Wildcard Kitchen (serial)

A food network competition show based on poker. Three chefs bring cash and make bets. Ingredient and dish and wildcards are dealt so each chef has a unique challenge. A quick hitting show (three cooking rounds of 30 min each) so definitely it keeps going. Also, the competition is friendly as all the chefs know each other and seem to get along. It is a fun version of a competition (not much stress manifested as nasty comments or craziness). The chefs are all well established so it is really a bragging rights show.

4 stars (out of 5)

The Electric State

Set in a world where robots have become self-aware, and then rebelled against slavery, and then got sent to a reservation. Now robots are feared. In this world, a girl is grieving the death of her brother only to be confronted by a robot who seems to be her brother. Begin journey of discovery and seeking help from unlikely sources, including robots. Kind of an interesting story. I would have liked to see actually social commentary on robot internment, or technological overreach. But that is only subtext at best and so largely plays as a nostalgia comedy. In that world then, the film is pretty good, but I would say an opportunity wasted.

3 stars (out of 5)

Kraven the Hunter

I am liking how Marvel is doing one-off movies of characters instead of the whole universe thing. It is much more interesting and fresh to the casual fan. Kraven is a half man, half beast who got his powers after being attacked by a lion in Africa as a child and being saved by a local healing potion. Somehow the potion caused an integration of lion abilities. So now Kraven is a shadowy vigilante who is battling his family history by trying to take out bad guys. And has mad lion skills to help him. 

3 stars (out of 5)