Tag: Kaleidoscope
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Kaleidoscope: What Works and Doesn’t Work With Flexible Viewing Options?
There is something so enticing about the idea of interactive viewing, and Kaleidoscope is the latest offering Netflix has released to provide a new type of viewing experience. Merging viewers with the dramatic experiences viewers engage in is an exciting prospect. Any form of power given to the viewer is unusual, and this limited series…
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Best Heist Movies Like Kaleidoscope
If our parents tell us that it is bad to steal, then why do we seem to always be rooting for the characters we get to know during a good heist movie or TV show? Maybe because it’s kind of a victimless crime, and we love to see the amazing and intricate plans that they…
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Netflix’s ‘Kaleidoscope’ Unlocks a Watch-In-Any-Order Format for an Intriguing Heist Show
It seems like a lifetime ago, but in the early weeks of 2020, the then-named CBS All Access launched a show called “Interrogation.” The ten-episode season starred Peter Sarsgaard as a detective investigating a brutal murder where the accused killer was the woman’s son (Kyle Gallner). With a decent cast and a dour, decades-spanning saga,…
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Kaleidoscope Review: Netflix’s Heist Experiment Doesn’t Elevate Itself
In a landscape where streaming services are operating more and more like cable networks, it is important for platforms to take risks. In theory, that could take many forms, from greenlighting an unconventional story to introducing features solely unique to that platform. Netflix has tried taking some risks in the past with its platform, but…
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Kaleidoscope: Everything We Know About the Netflix Heist Series
Kaleidoscope (formerly Jigsaw) is going to be Netflix’s next big heist drama series, or at least that’s the promise. When the Netflix original was ordered in 2021, the working title was Jigsaw, and it’s worth mentioning that it has/had nothing to do with the 2017 sequel to the splatter horror series, Saw. In fact, the…
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New on Netflix in January 2023
With December almost at its end, that means we are entering a new year and the first month of 2023 brings an exciting new slate of movies and shows that are making their way to Netflix. Among the titles is That ’90s Show, a spin-off/sequel to the beloved sitcom That ’70s Show following a new…
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‘Ozark’ Season 4, Part 2 Review: The Final Episodes Craft an Emphatic Follow Through (No Spoilers)
I’m not sure “Ozark” ever improved upon “Kaleidoscope.” The first season’s eighth episode takes place entirely in flashback, as director Ellen Kuras and writer Ryan Farley bounce between the pivotal choices that precede the Byrdes’ fateful decision to start laundering money. Wendy (Laura Linney) is fighting through an extended depression, brought on by a complicated…