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Review of the Netflix Docudrama The Days
Review of the Netflix Docudrama The Days Rating ***** This is a Japanese film with Japanese actors dubbed in English. You may find it distracting for all of five minutes. Once the earthquake hits, you won’t even think about the dubbed English dialogue. The story will draw you in. The
Above Suspicion Book vs Film
Review of the film Above Suspicion written by Joe Sharky and Chris Gerolmo and directed by Phillip Noyce Rating *** One of the problems in condensing a book into a two-hour movie is that some things will get left out. In the case of this adaptation, almost an entire storyline
Review of Air
Review of Air written by Alex Convery and directed by Ben Affleck Rating ***** It wasn’t that long ago when a young Ben Affleck and a young Matt Damon stood on stage to accept an Oscar for their screenplay Good Will Hunting. They have since become major power brokers in
Review of the Netflix Film True Spirit
Review of the Netflix Film True Spirit Rating ***** This film tells the story of sixteen-year-old Jessica Watson’s attempt to become the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe. I wrote about Jessica way back in 2009 when she was making her attempt. She had satellite communications and was able to
All The President’s Women
Review of She Said written by Rebecca Lenkiewicz and directed by Maria SchraderRating ***** In 1976, Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford made investigative reporters look cool when they appeared in the movie All The President’s Men. The film, and the book it was based on, tells the story of how
Review of The Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
Review of the Netflix series Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story. Rating ***** Nurture vs. nature. What caused Jeffrey Dahmer to turn into a serial killer? This Netflix ten-part series tries to answer that question. On the nurture side of the equation, there is his dysfunctional family life. His parents divorced