Spinning Out — 4.0 Gavels 63% Rotten Tomatoes
If you watch Spinning Out for Olympic-quality ice skating, with the exception of Johnny Weir, you will be disappointed. Still, the film makes…
Month: April 2020
Bad Day For The Cut — 3.5 Gavels 92% Rotten Tomatoes
From sex trafficking in Australia (Unfinished Sky), we go to sex trafficking in Northern Ireland. Except, Bad Day For The Cut throws a…
The Mire — 3.5 Gavels 7.1/10 IMDb
Are stories about investigative journalism your cup of tea? From Netflix via Poland, you should consider The Mire. While it is not as…
Alias Grace — 3.5 Gavels 99% Rotten Tomatoes
Viewing the six-part Netflix series Alias Grace, two matters immediately strike you. If the dialogue on the screen is anything like that in…
The Nomads –3.5 Gavels 8.3/10 IMDb
For the sports-starved, we’ve seen soccer (The English Game), football (Greater), hockey (Indian Horse), and now we turn to rugby. What first attracted…
Faith, Hope & Love — 4.0 Gavels 80% Rotten Tomatoes
If your name is Haralambos Karountzos, to get the girl you must change your name, be the producer, director and writer, and be…
Indian Horse — 3 Gavels 79% Rotten Tomatoes
Indian Horse on Netlix is a bit of a bait and switch. Described as an indigenous boy finds refuge on a hockey ring,…
Forever My Girl — 3.5 Gavels 23% Rotten Tomatoes
Let it be said, once and for all, critics are cranky, old curmudgeons! They compare Forever My Girl unfavorably to Nicholas Sparks films…
Unfinished Sky — 4.0 Gavels 90% Rotten Tomatoes
In our recent cinematic travels around the world, we see the good from Africa (The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind) and the bad…
She — 1.0 Gavel 6.7/10 IMDb
Clearly, I wasn’t expecting Slumdog Millionaire, The Lunchbox, The Hundred-Foot Journey, nor The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel but, still, She presents quite the…