Tag: Crime
REVIEW: BlacKkKlansman (2018)
Satire is one of the most potent weapons in film. Using humor as a vehicle to deliver social commentary is oftentimes an effective way to convey a message. A recent example of this would be the brilliant 2017 film Get Out, where racism was put under a microscope and presented in a way that was at ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Trust, Season 1, Episode 10 “Consequences”
*Spoilers* “Consequences” begins with a doctor telling the press that Paul III is in good health. As he did in “Lone Star,” Fletcher breaks the fourth wall and tells us that stories don’t just stop like in the movies. Martina apologizes to a bedridden Paul, who decides to take a walk w...
Read MoreREVIEW: Trust, Season 1, Episode 9 “White Car in a Snowstorm”
*Spoilers* “White Car in a Snowstorm” opens with Chase and Gail awaiting a phone call, and Chase reveals, to Gail’s shock, that he has a twelve-year-old son of his own. In a flashback, Primo’s family realize that the Gettys haven’t received the ear and that’s why they haven&#...
Read MoreWhat I’ve Been Playing: Sleeping Dogs
Sleeping Dogs is one of those games that, after you see the trailer, you quickly roll your eyes and start whining about open world games. Then you get over yourself and actually play it, and before long you want to smack yourself because of how great the experience you almost denied yourself really ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Trust, Season 1, Episode 8 “In the Name of the Father”
*Spoilers* On this week’s episode of Trust, “In the Name of the Father,” Primo’s family lawyer Leonardo teaches his own son Francesco how to kill a goat in a flashback. Presently, the whole kidnapping family is scrambling to decide what to do now that the Gettys have canceled their offer...
Read MoreREVIEW: Trust – Season 1, Episode 7 “Kodachrome”
“A bit of it makes you want a lot of it. And a lot of it makes you want all of it.” *Spoilers* “Kodachrome” begins with Primo’s family lawyer preparing to meet Getty Sr. as Getty employees count the money for the ransom. Meanwhile, Penelope is unable to get a hold of Paul Sr. on … <...
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