Signora Volpe — 2.0 Gavels 7.1/10 IMDb
The pendulum swings the other way with Acorn’s Signora Volpe. After The Chelsea Detective and Harry Wild, I thought Acorn might be another…
Month: May 2022
Tehran 2 — 4.0 Gavels 8.2/10 IMDb
Somehow I get the feeling that AppleTV+ tries to Americanize Tehran 2. Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series, did…
Hold Your Breath: The Ice Dive — 3.5 Gavels
Don’t Hold Your Breath waiting for ratings from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDb. As of this writing, there are none. While this 40 minute…
Bosch: Legacy — 4.5 Gavels 9.2/10 IMDb
Bosch is back and better than ever in Bosch: Legacy. Unsurprisingly, the new series on Amazon Prime or Freevee picks up right after…
Ridley Road — 4.0 Gavels 86% Rotten Tomatoes
With Ridley Road and The Offer already begun, and Bosch: Legacy and Tehran starting yesterday, May is off with a bang. Where were…
Dr. Strange 2 – 4.0 Gavels 78% Rotten Tomatoes
Put multiverse in the title (Dr. Strange 2 aka Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness) and it’s an automatic half-gavel deduction. Really,…
The Survivor – 3.5 Gavels 84% Rotten Tomatoes
Not quite as harrowing as Sophie’s Choice, but agonizing nonetheless is The Survivor. Then again, read History vs Hollywood and you are likely…
Gaslit — 3.0 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes
Not sure why anyone wants to re-live the Watergate story, nor any Impeachment for that matter, but if interested, find Gaslit Sundays through…
The Offer — 4.5 Gavels 43% Rotten Tomatoes
While critics tend not to mind if Hollywood manipulates political history, beware if it touches their sacred cow, as in The Offer. The…
Biggest Little Farm 2 –3.0 Gavels 7.3/10 IMDb
As simply as I can put it, ignore The Biggest Little Farm: The Return on Disney+ and go find the original on Hulu…