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First Viewing Viewing Date: April 23rd Via: Netflix Plot: A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood. Rating: 7.0/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 23rd Via: Netflix Plot: A high-school boy who has run away to Tokyo befriends a girl who appears to be able to manipulate the weather. Rating: 7.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 22nd Via: Netflix Plot: A stowaway on a mission to Mars sets off a series of unintended consequences. Rating: 6.1/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 21st Via: Netflix Plot: Five years after her husband and daughter are killed in a senseless act of violence, a woman comes back from self-imposed exile to seek revenge against those responsible and the system that let them go free. Rating: 6.6/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 21st Via: iTunes Store Plot: A combat-experienced rancher on the Arizona border becomes the unlikely defender of a young Mexican boy desperately fleeing the cartel assassins who've pursued him into the U.S. Rating: 6.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 20th Via: iTunes Store Plot: Widow Aurora and her daughter Emma begin to grow apart when Emma marries against her mother's wishes. Meanwhile, Aurora begins a relationship with a former astronaut who lives next door. Rating: 7.6/10

Viewed: Season 1

A brand new show from HBO Max, Made for Love is surprisingly good for something I'd not previously heard about. It's not great, nor is it overly memorable, but it's creative and features a winning cast. It's especially fun to see Ray Romano here, who basically plays another exaggerated version of himself...this time as a widower who's in a committed relationship with a sex doll. Since this is a HBO Max series, it's clear that Warner Bros. opened the money purse to make it, as this is an expensive-looking show with strong production values all-round. It's also welcomely brisk, as the first season only features eight half-hour episodes. There's not much else to discuss; Made for Love is sufficiently enjoyable, but not essential TV.

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 18th Via: Amazon Prime Plot: Teenagers on a college campus are murdered one by one in styles that mirror urban legends. Rating: 5.9/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 17th Via: Amazon Prime Plot: A hapless chauffeur must take a comatose Secret Agent's place using his special gadget-laden tuxedo. Rating: 5.3/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 17th Via: iTunes Store Plot: The small town of Paris, Australia deliberately causes car accidents, then sells/salvages all valuables from the wrecks as a means of economy. Rating: 6.1/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 17th Via: Cinema Plot: During the Reagan era, a Korean family moves from California to rural Arkansas to start a farm. Rating: 6.8/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 16th Via: Google Play Plot: A female WWII pilot travelling with top-secret documents on a B-17 Flying Fortress encounters a hostile flight crew, as well as an unknown, vicious creature tagging along for the ride. Rating: 3.7/10

Netflix's worst true-crime series

“The Ripper is another true-crime documentary series from Netflix, which concentrates on the high-profile "Yorkshire Ripper" murders from the 1970s to the early 1980s. The Yorkshire Ripper, named after the infamous Jack the Ripper, initially targeted prostitutes before he began to kill any women walk” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: April 12th Via: Netflix Plot: When his young daughter learns about sex at school, and on the eve of his heart-breaking divorce, Will Hayes is coerced into telling the complicated story of his past relationships. Rating: 8.1/10