One Sentence Media Reviews
A business bro decides he’s wiser than like, descartes marx kant and nietzsche combined, and just solves all the moral and ethical dilemmas of our species in one simple to read airport hardcover - goes about as well as you’d expect.
This well-researched and interesting snappy read is a great window into what goes wrong when a leader goes power crazy and then just crazy, but what I really enjoyed was how the author managed the fact that the author himself, as a local reporter, played a significant role in a lot of the drama.
For some reason I had an idea that Casablanca would be slow and boring but I was definitely mistaken - it crackles with excellent (and often contemporary sounding) dialogue, wonderful acting, memorable scenes, fast-paced action, and an arresting story.
Statham absolutely shines in this perfect “so bad it’s good” action revenge fantasy nonsense, it’s “so poorly written and acted it’s sort of funny”.
This was a short and informative read about life and evolution through the lens of financial markets, and I have to say there were some interesting deep results in here that make it well worth the time for anyone with an amateur interest in finance.
Such a taut, perfectly crafted masterwork of suspense and bleak comedy - not a wasted second.
As 1980s blockbusters go it’s outclassed by the true greats, but despite weirdly shifting tone (is it fun and feel good, is it creepy thriller, idk), the characters and story succeed and make this a pop-corny good time.
It’s no DS9 but with great characters, wonderful actors and mediocre writing this long story has a strong spot in the star trek universe for the dedicated fan.
I slept on this 70s classic for years because I didn’t know anything about it (and thought it was about motorcycles, which, not really) so I’m late to the party but can certainly add to the chorus - it’s stone-cold genius and just so beautiful and inspiring.
This is an indie documentary about Ramallah’s mayor filmed in 2017, and it’s interesting for its juxtaposition of the outrageous and challenging realities of life in the occupied west bank with the day to day trivia of running a municipality.
I’m torn because the story and research here is top notch and quite compelling but the documentary craft itself is about as generic and bland as any other netflix true crime treatment, which is boring.
I really wanted to like this well-researched history of the post 9/11 reconstruction effort, but it’s just too poorly written to be worth the effort, with everything from confusing organization of timelines to ambiguous sentence construction hindering what is already a very dry (albeit important and fascinating) topic.
bland and predictable.
Michael Lewis has since gone on to much wider fame but his early tell-most account of his time at Salomon Brothers in the mid eighties succeeds in providing a nice deep look at exactly that, which will appeal if that’s the kind of thing you’re into.