Tag: Leah Purcell
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High Country, a tense mystery series
High Country is an Australian police/mystery series. Leah Purcell stars as a cop who moves her family to a small town in the mountains of Victoria. It isn’t as peaceful and serene as she hoped. She uncovers a complex web of crimes and murders that involve many people.
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The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, touching women’s stories
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart, a drama series from Australia, is by women, about women, and for women. It’s full of secrets and slow revelations. It’s quietly beautiful and ultimately full of hope and love.
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The Legend of Molly Johnson, Leah Purcell tackles Aussie history
The Legend of Molly Johnson (originally titled The Drover’s Wife) is a passion project from Leah Purcell who wrote, directed, and starred in this Australian story.
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Wentworth, season 9 (or season 8 part 2) ends the series
Wentworth’s final season recently reached Netflix US and I gobbled it right up. The season ended the story of the women and the guards in Wentworth Prison with lots of love, revenge, murder, mistaken judgements, and even some redemption. My personal thanks to everyone involved in this series. From beginning to end, Wentworth has been…
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Review: Wentworth, season 8
Wentworth (in some locales Wentworth Prison), season 8, is available on Netflix US now. In this season, a rash of new characters entered the prison to create trouble and chaos. Seasons 8 and 9, already set, are supposed to be the final seasons for this long running Australian women’s prison series. The situation in Wentworth…
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My Life is Murder Looks Like a Winner
Acorn TV dropped the first two episodes of My Life is Murder on August 5, with the remaining 3 episodes of season 1 set to arrive on coming Mondays. Based on what I saw in the first two, I’d say this show is a winner.
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Review: Wentworth, season 7
Wentworth season 7 went heavy on the revenge themes. Prisoners went through all sorts of schemes and problems in search of revenge. All it got them was a lot of trouble. This review is almost spoiler free.
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Review: Wentworth, season 6
Wentworth, season 6, raises the danger level for prisoners and officers as new threats and old sins come to a violent head.