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…
Ava (2020) — 2.0 Gavels 19% Rotten Tomatoes
By my count, the actors in Ava (2020) have 5 Oscar nominations and 3 Golden Globe nominations. It is darn near impossible to…
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 Right Stuff — 3.0 Gavels 55% Rotten Tomatoes
If you’ve just arrived from outer space and know nothing of the Mercury astronauts, then you may find National Geographic’s The Right Stuff…
McMafia — 4.0 Gavels 71% Rotten Tomatoes
It’s no coincidence that the crime family name is Godman in the Godfather-like series McMafia. Similar to Michael Corleone, Alexander Godman wants no…
The Spanish Princess 2 — 4.0 Gavels 7.4/10 IMDb
Finally rid of the nasty Margaret Beaufort in season one of The Spanish Princess, Catherine of Aragon meets an even greater foe in…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 11/5/20
Why is Earth silent? Billed as Netflix’ main winter blockbuster, The Midnight Sky arrives December 23rd. Recently noted in Thursday Morning Coffee —…
Critical Thinking — 3.5 Gavels 93% Rotten Tomatoes
Hot on the heels of The Queen’s Gambit, brace yourself for another chess film, Critical Thinking. Or, you might think of this as…
A Call to Spy — 3.5 Gavels 75% Rotten Tomatoes
Despite the courage and heroism portrayed in A Call to Spy, one can’t help but think that Masterpiece Theater would do this so…
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…