Elizabeth Holmes aka the CEO of the failed company Theranos and the woman who conned all of Silicon Valley, invited director Nathan Fielder into her home to document the last 34 days of freedom before going to prison. Consider watching The Inventor on HBO or The Dropout if you don’t know who she is. I’ll … Continue reading You Can See Everything
"You can see how this looks, right?" the famous tagline from Chris Hansen on To Catch A Predator, a reality show on Dateline NBC when grown men were caught in the act of trying to lure underage kids. A light-hearted show to the masses in the early 00s. Based on the 2007 Esquire article "Tonight … Continue reading Primetime
Anthony Bourdain was a complex and vibrant personality. In his autobiography Kitchen Confidential, he describes a summer in 1975 in Provincetown, MA, and how it became the foundation of his career as a chef. Using that excerpt from the book, director Matt Johnson tells the most unexpectedly brilliant story. Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers, Now You … Continue reading Tony
The best way this movie was described to me was that it’s The Purge but with premarital sex. In a dystopian New York, the government has outlawed sex between unmarried people. Meaning one night a year, people are given a pass to do with it what they want. Allie (Monica Barbaro, Phoenix from Top Gun: … Continue reading One Night Only
Thanks to Dr. Strange, no one remembers that Peter Parker is Spider-Man. For four years, Tom Holland has been fighting crime all alone with local law enforcement and pushing himself to the limits. But when a mysterious new villain terrorizes New York, threatening his old friends, Peter must decide what the real cost of being … Continue reading Spider-Man: Brand New Day
For the fourth time on the big screen, Matt Damon just wants to go home. (For those of you lost, please go watch Saving Private Ryan, The Martian, and Interstellar.) Based on Homer’s novel of the same name, famed war hero Odysseus goes on what feels like a never-ending journey back home. While his wife … Continue reading The Odyssey
Trigger warning: movie includes scenes of domestic violence HEEE HEEE.... HOOOOOOO, now that I have your attention. Michael Jackson, MJ, King of Pop, was a controversial figure, but there's no denying his talent. From humble beginnings in Gary, Indiana, to the world stage, see just how he got there and what he had to overcome. … Continue reading Michael
