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Review of the Netflix miniseries Selena

Review of Selena: The Series rating ***** What’s it take to go from playing in local venues to selling out arenas? The answer is that it takes talent, determination, luck, and a driving force. In the case of Selena, the driving force is Selena’s father, Abraham. On the one hand,

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Review of the Netflix docuseries Manhunt

Review of the Netflix docudrama Manhunt: Deadly GamesRating *** 1/2 Let me start by stating that I’m not a fan of films based on true events where the filmmakers make shit up to add drama. Take the final escape scene in the Oscar-winning movie Argo. It was suspenseful. Without that

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Mank Quicktake

Review of Mank rating *** As the year draws to a close, I will soon be putting out my best of everything nonfiction list. My criteria for making the list is four out of five stars or better. I liked this film. It kept my attention. It was entertaining. But

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Review of Hillbilly Elegy the Film

Review of Hillbilly Elegy written by Vanessa Taylor and directed by Ron Howard Rating ***** Everything I heard about this film was negative. “A dumpster fire,” said one film credit. “I watched it, so you don’t have to,” said another. It’s a good thing I didn’t listen to that nonsense.

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Review of Bad Education

Review of Bad Education written by Mike Makowsky and Robert Kolker, directed by Cory Finley Rating ***** This film could have devolved into a cast of stereotypes. A person entrusted with the finances of an entire school district betrays that trust and embezzles money to live beyond her means. It

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The Trial of the Chicago 7 Quicktake

Rating **** 1/2 The Trial of the Chicago 7 by Aaron Sorkin tells the story of how Mayor Richard Daily used overwhelming police force to prevent peaceful protesters from protesting at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago. Rather than contain the protestors, the efforts to prevent the protestors from protesting

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