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Björn Thors and Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir in The Valhalla Murders

Review: The Valhalla Murders

20 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / March 17, 2020 / Björn Thors, Brot, foreign tv series, Hinterland, Kristín Þóra Haraldsdóttir, Nína Dögg Filippusdóttir, Sigurður Skúlason, The Valhalla Murders

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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Sian Reese-Williams and Sion Alun Davies in Hidden

Review: Hidden (Craith)

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 10, 2019 / Craith, Elodie Wilton, foreign tv series, Gillian Elisa, Gwyneth Keyworth, Hidden, Hinterland, Ian Saynor, Lois Meleri-Jones, Lowri Izzard, Mark Lewis Jones, Megan Llyn, Nia Roberts, Rhodri Meilir, Sarah Tempest, season 1, Sian Reese-Williams, Sion Alun Davies

Hidden (Craith) is an atmospheric suspense series from Wales. A female cop and her partner hunt down a serial kidnapper of young women.

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Review: Keeping Faith

45 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 14, 2018 / Aneirin Hughes, Bradley Freegard, Catherine Ayers, Demi Letherby, Eiry Thomas, Eve Myles, foreign tv series, Hannah Daniel, Hinterland, Keeping Faith, Lacey Jones, Mark Lewis Jones, Matthew Gravelle, Matthew Hall, Pip Broughton, Rhian Morgan, Suzanne Packer, Un Bore Mercher, Women Directors

Keeping Faith is a Welsh drama from the UK. Like Hinterland it was shot twice, once in Welsh and once in English. It’s an 8 part series. Keeping Faith is a tense and suspense filled drama set on the southern

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Review: Hinterland Season 3

32 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / August 9, 2017 / Aled Pugh, Alex Harries, Aneirin Hughes, foreign tv series, Geraint Lewis, Geraint Morgan, Hannah Daniel, Hinterland, Llyr Ifans, Mali Harries, Owen Arwyn, Richard Harrington, season 3, Sian Reese-Williams, William Thomas, Y Gwyll

Hinterland (Y Gwyll in Welsh) season 3 sees Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington) come under suspicion of murder himself. The story takes us back to unraveling crimes that were first investigated in season 1. There are spoilers ahead, beware.

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Review: Hinterland Season 2

32 Comments / TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / April 13, 2016 / Alex Harries, Anamaria Marinca, Aneirin Hughes, Hannah Daniel, Hinterland, Mali Harries, Richard Harrington, trailers

Much of what I said about Hinterland in my review of season 1 remains true of season 2. Except in season 2, I desperately wanted to grab DCI Tom Mathias (Richard Harrington) by the collar and give him a good

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Richard Harrington and Mali Harries in Hinterland

Review: Hinterland season 1

4 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / December 10, 2015 / Alex Harries, Aneirin Hughes, Hannah Daniel, Hinterland, Mali Harries, Richard Harrington, trailers, Y Gwyll

Hinterland is available on US Netflix. There are 4 episodes in Season 1, each an hour and a half long. Each episode is actually a full movie. The plots and stories are as complicated as you might expect in a

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