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 … [Read more...] about Review of the Netflix docuseries Trial 4
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 … [Read more...] about Review of The Last Dance
Review of the Netflix docuseries Immigration Nation
Rating ***** The six-part docuseries Immigration Nation is an unbiased examination of both sides of the immigration issue. Throughout the series, viewers meet a wide range of immigrants, border patrol agents, ICE agents, homeland security personnel, concerned citizens, and shady employers who … [Read more...] about Review of the Netflix docuseries Immigration Nation
Review of the HBO docuseries I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Rating **** How to make a serial killer – that about sums up this intriguing six-part documentary series on HBO. The series centers around author Michelle McNamara's writing and eventual publication of the book I'll Be Gone in the Dark, which is about a serial rapist and murderer nicknamed the … [Read more...] about Review of the HBO docuseries I’ll Be Gone in the Dark
Review of Showtime’s docuseries Outcry
Review of Outcry directed by Pat Kondelis Rating ***** When it comes to wrongful convictions, all it takes is the breakdown of just one step in the criminal justice system. A detective looking to close a case can coerce a false confession. A prosecutor can bring charges that the evidence … [Read more...] about Review of Showtime’s docuseries Outcry
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