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First Viewing Viewing Date: February 25th Via: Disney+ Plot: A computer hacker breaks into the computer system of the Seabourn Legend cruise liner and sets it speeding on a collision course into a gigantic oil tanker. Onboard the cruise liner, an LAPD officer works to prevent imminent disaster. Rating: 4.7/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 22nd Via: YouTube Movies Plot: A bookish CIA researcher finds all his co-workers dead, and must outwit those responsible until he figures out who he can really trust. Rating: 7.7/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 22nd Via: Netflix Plot: Unable to cover the prohibitive cost of his son's life-saving heart transplant, and with hospital bureaucrats unwilling to help, desperate father John Quincy Archibald takes an emergency room hostage. Rating: 8.4/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 21st Via: iTunes Store Plot: On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence. Rating: 5.9/10

Viewed: Season 3

Once upon a time, Daredevil was pretty much my favourite thing on television - for season 2, I started watching as soon as it dropped, and stayed up most of the night binging through it. But it took me two-and-a-half years to get to the third and final season. Why? Because life was too hectic when it first dropped on Netflix, and then the cancellation plus the end of Marvel Netflix pretty much made me lose interest and it was no longer a priority. But I finally circled back around, and I’m glad that I did because this season is actually excellent. Taking some narrative elements from the comic-book story Born Again, and finding Matt Murdoch where we left him at the end of The Defenders, this is a gritty, extremely compelling season of television which reminded me why I fell in love with Daredevil in the first place. I am getting kind of burned out on the thirteen-episode format, since there is still some filler here (the Karen episode drags) and I would prefer something brisker, but for the most part the show effectively justifies its length without the prolonged extraneous subplots which weighed down the second season of The Punisher. First things first, the returning cast remains excellent (Vincent D'Onofrio is the definitive live-action Kingpin and nobody will ever equal or top it), but it's the new cast that steal the spotlight - namely, Jay Ali as Ray Nadeem and Wilson Bethel as Dex. Ali in particular is a scene-stealer, nailing the draining requirements of his role with confidence, and he's such a magnetic presence on-screen. You feel his fear and his frustration, and you grow to truly care about him. Season 3 also delivers in the action department, and then some. The violence remains vehemently R-rated which is a huge plus, the fight choreography is excellent, and production values never disappoint. This is such a compelling season all the way through; I intended to watch this at my leisure, but became sucked in by the sixth or seventh episode. There's ample momentum, and the sense of hopelessness is incredible - the characters keep falling deeper and deeper into the hole dug by Kingpin. I could go on and on about all the strengths of this season, but rest assured this is quality viewing. Annoyingly, though, it ends with a tease for the future which will never be followed through. I think this will be the final word on Marvel Netflix for me... I don't plan to watch Iron Fist or the remaining seasons of Jessica Jones or Luke Cage.

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 20th Via: iTunes Store Plot: After having an ill-advised affair, a successful lawyer tries to end things with his mistress. However, she becomes obsessed with him and refuses to leave him or his family alone. Rating: 7.1/10

A darkly comedic new Christmas cult classic

“A new Christmas cult classic is born with 2020's Fatman, an eccentric mix of fantasy, violence and black comedy which will interest those who enjoy quirkier festive flicks like Rare Exports, Krampus or 2003's iconic Bad Santa. Indeed, rather than a saccharine holiday picture designed to generate war” read more

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 17th Via: Netflix Plot: After an attack renders her blind, Ellen Ashland withdraws from the world to recover. But soon she plunges into paranoia, unable to convince anyone that her assailant has returned to terrorize her by hiding in plain sight. Rating: 6.6/10

First Viewing Viewing Date: February 16th Via: 4K Blu-ray Plot: In the 1970s, a missing teacher of martial arts is the subject of a quest by his devoted and brilliant but distant students, who include Batman. Rating: 5.3/10