Tag: Jodie Comer
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The End We Start From review: motherhood during a climate disaster
The End We Start From is a tense tale of motherhood and survival during a climate catastrophe that floods England and makes the entire country’s population into climate refugees.
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Thirteen review, a BBC mystery series with Jodie Comer
Thirteen, this Thirteen, is a BBC 5 part mini series about a kidnapped woman who escapes after 13 years in a basement. The series is from 2016 with Jodie Comer in the lead as the kidnapped woman.
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The Bikeriders review, early biker culture and Jodie Comer
Danny Lyon took photographs and recorded interviews with a biker club in Chicago in the 1960s. The Bikeriders was the book that came from that effort. And now the book is a movie also called The Bikeriders. The film recreates many of the photographs. The actors look similar to the people in the book with…
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Remember Me, a Jodie Comer oldie but goodie
Remember Me, a 3 part British series from 2014, attracted my attention because Jodie Comer stars in it with Michael Palin and Mark Addy. It’s a moody, mysterious tale about a supernaturally powered ghost. I found it on Tubi, but it’s also available on PBS Masterpiece and for rent at Prime Video.
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Rewatching Killing Eve with a little perspective
The last episodes of Killing Eve aired in April of 2022, about a year ago. I loved every minute of the series and dreaded the coming of the end. Mostly, I was dreading what would happen to Eve (Sandra Oh) and Villanelle (Jodie Comer) because I thought the season 4 writers were going to do…
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Review: Snatches: Moments from Women’s Lives
Snatches: Moments from Women’s Lives is a series of short monologues from women. It first aired on the BBC in 2018. Each monologue tells one woman’s story. Each is powerful and strongly delivered by 8 outstanding actors.
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Julia, episode 5, “Crepes Suzette”
Julia, episode 5, “Crepes Suzette” happened to be released during the same week as the finale of Killing Eve. Instead of recapping or reviewing the episode, I’m going to look at some parallels between the two TV shows and their respective casts.
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Spoilery Thoughts on the finale of Killing Eve
WARNING: Do not read this unless you’ve already seen the finale of Killing Eve. There are spoilers.
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Review: Help, with Jodie Comer as a Care worker
Help is a film from the UK about the first few months of the COVID pandemic and how Care homes in Britain tried to deal with the situation. This Acorn TV import puts you right at the heart of how it felt to be hopelessly unprepared for the deaths of the people in your care.