The Life Ahead — 3.0 Gavels 93% Rotten Tomatoes
The critics love The Life Ahead (94% Rotten Tomatoes) and the viewers like it (7.0/10 IMDb). As for me, I can take it…
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Dash and Lily — 3.5 Gavels 100% Rotten Tomatoes
Combine the holiday theme of Holidate and the dares of Love and Anarchy, and you get Dash and Lily. What is it that…
The Crown 4 — 4.0 Gavels 96% Rotten Tomatoes
The Crown (Season 4) tells us that new Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke wants out of the British Commonwealth. Yet, in 1983, he…
Operation Christmas Drop — 3.5 Gavels 6.0/10 IMDb
If you want to feel good about your country and get into the holiday spirit, I suggest Operation Christmas Drop. Granted, as a…
Love and Anarchy — 1.5 Gavels 7.3/10 IMDb
In theory, Love and Anarchy sounds wondrously subversive. In practice, this Swedish offering is drearily dreadful, or maybe, seriously stupid. I surmised that…
Holidate — 1.0 Gavel 45% Rotten Tomatoes
Holidate requires an inquiry into whether the actors read the script prior to signing on the dotted line. If you think Netflix is…
The Hummingbird Project — 3.0 Gavels 57% Rotten Tomatoes
In an attempt to be the next The Big Short (2015), The Hummingbird Project falls well short. The former made subprime mortgages and…
The Queen’s Gambit — 4.0 Gavels Rotten Tomatoes
Will the critics who claim that it is impossible to make an interesting chess series see matters differently after giving The Queen’s Gambit…
Rebecca — 3.5 Gavels 44% Rotten Tomatoes
No one wants to follow a legend, so why re-make of Rebecca? Thankfully, I’ve never seen the original Oscar-winning Rebecca (1940) by Alfred…
The Trial of the Chicago 7 — 3.5 Gavels 94% Rotten Tomatoes
In an article on The Trial of the Chicago 7 in Smithsonian Magazine, Aaron Sorkin says “this isn’t a biopic. You will get the…