Category: TV
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Lupin Review: Netflix Delivers a Stylish French Caper
Lupin is the most watched Netflix show in many countries of the world, including the U.S. Many people in the States are unfamiliar with the tales of Lupin; I know I was. In France, however, the fictional character Arsene Lupin is a Sherlock Holmes-like popular figure created in 1905 by Maurice Leblanc with 17 novels…
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Mare of Easttown: First Impression
This is a first take post on the premier episode of HBO’s new Sunday night drama, Mare of Easttown. Kate Winslet (Titanic, Sense and Sensibility) plays a small-town detective. It’s clear from the first episode that her “complicated” personal life will pose additional challenges, particularly under the small-town lens where everybody knows everybody. The limited…
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Firefly Lane – Netflix Adapts the Kristin Hannah Book…or Does it?
I was going to wait on this until season 2 of Firefly Lane airs, but that’s going to be some time (and Netflix has not officially renewed it yet, so who knows). Since this review focuses on the Netflix series and the differences between it and the book it is based on by Kristin Hannah,…
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Temple Review: You’ll Never Guess What Goes On Underground in the London Tube
A doctor runs a medical clinic in the bowels of the London subway system (at Temple station) to find a cure for his terminally ill wife, Beth. To keep the operation afloat he takes on criminals or others who need medical attention and don’t want to go through the established medical system. Temple is based…
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Another L.A. Cop Show?! Bosch Review
Bosch is indeed another L.A. cop show, but don’t let that stop you. With six seasons on Amazon Prime on the books and a seventh and final season due in 2021 now’s the time to check this series out if you haven’t already. Titus Welliver (Lost, Deadwood, Sons of Anarchy) plays Harry Hieronymous Bosch. I…