Take Two: “Awake” TV-MA
Gina Rodriguez ("Jane the Virgin") stars in the Netflix sci-fi apocalyptic thriller, "Awake." She plays a woman who tries to save her children after a solar flare causes nearly all of humanity to lose the ability to sleep.
Freeze Frame “Awake” (TV-MA), “Queen Bees” (PG-13)
The new Netflix offering “Awake” is yet another apocalyptic sci-fi thriller with a gimmick. After the radiation from solar flares bombards the earth, people lose their ability to sleep. After a few days of universal insomnia, chaos reigns and civilization begins to crumble. A young mother, played by Gina Rodriguez,...
Take Two: “Kajillionaire” (R)
"Kajillionaire" is comic drama from filmmaker Miranda July ("Me, You and Everyone We Know"). Evan Rachel Wood ("Westworld") leads the cast in the story of a young woman who works with her parents as petty scam artists. The ensemble also includes Richard Jenkins ("The Shape of Water"), Debra Winger ("The...
