Will 'The Bad Guys' Become Modern Citizens?
A group of criminal animals tries their best to reform themselves into good citizens to avoid serving time in prison.

A young man rediscovers a mystery from his childhood.
A group of criminal animals tries their best to reform themselves into good citizens to avoid serving time in prison.
I write for a diversity-focused film review blog, so I’ll be honest: I really wanted to like Pretty Lethal. Starring Maddie Ziegler, Lana Condor, Iris Apatow, Avantika, and Millicent Simmonds, Amazon Prime’s new thriller seemed like it would be a girl power movie about dancers with a horror action twist. Sort of a Suspiria for teens. But with shallow and unlikeable characters, a confusing plot, an overreliance on violence, and cringey dialogue, any fun the movie started out with was quickly lost. What was left was a faint echo of greater horror movies about dancers made before.
Deborah (Jean Smart) and Ava (Hannah Einbinder) are a delight to watch evolve, sometimes devolve, then evolve again.
The second season arrives over three years after its first. While late on arrival, most audience members will be happy.
"Ladies First" has a fundamental misunderstanding of what's feminine because of the patriarchy and what women do because they genuinely enjoy it.
Court TV shows offer uncritical eyes on the systemic inequalities of the legal world.