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Review of the Hulu Docuseries Little Miss Innocent

Review of the Hulu docuseries Little Miss Innocent: Passion, Poison, Prison **** In John Grisham’s latest book about wrongful convictions, Framed, there is a story about a woman who contacted the police because she felt she had some information that might help them solve the crime. Instead, the police zeroed in on her as a […]

Review of the Hulu Aaron Hernandez series

Review of American Sports Story: Aaron Hernandez Rating ***** I have a solid pick for you if you are lucky enough to have a Hulu subscription. The ten-part dramatic series portraying Aaron Hernandez’s tragic story is worth the price of admission. Every aspect of this well-crafted series is top-notch, starting with Josh Rivera, who plays […]

Review of Myst VR

Myst was initially released as a non-VR game. While I have never played the original, I found the VR version immersive and engaging. Unlike other VR games, where you must solve puzzles to move from one environment or room to another, Myst starts you on an island. From there, you must visit four different ages, […]

Review of the Netflix documentary series Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter

Review of the Netflix documentary series Into the Fire: The Lost Daughter rating ***** This is one of those stories where you don’t see what’s coming next. Just when you think you have a grasp of what might have happened to Cathy Terkanian’s daughter, who she had given up for adoption at the age of […]

Review of Bonelab VR

Review of Bonelab VR Rating **** Having played the original Boneworks, purchasing this newer version was a no-brainer. While I wasn’t disappointed with this version, it wasn’t quite what I was expecting. Don’t get me wrong, there is a lot to like in this VR title. In some ways, this VR title has more going […]

Skywalkers: A Love Story is a visual gem

Review of Skywalkers: A Love Story rating ***** Before streaming became a thing, a film like Skywalkers would have been seen by only a few documentary film diehards willing to seek out the one or two theatres that would have carried it. It would also likely not have stayed in theaters for more than a […]

Review of the Netflix Oscar Pistorius documentary series

Review of the Netflix Oscar Pistorius documentary series Rating ***** Early in the first of four episodes, a crime scene reenactment expert walks viewers through Oscar’s moment-by-moment recounting of the events that led to him accidentally shooting and killing his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. He is aided by an animation and some video reenactments of Oscar’s […]

Review of Solito: A Memoir

Review of Solito: A Memoir by Javier Zamora Rating **** 1/2 This is a story about an illegal immigrant—a story that every anti-immigration proponent should read. Javier Zamora is nine years old when he begins his journey from El Salvador to the U.S. He recounts the perils of his seven-week trek across land and sea […]

Review of I Expect You to Die 3 VR

Review of I Expect You To Die 3 Rating **** I’ve played all three titles in this series. If you like puzzle games, you’ll like any of the I Expect You to Die VR titles. This is the first one where I had to go online to get a clue on how to proceed. And […]

A Rape, a Cover-up, Vindication

Review of the documentary Girl 27 by David Stenn Rating ***** I just watched the Netflix documentary Bombshell: The Hedy Lamar Story, which tells the story of an actress who battled with studios over the stories they forced her to star in and how she was one of the first to produce her own movies, […]