some issues, but absolutely none of them have to do with the actors.  I had to vent. It just bothers me that this happens EVERY time. Here are my likes, dislikes, and thoughts moving forward LIKES 1) The showed how flawed Jedis are. The Jedi order ultimately fails. We know this, and

A retired tornado-chaser and meteorologist, Kate (Daisy Edgar-Jones) is persuaded to return to Oklahoma to work with a new team and new technologies. The original Twister was never a serious movie, and it's quasi-sequel isn't here to be either. This is the kind of film you go to in the theater with the best sound system possible, and just enjoy your popcorn. To its credit, the actual story they're telling in Twisters is pretty interesting. You have Kate, and Javi (Anthony Ramos) who have their backgrounds in meteorology and want to "disrupt" a tornado vs a youtube storm chaser, Tyler (Glen Powell) with a team that don't have the paper degree, but plenty of knowledge and experience. Both approaching these storms from different sides, but there to help people nonetheless. I did have to laugh about that helping bit though. If you grew up in the Midwest, you probably ran a lot of tornado drills as a child. You probably also ran them at your job as an adult. Or y

Official Synopsis: In pursuit of a serial killer (Nicolas Cage), an FBI agent Lee Harker (Maika Monroe) uncovers a series of occult clues that she must solve to end his terrifying killing spree. Ever since the trailers debuted, Longlegs has been one of my most anticipated films of the year. I was gutted that I couldn't get to it on opening weekend, so I had to spend extra time avoiding reviews. I wanted to go in as blind as possible, and I'm glad I did. My immediate thought after watching this is that director Oz Perkins probably really likes Se7en , and I do too! It's in my top 5, but I was reminded a lot of the structure of that film watching this. Longlegs doesn't compare to Se7en's greatness, but it wants to. What this film lacks is the character development to supplement the atmosphere. You need both, and Perkins chose to rely on atmosphere alone.  Thankfully Blair Underwood, who plays Lee's boss is there to breathe some life into this film. I like Monroe

It's Emmy season! Below is a list of the main acting nominees plus my thoughts, because you know I have a lot of them. A full list can be seen HERE .  Outstanding Comedy Series Abbott Elementary The Bear Curb Your Enthusiasm Hacks Only Murders in the Building Palm Royale  Reservation Dogs What We Do in the Shadows I watch all of these except Curb, Murders and Palm Royale, though I have not caught up with the most recent season of Hacks. I'm happy Res Dogs is getting a nom for its final season, and WWDITS is so underrated. More people should watch. Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary Ayo Edebiri, The Bear Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building Maya Rudolph, Loot Jean Smart, Hacks Kristen Wiig, Palm Royale Selena Gomez finally getting a nomination is kind of shocking. All I've ever seen her do is sarcasm, maybe she finally broke the mold in Only Murder's 3rd season? You'll have to tell me. I'm team Ayo here.  Outstandi

The Bear has been one of my favorite new shows to hit the scene in the past year. Season 2 left us with plenty of story to come. Carmy's dream of opening "The Bear" came true. He had a huge blow out with both Richie and Claire. Syd wasn't feeling confident, Sugar found out she was pregnant. Basically there was plenty of mileage to be had this season. Season 3, while having plenty of funny moments and the return of some great guest stars felt incomplete. The entire first episode felt almost experimental, with its long shots of the city and soundtrack that played over. I liked the episode at first, but after seeing how little the entire season progressed, I resent it a bit. Carmy and Richie never talked. Clarie and Carmy never talked. We still don't know what Syd will do with her new offer. I felt like nothing was answered. We learned a bit more about Tina and Marcus this season, which was one of the few bright spots, but story wise it just didn't work well for

Official synopsis:  In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx (Mia Goth) finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her sinister past. Who knew Ti West's little horror film X would turn into one of the best horror trilogies in modern day? Powered by a show stopping performance by Mia Goth, we come to the conclusion of Maxine Minx's story. This film takes placed in 1985, a few years removed from the events of X. The scope is bigger and the stakes are higher. Unlike the second installment Pearl , Mia Goth wasn't involved in the writing of this one. West ties in Maxine's story with the very real Night Stalker murders, and it works quite well. Maxine is haunted by her past, but she's still as confident as ever and that makes her into a great final girl. One thing MaXXXine didn't inherit from its predecessors was its pacing. I think Ti West was kind of caugh

