Tag: CCH Pounder
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The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, a marvelous gem from the past
The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, a 16 year old television series, is streaming now on Max. If you’ve never seen it, I suggest you watch it. Even if you saw it before, watch it again. It’s based on the marvelous books by Alexander McCall Smith. If you haven’t read the books, I suggest you…
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Black Cake review: Outstanding family saga
Black Cake shines as an excellent family drama full of secrets, surprises, and engaging characters. The story travels through years of the main characters lives. The well-written narrative uses the device of a woman finally telling all her secrets just before she dies. The story unfolds with multiple flashbacks as the recordings left behind by…
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Full Circle review: complex web of characters
Full Circle, a limited series on Max directed by Steven Soderbergh, brings a multi-level story from the past into the present when a 16 year old boy is kidnapped.
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Enjoy Every Second of Warehouse 13
I’ve loved Warehouse 13 since first I spied the steampunk version of a facetime phone that Artie uses to communicate. Every gadget and artifact in Warehouse 13 continues to enamor me. The premise of the show is that artifacts from the past – say Lewis Carroll’s looking glass or Alfred Hitchcock’s shower head – contain…