Dexter New Blood Season 1 (2021 series)
Dexter: New Blood is a new series put out by Showtime that’s supposed to be a sequel to Season 8 of Dexter. 0 out of 10 stars. For fans who love Dexter Morgan and appreciate what he does in taking … Continued
Madres (2021 film)
Madres is a 2021 Amazon original film. 2/10 stars. Low production values. Dumb plot. Also, quite offensive. Diana and Beto are expecting and move from Los Angeles to rural California. He’s a Mexican immigrant. She’s a U.S. citizen who speaks … Continued
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates
Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates is a book about men who hate women (duh). 0 out of 10 stars. This could have been a great book, but it focuses solely on the haters and makes you hate them … Continued
Woke Racism by John McWhorter
Woke Racism by John McWhorter is about the new public shaming (and firing) of anyone who offends a dark-skinned person. 0 out of 10 stars. The term puff piece comes to mind. No facts. No citations. No statistics. No backing … Continued
Wayward Pines (2015 series)
Wayward Pines is a 2015 series about a small town in Idaho where people can never leave. 7 out of 10 stars. I almost stopped watching this series three episodes in, but eventually it gets better. It’s impossible to review this … Continued
Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell (2021 series)
Epstein’s Shadow: Ghislaine Maxwell is a 2021 documentary series on the pedophile and sex trafficker Ghislaine Maxwell, daughter of British career criminal and millionaire Robert Maxwell. 8 out of 10 stars. There’s a lot here. In the beginning the filmmakers … Continued
Bordertown: Mural Murders (2020)
Bordertown: Mural Murders is a 2020 film. 0 out of 10 stars. This film is a sequel to season 3 of the Finnish series Bordertown. It was awful. I’d like my two hours back. In season 3 of Bordertown, Kari Sarjonen finally cathches … Continued
Bordertown (2016 series)
Bordertown is a 2016 Finnish series about a small town on the border of Finland and Russia. 5 out of 10 stars. I found parts of this series fascinating because the laws and life there is very different than here, but … Continued
Murder of Gabby Petito (2021 film)
The Murder of Gabby Petito is a 2021 documentary. 6 out of 10 stars. I wish the filmmakers had portrayed this as a domestic violence case rather than a “crime solved by social media”. Social media did more to hurt … Continued
House of Secrets (2021 series)
House of Secrets is a 2021 Netflix documentary on a mass suicide that took place in Delhi, India in 2018. 8 out of 10 stars. Well done. Parts were offensive, like when the cop laughs about the morning they found … Continued
Awakening the Zodiac (2017 film)
Awakening the Zodiac is a 2017 Canadian film about the Zodiac Killer. 4 out of 10 stars. It had premise, but failed with an error-ridden and offensive script. A couple in their 40s living in a trailer park buy the … Continued
Chestnut Man 2021 series
The Chestnut Man is a 2021 Netflix series filmed in Danish but dubbed in English. 4 out of 10 stars. I really hate series that revolve around violence toward women and children. This is another one of those and not … Continued
Trouble with Angels (1966)
The Trouble with Angels is a 1966 family film. 10 out of 10 stars. A beautiful nostalgic film about life in a Catholic girls’ school versus life as a nun. Mary Clancy is an orphan being raised by her Uncle … Continued
I Am All Girls (2021)
I Am All Girls is a 2021 South African film about the abduction of hundreds of young black girls who were sold into sex slavery to Middle Eastern men. 10 out of 10 stars. This was a beautifully crafted revenge … Continued
Still Here (2020)
Still Here is a 2020 murder mystery. 2 out of 10 stars. This was really poorly written and slow. Half the film is self help group meetings with unrelated dialogue. A twelve year old black girl goes missing, Monique Watson. … Continued
Cleaner (2007)
Cleaner is a 2007 film about a murder and a framed man. 10 out of 10 stars. Well crafted film about a love affair gone awry and a friendship used to cover the evidence. Tom Cutler is a retired cop … Continued
Side Effects (2013)
Side Effects is a 2013 murder mystery and psychological thriller. 0 out of 10 stars. This is a creepy little movie about two dangerous psychiatrists who use an unhappy wife as a pawn in their games to make a ton … Continued
Siege (1998)
The Siege is a 1998 terrorist film made before 9/11. 10 out of 10 stars. The screenplay for this film was written by Lawrence Wright, a journalist who spent a great deal of time in the Middle East. Although this … Continued
Under Suspicion (2000)
Under Suspicion is a 2000 thriller about the interrogation of a pedophile serial killer in Puerto Rico. 8 out of 10 stars. I’d never heard of this film before I watched it and it was a pleasant surprise. Gene Hackman … Continued
Messenger (1999)
The Messenger is a 1999 film by Luc Besson starring Milla Jovovich, who was his wife at the time. 0 out of 10 stars. Luc Besson had a huge hit with The Fifth Element, but this film was garbage. Joan … Continued