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House of Cards (2013)
Great Series - Bad Last Season
This series started really strong.and maintained strong acting and a compelling story - Until Season 8 when it fell off a cliff. Season 8 was a real challenge to stay awake with less than steller acting and serpentine storyline. They should have ended with season 7 with a high rating.
Sharp Objects (2018)
Glacial
Excellent acting and a story speaking to a terrible illness. But it took far too long to tell, and often the narrative was hard to understand. The entire story could have been told in half the time invested in this 7-8 hour series.
Les Misérables (2012)
Musically and Emotionally Phenomenal
My wife and I saw this Christmas day at the local cineplex - a wonderful musical and emotional experience.
Hugh Jackman as Jean Valjean, Anne Hathaway as Fontine, and Samantha Barks as Esponine deliver emotional charged, brilliantly musically acted performances.
Tom Hooper (director) made a conscientious decision to have all dialog sung live while filming and it works beautifully. The emotion in many scenes is palpable! Anne Hathaway's "Dreamed a Dream" about a quarter into the film is exceptional and left very few dry eyes in the theater.
Jackman, Hathaway, Barks, and Hooper should all win awards for this awesome movie.
Adele Live at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
Arguably Adele is the top contemporary performer
A wonderful performance showcasing Adele's truly awesome vocal and song writing talents. Clearly the audience was in love with Adele, and her with them - a love fest. The emotion was palpable at times. Adele's beautifully lusty vocal cords, always filled with emotion, establish her as the best contemporary musician IMO. The blu-ray video was truly a treat for all the senses.
The only criticism of the performance was some of the camera work which moved around far too often, the average sound quality (Dolby Digital), and Adele's failure to acknowledge some of the other band members. Particularly Miles Robertson at the keyboard who IMO anchored her performance and added a beautiful musical depth.