J.A. Carter-Winward

This movie was a lot of fun. There are no prolonged action sequences, no ridiculously long fight scenes, and no wild and unbelievable car chases, although there is a hysterical (foot/car) chase scene that I enjoyed immensely. The chemistry between Pitt and Clooney carries the movie. If you don't have a lot of patience for nuance and dry humor, this film isn't for you. I'm glad we didn't take it at "star" value. I couldn't imagine why it was rated so poorly, then I read the single-star reviews. They convinced me to watch the film and I'm glad I did. If you liked the Oceans films, you'll enjoy Wolfs.

I usually don't review entertainment, but this series warrants it. If Honest Trailers did a trailer for it, it would be called "The Sunk Cost Fallacy." Seven years in the making, this has to be one of the most pointless stories I've ever watched on HBO. Stephen, the missing girl's brother, is a Boomer in denial and in search of meaning surrounding his sister's disappearance. IMO, he's in need of therapy. His childhood was difficult, and the confirmation bias that his parents killed his sister (SPOILER ALERT, they didn't) seems a fairly straightforward projection of his unwillingness to come to terms with the uncertainty of his sister's disappearance, an uncertainty, btw, his poor mother has lived with for decades all by herself because he decided a long time ago that she and his father didn't behave appropriately after her disappearance, ergo, they're behind it. I want to ask him if he's ever read Camus' The Stranger. So, he accused his mother, bullied her in front of the investigators, then cut her out of his life (it's not just for Millennials anymore!) His attorney was the only person who made any sense. I'm sure the director/filmmaker had to justify this waste of time somehow, and this series is the net result. Stephen's (dead wrong) conviction poisons the people he rallies around him and into his conspiracy, ruining his mother's relationship with her entire family. It was so obvious that she had nothing to do with it from the beginning, it feels like a total swindle that she's actually innocent. What was the point of this series? Confirmation Bias in Boomers? How to Thwart Cold Case Investigators at Every Turn? The object lesson here is to not assume malice because it's most likely (police/system) incompetence. A final insult: Stephen states that he wants closure and justice for his sister because she "and my mother" deserve/need it. After the way this man has treated his mother for well over a decade, it was beyond disgusting. A whole lot of nothing going on here. Highly disappointing.