Coco & Dalts
170 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 months ago - ★★★★ - 6 ratingsJoin Coco & Dalts for their unvarnished reviews of the latest streaming movies and shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ and HBO Max, as well as their pithy takes on books and music. https://www.cocoanddalts.com
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Episodes
The White Tiger on Netflix is the unsettling socioeconomic indictment of our time: Episode 118
January 26, 2021 15:48 - 19 minutes - 27.1 MBNetflix’s adaptation of the Man Booker Prize-winning The White Tiger, starring Adarsh Gourav and Priyanka Chopra Jonas, sharply examines class, culture and family dynamics in India.
Sleep-inducing Spycraft on Netflix is a failed mission: Episode 117
January 23, 2021 23:44 - 12 minutes - 17.8 MBSpycraft, an eight-part Netflix docuseries about the amazing technology and nefarious practices of espionage, should be gripping. But it isn't.
Netflix's Outside the Wire is a bloody, confusing mess: Episode 116
January 19, 2021 15:39 - 14 minutes - 20.5 MBNetflix sci-fi action thriller Outside the Wire, starring Anthony Mackie, has a high body count, a confusing plot and a nonsensical ending. Other than that, it was good.
Netflix doc Crack takes a hard look at the war on drugs: Episode 115
January 13, 2021 19:34 - 15 minutes - 21.3 MBUsing interviews with dealers, addicts and cops, Netflix's Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy examines the causes and tragic fallout from the 1980s drug epidemic.
Netflix series Lupin effectively blends Ocean's Eleven with revenge drama: Episode 114
January 10, 2021 18:45 - 17 minutes - 23.5 MBNetflix's latest international crime drama Lupin slickly focuses on a gentleman thief and master of disguise bent on revenge.
Netflix's The History of Swear Words is profane, informative fun: Episode 113
January 06, 2021 20:14 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBNicolas Cage brings an appropriate level of crazy to Netflix's quick-binge docuseries The History of Swear Words.
Bee Gees doc on HBO Max hits all the right notes: Episode 112
January 05, 2021 18:55 - 16 minutes - 22 MBThe Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart on HBO Max is a well-rounded look at the meteoric rise and dramatic fall of one of pop's most influential bands.
We watched Wonder Woman 1984 so you don't have to: Episode 111
January 04, 2021 02:05 - 18 minutes - 25.7 MBWe had high expectations for a Wonder Woman double bill on HBOMax, but it instead left us lamenting the loss of five hours of our lives.
Best and worst stuff we forgot to review in 2020: Episode 110
December 31, 2020 11:00 - 16 minutes - 22.6 MBIf you missed Lovebirds, The Good Detective, Rogue City and Hard Kill when they came out, we can catch you up as we look back on overlooked hits and misses of 2020.
Usually reliable Pixar delivers a hot mess in Soul: Episode 109
December 29, 2020 15:39 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBTrying but failing, Pixar's Soul feels like two movies mashed into one for DisneyPlus. And don't get us started on the hallucinogenic afterlife.
The Midnight Sky shoots for the stars but falls short: Episode 108
December 26, 2020 23:13 - 14 minutes - 20.3 MBStar and director George Clooney (not David Letterman) aims high but crash lands with Netflix's middling The Midnight Sky.
Thrilling Mandalorian Season 2 finale full of action, surprises: Episode 107
December 18, 2020 16:59 - 21 minutes - 29.7 MBDisneyPlus wrapped up Season 2 of The Mandalorian with scary dark troopers, Baby Yoda's rescue and the return of the Jedi. Plus, we grade the season as a whole.
Bill Burr adds much-needed levity to Episode 7 of The Mandalorian: Episode 106
December 11, 2020 16:48 - 13 minutes - 18.9 MBIn the thrilling penultimate Season 2 episode of DisneyPlus' The Mandalorian, Mando and friends crash an Imperial mining colony in their desperate search for Moff Gideon and Baby Yoda.
Amazon's Sound of Metal is a quietly fantastic movie: Episode 105
December 08, 2020 19:41 - 11 minutes - 16.4 MBStarring Riz Ahmed as a drummer who loses his hearing, Amazon's Sound of Metal is the small movie you need to find time to watch.
David Fincher, Gary Oldman team up for Netflix's flawed Mank: Episode 104
December 06, 2020 15:37 - 20 minutes - 27.6 MBWe really wanted to like Mank, but Netflix's biopic of Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz feels like it was more showing off than substance.
