Streaming Review: “American Gods” (2017 – ) Episode One – The Bone Orchard

“American Gods” (2017) Fantasy/Horror 8 Episodes Produced by: Bryan Fuller and Michael Green Featuring: Ricky Whittle, Emily Browning, Crispin Glover, Bruce Langley, Yetide Badaki, Pablo Schreiber and Ian McShane The series focuses on Shadow Moon, a man serving three years in prison. With only days remaining in his sentence, Shadow is given an unexpected early release after …

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DVD review: “Operation Avalanche (2016)”

Operation Avalanche (2016) Drama/Mock Documentary Running Time: 94 minutes Directed by: Matt Johnson Featuring: Matt Johnson, Owen Williams, Josh Boles I have a general weakness for found footage films, I think its that they are low budget and a throwback to the genre films that I loved since I was a child. I have found the …

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Review Documentary: “13th” (2016)

"13th (2016) Documentary/Netflix Running Time: 101 minutes Director: Ava DuVernay Featuring: Jelani Cobb, Angela Davis, and Henry Louis Gates "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." This latest documentary to …

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Review: “Michael Moore in TrumpLand” (2016)

"Michael Moore in TrumpLand" (2016) Documentary Stand-Up Running Time: 73 minutes Featuring: Michael Moore, Hillary Clinton, and Donald Trump Michael Moore: “Donald Trump came to the Detroit Economic Club and stood there in front of Ford Motor executives and said, ‘If you close these factories as you’re planning to do in Detroit and build them …

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Review: “Killing Reagan” (2016)

"Killing Reagan” (2016) Drama/True Story Running Time: 100 minutes Director: Rod Lurie Featuring: Tim Matheson, Cynthia Nixon, Joel Murray, Joe Chrest, Kyle S. More Cop: “You don’t look like the guy that shot the President.” Based on the book of the same name, by right wing Fox broadcaster Bill O’Reilly, this new film produced by …

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Review: “Mascots” (2016)

“Mascots” (2016) Comedy/Mockumentary Running Time: 89 minutes Director: Christopher Guest Featuring: Parker Posey, Bob Balaban, Christopher Guest, Jane Lynch, Jennifer Coolidge “Mascots” is Christopher Guests return to a genre he helped make famous – the mockumentary - with “This is Spinal Tap” (1984) and his last attempt at it, the excellent and underrated “A Mighty …

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Documentary Review: “Amanda Knox” (2016)

"Amanda Knox" (2016) Documentary Running Time: 92 minutes Director: Rod Blackhurst, Brian McGinn Freelance Journalist, The Daily Mail: “But hey, what are we suppose to do? We are journalists and we are reporting what we are being told. It's not as if I can say "Hold on a minute, I just want to double check …

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