Official synopsis:  A man seeks to break free from his predetermined path, a cop questions his wife's demeanor after her return from a supposed drowning, and a woman searches for an extraordinary individual prophesied to become a renowned spiritual guide. Yorgos Lanthimos is fresh off his Oscar darling Poor Things with another Emma Stone-led film. This time, it's three short stories strung together, with actors including Jesse Plemmons, Margaret Qualley, Hong Chau, Mamoudou Athie, and Willem DaFoe playing multiple roles.  The stories don't exactly have much to do with each other. I suppose they *could* be about "kinds of kindness" but it's really just a look into the oddities Lanthimos is so drawn two. Of the 3 shorts, I found the first and last ones to be the strongest. I think the last could've been made into a feature. The second one left me scratching my head, and after I post this review, I'm going to have to do a bit of reading online because I

Official synopsis:  An unexpected romance triggers comic consequences for a young woman (Joey King), her mother, (Nicole Kidman) and her boss, (Zac Efron) grappling with the complications of love, sex, and identity. Earlier this year Amazon Prime gave us another age gap rom com with The Idea of You . Now, Netflix is doing the same with A Family Affair.  Only this time instead of a famous singer, Efron is a famously out of touch actor, with King as his assistant and Kidman as her writer mother. I have to say based on some reviews I read on letterboxd I was expecting this to be awful, but it was just fine. It's a typical rom com. Not something you spend theater money on, but a perfectly watchable film at home. I was somewhat compelled by the love affair between Brooke and Chris. Mostly because we're given enough backstory on both to make you wonder if it could truly work. The biggest downfall of the film is King's Zara. She's an incredibly selfish character who throws tan

Official synopsis:  After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy (Jodie Comer) is drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club. I don't think the IMDb synopsis above really does this film justice. It implies that we're seeing things from Benny's point of view, and we're thankfully not. This is the Kathy show. She's our main protagonist, she tells the majority of the story. And while yes, there's plenty of scenes of Benny and Tom Hardy's Johnny without her. We still always find our way back to Kathy. That's the best way director Jeff Nichols could've handled this story. He's been wanting to make a film about a motorcycle club for quite some time, and by having Kathy, a woman stuck in a sea of shitty men as the main voice, the film is far better for it. Even though I just wish Kathy would mak

Official Synopsis:   A pathologist (Marin Ireland) successfully reanimates the body of a little girl, but to keep her breathing, she will need to harvest biological materials from pregnant women. When the girl's mother (Judy Reyes), a nurse, discovers her baby alive, they enter into a deal that forces them both down a dark path of no return. Yes, this movie is exactly as messed up as the synopsis suggests, and I had been wanting to see it ever since lucky festival goers reviews came across my letterboxd feed. Pathology itself is an interesting field and and having one as a co-lead just made this all the most interesting. It raises a lot of questions about mortality and whether or not you would do something like this if you could. Like, as a parent, can you blame Celie for wanting to do all she can to have her 6 year old daughter alive again? Can you blame Rose for her discovery, even if the means are questionable?  I was very into this, but I don't think this film is a horror m

Official synopsis:  A young American, Margaret (Nell Tiger Free) woman is sent to Rome to begin a life of service to the church, but encounters a darkness that causes her to question her faith and uncovers a terrifying conspiracy that hopes to bring about the birth of evil incarnate I'll admit, when I first saw a trailer for this film, I rolled my eyes. WHY do we need a prequel to The Omen? Is there not something else we could write about? Well, here I am now, eating crow, because this film was a lot better than it had any right being. Even though we know Damien is eventually going to be born, the film does very well with making the "how" of it a mystery. There's so much for Margaret to uncover. There were parts I found predictable, but even though I knew where it was going, I was still interested in seeing how the characters get themselves there. Tiger Free is great in this role. It's very reminiscent of what she did in The Servant , but I liked that about this f

