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Black Ink Crew: Chicago (2015)
a foolish mess
I know it is a reality show. I know reality shows are messy and overly dramatic. However, this is an ignorant mess. There is not one redeeming quality between them. The owner is a spineless, petulant manchild with severe abandonment issues. Go to therapy, dude. He is surrounded by a team of people who sit around gassing each other up. It is all "turning up", fighting, gossip and overly dramatic nonsense. I hate the show. It is terrible. Skip it. This review told me i needed to add another 150 characters. I don't need that many characters to say the show sucks. It is a ratchet, ghetto trash mess.
Monstrous (2022)
A Muddled Mess
Unimpressive movie with a ho hum twist. Channel surfing, i caught the last hour of the movie, and knew within minutes what the deal was. Even so, just to be sure i wasn't being overly critical, i went back and watched it again from the beginning. My first impression was the right one. It wasn't sure what kind of movie it wanted to be, and threw stuff in to make sure it covered all the bases. The child actor Santino Barnard held his own against Christina Ricci, whose performance carried this movie, and doesn't get the respect she deserves. If it were anyone else, chances are good i would have bailed altogether after the half viewing. A good effort.
Chasing Madoff (2010)
one of the better docs with one exception
It is a very good documentary. I would have given it a higher score, but there was way too much of the makopolis guy. His personality is like nails on a chalkboard. There was no need to interview his parents. I don't care that he was a good baby, or about any part of his bio/cv. His clear self-absorption and whiny voice assuming Madoff was out to kill him so he was forced to hunker down was ridiculous. The rest of the interviewees were fine, using their experience to tell the story from their perspective. The Madoff saga is a fascinating tale of what happens when rich people try to get richer.
The Reckoning (2020)
I hated it
This movie was terrible. Yes. I know that it's loosely based on the Salem witch trials, but the intentions of whoever is behind this drivel just wanted to show an attractive woman screwing the devil between scenes of women being beaten and tortured. I was going to give it a pass, but decided to give it a chance because of Simon Pertwee. Clearly having him in it wasn't enough, because not even he could save it.
The Nest (2020)
I'm Sorry...what?
Lots going on, not much of it made sense. This movie was...what WAS this movie?
Elephant (2020)
Fall in love with elephants
I love nature documentaries. When I'm in the mood for a documentary to watch, my mind immediately turns to nature. I have seen so many elephant documentaries that I could probably be considered an expert. I always enjoy them and this one is no different. The scenery is glorious, the music rich and the narrator's voice melodic and soothing, like wind chimes. It all came together to renew my excitement for an already familiar subject. Bravo to Disney and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex for a job well done. I highly recommend it for repeated viewing.
Searching (2018)
Go
Go see this movie. It has a great story that will hold your attention through every twist and turn. John Cho does a fantastic as a worried and frightened father barely holding it together. The movie is self-aware enough to put social media - and us - on full display.
Delirium (2018)
Wasted opportunity
The movie was okay with just the lead character and the fighting the uncertainty of mental illness and a possible haunting. Throw in the parole officer and the unnecessary love interest, and the movie comes to a screeching halt.