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Voltaire High (Mixte), a French series set in 1963
Voltaire High (Mixte) is a period piece about a time of change in France. It’s set in a high school. There’s drama about both students and teachers as they navigate the first year of girls being allowed in the school.
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Woman of the Dead (Totenfrau), why isn’t this labeled horror?
Woman of the Dead (Totenfrau) is a German language series filmed in the Alps of Austria. It’s labeled as crime and mystery, but it’s as bloody and gory as any horror series I’ve ever seen. There is a mystery involved, because Brunhilde Blum (Anna Maria Mühe) spends all 6 episodes searching for the hit and […]
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Ginny and Georgia, S2, darkness descends
Ginny and Georgia, season 2, takes a deeper look into the character and background of Georgia (Brianne Howey). It delves into mental illness, first love, the will to survive, and the love and protection of family. Some heavy material hides behind Georgia’s irresistible smile.
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Kaleidoscope, colorful heist series with a gimmick
Kaleidoscope is a heist/revenge story. The 8 episodes don’t have titles, but are named for colors. The gimmick here is that Netflix serves those episodes up in a different order to different viewers. You never know if you saw the series in the same order someone else did.
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Black Bird, true story about a serial killer
Black Bird tells the true story of how the FBI used a convict named James Keene (Taron Egerton) to gather incriminating evidence against a serial killer named Larry Hall (played with creepy intensity by Paul Walter Hauser).
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Treason, with enough blackmail to go around
Treason is a limited series from the UK. The best thing about the series is the women characters absolutely own it. The worst thing about the series is the larger than usual willing suspension of disbelief needed to go along with the plot. It’s fast-paced suspense with constant twists and coercion by blackmail to motivate […]
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High Water (Wielka woda), a suspense-filled true story from Poland
Let’s get the true parts of High Water (Wielka woda) out of the way first. In 1997, the River Oder flooded the Polish city Wroclaw causing great harm and death. The people knew the flood was coming, but incompetent local authorities didn’t take the needed action to save the city.
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Daughter from Another Mother, S3, the best and final season
Daughter From Another Mother (Madre Solo hay Dos) brought its themes and messages to a strong conclusion in season 3. This charming and funny melodrama from Mexico ended with everyone in a good place and smiles all around.
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Short Bits about this and that
Let’s talk about some things I’ve watched that haven’t moved me enough to write a full-out review. I’ll give you quick impressions about Harry and Meghan, House of the Dragon, The Sex Lives of College Girls, and The L Word: Generation Q.
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The Peripheral, worlds collide in this sci-fi series
The Peripheral takes the heroine, Flynne Fisher (Chloë Grace Moretz), and sets her in two different future worlds at the same time in this sci-fi thriller. She struggles to survive in both worlds.
Reviews of movies and TV focused on women