The British series Happy Valley has been an outstanding triumph of great writing and brilliant acting. It returned after a long wait of almost 8 years for its 3rd and final season. It was worth the wait. There are spoilers […]
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Canadian series The Lake is back with season 2 on Prime Video. Like season 1 of this series, the new season is full of broad humor and a diverse cast plus more LGBTQ+ characters.
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Never Have I Ever, season 4, is the final season of this coming of age comedy. It’s the last year of high school for Devi (Maitreyi Ramakrishnan) as she and her friends move toward their adult lives. There’s excitement and
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The Snow Girl (La chica de nieve) is a dreary Spanish drama about a kidnapped child. Most of the characters are suffering from a trauma of some kind. This dead serious series teems with depressed characters, an abundance of talk
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A Small Light is an excellent series about an overlooked part of the story of Anne Frank and the two years she and her family spent hiding in an attic in Amsterdam during World War II.
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American Born Chinese brings an excellent adaptation of the graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang to the small screen. A majority Asian cast builds this tale of heroism, finding your place, Chinese mythology, and magic into an exciting teen coming
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Jury Duty takes one real juror, Ronald Gladden, and throws him in with a bunch of actors staging a fake trial to see how Ronald reacts. Everything from the judge to the dinner orders is carefully planned and totally fake.
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Rain Dogs from the BBC is a series about toxic love. It’s about people facing hard times and the struggle to survive. It’s about hating the person you love. It’s billed as both a comedy and a drama, but I
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With Love, season 2, from creator Gloria Calderón Kellett, continues the saga of the Diaz family. Brother and sister Jorge Diaz Jr. (Mark Indelicato) and Lily Diaz (Emeraude Toubia) continue to search for solid relationships. Season 2 premiered on Prime
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Somebody Somewhere is about real people. The characters are living lives of flawed normality in Kansas. There is some drama, some laughter, some tears, some self-discovery, and a whole lotta love.
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