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When Richard Nixon is the good guy in your movie, you're in trouble. Roe v. Wade features actors not at the height of their careers, but who are determined to act for a cause, such as Stacey Dash, John Voight, and Steve Guttenberg, cheek by jowl with enthusiastic but inept amateurs like Milo Yiannopoulos and Mike "Pillow Guy" Lindell. It had a troubled production; the director, the assistant director, and numerous other crew members having walked off the set when they understood the slant of the film, which is painfully factually inaccurate. (For more on this topic, see "A Not-At-All Comprehensive List Of Lies In The Roe v. Wade Movie" on refinery29 dot com). Star Nick Loeb was forced into the director role. He is that same Nick Loeb who tangled with Sofia Vergara over the custody of two fertilized eggs, and lost. This film, his brainchild, is a loser, too.

More from Ed and Lorraine, who inserted themselves in a murder trial for fun and profit. A real man died, but you'd never know by the ridiculous goings-on; and I mean ridiculous for a horror movie. Competently made and acted, but unless you really like jump scares, not even frightening. Fun fact: in 2006, David's older brother, Carl Glatzel, sued the Warrens to keep their "based on a true story" book out of print, saying that David was mentally ill as a child and the Warrens “concocted a phony story about demons in an attempt to get rich and famous at our expense.” Remember that when you hear his cries over the end credits.

Another low-quality "documentary" purchased by Netflix. Keli Lane was found guilty of murder -- BUT WAS SHE??? Yes, in fact she was. But saying so, again, is not going to get the attention of internet sleuths, who like to think they're onto something. Read about the case from some legitimate sources -- if you can find them under the piles of reddit posts and Facebook forums -- and compare to Exposed for a laugh, if you want. The only thing exposed is this film's distortions, designed to get viewers behind the overturning of Lane's conviction. But there's no new evidence, only innuendo.

TLC still backs this show, and people still watch it -- yes, I'm looking at you, viewers who give it four or five stars. Hey, did you know the only family members making money off of it are Jim Bob and Michelle? If you have heard everything that is known about this family (Fundie Fridays on YouTube is a good place to start) and still are a show supporter, that one star is for you, as a human being.

Kelly Boggus (really), a 33-year-old woman, feels the need to not only ask her father for permission to court, but also to find a man for her and to go along on dates. And when I say "father", I mean a man Kelly calls her spiritual father, whose family she has lived with for seven years. Although this might sound like a Christian situation comedy, unfortunately this is a documentary. However drab and depressing you think this situation would be, it is worse -- Kelly seems to have placed herself in a mini-cult within a cult, which is too extreme for even her Christian biological parents. Worth seeing if varieties of marriage interest you. But if you have experienced this type of control or abuse, probably give it a miss.

Do you love your children? Well and good, but if not, take them to Dolittle. (There are so many shills posting their "reviews", it's not even funny. And speaking of critics "taking a stick out of of their behinds", the film's climax is Dolittle giving a dragon an enema. Pro tip: if the person says something like "don't listen to the reviews" or "I'm glad I ignored the reviews", it's almost guaranteed to be someone paid to write something positive.)

Ari Aster takes genre pictures and twists them to his own purposes. This time it's a blend of Eli Roth films and the Wicker Man, but if you think you've seen Midsommar already, you haven't -- if you look below the surface. The story could be told more efficiently; two hours twenty minutes is long. But you may find yourself basking in the gorgeous hypnotic atmosphere. For once, it isn't obvious that the newcomers should "just leave." SPOILERS SPOILERS SPOILERS My theory is that everything after Dani "wakes up" from a mushroom trip is her dream. There are clues in the artworks at her home, her personal trauma, her background in psychology and what she probably picked up from Christian re. anthropology. The cult compound is obviously not a working farm, but like a child's storybook, with cows and pigs frolicking around. The members appear and disappear at random, especially the children, who are seen at the beginning and then are gone, except for the crying baby. And on and on. Overall, it comes off as a hallucination of a troubled and very angry young woman. An alternate theory I heard is that Pelle killed her sister and parents, specifically to get Dani into the cult. They cite a flower crown at the parents' bedside. I missed that, but Pelle seems excited to have her and gives her a big smackeroo on the lips when she becomes queen.