Official synopsis : A woman's friendship with a new co-worker at the prison facility where she works takes a sinister turn. I think all of us movie lovers that actively read reviews can admit that sometimes we're reading and watching so many, that it's easy to forget what a film is about if you don't see it right when everyone else does. Take Eileen for example. I love both Anne Hathaway and Thomasin Mackenzie, and I know I read other blogger's reviews of this film. I remember it being mixed. So I went into this expecting a forbidden lesbian romance story, and boy when I say I was the literal embodiment of this meme.. I almost had to laugh. I probably would have if this film had not gotten SO dark. I was really impressed with this overall. It's a very quite film, but it has quite the crescendo. It's easy to see why Eileen finds herself obsessed with Rebecca considering the people she has to surround herself with each day. I thought the production design wa

Official Synopsis:  An ambitious journalism student, Mia (Bel Powley) falls under the thrall of an esteemed yet cutthroat news reporter, Diane(Tracee Ellis Ross) whom she's desperate to impress, even if it means manipulating her latest story - and the very idea of truth itself. I've always loved journalism movies, so when I saw this film finally hit Netflix, I immediately downloaded it for my long flight. If you're going into this looking for someone to like, you will be disappointed. Both Mia and Diane suck. Especially Mia, who we spend all of our time with. Diane is an asshole, but Mia screws over so many people in this film that when karma finally catches up with her, I couldn't give her even an ounce of pity. It's a stark contrast to the last thing I saw Powley in, which was A Small Light , where she played the hero Miep Geis, who I would do anything for.  Powley plays the part well. Mia knows she has to step on people to get to the top, and that she does. When

Official synopsis : In modern-day Helsinki, two lonely souls in search of love meet by chance in a karaoke bar. However, their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost phone numbers to mistaken addresses, alcoholism, and a charming stray dog. I'm sure there's a name for films like Napoleon Dynamite , Eagle vs Shark , and now Fallen Leaves but I struggle to define them. "Deadpan comedy," "irreverent," "awkward." These three films have that in common.  I wasn't expecting to dislike Fallen Leaves as much as I did. These type of movies that I previously mentioned just don't work for me. They come off as unfunny and low effort, and I know that is a minority opinion because those films both have a lot of fans. This film was even a Mubi exclusive, so clearly there is an audience for them, it's just not me.  This film felt like a series of good ideas, but they couldn't settle on which one they wanted to bring to the forefront. I

Official synopsis:  When one of her students is suspected of theft, teacher Carla Nowak (Leonie Benesch) decides to get to the bottom of the matter. Caught between her ideals and the school system, the consequences of her actions threaten to break her. I'm back! I was on a week long trip to visit family in Germany, so I watched quite a few movies to occupy me on my long flights. The first up is Germany's submission to this year's Oscars. One I had hoped to catch before the ceremony. One film I did not expect to compare this to was 2012's Compliance . I feel like I've been thinking of that film a lot lately, but I will never re-watch it because if you know, you know. I feel similarly about this film. Carla makes so many stupid decisions, and yes I know *why* she's doing it, but it was so frustrating to watch. Nearly every problem in this film could've been solved with a simple conversation. And the film keeps building and building the tension, then ends in th

Official synopsis:  Fourteen-year-old Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta) went to join friends at a party and never returned home. Seven teenage girls and a boy were accused of the savage murder. A true crime series starring Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough? Sign me up. This 8 episode drama streams on Hulu and follows the real case of Reena Virk, whose grisly murder inspired author Rebecca Godfrey's book of the same name. Godfrey unfortunately passed away from cancer before the mini series finished production, but she allegedly liked how the episodes were written and how she would eventually be portrayed by Riley Keough. This surprises me a bit, because there is one thing that really tanked the series for me, and it was how unbearable Rebecca became. I've read that she liked that she was portrayed as a bit of an "anti hero" in this, but I don't think that's true at all. I don't think there's anything heroic about show Rebecca and how she projected onto these tee

