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Black Mirror Season 6 Rating

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Black Mirror Season 6  Broke & Bones Netflix Release date June 15th, 2023 Description  Expect the unexpected. The long-awaited return of Charlie Brooker’s dark, satirical anthology series which reinvents itself with each new episode. The sixth season of Black Mirror is the most unpredictable, unclassifiable, and unexpected yet. The series is created and written by Charlie Brooker. Number of episodes  5 Cast  Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Annie Murphy, Auden Thornton, Ben Barnes, Clara Rugaard, Daniel Portman, Danny Ramirez, Himesh Patel, John Hannah, Josh Hartnett, Kate Mara, Michael Cera, Monica Dolan, Myha'la Herrold, Paapa Essiedu, Rob Delaney, Rory Culkin, Salma Hayek Pinault, Samuel Blenkin, Zazie Beetz Executive Producers Charlie Brooker, Jessica Rhoades, Annabel Jones, Bisha K. Ali (Demon 79 and Joan is Awful) Produced By   Broke & Bones Episode Descriptions: JOAN IS AWFUL An average woman is stunned to discover a global streaming platform has laun...

Hijack Rating

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Hijack 60Forty Films, Archery Pictures, Green Door Pictures, Idiotlamp Productions Apple TV+ Ratings S1.E1 ∙ Final Call Wed, Jun 28, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 76% S1.E2 ∙ 3 Degrees Wed, Jun 28, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 77% S1.E3 ∙ Draw a Blank Tue, Jul 4, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 70% S1.E4 ∙ Not Responding Wed, Jul 12, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 73% S1.E5 ∙ Less Than an Hour Wed, Jul 19, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 74% S1.E6 ∙ Comply Slowly Wed, Jul 26, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 75% S1.E7 ∙ Brace Brace Brace Wed, Aug 2, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 73% Description Told in real-time, “Hijack” is a tense thriller that follows the journey of a hijacked plane as it makes its way to London over a seven-hour flight, and authorities on the ground scramble for answers. Elba will star as ‘Sam Nelson,’ an accomp...

The Color Purple Rating

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The Color Purple Harpo Films, Amblin Entertainment, Scott Sanders Productions, Quincy Jones Productions Warner Bros. Pictures My Rating   6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 66% Description Musical adaptation of Alice Walker's novel about the life-long struggles of an African American woman living in the south during the early 1900s. Release date December 25, 2023 Directed by Blitz Bazawule Screenplay by Marcus Gardley Based on The Color Purple by Alice Walker The Color Purple by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, Stephen Bray, and Marsha Norman Produced by Oprah Winfrey, Steven Spielberg, Scott Sanders, and Quincy Jones Starring Fantasia Barrino as Celie Harris-Johnson Phylicia Pearl Mpasi as young Celie Taraji P. Henson as Shug Avery Danielle Brooks as Sofia Colman Domingo as Albert "Mister" Johnson Corey Hawkins as Harpo Johnson H.E.R. as Squeak / Mary Agnes Ciara as Nettie Harris Halle Bailey as young Nettie Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Mama Louis Gossett Jr. as ...

Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets Rating

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Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets Amazon Studios, The Cinemart, Story Force, and Chick Entertainment Rating S1.E1 ∙ Meet The Duggars Fri, Jun 2, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 74% S1.E2 ∙ Growing up Gothard Fri, Jun 2, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 70% S1.E3 ∙ Under Authority Fri, Jun 2, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 73% S1.E4 ∙ Arrows Activated Fri, Jun 2, 2023 My Rating 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 70% Description Shiny Happy People: Duggar Family Secrets is a limited docuseries exposing the truth beneath the wholesome Americana surface of reality tv’s favorite mega-family The Duggars, and the radically controversial organization behind them: The Institute in Basic Life Principles. A number of ex-IBLP survivors bravely come forward and reveal the abusive practices that kept them in a living nightmare. For the first time, Jill Duggar Dillard will go on the record with her own story and be joined by ...

