Your Honor

Rated TV-MA

10 episodes, 9 hours 25 minutes

Starring: Bryan Cranston, Hunter Doohan, Hope Davis

I don’t normally watch (or binge watch) a series like this, but Christy said this was good and she was right!  Again!  What would you do if your son was involved in a hit and run accident with no witnesses?  And that accident killed someone?  And the one killed is the son of a man described as "the head of the most vicious crime family in the history of the city?”  Should he turn himself in?  Should he let someone else take the rap?  Should the father take the blame and say he did it to cover for his son?  These are just some of the questions that a judge, played by Bryan Cranston, has to worry about as one lie becomes another and another as they try to cover up what really happened, creating a giant web of deceit they keep trying not to get tangled in!  This show really makes you think about what lengths you might go to when trying to protect your children, along with how our justice system works – or doesn’t always work.  I couldn’t wait to watch each episode and it felt like it was all over too soon.  Maybe there will be a second season?  Either way, I’m glad I watched it!

Library Link: Your Honor (DVD) 

Let Him Go

Rated R

1 hour 53 minutes

Starring: Kevin Costner, Diane Lane, Kayli Carter

After the last year of movies having their release dates pushed back over and over, I was excited to see a new one come out with some big name actors.  Kevin Costner and Diane Lane play George and Margaret Blackledge, a couple that has lost their son and are having trouble moving on with their lives.  After a few years, their daughter-in-law, Lorna, marries Donnie Weboy.  The Weboys are a controlling family that are known and feared all around their area in the backwoods of North Dakota.  Soon after, Margaret witnesses Donnie striking Lorna and their grandson, Jimmy.  She persuades George that they need to “rescue” him.  Once their plan was known by the Weboy family, the tension just kept building and escalating through every step of the film.  The Weboy family will stop at nothing to protect their own and keep their family together.  The movie went from a slow simmer to a full blown explosion at the end of the film.  I wasn’t expecting the ending and it threw me for a loop, but that’s what thrillers like this are supposed to do.  I’d say I enjoyed it overall and was glad I finally got to see a new “real” movie!

Library Link: Let Him Go (DVD)