Polly Bowers

We define, hate and kill our enemy just to find our hate looking in the mirror. Hostiles might be THE best modern movie on social hatred.

THIS is a cooking show! Unlike TOC (where minute after minute is wasted introducing chefs) 24 in 24 spends the vast majority of viewing time showing chefs cooking! Michael Symon is a superior host who shows confidence without being arrogant or showy. I watched the entirety of season 1 and I was physically tired watching the chefs in their final hours of cooking. First seasons of competition shows are in their infant stages and work out kinks coming into season 2. Season 2 is already on pace to be an extremely exciting competition. This show is about competitive cooking. There are no flashy lights or fog machines. It can be exhausting to watch because there is so much cooking footage and the viewer is able to see how much effort goes into beautiful dishes. These chefs are WORKING HARD, not playing, showboating or acting. If you want the flashy lights, fog machines and over the top acting, watch a different show.

At the outset this show seems legit. Two chefs cook head-to-head and their dishes are confined by this thing called the "randomizer". It sounds cool and at first it is. But then the viewer begins to see the same women win time and time again. Why? Because the randomizer basically forces the chefs to check boxes to get a good grade. The chefs are forced to cook a certain way to please how the judges are told to score. That very fact guarantees that the chefs will not cook outstanding food, just food that checks the boxes. And double unfortunately is the fact that male chefs tend to cook outside the box while the female chefs (time and time again) cook just to check boxes. Ironically, the show Chopped does this "randomizer" scenario so much better.

Culinary Class Wars....Once again Korean television pulls out the stops for an amazing competition! In similar fashion as (the amazing) Physical 100, Culinary Class Wars showcases extreme competition with excellence as it's goal. With the epic 100 contestants and highly experienced Yin and Yang judges, it leads the viewer through grueling rounds of excellent cooking filled with visions of delicious well crafted food. It's the visual masterpiece showing how a plate of food can impact another soul.

The male lead (K2) is outstanding. However the love interest (Anna) is a vapid character with no real substance. It is difficult to understand why so many characters in this show are driven by so much greed, hate, revenge and power. It's tiresome.

I didn't start watching GR Uncharted right away. I didn't want to see another "travel cooking" show with a glitzy host. But while recovering from an illness I thought I'd try watching it before heading to bed. I was so pleasantly surprised that I watched two episodes before turning off the light. I thoroughly appreciate that Gordon threw off the perfect hair and expensive jeans to get dirty, sweaty and uncomfortable to illustrate just how difficult it is for people in other parts of the world to find food to feed their families. In the US we are spoiled with Uber eats, instacart, door dash and the like not to mention that we can order anything we want. I could almost feel his panic at having to forage for ingredients especially since it was so difficult to learn something on the fly. I imagined myself trying to do that same foraging to try to feed my family. It's so difficult! I commend those people who showed their humility and resourcefulness to not only feed their families but make their efforts delicious. Well done!

The rules of survival...... 1. Stay with the crash. You have a better chance of being rescued. 2. Stay with shelter. 3. Bodies don't decompose when they're frozen. 4. Even crash sites have building and shelter materials. 5. Don't hike through the woods without proper clothes or if you're injured. It leads to worse injuries. From the moment the previously suicidal man crashed with the others he made one bad decision after another.

Intolerable cruelty with a terrible ending. I resorted to watching in fast-forward because I wanted to believe there was a point or a moral. But the positive reviews tell me that shows like this cater to the population who love watching inhumane behavior.

I just finished watching the judges pick the final 10 for this seasons SYTYCD dancers. I always knew the show was rigged but I never watched it so early on. I will also not watch another episode of this show after watching it for 10+ years. The show used to be so dynamic and had so much pageantry. Now it's just this. So sad.

I seem to be in the minority of people who think this show is less than good. I didn't laugh once because it's not funny. The two main male leads have no acting talent anymore. The story line is slow, dull, lifeless and boring. But the good news is that there are other shows for me to watch.