Psychologicalad Reviews

Katrina Babies (2022)

10/10

[10/10 · 19 March 2024]

How was this not nominated for an Oscar?? I was in the mood for a documentary about a somewhat contemporary topic and decided to give this a shot. I thought the premise was interesting - interview adults who were children during Katrina - but was skeptical about how much different perspective it could really offer to what Ive already absorbed since 2005. I am ashamed at how wrong I was. Exploring themes like childhood trauma, climate migration, violence, resilience this documentary had me in tears. It was done so well! The stylistic choices and the score were top notch. Shame on HBO for having this hidden away for no one to really see.

The G Word with Adam Conover (2022)

Adam ruins , and then helps the way you see Govt

[9/10 · 29 May 2022]

An even balanced , well-needed look at the government. He calls out the result of having a govt so small you can drown it in a bathtub, but also the failures of beauracucy. Calls out our failure during COVID in an episode, which I don't know why there aren't more TV shows doing. He ends with a focus on changes you can make that we forget all too often: local politics.

Bring Your Own Brigade (2021)

Amazing piece

[10/10 · 6 September 2021]

I was hesitant to watch this. I thought I knew what I needed to know about the fires in the West. Global warming, overdevelopment. This piece blew my mind open. The heartbreaking first hand accounts. The investigation into the fires' origin. You must watch!

PS: great music choices.

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)

Too long, no payoff

[3/10 · 21 February 2021]

Like everyone else I feel duped. Started off interesting and then devolved.

I Care a Lot (2020)

"Greed is good"/For fans of an excellent electronic score

[6/10 · 20 February 2021]

This had the makings of a contemporary Wall Street or Nightcrawler. A protagonist with sheer greed, ambition, and determination. Excellent score, editing, style, and cinematography. What could have taken this from a 6 to a solid 8? They needed to make the two females' survival more realistic, earned, and visceral. How they survived was utterly unrealistic. Finally, they should have ended with her just getting away with it all as a billionaire, instead of the cop out getting shot by the son. It would have been the ultimate American Greed/Rise to Power/Horror story. Her Worship the Dollar monologues were on point, especially for today's society.