The truth behind Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story is that true-crime stories never really do have happy endings. Why Hulu and filmmaker Jessica Dimmock made a three-part docuseries on this case, I’m guessing, is to shut down the sensationalism of true-crime that has sprung up in recent years with countless limited series, podcastsContinue reading “‘Captive Audience’ Intimate Interviewees Keep Documentary Watchable”
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Reviving ‘King Of The Hill’ Ain’t Right
While that Hank Hill jpeg remix is becoming popular on social media, news has come out earlier this year that Mike Judge and Greg Daniels, who created the series King of the Hill, are considering reviving it. This could be very good or it could be very awful. Some TV shows only live within theContinue reading “Reviving ‘King Of The Hill’ Ain’t Right”
‘The Thing About Pam’ Is Shameless Sensationalism And Exploitation
If there is one good thing to say about The Thing About Pam is thank Allah they didn’t stretch this out to about 10 hours the way Netflix did with Inventing Anna. Thankfully, this true-crime limited series keeps everything short, mainly because there’s not much there. NBC is known for stretching it Dateline episodes outContinue reading “‘The Thing About Pam’ Is Shameless Sensationalism And Exploitation”
‘The Dropout’ Still Manages To Pass As A Good Limited Series
When I first wrote about The Dropout weeks ago after watching the first three episodes, I was upset that limited series was trying make Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried) a sympathetic character. Thankfully, as the series went on, viewers lost their sympathy for her. It’s an examination of the full on narcissism that exists in theContinue reading “‘The Dropout’ Still Manages To Pass As A Good Limited Series”
‘CODA’ Should Be The Beginning, Not The End
While Will Smith’s stuck-up arrogant attitude has overshadowed the 2022 Oscars, people need to realize that CODA, which won three awards, and should be an inspiration for people everywhere not just those who are deaf of hard of hearing and a call for change. I was watching Tropic Thunder the other day. This movie cameContinue reading “‘CODA’ Should Be The Beginning, Not The End”
Technical Foul For ‘Winning Time’
Even before it premiered on HBO, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakes Dynasty was amidst in controversy as the end of the working collaboration and friendship of show producer Adam McKay and Will Ferrell. The word around Tinseltown was that Ferrell wanted to play the lead role of Dr. Jerry Buss, who became theContinue reading “Technical Foul For ‘Winning Time’”
‘Joe Vs. Carole’ Goes The Distance In Unnecessary Bout
When Tiger King dropped on Netflix two years ago this month when the world was getting its first taste of the Covid-19 pandemic, the documentary series seemed to captivate the country and the world with his crazy insights into the world of exotic animals in cages. Everyone was kinda in agreement that Joe Exotic, orContinue reading “‘Joe Vs. Carole’ Goes The Distance In Unnecessary Bout”
‘The Thing About Pam’ Does Everything Wrong Like The Real-Life Case
The Thing About Pam, just from its first episode, wants to come across as some Fargo meets I Love You To Death story about the real-life murder case surround Pam Hupp in the Midwestern town of Troy, Mo. There’s only one big problem. Two people were killed brutally. And this isn’t a laughing matter. Fargo,Continue reading “‘The Thing About Pam’ Does Everything Wrong Like The Real-Life Case”
‘Pam & Tommy’ An Examination Of Gender Bias And Inequality
There’s a line of dialogue in Hulu’s limited series Pam & Tommy where Pamela Anderson (Lily James) tells her husband, Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) about the differences in the reactions to that infamous sex tape. Pam tells him that he will get high-fives and pats on the back from men for the tape, while menContinue reading “‘Pam & Tommy’ An Examination Of Gender Bias And Inequality”
‘The Dropout’ Wants To Sympathize The Devil
I’ll be blunt. The Dropout, the latest limited series romanticizing Millennial con artists and fraudsters, wants to have it both ways. It wants to portray Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried), the CEO of the now defunct Theranos, as a woman playing tough in the Boys Club World of Business, but also as a victim. She’s aContinue reading “‘The Dropout’ Wants To Sympathize The Devil”
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