The Blackening Rating

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The Blackening Media Rights Capital, The Story Company, Tracy Yvonne Productions, Artists First, Catchlight Studios Lionsgate My Rating   4/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating   64% Description The Blackening centers around a group of Black friends who reunite for a Juneteenth weekend getaway only to find themselves trapped in a remote cabin with a twisted killer. Forced to play by his rules, the friends soon realize this ain’t no motherfu**in’ game. Directed by Tim Story (Ride Along, Think Like A Man, Barbershop) and co-written by Tracy Oliver (Girls Trip, Harlem) and Dewayne Perkins (The Amber Ruffin Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine), The Blackening skewers genre tropes and poses the sardonic question: if the entire cast of a horror movie is Black, who dies first? Release dates September 16, 2022 (TIFF) June 16, 2023 Directed by Tim Story Written by Tracy Oliver and Dewayne Perkins Based on The Blackening by 3Peat Produced by Tim Story, Tracy Oliver, E. Brian Dobbins, Ma...

The Lake Season 2 Rating

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The Lake Season 2 Prime Video  Ratings S2.E1 ∙ Two Become Run Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 61% S2.E2 ∙ A Berry Special Episode Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 64% S2.E3 ∙ Crazy-May Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 64% S2.E4 ∙ Wet Cup Canadian Summer Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 68% S2.E5 ∙ Angel Tits & Dirty Bananas Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 66% S2.E6 ∙ Dying to Know Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 64% S2.E7 ∙ Tour De Force Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 67% Description In Season Two, Justin (Jordan Gavaris) and Riley (Travis Nelson) decide to make their relationship official. But their plans, along with the beloved boathouse, go up in flames. Carrying equal parts shame and blame, Justin sets out to prove his innocence, reb...

Haunted Mansion Rating

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Haunted Mansion Walt Disney Pictures, Rideback Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release date July 28, 2023 My Rating   5/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating   61% Description A single mother and her son move into a mansion, unaware of its curse. Gabbie (Dawson) and Travis (Dillon) enlist the aid of a team to help exorcise the mansion and destroy the ghosts around them. Directed by Justin Simien Screenplay by Katie Dippold Based on The Haunted Mansion by Walt Disney Produced by Dan Lin and Jonathan Eirich Starring LaKeith Stanfield as Ben Tiffany Haddish as Harriet Owen Wilson as Kent Danny DeVito as Bruce Rosario Dawson as Gabbie Chase W. Dillon as Travis Jamie Lee Curtis as Madame Leota Jared Leto as the Hatbox Ghost Hasan Minhaj as a sketch artist  Dan Levy  Winona Ryder  Cinematography Jeffrey Waldron Edited by Phillip J. Bartell Music by Kris Bowers Jamie Lee Curtis “Madam Leota” & Tiffany Haddish “Harriet” Justin Simien / Director L...

TV Series Review: Jury Duty

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Jury Duty Amazon Studios #whatonwhatsgood Express Review Jury Duty is hilarious.  The whole show is completely staged.  Everyone in the room is an actor except Ronald Gladden. The question is will he figure it out?  The concept is like The Joe Schmo Show. I think you will particularly like actor James Marsden who plays himself.   If you are looking for something easy-going to watch, check out   Jury Duty.   Created by Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky Directed by Jake Szymanski Starring Ronald Gladden as himself (Juror #6)  James Marsden as himself (Juror #14) Mekki Leeper as Noah Price (Juror #11) Edy Modica as Jeannie Abruzzo (Juror #4) Ishmel Sahid as Lonnie Coleman (Juror #13) David Brown as Todd Gregory (Juror #2) Cassandra Blair as Vanessa Jenkins (Juror #8) Maria Russell as Inez De Leon (Juror #10) Kirk Fox as Pat McCurdy (Juror #1) Susan Berger as Barbara Goldstein (Juror #5) Ross Kimball as Ross Kubiak (Juror #12) Pramode Ku...

My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Rating

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 Gold Circle Entertainment, Playtone, Artistic Films, HBO Films Focus Features My Rating   5/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating   51% Release date September 8, 2023 Genres Romantic Comedy Starring Nia Vardalos as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos John Corbett as Ian Miller Louis Mandylor as Nick Portokalos Elena Kampouris as Paris Miller Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos Andrea Martin as Theia Voula Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki Joey Fatone as Cousin Angelo Maria Vacratsis as Theia Freida Elias Kacavas as Aristotle Gerry Mendicino as Uncle Taki Melina Kotselou as an undisclosed role Directed By Nia Vardalos Produced By Gary Goetzman, Tom Hanks, Kostas Raftopoulos, and Rita Wilson Executive Produced By Paul Brooks, Michael P. Flannigan, and Scott Niemeyer Written by Nia Vardalos Cinematography Barry Peterson Edited by Annette Davey and Craig Herring Music by Stephanie Economou My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 (Focus Features) Vardalos discusses My Bi...

