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I had high hopes for this movie ever since it was announced, as it had cast an all-star cast and the novel (though I never read it) was considered great, so when the negative reviews came out, I lowered my expectations going into the movie and I'm glad I did. The cinematography was great as well as the directing, Oakes Fegley is a star in the making and this is his movie. The remaining cast was pretty good and Finn Wolfhard, despite what critics are saying, nails the Russian accent. This movie represents life and how just one mistake can change your future drastically and it's not a movie for casual film-goers (as I thought 10 minutes could have been trimmed). All in all I loved The Goldfinch and don't let the critics convince you not to watch it.

Based on Lemony Snicket's books, the first season of this show covers the first four books of the series, as Violet (Malina Weissman), Klaus (Louis Hynes), and Sunny Baudelaire receive the news that their parents have died in tragic a house fire that leaves them orphaned and in the hands of Count Olaf (Neil Patrick Harris) who is an actor determined to claim the Baudelaire fortune for himself. While the kids try to uncover a mystery society that involved their parents, Olaf is doing everything in his hands to try and steal the fortune of their parents. Providing comedic scenes as much as dark scenes I found this show to be quite enjoyable as the story progresses and Count Olaf's schemes get wackier and weirder. With many great settings this show fails to disappoint as fans of the original movie will like it even better as there is more depth to this sorrowful show. While the first four episodes where the highlights of the first season in my opinion, the next four were good but not great as sometimes it felt that they were slowing the pace a little