My wife has been telling me to watch this French series for ages. It follows a group of talent agents as they navigate their professional lives (which involves a lot of crazy work with A-List French celebrities) and their personal ones (which involves a lot of craziness).
I finally sat down with it when I got a copy of the complete series and it is a delight. You can read my full review here.
In my book, Prime Suspect is one of the greatest police procedurals ever televised. It is a brilliant, nuanced series that made Helen Mirren a star. Above Suspicion was created, and largely written by Lynda La Plante, who did the same for Prime Suspect. It covers similar ground, following an ambitious woman police officer solving crimes and battling sexism. It is more modern and, as you can read in my review, not as good. But it stars Kelly Reilly and Ciaran Hinds and that alone makes it worth watching.
I read all of these old reviews of mine before I post them to the site. I mostly enjoy reading my thoughts on things I watched many years ago. Reading this review, of a sci-fi/horror series from Britain released in 2014 I suddenly realized Millie Bobby Brown was in it. She is now known as “11” on Stranger Things.
Back then she was just a kid, and now a well-known one. It is funny to think I saw her in this series and wrote her name in my review, but had no idea how big of a star she would become.
Not that it really matters, I just find it interesting. Like I didn’t know who she was then, and until just now I didn’t realize she was in that show (of which I have the vaguest of memories watching.)
Anyway, you can read my review of the series here.
I’m a huge fan of Dr. Katz: Professional Therapist – or I should say I was a huge fan. Nothing happened to cause me to not be a fan, I just haven’t seen it in years so I have no idea how it holds up, or if I’d still find it funny.
I definitely found it funny in 2014, when they released this audio-only, live version of the show. The series was always basically comedians doing their bits in an animated format. Here is it comedians doing bits in audio format, pretending to be an animated show.
I dug it back then, as you can see from my review.
I love a tightly written, heavily plotted series that digs deep into murky waters. The Honorable Woman is just that with a story about Palestinian/Israeli relationships that is just as complicated as the real thing.
Maggie Gyllenhaal stars and she’s just as good as ever. I don’t remember the details but my review is making me want to give it another watch.
I randomly started watching Line of Duty again the other day. It remains an incredibly solid bit of crime television. It isn’t quite up to Prestige TV (whatever that means) standards, but it is a really good procedural.
I don’t remember watching Series Two back in the day, but I guess I did as I wrote a review. Not sure where in its many seasons I actually did stop watching. Keeley Hawes is in Series Two so I definitely got to get through my rewatch of Series One so I can catch her in action again. I loved her in Ashes to Ashes.
My review can be read here.
Now this is a series I remember fondly. It is a dark, violent, hilarious, short series about a doctor’s life in a remote section of Russia. Jon Hamm and Daniel Radcliffe star. You can read my review here (and then I might just rewatch it).
The thing about being an amateur reviewer is that you gotta take the good with the bad. Since I don’t really get paid, I do get to choose what I review, but I’m always taking chances. Sometimes they pay out and I find something amazing, sometimes they don’t and I’m stuck watching (and then talking about) something awful.
Chiller was apparently awful. I don’t remember anything about it, actually, but you can read my thoughts here.
Sadly, I only received a few of these marvelous Poirot sets to review. I wish I was able to get them all. I guess I’ll have to buy them now.
But I’m thankful for the ones I do have. You can read my full review of Series 12 here.
As part of the 50th Anniversary celebrations for Doctor Who, the BBC made this film about the beginnings of the series. It is a lovely, well-made thing that will likely only appeal to fans, but I am one and I quite loved it.
You can read my full review of it here.
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