After her father is killed in a struggle session during the Cultural Revolution, a young Chinese scientist makes a decision that ripples down through history. We catch up with the story present day, where a group of friends, physicists, realize that an alien invasion is imminent. I read the book and the physics takes over …
In this Korean game show, athletes of all kinds compete to find the perfect physique. Gymnasts compete against bodybuilders etc. It isn’t really a fair competition, the games put a premium on strength and speed rather than agility and endurance. But watching young, fit people compete is a lot of fun and somehow this show …
When Eddie, played by the handsome Theo James, inherits a dukedom, he soon learns that there is a huge grow operation under the property. He wants out of the drug business, but is drawn into one caper after another as he tries to extricate himself. Very gory, often funny, full of strange characters, double crossing, …
This incredibly bingeable show with its half-hour episodes caused me to make bad decisions about how late to stay up. I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen next. Serious, studious Emma and playboy Dexter meet on graduation night in 1988 and spend the night and part of the next day together. Despite their …
A true crime story that is guaranteed to infuriate you. In 2015 a couple experienced a terrifying home invasion. The woman was kidnapped. Although she was released a few days later, she was sexually assaulted and traumatized. Instead of looking for the perpetrator, the police decided that the couple staged the whole thing, making their …
I watched this whole thing so you don’t have to. There are some excellent performances, particularly Adeel Aktar as the rumpled police detective and Joanna Lumley at her plumiest as the wealthy mother-in-law. The problem was that there was just TOO MUCH. Entire side stories should have been dropped, sometimes things seemed out of order, …
An up-and-coming British politician and his family are rocked when an office romance becomes public. However, it soon becomes more than that when he is accused of rape. The prosecutor, played by Michelle Dockery, pursues the case with a zeal that almost seems personal. His wife, Sienna Miller, stands by him, but she too is …
In four different times (Victorian, WWII, Present Day, Future) the same body appears in a London alley. Detectives in each time period investigate. As viewers, we can see the threads that link the mysteries, but the detectives have a harder time figuring out what is going on. It was interesting and fun while it lasted, …
This political thriller got mixed reviews, but I’m not sure why – I loved it. The premise is that Kate Wyler (Keri Russell) is a career state department fixer and doer – she works best behind the scenes, making things happen. Her husband, Hal (Rufus Sewell) is a career ambassador, charming and connected. For Reasons, …
This comedy is a send up of the many documentaries that purport to seriously cover the history of whatever. The presenter, fictional character Philomena Cunk, spouts nonsense with an earnest seriousness and asks experts to answer absurd questions – they’re in on the joke and try to answer with equal seriousness, but I have to …