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Only Murders In The Building Season 2 Review by Brooke Daugherty

September 7, 2022 7:57 am |

Hulu’s trio of podcasting sleuths returns in its second season with another murder and a whole lot more hijinks. If you haven’t watched the first season, why are you even reading this? Go watch it! The combination of two older men in show business and a deadpan millennial is way more fun than it sounds....

Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

June 13, 2022 3:35 pm |

The story of Steven Strayner being kidnapped and returning home seven years later is an amazing true crime tale but it is only half the story for the Stayner family. The attention he garnered ignited his older brother Cary’s jealousy fueled by his own mental illnesses. The Hulu series directed by Jessica Dimmock, tells the...

The Unsolved Murder of Beverly Lynn Smith Series Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

June 13, 2022 3:22 pm |

Of all the true crime television I watch, I couldn’t even get through a whole episode of this. The unbalanced and inefficient way the story was told left a bad taste in my mouth. Three-quarters of the episode is about other people who I assume will be involved later only because one man has the...

Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders Series Review by Brooke Daugherty

Published by Leftover Brian

June 13, 2022 3:09 pm |

Broadway actress Kristin Chenoweth investigates the 1977 murder of three Girl Scouts in her home state of Oklahoma-because she was originally meant to be there that night. Honestly, I didn’t imagine in a million years I would have a reason to type that sentence. Hulu released all four episodes of this supposed true crime investigation...

For All Mankind Season 3 Review by Josh Davis

Published by Leftover Brian

June 12, 2022 4:38 pm |

“For All Mankind,” over two seasons on Apple TV+, has quietly become one of the best shows on television. With a simple premise — what if the Soviet Union beat the United States to the moon — it’s both a believable elseworld story and the best kind of prestige TV. If there’s an award for...