Contains Spoilers! The other day I wrote about Seasons 1 – 2 of the TV series “Billions.” I drew the analogy of the Toronto Maple Leafs, a good team, and the Boston Bruins, a great team, implying that Billions was like the Leafs but not the Bruins. In other words, good but not great. That… Read More Season 3 of the TV series “Billions” – Review
Pluto TV just became available in Canada. Actually, it was here on December 1st but I checked in November after thinking it would be up and running in the fall of 2022. When it didn’t work in November, I figured some licensing deal fell through. Then Christmas came so I didn’t think to check again.… Read More Take a little trip back… with Pluto TV
Contains spoilers… Do not read if you plan on watching this! Last night I binge-watched a few episodes of Season 4 of the Italian crime drama Gomorrah and this morning want to make few comments, even though I haven’t finished watching the final DVD-4 of Season 4. Mostly I want to talk about the lead… Read More Gomorrah – Season 4, almost
SPOILER ALERT! Don’t read this if you haven’t already seen it! Now that Gomorrah is streaming on a few networks, I thought I’d mention some of the highlights that jumped out for me in Season Three. Most notably, we have two very strong woman characters, Annalisa (Cristina Donadio) and Patrizia (Cristiana Dell’Anna). Annalisa is a… Read More Gomorrah – Season Three
How have the revelations behind Harvey Weinstein’s court cases changed how Hollywood works? Source: Harvey Weinstein: Hollywood reflects on MeToo impact as new trial begins – BBC News Opinion: Too many sex scenes in TV and movies these days. That’s what I say. I mean, if you are so deprived that your needs are only… Read More Harvey Weinstein: Hollywood reflects on MeToo impact as new trial begins – BBC News | Opinion
Gomorrah (Italian: Gomorra – La serie) is an Italian crime drama television series created by Roberto Saviano for Sky Atlantic. Based on Saviano’s book of the same name, the show premiered on Sky Atlantic in Italy on 6 May 2014 and ran for five seasons; the final season aired in 2021. The 2008 film of the same name is loosely based on the same book, but unrelated… Read More Gomorrah – Season One | Review
Warning, contains major spoilers and I strongly suggest not reading this if you have any intention of watching this series for the first time Sigh. He’s gone. Not only is the TV series over (for me) but the actual guy, James Gandolfini, is dead, so I can’t bug him at his website like I used… Read More The Sopranos’ surprising finale (some 15 years late)
Yes, folks, the summer is winding down. In Canada, we have a long weekend and then Tuesday things go back to normal… err the new normal. Not having a cottage anymore means I don’t have to stand out on the rocks, wresting with a block and tackle, pulling up boats out of the water. In… Read More We’re all going back to school some way or another…
I just watched a few more episodes and updated this. Still not finished the series and will miss it when I do. The update concerns the paragraph “Unlike really dumb shows about time travel…” (See also edits log in comments) Warning – Contains Spoilers! The last ‘Western’ Netflix production that interested me was Lost In… Read More Updated! – Sisyphus: The Myth – Netflix may be on the skids but with a little digging, there’s still good stuff to watch
You can learn a lot about a people’s culture by watching their film and TV. No, I’m not talking about the official narrative—the plot, character development, and so forth. Although that tells us something too. What is really revealing is what passes by as “taken for granted” norms. By that, I mean things like jokes,… Read More Better Than Us – Review
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