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Review of the Netflix Docuseries The Kings of Tupelo

Review of the Netflix docuseries The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga Rating ***** The Kings of Tupelo has many of the same elements that made The Tiger King and Making a Murderer smash hits worthy of binge-watching. I remember parts of this story back in 2013, but I had no idea of the […]

Review of the Netflix documentary Titan: The OceanGate Disaster

Review of the Netflix documentary Titan: The OceanGate Disaster Rating ***** Of the many missteps, miscalculations, and inexcusable errors that this documentary highlights leading up to the Titan disaster, the one that stands out is what happened after mission 80. You’ll have to wait until about two-thirds in before the filmmakers cover this important topic, […]

Review of The Tylenol Murders

Review of the Netflix docuseries Cold Case: The Tylenol Murders Rating ***** If you have ever struggled with tamper-proof containers, you may not know that those frustrating locks and seals all got their start thanks to the Tylenol murders in Chicago in the early 1980s. I’m old enough to remember this crime, if that’s what […]

Review of Arizona Sunshine II

Review of Arizona Sunshine 2 VR Rating ***** After spending nearly 60 hours on this game, I can say that it is one of my top five VR games. As for the 60 hours, I could have considerably shortened that time had I known a few tips I will share here. My first tip deals […]

Review of On Wings of Eagles

Review of On Wings of Eagles: The Inspiring True Story of One Man’s Patriotic Spirit–and His Heroic Mission to Save His Countrymen by Ken Follett Rating **** 1/2 This book tells the story of a rescue mission undertaken and funded by Texas businessman Ross Perot to free two of his employees wrongly held in an […]

Review of A Deadly American Marriage

Review of the Netflix documentary A Deadly American Marriage Rating ***** This documentary looks at the death of Jason Corbett in 2015. Jason died at the hands of his wife, Molly, and her father, Thomas Martens. The focus of the investigators, as well as the documentary team, is whether or not Jason was killed in […]

Review of Spy High

Review of Spy High Rating ***** This four-part Amazon Prime documentary series is interesting on many levels. First, there is the whole idea that a school district can single out students for surveillance through their school-issued laptops. Then, there is the back-and-forth social media, from support to personal attacks. Add to this the sleezy side […]

A slave story

Review of Never Caught: The Washingtons’ relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge Written by Erica Armstrong Dunbar Rating ***** Slavery got its start in Africa when one tribe would overpower another tribe and subjugate the surviving members of the conquered tribe. It wasn’t about dehumanizing people, but more about exerting power. It was […]

Review of The Twister: Caught in the Storm

Review of The Twister: Caught in the Storm Directed by Alexandra Lacey Rating ***** Just in time for tornado season, this Netflix documentary has as much suspense as either of the two Hollywood productions. On May 22, 2011, an F5 tornado ripped through the small town of Joplin, Missouri. This is the story of that […]

Review of Zenith Man

Review of Zenith Man: Death, Love, and Redemption in a Georgia Courtroom by McCracken Poston Jr. Rating ***** You can’t judge a book by its cover—or, in this case, its title. When I first read the title of this book, I did not react positively to it. I don’t know what exactly turned me off […]