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Turtles All The Way Down

John Stark

The further we go through John green’s catalogue of novels into film adaptations, I’m realizing this guy wrote one really great book, and some just OK books that keep getting adapted anyway. Probably the second best adaptation I’ve seen of his work was looking For Alaska, which had the benefit of being a limited series and expanding upon the material and really getting everything in there. Turtles All The Way Down is emotionally manipulative, with a few strong performances, and also has parts that just don’t work. the meat of the story revolves around a teenager (Isabela Merced) who is … Continue reading Turtles All The Way Down

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Rectify

John Stark

This is just a quick review of a show I checked out recently, Rectify. It’s the first effort at a scripted series from The Sundance Channel (which is owned by AMC). Rectify stars Aden Young as Daniel Holden, a man recently released from prison after 19 years on death row, after DNA testing exonerates him. His sister Amantha (Abigail Spener) was always a strong supporter of her brother’s innocence. His mom Janet (J. Smith-Cameron) is glad to have her son back. Since then, she’s married Ted Sr. (Bruce McKinnon), and inherited his son Ted Jr. (Clayne Crawford) and his wife … Continue reading Rectify