Official synopsis:  Upon the loss of his mother, an Egyptian teenager Nabil (Ryan Ali) leaves his home of Cairo to live with his father in Toronto. Parachuted into the underground queer nightlife in Toronto, he confronts his mother’s death, much to his father’s disapproval, by taking up the ways of drag and becoming Queen Tut. There's so much to love about this film. Endearing performances, gorgeous costumes, found family. It feels very honest. It's wholesome to see Nabil feel connected to his mother by a sketch of a dress she planned to make, and for that dress to come to life as he does as Queen Tut. I liked the focus on preserving LGBTQIA+ history and not letting it fall to the wayside of gentrification. Even if this was a fictional landmark, you feel for it as if it's real.  Another part of Nabil's story outside of his relationship with his parents is how he grapples with religion. I liked that the film has space for both being critical of people using religion to d

Official Synopsis:  Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. I'm not sure I've ever kicked myself so hard for not seeing a film in theaters the way I did Godzilla Minus One. Life would just NOT work with me on that one, and I missed it. Now, after 84 years, the film is finally available to stream on Netflix. And I can see what all the fuss was about.  At this point in the pop culture zeitgeist, I'm used to Godzilla teaming up with Kong and taking a nap in the Colosseum. This film reminded me that he's meant to be legitimately terrifying. His entrance into this film is so abrupt and creepy. Then he leaves, and we focus on the human story. One of found family, surviving post-war when your war isn't necessarily over, and love. I found myself getting so into that, that I almost forgot I was watching a Godzilla movie until he returns with a vengeance.  The SFX team d

Official Synopsis:  While Thomas (Nico Tortorella) and Oscar (Juan Pablo Di Pace) are very much in love, after their first foster child returns to his birth mother, they find that they have different ideas about what making a family actually means. This film gets its title from the Mattachine Society, and early US gay rights organization. The famed staircase dedicated to founder Harry Hay also makes an appearance. It's a fitting title for a film with plenty to say about the broad spectrum of gay relationships. Dealing with marriage, fertility, dating, adoption, and everything in betwenen. Thomas is a photographer, he narrates the film from time to time against a series of photos he's taken. I really liked this touch. Thomas is a character who starts off not thinking too much about becoming a parent, then when it happens he realizes just how much it means to him. My heart always swells when I think of my own child, so I loved seeing that play out.  This film just made me feel al

Official Synopsis:  The life and music of Amy Winehouse (Marisa Abela), through the journey of adolescence to adulthood and the creation of one of the best-selling albums of our time. Amy Winehouse was a one of a kind talent who was gone far too soon. It was inevitable that we'd get a biopic about her. It was never going to be an easy feat. Think about it. Amy was a huge tabloid fixture in the 2000's. I for one, consumed a lot of that media back in those days. I can picture Amy Winehouse perfectly in my head because I've seen so many photos of her thanks to paparazzi desperately trying to capture her "train wreck" era (which was really her suffering from addiction, but no one allowed that type of grace in the mid aughts) Because of that, I can't see anyone truly getting immersed in this film and "seeing" Amy. I saw an uncanny valley version of her instead and I think that's going to be a bit of a hurdle. That said, I didn't find this film nea

Official synopsis: The origin story of renegade warrior Furiosa (Anya Taylor-Joy) before her encounter and team up with Mad Max. I never cared for the Mad Max films until 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road came bursting on the scene. That ended up being one of my favorite films of that year. When a prequel was announced with Anya Taylor-Joy taking over for Charlize Theron, I was immediately intrigued, but I kept my expectations low. How do you top a stunning film like Fury Road? Well, you don't. But Furiosa is still a fun time at the movies. The stunt and VFX teams are the standout here. All of the fight scenes on the rigs were very well done and exciting to watch. Anya Taylor Joy spends the majority of the film silent, her glare is doing most of the work here. And I have to shout out Alyla Browne who played the younger version of her. They looked so much alike. You'd think they were sisters. Chris Hemsworth is the standout as the villain Dementus. He's both corny and brutal,

