The Review: The People V OJ Simpson

The People V OJ Simpson 9/10

If you hated OJ before The People V OJ Simpson you will hate him even more after watching. This aired on 2016 on FX but I watched this on Netflix. When I used to see ads for this I had no desire to watch it. I lived through the shit so there was no need to check this out. But Cam watched it and said that it was really good so I gave it a try and was happy I did. This stars Sterling K. Brown as Christopher Darden, Kenneth Choi as Judge Lance Ito, Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark, David Schwimmer as Robert Kardashian, John Travolta as Robert Shapiro, Courtney B. Vance as Johnnie Cochran, and Cuba Gooding Jr. as O.J. Simpson. Throughout this series I loved the acting and chemistry between Paulson and Brown. They were really fucking good. I also appreciated the show staying true to how people dressed and noticed that even on the freeway chase scene old cars were on the road. I pay attention to that kinda shit. One thing I did not like though was the budding relationship between the two of them. I doubt that really happened and it made me make cringy sounds.

The Review: Hotel Artemis

Hotel Artemis 4/10

This movie was not terrible. It just seemed like whoever directed Hotel Artemis was out of their depth. There is a really good cast of people including Jodie Foster, Sterling K. Brown, Sofia Boutella, Jeff Goldblum, Charlie Day, Brian Tyree Henry, Jenny Slate, Dave Bautista, and Zachary Quinto. Foster runs this hotel for criminals where the rules are that no weapons are allowed, no non members, and no killing of guests. Picture that hotel from John Wick but not as good. I like those kinda rules like when criminals still have some sort of guidelines they have to go by. This movie however seemed to break all these rules in one night. It didn't seem. It did. During an insane night filled with riots and curfews the most feared man that owns the hotel shows up, Foster has to operate on him, and killers that know each other from the past just happen to all be there at the same time.