AWAKE (full review at Screen Realm)

Jill (Gina Rodriguez) is widowed ex-soldier and recovering addict. She works in security at a research laboratory and sells expired drugs on the side for extra cash. She is determined to win custody of her two children, Matilda (Ariana Greenblatt) and (Lucius Hoyos), who live with their grandmother.

During a routine school-run an unspecified global event take place, cutting the power and, it transpires, preventing the entire world from falling asleep. Without any decent shuteye, it’s not long before everyone descends into hysterical wide-eyed mania and society begins to crumble.

Jill escapes the city with her kids, meeting escaped convict Dodge (Shamier Anderson) en-route and heading for a research station run by her boss, Dr Murphy (Jennifer Jason Leigh). All the while keeping the closely guarded secret that Matilda can still sleep.

Read the full review at Screen Realm:
https://www.screenrealm.com/awake-movie-review-netflix/

IMDB: Awake

THOROUGHBREDS (full article at The Guardian Australia)

You might be forgiven for skipping past Thoroughbreds in your Netflix recommendations. With a fairly nondescript title and an anodyne poster image, it appears to be about something dull like horse racing. But give it a chance and you’ll discover a dark and nihilistic capitalist nightmare, inviting us to the heart-warming conclusion that casual psychopathy is as prevalent among the wealthy as hedge funds and country clubs.

Read the full review at The Guardian Australia:
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jun/02/thoroughbreds-a-murderous-upper-class-gambit-from-anya-taylor-joy

IMDB: Thoroughbreds