Wednesday
FANTASY (2022)
Creators: Tim Burton, Alfred Gough
InterpretationsCast: Gina Ortega, Gwendolyn Christie

The dark comedy legend of the Addams Family returns to the Netflix screen with an all-new series clearly signed by Tim Burton. The protagonist here is Wednesday, the brilliant but depressed daughter of a family who is escorted by her parents to a special school for children with supernatural powers. There, the young lady, with the help of the faithful “Things”, will make new acquaintances and set off to unravel the mystery of a series of terrible murders that disturb the area.

Another coming-of-age story out of (literally) hundreds Netflix has to offer, but this one deserves our attention for several reasons. Originally for gothic fantasy wizard Tim Burton, who manages to capture his aesthetic in a series that is generally very discreet in this particular piece. Then there’s the main character, Gina Ortega, who plays the grumpy and sullen Wednesday, but always ready to surprise you with her sharp mind and dark humor. All this in a (cheap) package of eight 45-minute episodes that perfectly blend American fantasy mythology with modern “real” world issues, even if the latter come to the fore in a somewhat turbulent and sketchy fashion.

The blind man who didn’t want to see the Titanic ★★★
DRAMA (2021)
Directed by: Temu Niki
InterpretationsPeople: Petri Poikolanen, Marianna Mayala

From the Cinobo platform, we choose a very special film with an even more special protagonist, which we saw relatively recently in cinemas, directed by Finn Temu Niki. Yako suffers from multiple sclerosis, as a result of which he is confined to a wheelchair, and now he has also lost his sight. Through the Internet, he meets Shirpa, who is also sick, and they communicate daily by phone. However, one day Yako decides to cross the (not few) kilometers separating them, and even unaccompanied, in order to finally meet his beloved. On the road, of course, he will need the help of strangers, and somewhere there things will take a dangerous turn. Despite the “heavy” subject matter, Nicki manages to spruce up his film with a fair amount of humor and cinematic references, while his visual approach is also notable: the camera is almost constantly fixed on the face of the (excellent) protagonist, and the surroundings are blurred and lost. , manages to put the viewer in the place of this unique hero as much as possible. The film comes out on the platform from 6/12.