Irma Vep — 3.5 Gavels 100% Rotten Tomatoes
What is the obsession that writer/director Olivier Assayas has with Irma Vep? In 1916, a Frenchman directed Les Vampires, a seven-hour movie about…
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George Carlin – 4.0 Gavels 100% Rotten Tomatoes
Dead some fourteen years, he comes alive again in an HBO documentary George Carlin’s American Dream. Before you get too nostalgic about the…
The Time Traveler’s Wife — 4.0 Gavels 35% Rotten Tomatoes
Critics didn’t like The Time Traveler’s Wife as a movie, nor do they approve as a 6-part HBO Max series. Notably, the reasons…
The Staircase – 4.0 Gavels 96% Rotten Tomatoes
The Staircase gives you a choice. You can watch a 94% Rotten Tomatoes-rated 13-part documentary filmed at the time on Netflix, or a…
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…
Gensan Punch — 2.5 Gavels 5.1/10 IMDb
If you expect a Rocky-type boxing story in Gensan Punch, you will be greatly disappointed. Filmed in near documentary style, it is more…
Moonshot — 3.0 Gavels 67% Rotten Tomatoes
Disney will probably sue HBO Max and Warner Bros. over the film Moonshot. The 104 minute film looks exactly like a Disney afternoon…
The Flight Attendant 2 — 4.0 Gavels 90% Rotten Tomatoes
Your favorite lush is back on Thursdays on HBO in The Flight Attendant 2. Still as neurotic as in The Flight Attendant, Cassie…
Undercurrent — 3.5 Gavels 6.5/10 IMDb
There is no doubt that if the defendant in Undercurrent: The Disappearance of Kim Wall was Elon Musk, it would be the O.J….
Tokyo Vice — 4.5 Gavels 85% Rotten Tomatoes
If Tokyo Vice sounds a lot like Miami Vice, it’s nothing like it. Yes, they both have the same executive producer, Michael Mann,…