High Fidelity — 3.5 Gavels 85% Rotten Tomatoes
If you are over 70, or under 40, and don’t remember the iconic scene from High Fidelity (2000), see below: Although the references…
World on Fire — 3.5 Gavels 83% Rotten Tomatoes
By this time, I hoped to be able to highly recommend World on Fire brought to you by Masterpiece Theater on PBS. The…
Schitt’s Creek — 3.5 Gavels 64% Rotten Tomatoes
Schitt’s Creek is the reverse-Beverly Hillbillies. Despite eighteen Canadian Screen Awards, I’ve avoided this show because its name sounds like . . ….
Brockmire — 3.5 Gavels 94% Rotten Tomatoes
If there is such a thing as the World Series of raunch, Brockmire is a champion. Do not confuse this series with Longmire,…
Noble — 4.0 Gavels 82% Rotten Tomatoes
My version of Never Have I Ever . . . is seeing a movie shot in Ho Chi Minh City . . ….
Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill 4.0 Gavels
Discovery: Jerry Seinfeld: 23 Hours to Kill features a very likable character, to wit: Jerry Seinfeld. HBO’s Succession has many more characters, but…
The Stranger — 4.0 Gavels 83% Rotten Tomatoes
The “big” movie offerings this week on Netflix are Hangman and Sleepless. Despite Al Pacino, Hangman “dangles” a 5% Rotten Tomato rating with…
The Half of It — 3.5 Gavels 95% Rotten Tomatoes
“Love is messy” . . . especially if you are 17 and live in fictional Squahamish, Washington. Certainly, Alice Wu, writer and director…
Trying — 4.0 Gavels 100% Rotten Tomatoes
A TV series about infertility and the adoption process does not seem to be a fertile area for comedy, except maybe dark comedy….
Mansfield Park –3.5 Gavels 77% Rotten Tomatoes
On my drive to picturesque Mansfield Park, I first stopped by Freud on Netflix. My id, my ego, and my super-ego all told…