Despite all the magic, unicorns, and glitter, there's not much fun or whimsy in this Brie Larson-Samuel L. Jackson reunion.

Samuel L. Jackson is basically Willy Wonka here, and that sounds exactly right.

Netflix has released the trailer for Brie Larson’s directorial debut, Unicorn Store. Larson stars in the film, which follows Kit, who has failed out of art school and is living at her parents house while she does a temp job. However, her humdrum existence gets an unexpected jolt when she gets an invitation to a mysterious store that’s willing to fulfill her dream of owning a unicorn. I caught the film at TIFF 2017 and was disappointed by it. As I wrote in my review: Unfortunately, the rest of the film lacks Larson’s acting bravado. She seems …

If it seems as though Netflix is releasing a new original film each week it’s because, well, they nearly are. Director Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts of No Nation marked the first “Netflix Original Film” back in 2015, and since that time Netflix has ramped up both production and acquisition of original films to debut exclusively on the streaming service. They range from romcoms like To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before to Oscar-winning dramas like Roma to even blockbusters like Bright, and Netflix is showing no signs of slowing down. So with so many upcoming Netflix movies …