'Inventing Anna' and 'The Dropout' lead a packed slate of new documentaries and fictionalized series about grifters.
SNL’s master impressionist Kate McKinnon goes up against John Cameron Mitchell in Peacock’s take on the feud between big-cat conservationist Carole Baskin and Joe Exotic, the former private zoo owner who wasin a murder for hire plot, along with a slew of federal wildlife violations. Kyle MacLachlan plays Baskin’s husband, Howard.
Both McKinnon and Mitchell give dutiful performances as the eccentric personalities, but the consensus among critics is that “Joe vs. Carole” — released more than two years after Netflix first spotlighted the rivalry in the widely watched “Tiger King” docuseries — is just too late to add any meaningful insight to the bizarre and ethically turbid saga.
without paying and somehow landing a $100,000 loan without providing any evidence that she could pay it back.The nine-part series has been in Netflix’s Top 10 list since shortly after it premiered last month, but reviewers have been less enthusiastic. Kang called the show “This upcoming Apple TV Plus series based on the Wondery podcast of the same name stars Anne Hathaway and a heavily made-up Jared Leto as Rebekah and Adam Neumann, the power couple behind WeWork.
pretty tepid — though it’s hard to imagine it turning out worse than his widely mocked “House of Gucci” voice, a role in which he was also unrecognizable. America Ferrera and O-T Fagbenle also star.This popular Netflix offering details the dirty deeds of Shimon Hayut, who conned multiple women into sending him money — allegedly to the collective tune of $10 million — after meeting them on Tinder.