The excellent TV series Killing Eve was based on this book series. The TV show is better — though the book is well written. Well researched.
It would appear — at the start — to be yet another Russian female super assassin. Villanelle is not much different than the last 6 Russian sexy super killers I’ve encountered. Another La Femme Nikita.
The slightly new twist is exploring Villanelle’s weird personal connection of sex and death.
In any case, I’ll be reading the next 2 books in the series.
The Flight Attendant is a novel by Chris Bohjalian, published on March 13, 2018.
It was quickly adapted for TV. AND a second season has already been lit. It’s had great reviews. Especially for Kaley Cuoco playing the hot mess alcoholic party … girl?
The TV show is better than the book. Quite entertaining. Of course the plot is silly silly.
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The plot premise hooked me right away. Woman has a drunken one night stand — wakes up next morning to find the guy dead. His throat slashed.
BUT the rest of the book is average at best.
Now that the shock of Villanelle being an emotionless psychopath has been established, season 2 is not nearly as good as season 1.
One good plot thread concerned finance manager Aaron Peel. But it ended in an unsatisfying way. Writers couldn’t come up with anything better?
And the weird relationship between an MI6 specialist nerd and a Russian professional killer isn’t convincing.
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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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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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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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A fan of by Steve Martin & Martin 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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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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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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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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