‘The Devil All The Time’ is Gritty and Bleak
Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.

In 2040, a devastating lung disease has left the world fractured while governments enforce surveillance and control. Amid this unrest, a group of freedom fighters organizes a protest against new pandemic laws. But as the movement grows, shadowy figures begin eliminating people on its margins. Their motives are unknown, their presence undeniable - and their violence threatens to eclipse the resistance itself.
Gritty and bleak are the best words to describe this film. There’s nothing happy about it.
The major flaw of the series is that it’s hosted on Netflix and barely makes malicious comments about it despite being focused on the lives of people directly affected by the Capitalist mentality of the OTT corporation.
'Thirteen Lives' gives a dramatic adaptation of a humanitarian triumph that captured the global imagination.
Hokum is an enjoyable horror film that will probably get a little under your skin, but it isn’t the tour de force that you might be expecting.
One of THE most frustrating trends in the mainstream film industry over the last several decades has been the onset of comedy efforts that seem SO focused on being crude and/or gross-out in all ways possible. That, at least for me, makes them no longer funny.
It’s fun, it’s energetic, but it’s also understated and vicarial. Zola is a modern black fairytale and future of black movies.