Review of Room 2806
Review of Room 2806: The Accusation rating ***** An uneducated immigrant brings down one of the most powerful men in the world. That is the theme in this excellent four-part Netflix docuseries. Before Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, R Kelly, and a host of other powerful men brought down by women in sexual assault cases, there […]
Review of Murder on Middle Beach
Review of Murder on Middle Beach HBO rating ***** A murder mystery. A family drama. A coming of age story. These are some of the central themes covered in this excellent HBO documentary series. Madison Hamburg was a film student when he first learned of the brutal murder of his mother. The police couldn’t solve […]
Expedition Happiness Quicktake
Rating **** The idea was to buy an old school bus, refurbish it into a home on wheels, and then travel across Canada, the U.S., Mexico, and beyond. Along the way the couple, Valentina Mogli and Felix Starck along with their dog Rudi, planned to document their journey and turn it into a documentary film. […]
Review of the Netflix docuseries Trial 4
Rating **** 1/2 Nineteen-year-old Sean Ellis goes to a Walgreens to buy some pampers. Days later, police charge Ellis and a friend for the murder of a Boston police officer. The police officer, John Mulligan, was shot five times in the face in the same Walgreens parking lot at around the same time that Sean […]
Review of The Way I See it
Review of The Way I See it on MSNBCRating ***** When I first heard about this documentary, I put off seeing it. I didn’t think that a story about a Whitehouse photographer sounded all that interesting. Don’t make the mistake I made. This film will remind you of what the office of the Presidency should […]
Review of The Last Dance
Review of the Netflix docuseries The Last DanceRating ***** You don’t have to be a basketball fan to enjoy this highly entertaining ten-episode docuseries. The plotline, established in the first episode, centers around whether or not the Chicago Bulls can win a third three-peat before the Chicago Bulls management disbands the winning team. Thus the […]