Spanish Language

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 […]

Red Queen (Reina Roja), a Spanish thriller Read More »

Mercedes Morán in Norma

Norma, who finds herself in mid-life

Norma comes from Argentina. It’s a charming drama about how Norma transforms herself in mid-life. The life she was leading is stifling. She can’t breathe, she’s prone to panic attacks, she can’t sleep. She needs a change and doesn’t know

Norma, who finds herself in mid-life Read More »

The three sisters in middle age in Three Days of Christmas

Three Days of Christmas, Spanish family drama set at Christmas

Three Days of Christmas (Días de Navidad) tells a soapy melodrama about a family with lots of secrets. The story is told in 3 episodes set at Christmas time, each episode years apart. It’s a family saga, but shortened to

Three Days of Christmas, Spanish family drama set at Christmas Read More »

Evin Ahmad and Indica Watson in Who Is Erin Carter?

Review: Who is Erin Carter? An action packed thriller

Who is Erin Carter? has action scenes galore, a butt-kicking woman lead, and a couple of women directors. Sounds perfect, but it was merely average or slightly above for the genre. It had its good points. One was the setting

Review: Who is Erin Carter? An action packed thriller Read More »

Manuel Garcia-Rulfo in The Lincoln Lawyer

Review: The Lincoln Lawyer, season 2

The Lincoln Lawyer takes on a new case in season 2. Manuel Garcia-Rulfo as defense attorney Mickey Haller knows “LA is a great big freeway” and works in the back seat of one of his Lincolns on many days. His

Review: The Lincoln Lawyer, season 2 Read More »

Bárbara Lennie in God's Crooked Lines

God’s Crooked Lines (Los renglones torcidos de Dios)

God’s Crooked Lines (Los renglones torcidos de Dios), a psycholgical thriller from Spain, stars the always excellent Bárbara Lennie as a woman who enters a mental hospital undercover to investigate a murder.

God’s Crooked Lines (Los renglones torcidos de Dios) Read More »

Scroll to Top
WordPress Cookie Notice by Real Cookie Banner