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16 Nov

Crazy, Not Insane Review: HBO Serial Doc Examines Haunted Minds

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“Bigotry and insanity are different,” Psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis says at the beginning of HBO’s documentary Crazy, Not Insane. The idea that someone can kill for perfectly sane, yet irrational reasons goes to the heart of the controversial doctor’s work. Her mother seemed to be able to name every famous anti-Semite. Henry Ford, Richard Wagner, Joe Kennedy and “even Walt Disney,” Lewis lists. The man who made Bambi, which made Lewis cry as a little girl, hated Jews, she bemoans as the film unfolds. You never know what lies underneath even the most innocent appearing exteriors, director Alex Gibney’s…
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26 Oct

Crazy, Not Insane Doc Studies Serial Killers’ Minds on HBO

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Psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis is an influential and controversial figure. She interviewed Ted Bundy four times in 1986 at the request of the defense. Dr. Lewis pioneered psychiatric legal avenues by exploring trauma as root causes of horrific crimes in many cases. HBO’s upcoming Crazy, Not Insane will explore Dr. Lewis’ “lifelong attempts to look beyond the grisly details of homicides into the hearts and minds of the killers themselves,” according to the advance press. The documentary debuts Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 9 pm. Directed and produced by Oscar-winner Alex Gibney (The Inventor: Out For Blood in Silicon Valley,…
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09 Oct

Saint Maud and the True Horror of Broken Minds and Bodies

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Spoilers for SAINT MAUD to follow If there hadn’t been a pandemic one of the horror movies everyone would be talking about this year would be Saint Maud. We’d be talking about it in the same breath as Hereditary, The Witch, The Babadook and Raw, but we’d know that it isn’t really like any of them. We might mention Repulsion, The Exorcist, Rosemary’s Baby, but we’d know what we’d seen is new and exciting. Release in UK cinemas on October 9 after getting pushed back and pulled forward several times, Saint Maud can finally find its way to audiences who…
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31 Jul

The Darkest Minds

Max SchindlerMovie reviews,
When teens mysteriously develop powerful new abilities, they are declared a threat by the government and detained. Sixteen-year-old Ruby, one of the most powerful young people anyone has encountered, escapes her camp and joins a group of runaway teens seeking safe haven. Soon this newfound family realizes that, in a world in which the adults in power have betrayed them, running is not enough and they must wage a resistance, using their collective power to take back control of their future.Rated: PG-13Release Date: Aug 03, 2018
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20 Oct

Criminal Minds: The Twelfth Season

Max SchindlerNew DVD release, , ,
Highly Recommended Note:The latest of a continuing series, where my wife Nicole steps up to offer her thoughts.By Nicole RizzoIn 10 Words or LessThe more crimes committed, the harder the BAU works.Reviewer's Bias*Loves: Criminal dramas, Joe Mantegna, Aisha Tyler, Damon GuptonLikes: Spencer Reid, Penelope Garcia, Jane Lynch, guest starsDislikes: Mr. ScratchHates: The question of "why" people do horrible thingsThe ShowMy eagerness and anticipation of every new fall television season starts around mid-August when stations start giving out teasers of what to expect for our beloved prime-time shows. I wait each summer to see which shows are returning and which have…
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