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Vicky Luengo in Red Queen

Red Queen (Reina Roja), a Spanish thriller

Red Queen (Reina Roja) is a Spanish series that bills itself as a thriller, although it contained many fantasy elements and frequently strained my ability to suspend disbelief. It’s based on a very popular Spanish novel by Juan Gómez-Jurado. The […]

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Cush Jumbo and Peter Capaldi in Criminal Record

Criminal Record: a British police mystery series

Criminal Record has lots of male energy, nevertheless it stars Cush Jumbo as DS June Lenker. When a worrisome 999 call comes in June is put at odds with the powerful DCI Daniel Hegarty (Peter Capaldi) over an old murder

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Suranne Jones in Vigil

Vigil, season 2, forget submarines – it’s all about drones

Vigil, season 2, retains the name of the submarine from season 1, but everyone is above the water this season. Some time has passed between the two seasons. Long enough for Amy Silva (Suranne Jones) and Kirsten Longacre (Rose Leslie)

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Jamie Dornan in The Tourist

The Tourist, season 1 review, adventures in the outback

The Tourist is a different take on the amnesia story. An unnamed man (Jamie Dornan) is driving down the road in the Australian outback when a giant truck chases him down and forces him off the road. When he wakes

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Aisha Dee in Safe Home

Safe Home review: Australian mini-series targets family violence

Safe Home takes you into the world of violence and abuse in family relationships. In four episodes, there are several examples of the kinds of issues faced by people in violent situations. None of the stories are finished. It’s a

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Dian Sastrowardoyo and Ario Bayu in Cigarette Girl

Cigarette Girl review: Indonesian TV series

Cigarette Girl (Gadis Kretek) comes from Indonesia. Two generations of interrelated people are set in the world of spiced and flavored cigarette making. Some of them were small entrepreneurs, some were wealthy. Part of the story happens in the 1960s

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Rachel Griffiths in Dead Lucky

Dead Lucky review: Australian police mini-series

Dead Lucky stars Rachel Griffiths in a police drama set in Sydney, Australia. It’s a story of only 4 episodes. It manages to cram a lot of story in those 4 episodes with subplots, multiple characters and suspects, and small

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Alexandra Karlsson Tyrefors in A Nearly Normal Family

A Nearly Normal Family, a mystery series of moral puzzles

A Nearly Normal Family, a limited series from Sweden, asks many questions about legal right and wrong vs. moral right and wrong. It looks at what parents will do for their children. The story uses suspense to keep the tension

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Ida Elise Broch in A Storm for Christmas

A Storm for Christmas: delightful holiday series from Norway

A Storm for Christmas is set mainly in the Oslo airport during a storm that grounds all the flights. It’s one of the best holiday offerings I’ve seen in a long time. The cast is diverse, there’s a polyglot mix

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Kitty Flanagan in Fisk

Fisk: season 2 of this oddball Australian comedy still delights

Fisk might more properly be called a Kitty Flanagan comedy of Australian humor, because Kitty Flanagan created, co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the entire series. The second season of this comedy is now on Netflix. A third season is in

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