Mudbound

Jason Clarke (Everest) is a racist land owning farmer during WWII. Carey Mulligan (An Education) is his once old maid and desperate for a loving family wife who becomes very disappointed. One family that works the land is black and they have a son who fights in the war only to come back to being treated like a second class citizen. It was horrible. The acting is good - the writing and the directing - it's not that. The relationships and the racism - its so bad. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Netflix

Cargo

What would a zombie Apocalypse look like in Australia. Martin Freeman (Sherlock) is a father trying to get someone to take care of his baby daughter when he and his wife catch the virus. It's good - and kind of original in the zombie world. All in all, I say: SEE IT on Netflix

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

In my opinion - if you liked Reservoir Dogs, True Romance, Pulp Fiction, and Inglorious Basterds I don't think you will like this. I hated this - it was boring and drawn out. Not great memorable monologues - no seemingly random come together of characters at the end - not really. The main character is Hollywood during the 60s. All in all, I say: SKIP IT

The Disaster Artist

This is a movie based on the filming of another movie that has become a cult classic. I don't get it. The Francos star and it's just strange and uncomfortable. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon

A Street Cat Names Bob

This based on a true story that became a book that became a movie. A drug addict finds a friend in a stray cat. I don't really like drug stories but I watched this for the cat. It was a slow to get going. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon and read the book.

American Renegades

A group of elite soldiers in former Yugoslavia help locals go behind the back of an evil guy to find gold. It seemed like it would be funny and have action - neither was true. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon

Killing Gunther

A group of assassins hire a documentary crew to film them trying to kill the world's best assassin - he did them all wrong. It's supposed to be funny, but I didn't smile or laugh once. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon

I Am Mother

A girl is brought up by a robot because apparently everyone else - the world - is destroyed. Most of the movie things are going along and its kind of interesting and then the like last 30-45 minutes things get crazy. I didn't like the ending section. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Netflix

One Show Fits All

He's a funny guy. I saw his Netflix show about being a teacher and I was excited to see his comedy show. All in all, I say: SEE IT on Netflix

Adam Devine: Best Time of Our Lives

He isn't a bad comedian. I did laugh. He is very energetic though and sometimes it's a bit much. All in all, I say: SEE IT on Netflix

Marlon

Marlon Waynes of the Waynes brothers plays a recently divorced dad - I guess based on his real life. He is trying to keep up with kids and still have a good relationship with his ex. It's the typical Waynes humour. All in all, I say: SEE on Netflix.

The Boys

Karl Urban (Star Trek), Simon Pegg (Star Trek), and Antony Starr (Banshee) are some of the cast. This is like what if Superheroes were psychos and were just in it for the money and the power. It's disturbing and sometimes hard to watch, but very well acted. All in all, I say: SEE IT on Amazon.

Ultimate Force

This is a UK show about the SAS. Kind of like an extreme SWAT group that kill a ton of people instead of arrest them. The show also gets a little into personal lives. There are several seasons and there are a ton of guest stars - a who's who of current British starts. It's fun to see them young and being killed off on a tv show. All in all, I say: SEE IT on Amazon.

The Park Bench

A man needs tutoring and they meet in the park about once a week. Along the way they also discuss their lives and issues. Even though she is engaged they fall in love. It's slow and not very well acted. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon.

Eighth Grade

Elsie Fisher (Castle Rock) is the child of a single parent. Her dad is trying to connect with her as well as help her feel more confident. This movie shows her eighth grade year which is painful to watch. Not because it's bad, but because you remember you in middle school and/or think about your kid in 8th grade. Cringe. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon - don't relive that.

Hunter's Prayer

Sam Worthington (Avatar) is a former soldier who know does assassin stuff for a criminal. He is tasks with killing a young woman, but decides to protect her instead. He is not a likely hero type - he's a drug addict. She is slightly annoying - some of the plot flow is nonsensical. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon.

The Night Eats the World

A zombie movie that started out great. It's a lot like a one man show. A guy wakes up to find he one of the last living people in an small apartment building. It was a little slow - a little similar to other movies - not bad....well until the ending. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon.

Siberia

Keanu Reeves (Speed) is sort of like a broker for criminals - I think. He gets screwed in more ways than one. He falls in love - even though he's married - exactly when several deals go bad. It was awkward, crappy plot and editing, and just strange. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Amazon - I don't know what he was thinking making this. 

Close

Noomi Rapace (Lamb) is a soldier who specializes in protection and extraction. She takes a job watching a young girl in a dangerous - male dominated - nation. There were some editing errors. The fight scenes were brutal, but good. All in all, I say: SEE IT On Netflix

Mrs. Wilson

On PBS, this is a true story. Ruth Wilson (Luther) portrays her own grandmother's tale of being married to a man that had several families. All in all, I say: SEE IT

The Innocent

An assassin is the main character, but he has morals. Sounds strange yes, but he's an interesting character. Amazon writes, "It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to pull the trigger. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and is on the run.

Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway--her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power.

Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life...and perhaps his own". All in all, I say: READ IT

Escape from Mr Lemoncello's Library

If you want to help a kid find a bunch of stuff to read - this is the book to do it. Amazon writes, "When Kyle learns that the world's most famous game maker, Luigi Lemoncello, has designed the town's new library and is having an invitation-only lock-in on opening night, he's determined to be there! But the tricky part isn't getting into the library—it's getting out. Because when morning comes, the doors stay locked. Kyle and the other kids must solve every clue and figure out every secret puzzle to find the hidden escape route!". All in all, I say: READ IT

The Fix

This was more a spy mystery so it got more convoluted than the other books in the series. I love Amos Decker as a character though. Amazon writes, "Amos Decker witnesses a murder just outside FBI headquarters. A man shoots a woman execution-style on a crowded sidewalk, then turns the gun on himself.

Even with Decker's extraordinary powers of observation and deduction, the killing is baffling. Decker and his team can find absolutely no connection between the shooter -- a family man with a successful consulting business -- and his victim, a schoolteacher. Nor is there a hint of any possible motive for the attack.
Enter Harper Brown. An agent of the Defense Intelligence Agency, she orders Decker to back off the case. The murder is part of an open DIA investigation, one so classified that Decker and his team aren't cleared for it.
But they learn that the DIA believes solving the murder is now a matter of urgent national security. Critical information may have been leaked to a hostile government -- or worse, an international terrorist group -- and an attack may be imminent.

Decker's never been one to follow the rules, especially with the stakes so high. Forced into an uneasy alliance with Agent Brown, Decker remains laser focused on only one goal: solving the case before it's too late.". All in all, I say: READ IT

The Last Mile

The Amos Decker character is again solving cases that confuse others, but he saves the day. Amazon writes, "Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his execution--for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier--when he's granted an unexpected reprieve. Another man has confessed to the crime.

Amos Decker, newly hired on an FBI special task force, takes an interest in Mars's case after discovering the striking similarities to his own life: Both men were talented football players with promising careers cut short by tragedy. Both men's families were brutally murdered. And in both cases, another suspect came forward, years after the killing, to confess to the crime. A suspect who may or may not have been telling the truth.

The confession has the potential to make Melvin Mars--guilty or not--a free man. Who wants Mars out of prison? And why now?

But when a member of Decker's team disappears, it becomes clear that something much larger--and more sinister--than just one convicted criminal's life hangs in the balance. Decker will need all of his extraordinary brainpower to stop an innocent man from being executed". All in all, I say: READ IT

As always she has really done her research. Each chapter is a different point of view - different character - around the same event. The event is a school shooting so warning. Amazon writes, "Sterling is an ordinary New Hampshire town where nothing ever happens--until the day its complacency is shattered by a school shooting. Josie Cormier, the daughter of the judge sitting on the case, should be the state's best witness, but she can't remember what happened before her very own eyes--or can she? As the trial progresses, fault lines between the high school and the adult community begin to show--destroying the closest of friendships and families. Nineteen Minutes asks what it means to be different in our society, who has the right to judge someone else, and whether anyone is ever really who they seem to be.". All in all, I say: READ IT

Memory Man

This is a very interesting main character. That's what makes this series work - how he thinks and sees things. Amazon writes, "Amos Decker's life changed forever--twice.

The first time was on the gridiron. A big, towering athlete, he was the only person from his hometown of Burlington ever to play in the NFL. But his career ended before it had a chance to begin. On his very first play, a violent helmet-to-helmet collision knocked him off the field forever, and left him with an improbable side effect--he can forget nothing.

The second time was at home nearly two decades later. Now a police detective, Decker returned from a stakeout one evening and entered a nightmare--his wife, young daughter, and brother-in-law had been murdered.

His family destroyed, their killer's identity as mysterious as the motive behind the crime, and unable to forget a single detail from that horrible night, Decker finds his world collapsing around him. He leaves the police force, loses his home, and winds up on the street, taking piecemeal jobs as a private investigator when he can.

But over a year later, a man turns himself in to the police and confesses to the murders. At the same time a horrific event nearly brings Burlington to its knees, and Decker is called back in to help with this investigation. Decker also seizes his chance to learn what really happened to his family that night. To uncover the stunning truth, he must use his remarkable gifts and confront the burdens that go along with them. He must endure the memories he would much rather forget. And he may have to make the ultimate sacrifice". All in all, I say: READ IT

Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

I understood about 20-40% of what was in the book. He isn't a bad writer - it's just difficult material for me. There are some beautiful passages in it. Amazon writes, "The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.

What is the nature of space and time? How do we fit within the universe? How does the universe fit within us? There’s no better guide through these mind-expanding questions than acclaimed astrophysicist and best-selling author Neil deGrasse Tyson.

But today, few of us have time to contemplate the cosmos. So Tyson brings the universe down to Earth succinctly and clearly, with sparkling wit, in tasty chapters consumable anytime and anywhere in your busy day.

While you wait for your morning coffee to brew, for the bus, the train, or a plane to arrive, Astrophysics for People in a Hurry will reveal just what you need to be fluent and ready for the next cosmic headlines: from the Big Bang to black holes, from quarks to quantum mechanics, and from the search for planets to the search for life in the universe.". All in all, I say: TRY the version for kids.