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Taylor Sheridan's hot streak has suddenly gone cold. Between this and the as expected Costner-less Yellowstone revival last week, Paramount Plus seems to be going all in on Sheridan's world. First, I have loved each and every one of Taylor's shows. Taylor is also a very good actor. Check out his cameos on Lioness and Yellowstone to see what I mean. But this Dallas/ Yellowstone wanna be is just not that good. Jon Hamm and Demi Moore are all but wasted in small supporting roles and star Billy Bob Thornton is just doing a variation on his Goliath character. My guess is , Taylor is just spread too thin. I hope this gets better. But if not, cancel this and Yellowstone(unless KC comes back) and give Rip his own show. Hell, it can be called Texas for that matter.

In so many of the reviews I have read both on here and elsewhere so many miss the point and the real story. This is a film about journalists. It is a love letter to them. It is not about the divisiveness of our country. I think most people will want this movie to comment on that problem currently engrossing our country. This is not that movie. If you can separate your preconceived notions of what you wanted or thought this movie is about versus what it is actually about you will have a more enriching experience. In the same vein as Salvador and Under Fire, Civil War has many undertones. Yes, the differences that we all face everyday are part of it, but so is free speech and a free press. Yes, this film takes sides. It sides with the press. It sides with free speech. Most of all, it sides with humanity, especially amongst the chaos. Take the ride.

Of all the tv productions from the super couple, Robert and Michelle King, which include the masterful and underrated Evil, The Good Wife, and The Good Fight, their latest creation, Elsbeth, feels the lightest but also the most redundant and non essential. Elsbeth, stars the great Carrie Preston, reviving a role created for The Good Wife and later The Good Fight. Preston was only required to swoop in as a supporting character in her previous incarnations as Elsbeth and it worked wonders. She was quirky, different, extremely funny and added a light touch to the melodrama of those now retired shows. With a character like Elsbeth, a little goes a long ways. Her character and the way Preston played her worked gloriously in small doses. Elsbeth unfortunately requires her to serve the eight course meal. Their is no mystery to Elsbeth or "who dunnit" aspect. Those details are fettered out in the first ten minutes. What is left is Preston gets to show off for a half an hour with style and verve. If that is enough, than this is your cup of vodka, if not and your like me, fire up The Good Wife and The Good Fight, or the final fantastic season of Evil.