Official synopsis:  Jesus (David Pareja) and Maria (Estefanía de los Santos)  are a couple going through a difficult time in their relationship. Nevertheless, they have just become parents. To shape their new life, they decide to buy a new coffee table. A decision that will change their existence. Never have I been thrown off by a movie as much as I have been The Coffee Table.  I hadn't watched any trailers, nor read other reviews before hitting "play." I assumed I was in for a more Scenes from a Marriage type viewing type viewing experience where this couple will really have to access their commitment after a fight. Oh no. This film starts with the pettiest argument over a coffee table and ends with trauma that is probably going to last for generations for all involved. Watching this was like waiting to pull off a band aid. I wanted to just skip to the end and get it over with. To get to what I knew was coming, but who wants to miss an entire movie? As anxiety inducing

Official synopsis:  Many years after the reign of Caesar, a young ape, Noa (Owen Teague) goes on a journey that will lead him to question everything he's been taught about the past and make choices that will define a future for apes and humans alike. If you've been reading here for a while, you probably know what a huge fan I am of the most recent POTA trilogy. While I never felt strongly about the original movies, something about Caesar's journey really connected with me. So I was slightly apprehensive of this film when I found out it was going to be set several hundred years after the fact. But, the trailers looked interesting, and it became one of my most anticipated of the year. So how did it fare? Pretty good! Though I have some notes. What this film does very well is world building. It takes its time getting to know Noa and his Eagle clan. I expected it to move as a much faster pace than it did. Proximas Caesar (Kevin Durand) the main villain doesn't even show up

Official synopsis: A soul-searching portrait of four inmates in a Norwegian prison. Director Øystein Mamen wants us to consider what prison is supposed to accomplish. Be a punishment? Yes, but what about rehabilitation? Can you truly come back from something horrible you've done? Can you repent? Could you ever forgive? By following four prisoners who are given the opportunity to take part in a silent spiritual retreat, that's what he sets out to explore. "Retreat" makes this ordeal sound more lavish than it is. These inmates aren't on vacation, and they talk in detail about how they've grown to like the "lock down" part of their day. It's quiet, they're alone, and they can control what's in their cell. The real world is like sensory overload. Here, there's not much speaking. While the exercise is religious, it was open to all faiths, not just Christians. By the end of it, you can make the judgement on how well this exercise worked for

Official synopsis:   Israeli badminton champion Nina Gorodetsky has her first and maybe last chance to compete in the Paralympics. On the cusp of turning 40, this documentary is an intimate look into her life.  Nina Gorodetsky was born in Georgia, immigrated to Israel when she was 11. Bullied and called a "Russian whore" by other kids, she fought them off and kept going. At the age of 17, she was paralyzed in a car accident. We start following Nina, now almost 40 in 2019 right before the pandemic cancelled the Paralympics and put everyone's lives on hold. Nina in particular struggles with her athletic pursuits and motherhood. She has a son, Naveh, but wants another. But her dream is also being an Olympic champion. When the pandemic comes, she has that second child she desired, and continues to work hard to qualify for the Paralympics.  This is a very intimate look at Nina's life. We see her at her most vulnerable, her most fired up after a match, lovely moments with h

Official synopsis:  The story follows writer and performer Richard Gadd's warped relationship with a female stalker and the impact it has on him as he is ultimately forced to face a deep, dark buried trauma. I'll admit to not knowing a ton about Baby Reindeer before I hit play on Netflix. I knew it was about a man and his stalker, but I didn't realize just how much trauma we'd eventually get into. Because of my ignorance, episode 4, the one dedicated to solely to a very traumatic series of events that happened to Donny Dunn (Gadd's name in the series) felt very jarring. I think Gadd is brave for sharing his story, but I probably should've done more research because I do not like to be caught off guard when it comes to sexual  assault in media.  It felt jarring because up until you get into Donny's past trauma, you're essentially watching "cringe cinema." Donny's stand up sucks, he doesn't set proper boundaries with Martha (Jessica Gunni