Finally, The Mandalorian delivers with Season 2's best episode: Episode 103
December 04, 2020 16:25 - 16 minutes - 22.2 MBAfter a very disappointing start to Season 2, DisneyPlus' The Mandalorian redeems itself with episode 6 by bringing us Boba Fett, dark troopers and a shackled Baby Yoda.
The Mandalorian finally cranks it up with Episode 5 of Season 2: Episode 102
November 27, 2020 17:13 - 13 minutes - 18 MBWe've got Ahsoka Tano, Baby Yoda's backstory and a martial arts battle featuring Bruce Lee's goddaughter. Finally, the Mandalorian is living up to expectations.
Kurt Russell, Goldie Hawn can't save Netflix's The Christmas Chronicles 2: Episode 101
November 26, 2020 20:40 - 16 minutes - 23.1 MBGoldie Hawn sweetens things up with Kurt Russell's Santa, but the Christmas Chronicles 2 is more coal than candy.
Faves and duds from our first 99 episodes: Episode 100
November 23, 2020 22:47 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBIn this special marking our 100th episode, we take a look back at the top movies, docs and series we've watched since we started the podcast in January 2018.
Carl Weathers, Gina Carano return in best Season 2 episode of The Mandalorian: Episode 099
November 20, 2020 16:05 - 16 minutes - 23 MBWith the fourth episode of the second season, DisneyPlus's The Mandalorian is exciting again with the return of two key characters. But could we please change the plot going forward?
Netflix's Trial 4 offers heartbreak and hope: Episode 098
November 17, 2020 19:26 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBThe Netflix docuseries about Sean Ellis, wrongfully convicted of murder in Boston in 1995, is artfully and achingly presented in Trial 4.
Reassessing Chappelle's Show, 20 years later: Episode 097
November 16, 2020 19:29 - 19 minutes - 26.1 MBDave Chappelle's sketch comedy show from the early 2000s recently detonated on Netflix in a cloud of f-bombs. But does it hold up? We weigh in.
The Mandalorian plot actually progresses in Episode 3: Episode 096
November 13, 2020 16:48 - 19 minutes - 26.5 MBWe can't believe it took until the third episode of the second season of The Mandalorian for the DisneyPlus series to get Baby Yoda closer to the Jedi.
Is DisneyPlus' The Mandalorian Season 2, Episode 2 an improvement?: Episode 095
November 09, 2020 02:05 - 15 minutes - 20.9 MBIf the second episode of the second season of DisneyPlus' The Mandalorian is any indication, we're in hyperspace going nowhere fast.
Netflix romcom Holidate has Dalts feeling holi-hate: Episode 094
November 01, 2020 19:13 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBThe Netflix romcom Holidate lacks originality, romance and genuine laughs ... or does it?
Disappointing start to Season 2 of The Mandalorian: Episode 093
October 31, 2020 15:46 - 17 minutes - 23.5 MBForget the hype because the Season 2 opener of Disney+'s The Mandalorian felt like a one-off episode of old sci-fi TV, complete with bad acting and subpar effects.
David Tennant is subtle perfection as serial killer Des: Episode 092
October 30, 2020 18:55 - 25 minutes - 35.6 MBPortraying notorious British serial killer Dennis Nilsen, David Tennant delivers an award-worthy performance of quiet crazy in Sundance Now's Des.
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm is embarrassing fun: Episode 091
October 27, 2020 00:53 - 20 minutes - 28.2 MBWe really didn't want to watch Amazon Prime Video's Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, but minus some cringey scenes, the Sacha Baron Cohen comedy was surprisingly entertaining.
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman is on a roll with Season 3: Episode 090
October 23, 2020 14:25 - 29 minutes - 40.9 MBBack for a shortened third season, Netflix's My Next Guest Needs No Introduction With David Letterman is starting to find its groove.
Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries, Volume 2, is still good and, uh, still unsolved: Episode 089
October 21, 2020 17:19 - 21 minutes - 29.2 MBThe second installment of Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries reboot so effectively lays out its heartbreaking stories that we are eager to find out how they are solved.
Why Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7 is sadly relevant for our times: Episode 088
October 17, 2020 01:42 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBThe brilliant Aaron Sorkin and a stopper of a cast -- including an extremely hate-worthy Frank Langella -- make Netflix's The Trial of the Chicago 7 a courtroom drama actually worth watching.
American Murder: The Family Next Door sets a new standard for documentaries: Episode 087
October 06, 2020 16:16 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBNetflix's American Murder: The Family Next Door effectively uses police, personal and social media video in a documentary style that could be the wave of the future.
American Murder: The Family Next Door sets a high standard for documentaries: Episode 087
October 06, 2020 16:16 - 28 minutes - 39.7 MBNetflix's American Murder: The Family Next Door effectively uses police, personal and social media video in a documentary style that could be the wave of the future.
