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No Place to Hide is a 2015 documentary on the gang rape and suicide of Rehtaeh Parsons from Halifax, Nova Scotia. 10/10 stars. Well done, but listening to the idiot parents was frustrating. They failed their daughter. When Rehtaeh Parsons … Continued
Signora Volpe is a much overhyped 2022 Acorn series. 0 out of 10 stars. Boring. Action scenes are slow and ridiculous. Acting is awful. Hideous clothes. Dumb plot. A retired MI6 agent now in management goes to Italy for her … Continued
Hidden Assets is a 2021 British series. 4 out of 10 stars. Disappointing. Horrible ending. This is the story of two Irish siblings hiding their criminal father’s $600 million pounds. In order to launder it, they get in bed with … Continued
From is a 2022 horror series on Epix. 2/10 stars. This is very similar to Wayward Pines, but Wayward Pines was done better. This starts in a small town with a Sheriff named Boyd who walks through town ringing a … Continued
Perfect World: A Deadly Game is a 2022 series about the murders of a Muslim Toronto family by their young adult son. 5 out of 10 stars. This is graphic and shows images of the murdered family that the son … Continued
Windfall is a 2022 Netflix series. 6/10 stars. An interesting little film about a robbery gone awry. Not much to the plot, but I loved the ending. A billionaire and his wife escape to their desert vacation home to get … Continued
The Price of Honor is a 2014 documentary about the murders of Amina and Sarah Said in Irving, Texas and the police’s botched (or completely absent) investigation. 0 out of 10 stars. It’s truly sad that this was done so … Continued
They/Them 2022 film Now playing on Peacock. If you have internet with Comcast you can get a Flex box for free. Peacock is included free with Flex. 2/10 stars. If this had been a film about a group of kids … Continued
Chicken Run 2000 film Now playing on Peacock, a free Comcast channel through Xfinity internet. 10/10 stars. This is an adorable kids’ film about cooperation, ingenuity, and kindness, all on a British chicken farm. Back in the 1990s there was … Continued
Terminal List is a 2022 series by Antoine Fuqua. 5 out of 10 stars. Too long. Too many flashbacks. At least half of this series should have been edited out. Just because it’s taken from a novel doesn’t mean you … Continued
Cyberhell: Exposing an Internet Horror is a Netflix 2022 documentary about the hunt for two South Korean pedophiles who victimized more than 1,100 little girls in Korea and distributed child pornography of those victims to blackmail them into committing degrading … Continued
Our Father is a 2022 Netflix documentary series about Dr. Donald Cline, an Idianapolis, Indiana physician who sexually violated at least 96 of his female patients and impregnated them with his sperm. The local prosecutor, Tim Delaney, refused to charge … Continued
Night Sky is a 2022 Argentinian series with eight one-hour episodes. 0 out of 10 stars. Most of this series (80%) is set in Argentina with unknown, inexperienced actors speaking Spanish, so unless you want to read subtitles for 8 … Continued
The 6th Day is a 2000 science fiction film starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. 8 out of 10 stars. A very entertaining film about the dangers of cloning. This film begins with the brutal death of a professional football star as his … Continued
Meltdown: Three Mile Island is a 2022 series about the nuclear meltdown accident at Three Miles Island in Middletown, Pennsylvania. 6/10 stars. I’m sure the director wanted to include both sides of the story, but including any commentary from Lake … Continued
The Wilds Season 2 is a 2022 series about eight boys left on a remote island to survive for 50 days. 0 out of 10 stars. Season 1 was awful and pretty disgusting. Season 2 is worse. There’s nothing but … Continued
Ozark is a series about a money launderer for a Mexican drug cartel living in the Ozarks of Missouri. 0/10 stars. This is the hate-on-your-mother and blame-your-wife-for-everything season, a season of truly misogynistic writing. It’s hard to review this season … Continued
Alibi is a 2003 British series. 10/10 stars. This was hilarious and extremely entertaining. Greg Brentwood holds a huge party for his wife Linda in honor of their 19th wedding anniversary. Among the guests are his business partner, Martin Shaps. … Continued
Taken Down is a 2018 Irish series. 0/10 stars. Offensive in every way possible. This is an unfinished series about the murder of 17 year old Nigerian refugee living in subsidized housing with other refugees. Her name is Esme and … Continued
The Art of Stone Painting by F Sehnaz Bac is a short book on how to paint rocks. 2/10 stars. This is a short book with few examples. The instructions are very basic and repetitive with no variations. Disappointing. No … Continued