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Boston Strangler 20th Century Studios, Scott Free Productions, LuckyChap Entertainment Hulu Release date March 17, 2023 Description Loretta McLaughlin was the reporter who broke the story of the Boston Strangler. Along with reporter Jean Cole, McLaughlin challenged the sexism of the era, pursuing the story at personal risk and uncovering corruption that cast doubt on the identity of the strangler. #whatonwhatsgood Express Review The Boston Strangler murdered 13 women in the Boston, Massachusetts area in the 1960s.  The Boston Strangler movie follows Loretta McLaughlin (Keira Knightley) and fellow reporter Jean Cole (Carrie Coon) who are trying to get the story out about who is doing these crimes.   Unfortunately, they are met with many challenges from men in order to tell their narrative. Boston Strangler is a decent film.  I like the pairing of Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon. Directed by Matt Ruskin Written by Matt Ruskin Produced by Ridley Scott, Kevin ...

White Men Can't Jump 20th Century Studios, Khalabo Ink Society, Mortal Media Hulu, Star+, Disney+  My Rating  6/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 50% #whatonwhatsgood Express Review In 'White Men Can't Jump', we are introduced to Kamal (Sinqua Walls).  Once upon a time, he was a promising high school ball player....an incident at a game destroyed his career. Now, he is working as a delivery driver. He has a wife Imani (Teyana Taylor) and a young son. One day, Kamal meets Jeremy (Jack Harlow).  They play a quick shooting game.  What Kamal doesn't know is that Jeremy is a former college basketballer.  Jeremy ends up beating Kamal.  Later, we learn that Jeremy couldn't go pro because he has two torn ACLs.  But he still has hope that one day he will make it. They decide to work together to challenge other basketball players in order to make money.  It's an average film.  The cast isn't bad.  I still think the original was better. De...

The Boogeyman 21 Laps Entertainment 20th Century Studios My Rating 5/10 #whatonwhatsgood Fan Club Rating 58% Release date June 2, 2023 Description Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her little sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it is too late Directed by Rob Savage Screenplay by Scott Beck, Bryan Woods and Mark Heyman Story by Scott Beck and Bryan Woods Based on "The Boogeyman" by Stephen King Produced by Shawn Levy, Dan Cohen, and Dan Levine Starring Sophie Thatcher as Sadie Harper Chris Messina as Will Harper Vivien Lyra Blair as Sawyer Harper Marin Ireland as Rita Madison Hu as Bethany  LisaGay Hamilton David Dastmalchian as Lester Billings Cinematography Eli Born Edited by Peter Gvozdas Music by Patrick Jonsson View this post on Instagram A post shared by whatonwhatsgood - jovintardif (@whatonwhat...

Deep Water 20th Century Studios/Regency Enterprises/New Regency/Entertainment 360/Film Rites/Entertainment One Hulu (United States)/Amazon Prime Video (International) #whatonwhatsgood Express Review (by: Jovin Tardif) "Director Adrian Lyne hasn’t done a film in twenty years.  Some of my favourites include Fatal Attraction (1987) and Indecent Proposal (1993).  Deep Water is an erotic thriller that follows Vic (Ben Affleck) and Melinda Van Allen (Ana de Armas).  They live in a beautiful home in New Orleans with their young daughter Trixie (Grace Jenkins).  Vic is retired after he invented a computer chip that is used for drone warfare.  Melinda seems bored and loves to openly flaunt her affairs at parties.  The weird part is that Vic seems to be okay with Melinda going out with other men. This is definitely not a healthy relationship.  Over time, one of Melinda's past lovers turns up dead...but who did it?  Was it Vic, their neighbor Don or perhap...

The Dropout Elizabeth Meriwether Pictures/Semi-Formal Productions/20th Television/Searchlight Television Disney Platform Distribution/Hulu Genre Drama #whatonwhatsgood Express Review (by: Jovin Tardif) 'The Dropout' tells the story of Elizabeth Holmes (Amanda Seyfried).   The series basically explores the rise and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. Her goal was to create a blood diagnostic technology that will be able to run hundreds of tests on a single drop of blood.  Her technology never worked.   I must say, Amanda Seyfried does an amazing portrayal of Elizabeth Holmes.  The story allows you to see Holmes in high school, as a college freshman, and eventually a businesswoman. If you like Netflix’s “ Inventing Anna " or  Showtime’s “ Super Pumped ” you will definitely like "The Dropout".  If you want to learn more about the story, make sure to check out the HBO documentary 'The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley' (2019) dire...

Pam & Tommy Robert Siegel And Jen Cohn's Production Company/Limelight/Point Grey Pictures/Annapurna Television/Lionsgate Television Disney Platform Distribution Hulu #whatonwhatsgood Express Review (by: Jovin Tardif) Crag Gillespie's "Pam & Tommy" is an entertaining series.   Pamela Anderson (Lily James) and musician Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) honeymoon sex tape is stolen by contractor Rand Gauthier (Seth Rogen).  Rand was working on Pamela Anderson and Mötley Crüe drummer's Tommy Lee (Sebastian Stan) home. Unhappy with the work, Tommy fires everyone without pay. Gauthier gets angry and decides he wants to steal the contents of the musician’s safe.  When he opens the safe he finds a videotape and takes it.  After finding out what was on the tape, Rand along with pornography producer “Uncle” Miltie (Nick Offerman) start making copies and selling them on the Internet.  The tape was everywhere.  It was one of the biggest scandals of the '90s....