TV Mini Series Review: Arnold

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Arnold Netflix Release date June 7th, 2023 #whatonwhatsgood Express Review Arnold is a documentary about Arnold Schwarzenegger.  In this series, you learn about his careers in bodybuilding, as an actor and a politician.  It's interesting to learn about his transition from bodybuilder to actor to politician. Description This three-part documentary series chronicles Arnold Schwarzenegger’s journey from the countryside of Austria to the highest echelons of the American dream. In a series of candid interviews Schwarzenegger, his friends, foes, co-stars, and observers cover everything from his days pumping iron to his triumphs in Hollywood, his time governing the state of California, and both the joys and turbulence of his family life in a tale that matches his larger-than-life persona. Number of episodes 3  Season 1 Part 1: Athlete My Rating 8/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 83% Learn about Arnold Schwarzenegger's bodybuilding career. Part 2: Actor My Rating  8/10 ...

The Crowded Room Rating

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The Crowded Room Apple Studios, New Regency, Weed Road Pictures, EMJAG Productions Apple TV+ Ratings S1.E1 ∙ Exodus Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 73% S1.E2 ∙ Sanctuary Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 71% S1.E3 ∙ Murder Fri, Jun 9, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 75% S1.E4 ∙ London Fri, Jun 16, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 73% S1.E5 ∙ Savior Fri, Jun 23, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 75% S1.E6 ∙ Rya Fri, Jun 30, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 80% S1.E7 ∙ The Crowded Room Fri, Jul 7, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 74% S1.E8 ∙ Reunion Fri, Jul 14, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 77% S1.E9 ∙ Family Fri, Jul 21, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 80% S1.E10 ∙ Judgment Fri, Jul 28, 2023 My Rating: 7/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating: 84% Release date The ...

Oppenheimer Rating

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Oppenheimer Universal Pictures, Syncopy Inc., Atlas Entertainment Universal Pictures My Rating 8/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 80% Description The story of American scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the development of the atomic bomb. Release date July 21, 2023 Directed by Christopher Nolan Written by Christopher Nolan Based on American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin Produced by Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan Starring Cillian Murphy as J. Robert Oppenheimer Emily Blunt as Katherine "Kitty" Oppenheimer Matt Damon as Leslie Groves Robert Downey Jr. as Lewis Strauss Florence Pugh as Jean Tatlock Rami Malek as David Hill Benny Safdie as Edward Teller Michael Angarano as Robert Serber Josh Hartnett as Ernest Lawrence Kenneth Branagh as Niels Bohr Dane DeHaan as Kenneth Nichols Dylan Arnold as Frank Oppenheimer David Krumholtz as Isidor Isaac Rabi Alden Ehrenreich Matthew Modine as Vannevar Bush Jack Quaid as Richar...

TV Series Review: Deadloch

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Deadloch Amazon Studios, OK Great Productions, Guesswork Television Amazon Prime Video #whatonwhatsgood Express Review Deadloch is an Australian comedy/crime show. It is set in a town called Deadloch, Tasmania.  In the first episode, Trent Latham (Barry Wheeler) is found naked and dead on a beach.  The question is can Sergeant Dulcie Collins (Kate Box) and Det. Eddie Redcliffe (Madeleine Sami) work together to solve the mystery?  It's a whodunnit. Enjoy! Description Deadloch is an eight-part crime comedy. When a local man turns up dead on a beach, two vastly different detectives are thrown together to solve the case. Deadloch puts a comedic spin on the crime genre, completely flipping it and challenging the tropes of the genre. It’s a compelling mystery with The Kates’ signature humour, and explores themes of truth, misogyny, gender, and race. The series features a large ensemble cast led by Kate Box (Fires, Wentworth), Madeleine Sami (The Breaker Upperers), Nina Oyama ...