- A Secret Love – A-
- These two women were in a league of their own
- Allen v. Farrow – A-
- Yeah, he did it. No doubt
- Another Round – A-
- Friends decide to test the theory that the most productive people maintain a 0.05% blood alcohol level at all times.
- Big Sky – C+
- After a promising start it starts to get annoying with several filler episodes
- Blown Away S1 – B
- Frenetic glass-blowing reality competition.
- Bridgerton – B
- Anyone else find Simon and Daphne completely exhausting?
- Cobra Kai S3 – B-
- These kids never get in trouble for anything.
- Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel – B-
- Ultimately a tragic case that also shows how the internet and both help and hinder an investigation
- Crip Camp – A-
- The young people in this camp changed the country in ways that we take for granted.
- Dave – A-
- Dave, AKA Lil’ Dicky, is a lovable dingbat.
- Dick Johnson is Dead – C-
- Weirdly dull documentary about senility and losing your parents.
- Evil Genius – B
- A pizza delivery man has a bomb locked to his neck. That’s the least weird part of this documentary.
- Freaky – B-
- Scream + Freaky Friday / Heathers
- Gretel & Hansel – C-
- I think it was kind of boring, maybe. I don’t know. It left my brain immediately.
- History of Swear Words – C
- KInd of interesting, kind of dumb.
- I Care A Lot – B+
- I loved to hate on this scam artist.
- I Know This Much is True –
- It’s A Sin – A
- Poignant and emotional mini-series about the early AIDS crisis in London.
- Jurassic World Camp Cretaceous – B-
- I don’t know why I let myself get so annoyed with kids in a TV-Y7 show?
- Let Them All Talk – A-
- Best friends reconnect on a transatlantic cruise. This is Candace Bergen’s film. She’s great.
- Lego Star Wars Christmas Special – B
- There is a little bit of canon confirming at the beginning but mostly it’s just silly fun.
- Locked Down – D+
- What’s worse than being in a pandemic? Watching other people complain about being in a pandemic.
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – B
- Strong performances elevate this claustrophobic film.
- Mank – C+
- Looooooooooong.
- Moxie – C
- There’s a good movie in here somewhere, too bad we didn’t get it.
- Murder Among the Mormons – B
- In 1985 someone planted bombs around SLC to kill mormons, this 3-part documentary explains why.
- Mr. Mayor – B
- The latest Tina Fey sitcom is like early 30 Rock. I can see this getting better with subsequent seasons.
- My Octopus Teacher – A
- What we can learn from nature is amazing and shouldn’t be taken for granted.
- Nightstalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer – B-
- Gruesome and horrifying documentary about the mad man that terrorized a nation in 1984.
- Nomadland – A
- A view into the world of nomads and how they keep this country running.
- One Night in Miami – B+
- Four black icons discussing life and their future in 1964
- On The Rocks – B
- I keep forgetting I even watched this.
- Outside the Wire – B-
- Decent sci-fi war movie about a cybernetic super-soldier. I know that sounds very generic.
- Palm Springs – B
- A funny and clever take on a sci-fi trope.
- Pieces of a Woman – B+
- We had to pause after 30 minutes to take a breather. Then it’s all downhill from there for this couple.
- Pretend It’s A City – A-
- Fran Lebowitz’s wry take on everything.
- Promising Young Woman – A-
- Carrie Mulligan deserves an Oscar for this amazingly layered performance.
- Star Wars: Rebels – B
- The story of how the rebel alliance formed leading up to Rogue One.
- Search Party S4 – B
- Dory deserved it.
- Soul – A-
- Inside out meets Pets? Sort of.
- Sound of Metal – B
- Riz does an amazing job of a drummer who loses his hearing.
- Sylvie’s Love – B
- Love and jazz in NYC.
- The Expanse S1 – B–
- Space capers! but kind of dull
- The Great Pottery Throwdown – B
- It’s very relaxing and sometimes they make ugly things and sometimes those ugly things break.
- The High Note – D
- Boring, schlocky, nonsense with an insulting “twist” ending.
- The Last Blockbuster – C
- This starts out promising but is easily 40 minutes too long.
- The Little Things – D
- Utter garbage. Malek is making weird faces the whole time, Leto deserves a Razzie. Avoid at all cost.
- The Midnight Sky – B+
- After a global event, Clooney finds himself lost in the arctic with a little girl.
- The Ripper – B
- Four-part documentary about a serial killer in the UK and how the police bungled it (per usual)
- The Trial of the Chicago 7 – A
- Fantastically engaging retelling of the aftermath of the 1968 DNC riot
- The Vast of Night – B
- Two teens discover a strange radio signal that may be aliens in this beautifully shot, well-paced mystery.
- Tina – B-
- Good documentary but I personally didn’t learn anything new.
- WandaVision – A-
- Every episode is like “HA! HA! WTF! HA! OMG!”
- We Are the Champions – B-
- Docuseries about people are experts in niche events (cheese chasing, dog dancing, yo-yo’ing)