Official Synopsis : Solène, (Anne Hathaway) a 40-year-old single mom, begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell(Nicholas Galitzine), the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet. I can't say romance stories that are not so subtle Harry Styles fanfiction are my thing, but considering this is the 4th or 5th film made from one, there's clearly a demo for this, and that's great. Let the 1D fan fic girlies feast. I didn't have time to get to the theater this weekend, but I did have time to turn on Amazon Prime and watch two actors, one I've enjoyed for years in Hathaway, and one who I've only recently been exposed to - but has been killing it - in Galitzine. It played out about exactly as I thought it would. Lots of "we can...no we can't" so on, and so forth, but I did appreciate how sincere the relationship was from Hayes point of view. I liked Solène and found it easy to relate to her. Hathaway is great in this

this threesome never happens Official Synopsis:   Tashi, (Zendaya) a former tennis prodigy turned coach, turned her husband Art (Mike Faist) into a champion. But to overcome a losing streak, he needs to face his ex-best friend and Tashi's ex-boyfriend, Patrick. (Josh O'Connor) I've never been into tennis. Aside from the Williams sisters, I could not name a single professional tennis player. But what I am into is this cast and director Luca Guadagnino. And this film makes tennis thrilling. The way the tennis games are shot and edited is just spectacular to watch. I didn't think going in that this would be "must see" on the big screen, but to really get the scope of those scenes in particular, you should. That said, while I enjoyed this movie overall and I do recommend seeing it, I'm left with some mixed feelings about the story. This film is heavily marked around Tashi. It's her game, her rules after all. Only Tashi ends up being the thinnest character

Official synopsis:  Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured. For some reason, I grew up thinking Eve's Bayou was a horror movie. Probably because they chose a very menacing photo of Samuel L. Jackson for the poster and I vaguely knew they talked about voodoo. When I went to log this film on letterboxd, I was comforted in knowing I wasn't the only one that had that very far off assumption. Eve's Bayou is not in fact a horror film, though a horrible thing does happen in it. It is instead a story of coming of age and loss of innocence. All told through the eyes of young Eve (Jurnee Smollett) It's s visually striking piece. The lighting is perfect, the costumes beautiful, and you can feel the atmosphere. I never would've guessed that this is director Kasi Lemmon's first film. This might be the best first feature I've ever seen. It's made wi

Official Synopsis:  When a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village, Lord Yoshii Toranaga (Hiroyuki Sanada)  discovers secrets that could tip the scales of power and devastate his enemies. Some series don't fit the binging model and are best enjoyed week by week. This series is one of those. Each episode ended with just enough intrigue for the next, but not enough to make me lose my mind that I would have to wait.  Lord Toranaga looms large over the series, but it's really his English captive John Blackthorne (Cosmo Jarvis) and his translator Mariko (Anna Sawai) who are our main characters. They form a strong bond together, even though they are at times at odds. I really hope we see Anna Sawai's name as an Emmy nominee this year because she's tremendous in this. Mariko is easily the most interesting character and when she's not on screen, the show is just a little less good.  There's some pretty intense death scenes here, I don'

Back in the mid aughts, every gamer I knew played Fallout. It had a cool story and an amazing soundtrack. I didn't mind watching people play it. Now, Amazon Prime has made a series based on that game. Already renewed for a second season, the first 8 episodes are now available to stream. The series takes place in a post-nuclear war U.S and we follow 3 different leads. There's Lucy (Ella Purnell) who has lived her life underground in a bunker. Maximus (Aaron Moten) part of "The Brotherhood" who lives on the surface. And The Ghoul (Walton Goggins) Also on the surface, whose story is best seen to understand. Even if you didn't play the game, the plot is easy to follow and everything is explained very well. There's also plenty of Easter Eggs for those that did play. Goggins obviously is a veteran actor who is great at playing bad. Purnell I was only familiar with from another great series - Yellowjackets, and she makes for a great lead. Lucy is so naive and sweet.