This past Sunday, BBC One finally aired one of my most anticipated series (well it's a 5-part miniseries) starring my fave Yorkshireman Sam Riley. I've mentioned the project several times, including here and here. Naturally it'll make you think of Amazon’s Man in the High Castle but set in London. Based on the 1978 novel by Len …
Continue reading Spotlight on BBC One’s miniseries SS-GB + Interview with actor Maximilian Dirr
Happy last Tuesday of the year folks! Hope you had a lovely Christmas break. Mine is relatively mellow on Christmas day, though we did go up North to Duluth Friday and spent the night there to see the Bentleyville Tour of Lights (I've shared the pics here). We came back in time for Christmas Eve …
Continue reading Christmas Weekend Recap: Scrooged + binging on Westworld
Happy Wednesday everyone! Are y'all watching the Olympics? I missed the opening ceremony so I only caught up w/ some clips on Flipboard. I did watch the Men's 100m backstroke as Minnesotan David Plummer, a swim coach who's perhaps one of the oldest at 30, won Bronze. Woo hoo! Well I'm super excited to see Anthropoid tomorrow. …
Hello folks, happy almost Friday! I'm going to see Steven Spielberg's BFG later this evening, though I have to admit I wasn't really all that excited about it. I sure hope it's entertaining and not as melodramatic as War Horse. Today marks an important day for the UK as voting is under way in a historic …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin + Musings on The White Queen’s Richard III
It's been quite a weekend, it's so sad to hear what happened on Saturday night in Orlando, FL. My thoughts and prayers are with those affected in this horrific act. The cast of Broadway darling Hamilton, led by Lin-Manuel Miranda paid tribute to the victims in a powerful gesture: Tonight's @HamiltonMusical#TonyAwards performance did not include muskets in …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Thoughts on STARZ series ‘The White Queen’ (2013)
My hubby and I usually would spend 15-20 minutes just browsing iTunes and Netflix and agonize over what to watch. So we're sure glad Daredevil Season 2 dropped on Netflix last Friday, as we know what we'll be bingeing on all weekend. But our extent of 'binging' is actually just 3 episodes a day, so we're only about …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Musings on the first half of Daredevil season 2
I finally finished Jessica Jones a couple of weeks ago, nearly 3 months after we fired up the first episode. But hey, better late than never right? I was hoping to finish my post on this series before Daredevil season 2 comes out tonight (Friday 3/18), well it comes pretty darn close! Before I get to my …
Continue reading 10 Things I love about Netflix’s Jessica Jones
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