A Nearly Normal Family, a limited series from Sweden, asks many questions about legal right and wrong vs. moral right and wrong. It looks at what parents will do for their children. The story uses suspense to keep the tension […]
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A Storm for Christmas is set mainly in the Oslo airport during a storm that grounds all the flights. It’s one of the best holiday offerings I’ve seen in a long time. The cast is diverse, there’s a polyglot mix
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Fisk might more properly be called a Kitty Flanagan comedy of Australian humor, because Kitty Flanagan created, co-wrote, co-directed, and starred in the entire series. The second season of this comedy is now on Netflix. A third season is in
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Annika left us with a cliffhanger at the end of season 1 that is resolved in the most unexpected way in season 2. The new season then winds its way to another huge cliffhanger, again involving Annika’s personal life and
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May It Please the Court is a complicated legal drama from Korea. Two excellent lead characters pull viewers along with a story about righting wrongs, seeking revenge, and the quest for justice. There are 12 episodes of an hour or
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The Undeclared War makes something we hear about all the time visible and understandable. And, my friends, it is a scary reality shown in this series from the UK. This review is of season 1. A second season is in
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Queenmaker features two brilliant and powerful women on one side and a rich man on the other in a tense race for the job of mayor of Seoul, South Korea. This political K-drama has all the ingredients normally found in
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The Chase, a British comedy series from 2006, recently arrived on Acorn TV. Currently only the 8 episode first season is available. There is a 12 episode second season, but Acorn doesn’t have it now. It’s about a family of
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Mrs. Sidhu Investigates is a 4 part British mystery series streaming on Acorn TV. It’s the kind of mystery viewers of Acorn TV love. The main character is a charming older woman who stumbles on murders. She figures out what
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Drops of God hooked me hard in the first episode with its fascinating characters. The two key characters are Frenchwoman Camille (Fleur Geffrier and Manon Maindivide as a child) and Issei (Tomohisa Yamashita), a Japanese man. When Camille’s world famous
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