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Andrew Santino: Cheeseburger (2023)
Would've given it a higher rating if the material was more fresh.
Andrew Santino is a really funny guy, but good god, he still has like a 15 minute bit on Trump. How are comedians still trying to get Trump laughs? Hit the crowd with some Millard Fillmore material while you're at it, bud. I didn't like the guy as our President, but his time has been over and the new catastrophe in the White House offers such fresh material on a near daily basis. The beginning was really funny, but he lost me at the political stuff because it just felt like the same recycled material that every single comedian has been using over the past 6 years. At that point in the routine it felt like it could have been any comedian on stage telling the jokes that Andrew was telling. Someone wake me when the political bit is over.
Nine Perfect Strangers (2021)
One actor steals the show...
The series was really well done all around. It was funny and moving. There were some really excellent performances, but Michael Shannon was just incredible. I don't even want to say much more than that. I knew he was a good actor, but his performance was absolutely brilliant.
Behind the Attraction (2021)
Wasted potential.
Paget Brewster may have been the worst choice to hire as the narrator of this series. I say may have been because the actual worst choice was to employ the writer who penned her narration. The editing is awful as well. The scenes just jump with no flow at all. I want to love this series so much because I love these rides, but the episodes I have watched play out more like a director with ADD creating an interpretation of a fever dream about Disney rides. It's incredibly exhausting to make it through a single episode let alone binging a few in a row. For a concept with so much potential it was completely squandered to present this debacle now available on Disney+.
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
This movie is pure magnificence.
Jojo Rabbit WILL make you feel. It is one of the finest stories I have ever had the pleasure of experiencing.
Room 104: Jimmy and Gianni (2019)
Documentary takes place in the space known as Room 104.
This episode isn't exactly a Room 104 story, but rather a documentary that takes place in the space we know as Room 104. It is not a written and directed episode that we as viewers have become accustomed to. As an episode of Room 104, frankly I found this one to be an odd addition. As a short documentary about a father and son who are both artists that delve into the topics of addiction and mental health as well as insight from both about their work, I found it to be pretty brilliant with so much discussed in such a short amount of time. To my eye it had to be viewed as something other than a traditional (can you call Room 104 stories traditional?) Room 104 story. If you can view it as such I found it to be quite enjoyable. For this reason it gets a 7/10 for me. If it had been presented as anything other than an episode of Room 104 then I'd most likely rate it 9/10.
Polar (2019)
Visceral fun.
The violence is raw and visceral in this fairly straightforward plot involving THE retiring hit man who is costing his employer a bit too much in pension. Somtimes it's easier to just cough up the cash. "Try not to be scared. You make mistakes when you're afraid."