Pembrokeshire Murders

Good TV.

This is the 13th in a series of ITV mini-series featuring notorious British murder cases of the past two centuries.

Pembrokeshire Murders is a British three-part television drama miniseries, based on the Pembrokeshire murders by Welsh serial killer John Cooper. …

In 2006, newly promoted Detective Superintendent Steve Wilkins decided to reopen two unsolved 1980s murder cases linked with a string of burglaries. New advances in technology for Forensic DNA analysis, witness reports and artists impressions of the suspect …

Luke Evans is excellent in the lead.

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Killing Eve – season 1

Everyone loves Killing Eve. Surprising. Funny. Never boring.

I’ve always like Sandra Oh and she’s very good in this. Vulnerable. Conflicted.

But it’s Jodie Comer as the weird psychopathic assassin who steals every scene.

Stumbling, uncertain Sandra Oh taking on a super villain seems unfair. But they have some kind of mutual obsession.

All the other actors are good too.

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Doors Open by Ian Rankin (2008)

I’ve read all 23 of Rankin‘s Rebus novels.

Doors Open is a stand-alone thriller. No Rebus or Fox.

The plot is good.

With a vast collection but limited wall space, the National Gallery (on the TV adaptation, a Scottish bank) has many more valuable works of art in storage than it could ever display.

The plan is to stage a heist at the Granton storage depot on “Doors Open Day” during which a selected group of paintings will be “stolen”.

The gang will then give the appearance of having panicked and fled without the works of art, but will have switched the real paintings with high quality forgeries good enough to convince anyone investigating the matter that no theft has been committed. …

Like many Rebus fans, I found the book lacking.

The screen version looks to be more entertaining.

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Only Murders in the Building 

A fan of by Steve MartinMartin Short, I was bound to enjoy Only Murders.

Selena Gomez? … Who? I’m not her demographic.

But having the old comedians team up with a young female singer was smart. She’s the right age to make fun of both.

As I’ve come to expect, Steve plays the straight man. Martin the comic.

And we can all make fun of true crime obsessives listening to podcasts. 😀

I’m already looking forward to the second season.

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Mare of Easttown – fantastic

Wow.

We’re living in the golden age of television.

Complex story telling. Superb acting. Realistic dialogue.

All the acting is good. I particularly liked Chief Carter played by John Douglas Thompson.

Give Kate Winslet ALL the Emmys.

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Loki – season 1

I’m no particular fan of the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).

BUT I do like Tom Hiddleston. And I do like Owen Wilson, though he’s only capable of playing Owen Wilson.

First 5 of 6 episodes of season 1 are entertaining. The visuals and special effects well done.

The best super hero movies make fun of super hero movies. Self-parody. I’d say that’s true with this TV series too.

There’s a female version of Loki called “Sylvie”. That storyline didn’t work for me.

Also … the ending. Is that the best they could do?

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Line of Duty – season 6

Excellent, as always.

Season 6 might be the best yet.

Police corruption officers Ted Hastings (Adrian Dunbar) and DI Steve Arnott (Martin Compston) investigate DCI Joanne Davidson (Kelly Macdonald) and her team.

That team now includes former corrutption officer DI Kate Fleming (Vicky McClure).

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Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

I was surprised how much I enjoyed this book.

It’s not historical fiction, however. The olde English dialogue is anachronistic.

But for some reason, the story works.

Anticipate an adaptation for the screen.

Two time frames:

Late 1700s London. An apothecary who sells poisons only to kill misbehaving men. And her curious 12-year-old assistant.

Modern day London. An American woman who’s whose marriage is disintegrating — by chance — decides to investigate the apothecary.

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The Mandalorian – season 1

With a new subscription to Disney+ , I finally got the chance to watch Mandalorian.

Though not a big Star Wars franchise fan, I did enjoy season 1.

It’s silly, escapist Western space cowboy TV — but with excellent production values. Entertaining — as was Firefly.

Beginning five years after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983) and the fall of the Galactic Empire, The Mandalorian follows Din Djarin, a lone Mandalorian bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy.

He is hired by remnant Imperial forces to retrieve the child Grogu (Baby Yoda), but instead goes on the run to protect the infant …

Nick Nolte was a good choice for the voice of Kuiil. An interesting character.

Gina Carano as Cara Dune, a former Rebel shock trooper-turned-mercenary is good too.

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Only Murders in the Building – season 1

FUNNY TV. I enjoyed this a lot.

Damn.

I subscribed to Disney+ STAR Canada.

Another CAD $12 / month on my pandemic long list of monthly recurring bills.

As HULU is not available in Canada, to watch Only Murders in the Building I was forced to sign-up for Disney.

I’ll unsubscribe from Netflix for a while.

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