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 […]
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 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 […]
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 participate and what is known as wage theft. Each episode focuses on a […]
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 Golden State Killer. Michelle died […]
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 doesn’t support. A jury can […]