Trivia ➙ she dated her Bohemian Rhapsody co-star Rami Malek from 2017 to 2023.
The book is a non-Marple, non-Poirot Christie, which gives the writer adapting it some freedom.
The mystery hinges on the cryptic question of the title – why didn’t they ask Evans? – pronounced by a dying man, after a fall from the cliffs on a north Wales golf course.
Bobby and his friend Lady Frances Derwent have adventures as they solve the mystery of the man’s last words.
The three-part series became available on BritBox on April 2022.
After being fired from her job as a lab tech, chemist Elizabeth Zott uses her new job hosting a 1950s TV cooking show titled Supper at Six to educate housewives on scientific topics.
Alice Halsey as daughter Madeline “Mad” Zott is perfect.
I liked the show so much I downloaded Lessons in Chemistry, the novel by Bonnie Garmus (2022).
Stephanie Merritt of The Guardian praised the author’s ability in creating a “richly comic novel around a character who is entirely deadpan” …
Elisabeth Egan called the book “irresistible, satisfying and full of fuel” and claimed that “feminism is the catalyst” …
Michael Byers from Cascadia Daily News wrote that the “heroine is brave, original and completely unafraid” …
The debut novel was a hit when published 2022.
A brilliant idea, I feel. In an era when ReTrumplicans want to go back to the 1950s — this book reveals how unfairly women were treated in the not-so-distant past.
When they say MAGA — the Great Again was this era of American history when women and minorities were treated so badly. For me, MAGA = racist. MAGA = sexist.
A highlight of the book is the dog Six-Thirty. And that’s well done in the show, as well.
All of the changes made from book to screen were for the better, I feel.
Aja Naomi King as Harriet Sloane is a much more interesting friend / neighbour on TV than in the novel.
And a good reminder that the most dangerous thing most of us do is to climb into motorized vehicles.
… Bloody wasp.
Another Anthony Horowitz mini-series.
Collision (2009) is a five-part British television drama serial …
… the story of a group of strangers whose lives intertwine following a devastating car crash. The crash opens a number of startling revelations as stories of everything from government cover-ups and smuggling, to embezzlement and murder start to unravel. …
Jo Woodcock is particularly good as Jodie Tolin, a teenager paralyzed in a car crash — now trying to find a way forward in life.
Lucy Griffiths as Jane Tarrant is very appealing, as well. Oddly, her story has very little to do with the collision. It’s more like Love, Actually … with a twist.
… Beyond the crumpled cars and beleaguered emergency services are the invisible dramas and when DI John Tolin begins his investigation he finds himself drawn into many different and dangerous worlds including government cover-ups, smuggling, torn relationships and murder. …
Another charming British novel with an elderly heroine.
The Marlow Murder Club (2021) focuses on a group of older women who form a club to investigate a series of killings in Marlow.
It was published in January 2021 to overwhelmingly positive reviews. … The second book in the series, Death Comes to Marlow, was nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe award for Best Cosy Crime novel published in the USA in 2022.
It’s an insight into the American public school system. ReTrumplicans insist on reducing funding for public education, while subsidizing rich kids in private schools.
The GOP later complains about crime when these same underfunded kids can’t make it in a nation with poor health care and a $7.25 / hour minimum wage.
Initially developed for the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, it has since been used in other productions and has been cited as a revolutionary visual effects technology.
Right. This show is much about empowerment of women. None of the cast like the decision.
Abort the Court
I laughed to see Jon Hamm joining the cast as tech billionaire Paul Marks (Jeff Bezos?, Elon Musk?). For sure billionaires controlling old media is an important issue in 2023.
The charm of this unlikely threesome has worn off.
This is the weakest season, so far. They are trying too hard. And it’s a bit painful to watch.
One tell is the increase in profanity. When the script isn’t all that compelling — writers add some swearing to shock the audience. Jon Stewart and John Oliver are guilty of this, as well.
BUT at least the cast is still having fun.
Martin Short and Steve Martin are best of friends in real life. I’m sure they consider this venture a bit of a party. Inviting their friends as celebrity cameos.
It IS worth watching season 3 for Meryl Streep.
AND there are some good 1-liners each episode.
Selena Gomez as snarky Mabel increasingly steals the show. You actually worry about her getting her life together. Yes, the same young woman who’s the most followed on Instagram looks lost at times as she approaches age-30 in this show.
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