Review of Don’t F**K With Cats
Review of Don’t F**K WIth Cats written and directed by Mark LewisRating ***** I was first drawn to this docuseries by the premise: a group of individuals forms a Facebook group to track down and identify the perpetrator of an animal cruelty video. What transpires over three episodes is a compelling story full of twists […]
Review of The Devil Next Door
Directed by Yossi Bloch and Daniel SilvanRating ***** Was John Demjanjuk the murderous Ivan the Terrible, who worked the gas chambers at the Nazi death camp Treblinka, or was he a victim of misidentification? That’s the question at the center of this five-part Netflix documentary series. Demjanjuk was a retired autoworker living in Cleveland, Ohio, […]
Review of Inside Bill’s Brain
Review of Inside Bill’s Brain Neflix ***** I’m currently reading a book called Dark Money, which is about how a few wealthy individuals have used their money to promote their nefarious self-interests. This documentary shows how Bill Gates, one of the wealthiest people in the world, has used his money and the money of other […]
Review of the Free Meek Docuseries
Rating ***** You do not have to be a fan of Rap music to enjoy this compelling expose of our broken criminal justice system. For all the ” he got what he deserves” critics out there, you have no clue what you’re talking about. I was aware of some of the facts surrounding this story. […]
Review of I Love You, Now Die
Review Of I Love You, Now Die written and directed by Erin Lee CarrRating ***** This two-part HBO documentary looks at the manslaughter case against Michelle Carter, the seventeen-year-old accused of encouraging her boyfriend to commit suicide through text messages. The first part concerns the prosecution’s case against Michelle. Prosecutors painted Michelle as a lonely […]
Heartbreak and outrage: A review of the Netflix Docuseries The Confesstion Tapes Season Two and Exhibt A
There’s something about wrongful conviction stories that always draw me in. I can’t stop thinking about these people, most of whom are still behind bars. Fiction can’t do that. No matter how good the story or the writing, you know that it was all made up. For the wrongfully convicted, their stories drag on, and […]