Why you shouldn't waste eight hours of your life on Netflix’s Ratched: Episode 086
September 29, 2020 19:01 - 36 minutes - 49.8 MBTake an iconic character from literature and film, mix in a great cast and successful showrunners, and we should be good, right? Alas, Netflix's Ratched drove us crazy for so many reasons.
Netflix's Challenger: The Final Flight is out of this world: Episode 085
September 23, 2020 14:16 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBHeart-wrenching interviews and revelations of NASA's institutional arrogance make Netflix's Challenger: The Final Flight a compelling watch.
The Social Dilemma confirms some pretty grim realities: Episode 084
September 19, 2020 22:47 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBThrough interviews with top former executives, the Netflix doc The Social Dilemma confirms the terrifying truth when it comes to our addictions to Facebook, Twitter and the like.
Vampires and superheroes couldn't save Netflix's The Devil All the Time: Episode 083
September 18, 2020 18:51 - 23 minutes - 32.4 MBYou'd think with a battle between Spider-Man and Edward Cullen, Netflix's The Devil All the Time would be highly recommended. But plot detours and some overacting threw us for a loop.
Is Netflix's Criminal U.K. Season 2 perfect or problematic?: Episode 082
September 16, 2020 23:11 - 29 minutes - 40.2 MBThe brilliantly written and acted Criminal series is back on Netflix with a whole host of new villains -- but with a deeper, underlying issue that's tough to overlook.
Netflix's Away is a super-somber space soap opera: Episode 081
September 16, 2020 01:56 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MBThe Netflix original series Away has drama, weeping, conflict and backstabbing. Oh, and they go to Mars, too.
We try to explain I'm Thinking of Ending Things: Episode 080
September 05, 2020 15:35 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBCharlie Kaufman's latest creation, Netflix's I'm Thinking of Ending Things, is a twisted, mind-bending piece of cinema that will leave you dazed and confused.
From Pong to Doom, High Score digs deep into video game history: Episode 079
September 03, 2020 18:59 - 18 minutes - 24.9 MBThe Netflix docuseries High Score has linear issues, but offers a pretty decent look at the first decade or so of the home video-game industry.
Is Project Power better than the other Netflix action movies?: Episode 078
September 01, 2020 18:05 - 22 minutes - 31.1 MBJamie Foxx is back and on a mission in Project Power, the lamely named Netflix movie that actually packs some original punch.
Why we went bananas over The One and Only Ivan: Episode 077
August 27, 2020 15:00 - 25 minutes - 35 MBWe're back with a post-quarantine viewing of The One and Only Ivan, the DisneyPlus movie that is much deeper than you'd expect.
Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia is a tense, tight true-crime doc: Episode 076
July 27, 2020 11:00 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBThe Netflix docuseries Fear City: New York vs. the Mafia has murder, mayhem and more, providing an intriguing glimpse into what made the Big Apple so rotten in the '70s and '80s.
Bro Zac Efron attempts climate activism in Netflix's Down to Earth: Episode 075
July 25, 2020 14:49 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBDown to Earth with Zac Efron is an earnest attempt to raise awareness about climate change, but the result is less than gnarly.
Time to rip into Netflix's bad Fatal Affair: Episode 074
July 21, 2020 02:18 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBThe Netflix original Fatal Affair tries hard to be suspenseful and dramatic, but instead delivers a surplus of accidental comedy.
Netflix's reboot of Unsolved Mysteries is missing something: Episode 073
July 20, 2020 01:15 - 25 minutes - 34.7 MBNetflix brought back the legendary Unsolved Mysteries for six episodes. But how does it stack up against the original?
Why Hamilton is better on DisneyPlus than on Broadway: Episode 072
July 14, 2020 16:44 - 26 minutes - 36.4 MBThe celebrated Broadway musical about Alexander Hamilton has a lot going for it on stage, but watching it on DisneyPlus gave us a whole new perspective.
Netflix's The Old Guard gives action fans what they want: Episode 071
July 13, 2020 01:34 - 21 minutes - 29.1 MBNetflix's The Old Guard is your typical superhero shoot 'em-up, this time with a kick-ass Charlize Theron, big pharma as the villain ... and a surprising twist.
Yes, we actually binge-watched The Baby-Sitters Club: Episode 070
July 04, 2020 15:06 - 29 minutes - 41.1 MBCoco had a fit of nostalgia and forced Dalts to watch the new Netflix series The Baby-Sitters Club and it wasn't as painful as he was expecting.