Review of Skywalkers: A Love Story rating ***** Before streaming became a thing, a film like Skywalkers would have been seen by only a few documentary film diehards willing to seek out the one or two theatres that would have carried it. It would also likely not have stayed in theaters for more … [Read more...] about Skywalkers: A Love Story is a visual gem
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Review of the Netflix Oscar Pistorius documentary series
Review of the Netflix Oscar Pistorius documentary series Rating ***** Early in the first of four episodes, a crime scene reenactment expert walks viewers through Oscar's moment-by-moment recounting of the events that led to him accidentally shooting and killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He … [Read more...] about Review of the Netflix Oscar Pistorius documentary series
Review of Solito: A Memoir
Review of Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora Rating **** 1/2 This is a story about an illegal immigrant—a story that every anti-immigration proponent should read. Javier Zamora is nine years old when he begins his journey from El Salvador to the U.S. He recounts the perils of his seven-week trek … [Read more...] about Review of Solito: A Memoir
Review of I Expect You to Die 3 VR
Review of I Expect You To Die 3 Rating **** I've played all three titles in this series. If you like puzzle games, you'll like any of the I Expect You to Die VR titles. This is the first one where I had to go online to get a clue on how to proceed. And I don't think it was my problem. I'll try … [Read more...] about Review of I Expect You to Die 3 VR
A Rape, a Cover-up, Vindication
Review of the documentary Girl 27 by David Stenn Rating ***** I just watched the Netflix documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story, which tells the story of an actress who battled with studios over the stories they forced her to star in and how she was one of the first to produce her own … [Read more...] about A Rape, a Cover-up, Vindication
Review of The Other Side of Prospect
Review of The Other Side of Prospect: A Story of Violence, Injustice, and the American City by Nicholas Dawidoff Rating ***** The central plot in this book involves a wrongful conviction. But that is just one among many threads in this expansive nonfiction work. Over the course of its 450 pages, … [Read more...] about Review of The Other Side of Prospect