Review of the Netflix documentary The Tinder Swindler directed by Felicity MorrisRating ***** Another con-man story. I'm pretty good at spotting scams. I've kept scammers on the phone, letting them think that I'm about to give them what they're after, only to ask for their names to give to the … [Read more...] about Review of The Tinder Swindler
Review of Scrapped
Review of Scrapped: Justice and a Teen Informant by Lisa Peebles and Jon O'Brien rating **** I've always been drawn to wrongful conviction stories. There's just something about the idea of an innocent person wasting away in prison for something they didn't do. Wrongful convictions happen for a … [Read more...] about Review of Scrapped
Review of Bad Vegan
Review of the Netflix docuseries Bad Vegan rating ***** A successful businesswoman meets a mysterious man on the internet. She doesn't question him when he starts draining her business of money. She'll get it all back, he tells her. He needs the money because his life is in danger. He's a navy … [Read more...] about Review of Bad Vegan
Review of The Big Cheat
Review of The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced American and Enriched Himself and His Family By David Cay Johnston rating **** While this book doesn't reveal anything I didn't already know, it does a good job of exposing the litany of money-making scams that Trump and his gang have conducted … [Read more...] about Review of The Big Cheat
Review of The Murders at Starved Rock
Review of The Murders at Starved Rock HBO rating **** Did he or didn't he murder three women at Starved Rock Park in 1961? That's the question that this three-part HBO docuseries tries to answer. Chester Weger was just 22 when he was arrested and eventually convicted of the triple murder. He … [Read more...] about Review of The Murders at Starved Rock
Best of Everything Nonfiction 2021
These are the best books, films, and documentaries reviewed this past year. As always, actual publication and release dates will vary. Books The Winter Fortress The Pale Faced Lie The Last Season Kidnapped by a Client Meat: How Growing Meat Without Animals Will Revolutionize Dinner … [Read more...] about Best of Everything Nonfiction 2021