Since this site is dedicated to nonfiction, I won't write a full review of the film Da Five Bloods. Besides, I could not make it all the way through. So writing a review would be unfair. But I did want to see if anyone out there shared my viewpoint on the soundtrack to this film. Before I get to … [Read more...] about A soundtrack disaster
Epstein: Filthy Rich Quicktake
Rating ***** I've followed a lot of criminal cases where things break down. Usually, it's at the detriment of an innocent defendant. Sometimes, as in this case, it is the guilty who benefit from incompetence. In almost every case the injustice is only corrected after the efforts of one or more … [Read more...] about Epstein: Filthy Rich Quicktake
Review of The Innocent Files
This Netflix documentary series takes an in-depth look at nine different wrongful convictions. The common theme in all of these wrongful convictions is Prosecutorial misconduct and eyewitness misidentifications. If you are a juror and someone you deem as credible gets on the stand and points at a … [Read more...] about Review of The Innocent Files
Review of How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Rating ***** This four-part Netflix docuseries tells the story of two crime lab technicians who, for different reasons, indirectly caused the dismissal of some 35,000 drug-related criminal cases in Massachusets. Some of the other topics covered include prosecutorial misconduct, sentencing … [Read more...] about Review of How to Fix a Drug Scandal
Crazy in Texas Part II
There's nothing like a crisis to highlight the ill-prepared and the incompetent. Texas has always been a state that puts business interests over its citizens. I wrote about this in my post Crazy in Texas. Now we have our top leaders stumbling over each other in a race to the bottom. I'll start … [Read more...] about Crazy in Texas Part II
Review of Tiger King
Review of Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and MadnessRating ***** Joe Exotic wanted to be famous. The self-absorbed owner of the private zoo Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park had grandiose dreams. One day the whole world would know his name. He ran for president. After getting nowhere in that … [Read more...] about Review of Tiger King