Romance
I've been watching a ton of Korean dramas this spring — so many of the classics have been on German Netflix for a while, and they're now also adding shows produced in 2020 and 2021, so I have a looong list still to go. Here's
Reviews
What is SOLOS about? SOLOS is about 8 people, from different times but the same universe. Eight people who drift together or apart, who are tied up together in the fabric of space. Each episode stars one person, only the finale features two. Each protagonist has someone to play off
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The Queen's Gambit is an American drama television mini-series based on Walter Tevis's novel of the same name, starring Anya Taylor-Joy. It was created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott and premiered internationally on Netflix in October, 2020. Let's do things differently this time.
Literary Fiction
Previously on Death Comes to Pemberley: Episode 2. There's many different ways to phrase Occam's Razor, but this one from the first series of Luther, I've always liked best: All things being equal, the simplest solution is the best solution. If we do believe
Literary Fiction
Previously on Death Comes to Pemberley: Episode 1. Good grief! As Pemberley falls into a state of uncertainty and disarray, Darcy reverts back to his Lord of the Manor persona and drags Lizzie and Georgiana into misery on his coattails. In case you missed it, the subtext beneath Lizzie and
Drama
When I checked my blog stats earlier while preparing for Death Comes to Pemberley, I noticed that someone has found my blog by typing "death pemberley utter shite" into a search engine. Something like this has happened before, with By Any Means, months ago, and I was just
Mystery/Thriller
Previously on The Escape Artist: Part II. Just two weeks before David Tennant's return to Doctor Who, we see the finale of The Escape Artist, a mini-series full of horrible surprises and gut-twisting turns — both of phrase and character. "No hard feelings" isn't the
Mystery/Thriller
Previously on The Escape Artist: Part I. The second episode of The Escape Artist is a masterpiece of thriller writing, acting, and lawyering. Barristers defending murder suspects is never easy, it can't be; not unless they're absolutely certain that their clients are innocent. But this, this
Mystery/Thriller
Starring David Tennant, Sophie Okonedo, and Toby Kebbell, The Escape Artist is anything but lightweight. Starting out humorously enough, the life of Will Burton, junior barrister, Number One, and strong contender for Queen's Counsel (aka silk*), takes a sudden but steady decline into the catastrophic. He's
Science Fiction
Fortunately, for all of us who live outside of the UK, there are many different ways to stay tuned to BBC's Doctor Who without a cumbersome (and rather depressing) delay. In short, the internet. Good ol' World Wide Web, the answer to almost everything -- except perhaps