Reviews of movies and TV focused on women
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.
Continue reading “Review: Call My Agent (Dix pour cent), season 1”Normal People is an Irish series streaming on Hulu. It tells the story of two people who love each other but are unable to make it fully work.
Continue reading “Review: Normal People”The Trial (Il Processo) is a mystery and crime series from Italy streaming on Netflix.
Continue reading “Review: The Trial (Il Processo)”The Blue Rose comes from New Zealand. The first and only season of this series can be seen on Acorn TV or Prime Video and other streamers. It’s a woman powered mystery/drama with some excellent actors.
Continue reading “Review: The Blue Rose”Let’s talk briefly about a few things. Specifically Vagrant Queen, Better Things, One Day at a Time and the Turkish series Black Money Love.
Continue reading “Brain Dump: Vagrant Queen, Better Things, One Day at a Time, and Black Money Love”Deadwater Fell, a 4 part mystery series set in Scotland, is streaming on Acorn TV. Episodes will release on Mondays until all 4 are available on April 27.
Continue reading “Review: Deadwater Fell”The Schouwendam 12 (De 12 van Schouwendam) is a Dutch language mystery series on Acorn TV. It’s a follow up to the very popular The Oldenheim 12. This is a completely new series with a new story, a new setting, and new actors. There are a few spoilers ahead, but I don’t reveal the big stuff.
Continue reading “Review: The Schouwendam 12 (De 12 van Schouwendam)”Unorthodox is a German mini-series about an ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman who escapes her community in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg district. She goes to Berlin, a place simmering with the spirits of dead Jews, where she finds help and acceptance.
Continue reading “Review: Unorthodox”Last Tango in Halifax season 5 came to me as a gift on my birthday. I don’t intend to review it or recap it, I simply want to talk about a few bits. It will be a little spoilery, but not in any large sense. A few scenes, and a few remarks, and I’ll be done.
Continue reading “Off on a Tangent about S5 of Last Tango in Halifax”The Valhalla Murders is an Icelandic language mystery thriller on Netflix. It’s an outstanding mystery series, full of suspense and interesting characters.
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