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The Woman in Cabin 10 is a standard thriller set aboard a mega yacht on it's maiden voyage. Ballmer (Guy Pierce) is sailing w/ his dying wife to Norway for a Gala to celebrate her final, gallant wife's days. The yacht is populated with folks who are depicted as shallow and rich with way too much time on their hands.

Reporter Laura Blacklock (Knightley) is enlisted to provide positive press for the event. Everything seems normal until Blacklock claims she saw a woman in Cabin 10 jump (or pushed) overboard. Everyone on the crew and the passengers insist that there was never anyone in that room.

Being an investigative reporter by trade, Blacklock begins her quest to prove that she is not insane or suffering from PTSD.

Suffice to say, much mayhem, intrigue and suspense follows. While the premise is not terrible, this movie suffers from the fate of many would-be thrillers in that it resolution doesn't lend itself to true, spine-tingling success. In the end the plot devolves into mostly cliched events and unlikely physical confrontations.

If you're looking for Hitchcock level suspense, you'd be better off finding one of his old movies. If you're looking for some mildly entertainment for a n hour and a half this will do fine.

BTW, I did love having visual access to the type of boat that I'm positive I will never have the privilege to see in person.

AKA Charlie Sheen does a good job of chronicling Charlie Sheen's life from his youth in Malibu to his never ending path of self-destruction.

I quite enjoyed the first episode as we learn how Charlie and his brother Emilio Estevez spent hours in their younger days making home-made Super 8 movies and travelling the world on various set with their father Martin Sheen. By all accounts Sheen's formative years weren't much different from any other young person growing up in that time. A mixture of sports, girls and a dose of pot smoking. Nothing that would portend his ultimate journey.

By the end of the first episode, we are introduced to the various people and circumstances that initially introduced Charlie to drugs. An introduction, that would turn out to be the most lasting relationship of is life.

Once into the 2nd episode, his retelling of his drug escapades becomes the central focus. We also learn about his wives, girlfriends and his children a bit, but, in the end, it always comes back to dope. To me, this became a bit too tedious. I would have liked to have had him focus on the failures of his personal life, the disfunction of his family, the catastrophes of his marriages and his multiple attempts at rehab, but, I would venture to guess that Charlie and the producers felt the drug angles are what are going to drive the viewership and they are probably right.

In the end, you learn some new stuff about Sheen, but, he keeps a veiled approached as if he is afraid to draw back the curtain and expose the real person behind the tumultuous life; maybe even he doesn't know who the real Charlie is. If you're looking for the answer to this question, I'm afraid you might be as disappointed as I was.

I really don't like law shows because they tend to be the same formula ad nauseum, but, I have watched a fair number of episodes of Suits in order to support my SO who is a huge fan.

Having said that, I cringe almost every time I watch this show. I find the characters mostly unlikeable and not very charismatic (unlike say Manuel Garcia-Ruflo of the Lincoln Lawyer - another of my SO's favs). The story lines are typical stuff for this genre, nothing very earth shattering.

But, the real reason I hate this show is that it comes off as the most unpleasant places to work of any workforce show I've ever seen. Betrayals, backstabbing, power struggles and just all=around toxicity. Sorry, just not my cup of tea. I really don't wish to spend my precious time thinking 'man, if I worked there, I wouldn't last a day before telling some pompous a-hole to ef-off). I get that the lawyer business is a brutal, cut throat endeavor, but, this show takes nastiness to a new level. I'm sure my opinions are not going to change anyone's mind, but, boy, I feel better venting about this train wreck.