Hispanic Groundhog Day meets Parent Trap. I like it. Girl from Lucifer shines. Disney needs more Hallmark movies for kids. Not bad for a kid who has to play both Bill Murray and Haley Mills.
Reviews
7 Reviews
Missing 411
(2016)
Best Watched Before Reading the Book
10 March 2019
To date I've listened to all the Coast to Coast radio interviews and as many other interviews with David Paulides as possible. I wanted to see the doc so badly after hearing him answer questions, appear on Youtube, but I was somewhat disappointed.
This book series lends itself more to a whole Missing 411 series on Netflix or Hulu rather than a single doc. There are so many interesting cases, and David has a knack of walking you through the facts without inserting interpretation.
One of the lasting outcomes of his work will be a national database and the accountability of the National Park Service, an organization I fully admire. This doc does not reveal the level of obfuscation that they have put forth, leading to wild speculation.
The mystery of missing people alone is worth watching this but it doesn't do the book series justice. Perhaps no single doc could. So, maybe we'll see a series in the future.
This book series lends itself more to a whole Missing 411 series on Netflix or Hulu rather than a single doc. There are so many interesting cases, and David has a knack of walking you through the facts without inserting interpretation.
One of the lasting outcomes of his work will be a national database and the accountability of the National Park Service, an organization I fully admire. This doc does not reveal the level of obfuscation that they have put forth, leading to wild speculation.
The mystery of missing people alone is worth watching this but it doesn't do the book series justice. Perhaps no single doc could. So, maybe we'll see a series in the future.
Hunting Hitler
(2015–2020)
In your own backyard
7 September 2018
Warning: Spoilers
It's amazing that there is 100X the evidence Hitler escaped as compared to the 1 piece of evidence he commited suicide in the Chancellery, was burned, and buried. The German government declared him dead in 1956, however, OSS, CIA, FBI, and South American declassified documents reported him all over the place. This narrated and heavily dramatized reality-style series lures you into the conspiracy laden ratlines from the Vatican to Argentina. Having dabbled in whacko conspiracies and reality tv, I think this is the perfect storm for anyone who cares about WWII history.
As Peter Levenda would write, it raises enormous ethical questions about Nazi conspirators and wartime axis, but also postwar collaborators who rescued war criminals so that the Russians wouldn't get them. Americans have strange bedfellows.
As Peter Levenda would write, it raises enormous ethical questions about Nazi conspirators and wartime axis, but also postwar collaborators who rescued war criminals so that the Russians wouldn't get them. Americans have strange bedfellows.
Off Season
(2001 TV Movie)
Joy Business
29 September 2011
You're probably familiar with Rory Culkin's detached persona in Signs 2002. Replace Mel Gibson's helpless grimace with Sherilyn Fenn's impossibly perfect face and signing voice and you've got the setup for the juxtaposition of grief and holiday magic.
For a movie with a strong cast and an even stronger script, it's almost impossible to see on cable or rent. I've seen it once and can't get it out of my head. I connected with this and even identified with Jackson (Rory) because I lost a parent when I was 9. Off Season brought back the weirdness of my slo-mo wanderings through the minefield of good intentions. Hume Cronyn's last performance will be remembered as a holiday classic but I see it as children's fantasy noir.
The real magic happens when we shift from feeling powerless to help Jackson to believing that Sam Clausner (Cronyn) IS Santa. Don't get too comfortable because you'll never be completely sure. As a bonus Sam & Jackson deliver memorable adages like, "I'm in the Joy Business... now do you wanna join me?" It's a Christmas gift without the tinsel.
For a movie with a strong cast and an even stronger script, it's almost impossible to see on cable or rent. I've seen it once and can't get it out of my head. I connected with this and even identified with Jackson (Rory) because I lost a parent when I was 9. Off Season brought back the weirdness of my slo-mo wanderings through the minefield of good intentions. Hume Cronyn's last performance will be remembered as a holiday classic but I see it as children's fantasy noir.
The real magic happens when we shift from feeling powerless to help Jackson to believing that Sam Clausner (Cronyn) IS Santa. Don't get too comfortable because you'll never be completely sure. As a bonus Sam & Jackson deliver memorable adages like, "I'm in the Joy Business... now do you wanna join me?" It's a Christmas gift without the tinsel.
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