It is, of course, the case that if Gal Gadot had different politics her performance would be treated a lot differently on this web-site, which tells you about all you need to know about most of the reviews on here.
This is a movie for which both leads political worldviews outshine the actual content to its detriment, and where the cast and crew intentionally abandoned any reverence for the source material for no good reason, really, except a navel gazing…
The first half of this 4-part limited series is much stronger than the back half, but otherwise this is a very strong glimpse into the deranged, antisocial internet world our current generation of children are swimming in and how it is molding over their brains. On the flip side, the "murder mystery" part of this story is completely (and intentionally) unsatisfying. 4 stars.
If I had not seen "Trap" within the last year, this would definitely be the worst movie I'd seen in a year. Maybe it still is.
30 minutes too long. Bouncing between softcore pornography and gore-porn. Interesting premise that doesn't sustain the full viewing time. The ending is so stupid and unbelievable it actually blows my mind. Just awful.
Excellent 4-part documentary on Pete Rose - his career, his triumphs, his controversies. Much of it in his own words via interviews and with the stated-in-the-doc caveats that Rose has long been both his own worst enemy and a very unreliable narrator of his own life.
Look: Pete Rose is, undoubtedly, one of the 30 greatest baseball players of all time. He's also, undoubtedly, one of the 10 worst baseball players as a human being of all time.
Though I…
