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Val (2021)
The narrator of America
This was an incredibly honest and vulnerable exploration of the life of Val Kilmer. After watching this I'm amazed at how much I knew him and how much I didn't. It was just one emotional triumphb followed by emotional wreckage after another, the way life b works for all of us. After viewing this I really do think I honestly love the dude.
Poirot: Hickory Dickory Dock (1995)
The mouse got more screen time than Miss Lemon
Well you've certainly heard of me, the mouse that ran up the clock and ran back down when it struck the time. But what you surely haven't heard...the part the nursery rhyme leaves out...is that the reason I ran up that clock was to get a better view of Hercule Poirot taking credit for a murder reveal that wa actually all of my own making! Why, if I hadn't run up Miss Lemon's leg when I did...
this is what someone watching this so called adaptation might well expect to be the novel's first paragraph. But, no, the mouse of the nursery rhyme fame i not actually a character in the book, let alone the central one. For some reason, making this murder mystery actually the story of a meddling rat that is actually a meddling rat literally may have been intended to be a comic touch, but it completely stole any gravity the story was meant to carry.
The mystery itself, second fiddle to the mouse's story, totally gives its murderer away long before the customary room gatthering. And in the novel what works out to be a nice motiff of the "red herring really wasn't a red herring after all", is bereft of its sleight of hand by redirecting the acquisition of the posion to another character altogether.
Not a strong entry in the early parthenon of Poirot. See any of the surrounding episoeds in the season for much richer fare, with no rodents serving as primary investigators.
Hustlers (2019)
I dont get it
All the talk about this being an empowering feminist epic heist flick and I think you agree getting this mixed up with Widows. Everything that happens in this movie you get from the previews. There is nothing but the scenes from the previews on repeat. What kind of real story arc is there?
Covert Affairs: Good Advices (2011)
Knockout direction
Is it just me or did this episode take it to a whole new level? The direction on this one kept my jaw dropping--one of the best chase sequences I've seen on TV on a long time, and the plot twists kept me deeply engaged. Previously, I'd found the show to be amusing and clever...but in this episode they really turned it up to 11. Piper is always wonderful...but now her show is showing some serious teeth. I'm definitely in for the long haul now. USA network keeps churning them out...Burn Notice, In Plain Sight, Royal Pains, Psyche. They got the creative juices flowing in a big way, and if this episode is any indication, Covert Affairs is going to be a standout.