The Way Back

— [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2020. 108 min. Directed by Gavin O’Connor. Starring Ben Affleck, Al Madrigal, Janina Gavankar, and Michaela Watkins.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-way-back-movie-review-2020

Hope Gap

— [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2019. 100 min. Written and directed by William Nicholson. Starring Annette Bening, Bill Nighy, and Josh O’Connor.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/hope-gap-movie-review-2020

The Rhythm Section

— This has to have the slowest set-up in film history, opting for few words and long, slow-moving camerawork to introduce characters and to set the stage. Eventually the murkiness gives way to banal plot twists and dark, brooding, vengeful, action. In the end, it’s just not very original, exciting, nor very well written. [Netflix streaming.]

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[2020. 109 min. Directed by Reed Morano. Starring Blake Lively, Jude Law, Richard Brake, Elly Curtis, and Sterling K Brown.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-rhythm-section-movie-review-2020

Allen v. Farrow

— A fairly well-produced but unabashedly one-sided documentary rehashing the public scandal surrounding Woody Allen and Mia Farrow in 1992. Includes many current-day interviews with Mia Farrow and some of her children, along with “intimate home movie footage, court documents, police evidence, revelatory videotapes, and never-before-heard audio tapes.” Then 7-year-old daughter Dylan, now a grown woman, speaks out in an effort to help others. It’s interesting enough, but mostly because you can't help but wonder about the motivations as you watch. [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2021. 4 Episodes, each 56-74 minutes. Featuring Mia Farrow, Fletcher Previn, Dylan O’Sullivan, and Ronan Farrow.]
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/15/allen-v-farrow-review-sky-hbo-documentary

I Know This Much Is True

— [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2020. Five 60-minutes Episodes and one 88-minute Episode. Directed by Derek Cianfrance. Starring Mark Ruffalo, John Procaccino, Rob Huebel, Gabe Fazio, and Kathryn Hahn.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-know-this-much-is-true-movie-review-2020

Murder Among the Mormons

— I knew nothing about the “Salamander Letter” or how it may have sent a ripple the bedrock of the Church of the Latter Day Saints in the mid-1980’s, but this film focuses on the events which are somewhat interesting. Unfortunately, the story fits easily in the television true crime genre along with “Dateline NBC” and “Cold Case,” and that’s not a good thing in my opinion! It seems to stereotype Mormons. It also seems too narrowly focused on Mark Hofmann’s Mormon forgeries when, in fact, he was a master forger and his story is far more expansive. It also is a good example of a good 1- or 1½-hour story that bloats to nearly 3 hours for Netflix consumption. [HBO Max streaming.]

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[2020. 3 Episodes, each 45-57 minutes. Featuring Dorie Hofmann Olds, Shannon Flynn, Brent Metcalfe, Richard Turley, and Rod Decker.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/murder-among-the-mormons-tv-review-2021

I Care a Lot

— [Netflix streaming.]

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[2020. 118 min. Directed by J. Blakeson. Starring Rosamund Pike, Peter Dinklage, Eiza González, and Dianne Wiest.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/i-care-a-lot-movie-review-2021

Ginny & Georgia

— [Netflix streaming.]

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[2021. One season, 10 episodes, 50-58 minutes/episode. Created by Sara Lampert. Starring Brianne Howey, Antonia Gentry, Diesel La Torraca, Jennifer /Robertson, and Felix Mallard.]
https://www.rogerebert.com/streaming/netflixs-ginny-and-georgia-never-finds-its-own-identity