The Thaw — 3.5 Gavels 7.3/10 IMDb
With the infusion of money from streaming services, The Thaw is just one example of the drastic improvement in production values of shows…
Category: HBO
Drive My Car — 1.0 Gavel 97% Rotten Tomatoes
Drive My Car is no Driving Miss Daisy. You might be misled as it garnered four nominations at the 2021 Oscars, including Best…
Julia — 4.5 Gavels 100% Rotten Tomatoes
After Julia and Julia (2009), what more can Julia add? To say I was skeptical would be an understatement. Yet, Mrs. TMJ adores…
Winning Time – 3.5 Gavels 87% Rotten Tomatoes
Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty is the Harlem Globetrotters of TV shows, lots of flash but are they really serious?…
The Tourist — 4.0 Gavels 96% Rotten Tomatoes
The Tourist on HBO is only for the patient. First, let’s not confuse The Tourist (2010), starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, with…
Our Flag Means Death — 2.0 Gavels 90% Rotten Tomatoes
Our Flag Means Death roughly translates to Our Show Means Boredom. After the abomination that was Jojo Rabbit, Taika Waititi returns to star…
Nobody — 4.0 Gavels 84% Rotten Tomatoes
Juxtapose crazy, absurdist violence opposite kitty cat bracelets and classic tunes and you get Nobody. Remember the days when Russians were the bad…
The Girl Before — 4.0 Gavels 50% Rotten Tomatoes
The critics recommended two HBO shows this week, KIMI and The Girl Before. They preferred the former; I much preferred the latter. Described…
The Gilded Age — 3.5 Gavels 80% Rotten Tomatoes
From the creator of Downton Abbey, Belgravia and The English Game comes The Gilded Age. Truthfully, this one gets somewhat of a pass…
Peacemaker — 3.0 Gavels 94% Rotten Tomatoes
From All Creatures Great and Small to Peacemaker, from the sublime to the ridiculous. In The Suicide Squad, I speculated that writer/director James…