This documentary about the killing of Carol Stuart by her husband Charles is not a whodunit – we know who did it right away. Instead, this is a look at how race relations in Boston allowed a white man to claim “a black man” killed his wife and almost get away with murder. One man’s …
At first I thought, “not another zombie show,” but this one is different. Twenty years after a pandemic that turns the infected into zombie-like creatures, smuggler Joel is given the task of delivering teenage Ellie (who is immune to the infection) to people who may be able to use her immunity to devise a cure …
Most sketch shows are hit or miss, with a few genius sketches offset by a lot of clunkers, but not A Black Lady Sketch Show. Almost all of the sketches are solidly funny, and while there are few that rise to the level of true genius, there are pretty much none that are clunkers. Watch …
I thought that this was going to be a comedy, so I was taken aback when it turned out to be a horror story. A baby falls into a woman’s arms (literally) and she soon discovers that it is dangerous to make the baby angry. We follow the woman as she tries to figure out …
This documentary follows the actress Evan Rachel Wood as she discusses and comes to grips with the abuse she suffered at the hands of Marilyn Manson. She advocates for changes to the law, and deals with the after-effects of horrific abuse by a powerful person. The show is empowering as Evan, like a phoenix, rises …
What a waste this show is – a waste of an excellent cast and an eye-popping costume budget. This story of old money vs new money has some decent elements, but the script falls flat with most of the characters being completely one-dimensional, showing no nuance or growth. We leave season one much as we …
Oh, how I wanted to like this show; oh, how I did not like this show. On the page it has all the elements – strong female leads, steampunk Victorian era, mysteries and derring do. But it failed – there were too many characters, too many plot threads, too much going on to really follow …
What would happen if one day 2% of the population just disappeared? What would people do to search for meaning, to try to explain the inexplicable? By the same creator as Watchmen, it is possible to see how the storytelling skills that resulted in the perfect Watchmen were honed in The Leftovers. Often painful – …
Follows four high-level lieutenants of the NXIVM cult as they realize that it isn’t the wonderful self-help organization that they thought, leave, and then work to bring the organization and its leader down. Thought-provoking about how seemingly intelligent people got suckered by a manipulative sociopath for years and came to accept stranger and more extreme …
The first few episodes are so confusing the only reaction can be “dafuq???” But it is compelling, with interesting characters, so hang on – the pieces start fitting together and wrap up in a perfect egg of a story. Worth the price of admission just to learn about the Black Marshall – Bass Reeves, who …