Deadwood: The Movie

It picks up some time after the show stopped - we see where are still living characters are. We see flashbacks of the last season to help. It felt like just a long episode and not a movie, and it doesn't really resolve of end anything. Someone is killed, someone returns, someone dies, and life still goes on. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on HBO unless they intend to make another and then SEE IT

The HIghwaymen

Kevin Costner (Yellowstone) and Woody Harrelson (Midway) are two retired Texas Rangers. No one has been able to capture Bonnie and Clyde, so the Governor decides to call them back to service. They find the robbers using questionable means and bring them questionable justice. It's really well acted. All in all, I say: SEE IT on Netflix

Triple Frontier

Ben Affleck (The Runner), Oscar Isaac (Dune), and Charlie Hunnam (SOA) are no longer in the military and all struggling back home. They decide to rob a drug dealer. It's like one horrible roadblock after another and the whole thing felt anti-climatic. All in all, I say: SKIP IT on Netflix.

The Society

An American based Netflix show. It has a similar plot to Australia's The Tribe and Canada's Between. A group of teens find themselves the only one left in their town. They find a way to escape the town and they can't find their parents. Things start to get a little "lord of the flies". All in all, I say: SEE IT

Eddie Izzard: Wunderbar

Not as good as his last large tour. He discusses his marathons, his language skills, religion, and history. All in all, I say: SKIP IT

Chains

Amazon writes, "As the Revolutionary War begins, thirteen-year-old Isabel wages her own fight...for freedom. Promised freedom upon the death of their owner, she and her sister, Ruth, in a cruel twist of fate become the property of a malicious New York City couple, the Locktons, who have no sympathy for the American Revolution and even less for Ruth and Isabel. When Isabel meets Curzon, a slave with ties to the Patriots, he encourages her to spy on her owners, who know details of British plans for invasion. She is reluctant at first, but when the unthinkable happens to Ruth, Isabel realizes her loyalty is available to the bidder who can provide her with freedom. 

From acclaimed author Laurie Halse Anderson comes this compelling, impeccably researched novel that shows the lengths we can go to cast off our chains, both physical and spiritual". All in all, I say: READ IT - it's well written and the characters are amazing. It's part of a trilogy.

The Arrival

Amazon writes, "Starred Review. Grade 7 Up—Tan captures the displacement and awe with which immigrants respond to their new surroundings in this wordless graphic novel. It depicts the journey of one man, threatened by dark shapes that cast shadows on his family's life, to a new country. The only writing is in an invented alphabet, which creates the sensation immigrants must feel when they encounter a strange new language and way of life. A wide variety of ethnicities is represented in Tan's hyper-realistic style, and the sense of warmth and caring for others, regardless of race, age, or background, is present on nearly every page. Young readers will be fascinated by the strange new world the artist creates, complete with floating elevators and unusual creatures, but may not realize the depth of meaning or understand what the man's journey symbolizes. More sophisticated readers, however, will grasp the sense of strangeness and find themselves participating in the man's experiences. They will linger over the details in the beautiful sepia pictures and will likely pick up the book to pore over it again and again.—Alana Abbott, James Blackstone Memorial Library, Branford, CT".  This book helps you understand what immigrants go through when they arrive in a new land. It's is done in a brilliant way. The pictures in this wordless book are AMAZING. All in all, I say: READ IT