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All Her Fault is a Peacock series about the disappearance of Milo Irvine a five year old boy . The search for Milo initially points toward his mother Marissa (Sarah Snook), and to Carrie Finch (Sophia Lillis) the nanny of Milo's friend as the lead suspects. The storyline shows the flaws of every member of the Irvine family from Marissa' husband Peter (Jake Lacy), sister Lia (Abby Elliott), and brother Brian (Daniel Monks) who is paralyzed due to an accident at an early age. The series started out well scripted about the kidnapping but it became very convoluted with less than stellar acting. Dakota Fanning also plays a mother and she befriends Marissa to avoid any lawsuits. The series later turns to show the discovery that Peter swapped babies after a car accident years ago. The question becomes did Carrie actually know Milo was her baby? The twist wasn't shocking but rather why was it revealed so late in the storyline. It became predictable and the acting got worse as the stories developed. The real star of the show was Detective Alcaras who is played by Michael Peña. His character was genuinely uplifting, having to take care of his son who has down syndrome and recognizing traits of similarities between a mother and her son. The real villain ending up being someone who you wouldn't think would do it. Overall it was ok, I just didn't get how the title fit in with the show. Whose fault was it? This isn't a series I would watch again.

American Primeval is a Netflix western limited series set in 1857 in the Utah Territory. The story dramatizes the historical events surrounding the Mountain Meadows Massacre. The series follows Sara Rowell (Betty Gilpin) a mother fleeing an abusive husband along with her son travel across the terrain to get to the west. They are aided by a tracker named Isaac (Taylor Kitsch) and Two Moons (Shawnee Pourier) who were both from Indian tribes and help guide the family. They have to navigate conflicts between pioneers, the U. S. Army, the Mormon militia, and various Indian tribes. The Mormons were the cause of many massacres while they were en route to capture Sara and get their rewards. Jacob (Dane DeHaan) along with his wives of which Abish (Saura Lightfoot-Leon) are caught in the massacre and torn apart. Joe Tippett and Jai Courtney play vigilantes to capture Sara. Shea Whigham owns and operates the last fort in Utah before Brigham Young (Kim Coates) buys him out. We don't get to know the backstories of the characters but the series is very violent, gritty and accelerating. I loved the rawness of the story, the hardship, tough battles the pioneers had to overcome the ruthless savagery. This is a series I would definitely rewatch, Mark L. Smith did a great job on bringing in the right actors and using the beautiful landscape of our beautiful nation.

Frankenstein is yet another film adopted from Mary Shelley's novel but this time Guillermo Del Toro is retelling the classic story on Netflix. Guillermo does not recreate the original but rather focuses on the relationship between the antagonist, the villain Victor Frankenstein (Oscar Isaac) and his Creature (Jacob Elordi). The storyline follows Victor and his obsession to create his Creature and his subsequent rejection of his creation and finally the chase that ends in the Arctic Circle. This isn't your typical story, it wasn't to scare you, it was the love of the father with his son. The movie did have some glimpses of Mary's vision but Guillermo added characters like Uncle Harlander (Christopher Waltz) who helped finance Victor's passion only to use him for his own motive to cure his ailments. The love interest and mother figure we're played by the same actress Mia Goth. Felix Kammerer and Charles Dance play Victor's younger brother and ruthless father which neither were mentioned in the book. We got a glimpse of Victor's upbringing by his mother and the vigorous teachings by his famous surgeon father. David Bradley plays the Blind Man who helps teach the Creature how to read and how to speak. Lars Mikkelsen plays Captain Anderson who listens to both sides of the stories by Victor and the Creature to share with world of what actually transpired. I loved how Guillermo used colors, the backgrounds, the authenticity of the sets to bring the story to life. His representation of the classic story that he produces have the same meaning and same ending very much like Pinocchio and Shape of Water. I highly recommend adding this to your library, it was very enjoyable to watch with the family.