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Sunday, May 4, 2025

The Eternaut


 

Really solid sci-fi out of Argentina. An alien invasion is preceded by a toxic snow that kills on contact, but that's only the start of what the survivors have to endure. Plenty of tension and a good script based on the Graphic Novel. Well worth the time.

Friday, May 2, 2025

The Four Seasons


 


Based on and shares content with the 1981 film by Alan Alda. Three couples vacation together every season and things get a little tricky when one of them ditches his wife for a younger women and starts bringing her on them. Talky, relationship-based romcom may not be for everyone, but its got a top notch cast, tremendous production values and is well written enough to recommend. 7/10 or so is about right.

Thursday, May 1, 2025

Good American Family


 

Based on a true story, a family adopts a 7yr old child with dwarfism from a shady agency and surprise, it turns out she isn't what she appears to be. There are two distinct parts to this series episodes 1-4 which play out like a psychological thriller where Imogen Reid does her best impression of a children of the corn extra and episodes 5-8 which flips episodes 1-4 on its ear. This show is certainly interesting if nothing else. Duplass is excellent as the moronic, duche bag dad and Reid is super creepy as Natalia Grace. The story takes enough unexpected turns to make it worth watching. Not great, but not bad either.

Monday, April 28, 2025

Havoc


Hardy plays a rough around the edges detective in this dark crime drama that features drugs, politicians, corrupt cops and gangs. If it sounds familiar that's because it is. This story has been told about a million times and you'll get nothing new here and even a top notch cast can't save mediocre material with poor direction. It should be noted that Hardy is ALWAYS better when he is doing work on the other side of the pond, The Americanized version of Hardy isn't half as compelling as the British version and it shows here. This is not Tom Hardy at his best. Only if you must, but a pass from me.
 

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Pangolin Kulu's Journey


 

If you saw and enjoyed My Octopus's Teacher you are going to really enjoy this. The rare pangolin is often poached and harvested for their scales. One man rescues Kulu and rehabilitates him back to the wild. Heartwarming and extremely interesting. Recommended.

Friday, April 25, 2025

 

North of North


I loved this show. It's a glimpse into a culture that I'm sure not many of us know much about. North of North is a Inuit (Eskimo) comedy taking place in a small tight knit community in the Artic circle. Anna Lambe (true detective s4) is amazing and completely loveable as Siaja, who is married to the town Golden Boy, but is basically invisible until she decides to break out. North of North is funny, has a lot of heart and is thoroughly enjoyable. An IMDB ranking of 7.9 puts this firmly in the must watch zone and I hope we see more seasons of this one. You wont regret giving this a go.





Monday, March 31, 2025

Line of Duty



Top-Notch British police drama. I had heard this was one of the best police shows ever, so I had to find out for myself. I watched all six seasons ranging from 2012-2021 and it is worthy of that praise. It's not up to the standards of American shows like the Wire and The Shield, but it's still a triumph for the Brits. The action focuses around an Anti Corruption (Internal Affairs) unit in the British police force. Each season is a different case and features a different BBC megastar and then there is the series story loop of trying to unearth the infamous "H". The series features extremely complex plot lines that will force your full attention throughout, but it's worth it in the end. There will be a new series coming in 2026 so be on the lookout....It should be noted that I felt s4 to be the worst one and the show did take a short break after it, to retool and it did so with aplomb. Worth the time.....

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2303687/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_in_0_q_line%2520of%2520duty