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Grzegorz Damiecki, Wiktoria Filus, Agnieszka Grochowska, and Hubert Milkowski in The Woods

Review: The Woods

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 17, 2020 / Adam Wietrzyński, Agnieszka Grochowska, foreign tv series, Grzegorz Damięcki, Harlan Coben, Hubert Miłkowski, Martyna Byczkowska, The Woods, Wiktoria Filus

The Woods from mystery writer Harlan Coben is a six part Polish original on Netflix.

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Review: Hidden, season 2

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 15, 2020 / Annes Elwy, Caryl Lewis, Craith, foreign tv series, Hidden, Jamie Dornan, Lois Elenid, Mali Tudno Jones, series 2, Sian Reese-Williams, Sion Alun Davies, Sion Eifion, Steffan Cennydd, The Fall

Hidden, season 2, is a Welsh police procedural streaming on Acorn TV. The two detectives working cases in this Welsh town are Cadi John (Sian Reese-Williams) and Owen Vaughan (Sion Alun Davies). This season’s investigation starts with the murder of

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Ama Qamata and Khosi Ngema in Blood & Water

Review: Blood and Water

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / June 4, 2020 / Ama Qamata, Blood and Water, Dillon Windvogel, foreign tv series, Khosi Ngema, Queen Sono, season 1, Thabang Molaba

Blood and Water is Netflix second effort with South African content after the success of Queen Sono. This time they chose to go with characters younger in age set in a posh high school. They scored plenty of drama with

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Review: Dublin Murders

2 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 28, 2020 / Dublin Murders, foreign tv series, In the Woods, Killian Scott, Sarah Greene, Sarah Phelps, Tana French, The Likeness, Tom Vaughan-Lawlor

Dublin Murders is an Irish mystery series on STARZ. The 8 episode drama is based on two novels by Tana French, who worked with series creator Sarah Phelps in writing the episodes.

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Laurent Capelluto and Pauline Etienne in Into the Night

Review: Into the Night, season 1

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 18, 2020 / Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Babetida Sadjo, foreign tv series, Into the Night, Jan Bijvoet, Jason George, Laurent Capelluto, Mehmet Kurtulus, Pauline Etienne, Regina Bikkinina, season 1, Stefano Cassetti, The Gift, Vincent Londez

Into the Night is a Belgian sci-fi thriller. It’s a nail-biting thrill ride with one of the best cliffhangers at the end of the season I’ve ever seen. It’s mostly in French with some English, Russian, and Arabic in the

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Review: The Eddy

5 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 14, 2020 / Adil Dehbi, Amandla Stenberg, André Holland, Damian Nueva, Damien Chazelle, foreign language tv shows, foreign tv series, Houda Benyamina, Jack Thorne, Joanna Kulig, Jowee Omicil, Lada Obradovic, Laïla Marrakchi, Leïla Bekhti, Léonie Simaga, Ludovic Louis, Melissa George, Randy Kerber, The Eddy, Women Directors

The Eddy has a different language. That language is jazz. The story is told in jazz. Jack Thorne wrote a story about a struggling jazz club in Paris called The Eddy. He added personal drama and a suspenseful mystery. He

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Review: Call My Agent (Dix pour cent), season 2

7 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 13, 2020 / Assaad Bouab, Call My Agent, Camille Cottin, Christopher Lambert, Dix pour cent, Fabrice Luchini, foreign tv series, Grégory Montel, Guy Marchand, Isabelle Adjani, Julien Doré, Laure Calamy, Liliane Rovère, Nicolas Maury, Norman Thavaud, Ophélia Kolb, Ramzy Bedia, season 2, Thibault de Montalembert, Virginie Efira

Call My Agent (Dix pour cent), a French language dramedy about agents and the actors they represent is streaming on Netflix. The agents perform extraordinary acts to earn their 10% from the various actors under their care. Call My Agent

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The agents peek over a partition in Call My Agent

Review: Call My Agent (Dix pour cent), season 1

1 Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / May 12, 2020 / Audrey Fleurot, Call My Agent, Camille Cottin, Dix pour cent, Fanny Herrero, Fanny Sidney, foreign tv series, François Civil, Grégory Montel, Liliane Rovère, Ophélia Kolb, Thibault de Montalembert

Call My Agent (Dix pour cent) is a French language TV series streaming on Netflix. It’s about a firm of agents behind the greatest film and TV stars in France. It’s clever and funny and delightful.

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