The Stranger on Netflix is very bingeable.
The Stranger is a British mystery thriller series … based on the Harlan Coben novel of the same title. The miniseries premiered on Netflix on 30 January 2020.
A mysterious stranger tells a man a secret that has a devastating impact on his seemingly perfect life. …
It’s complex. But not so complex that you lose track of what’s going on.
Rotten Tomatoes 86%.
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I’ve read most of the Bosch books.
Black Echo is the 1992 début novel by American crime author Michael Connelly. … won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for “Best First Novel” in 1992.
Detective Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch …
… debuted as the lead character in the 1992 novel The Black Echo, the first in a best-selling police procedural series now numbering 21 novels. …
Bosch’s mother was a prostitute in Hollywood who was murdered on October 28, 1961, when Bosch was 11 years old. …
In Vietnam, Bosch was a “tunnel rat” (nicknamed “Hari Kari Bosch”), with the 1st Infantry Division—a specialized soldier whose job it was to go into the maze of tunnels used as barracks, hospitals, and on some occasions, morgues, by the Vietcong and North Vietnamese Army. …
After his return from Vietnam and an honorable discharge from the Army, Bosch joined the LAPD …
Harry is astonishingly unchanged from the beginning nearly 30 years ago.
Titus Welliver in the TV series is quite true to fiction. Season 3 of the Amazon TV series, Bosch, is loosely adapted from this novel.
I’d enjoyed these similar TV shows …
… so tried something quite similar – Better than Us
It’s the first Russian television series to make it to Netflix.
I made it through 8 of the 16 episodes before finally giving up. The pace too slow. The English dubbed audio hilariously bad.
Paulina Andreeva is shockingly realistic as a killer robot.
The little daughter in the show played by Vita Kornienko is fantastic too.
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If you are looking for binge worthy TV, I’d recommend Sense8 on Netflix.
Plenty of sex. Nudity. Language.
It’s strange. Original. Brave.
Confusing at times. Plot line could be stronger.
Like so many American TV shows bullets never seem to hit good guys. Punches to the face leave no damage.
The show’s first season introduced a multinational ensemble cast … portraying eight strangers from different parts of the world who suddenly discover that they are “sensates”: human beings who are mentally and emotionally linked.
It was praised for its representation of LGBTQ characters and themes, …
To properly tell the international aspects of the story, filming for Sense8 took place almost entirely on location around the globe.
All 8 are good as are the supporting cast members. But best of the best for me is Miguel Ángel Silvestre as Lito Rodriguez, a Mexican actor playing a Mexican actor.
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Meyer is best known for her vampire romance series Twilight, which has sold over 100 million copies. They made her a multi-millionaire.
Thought they are YA, I kinda enjoyed those books.
The Chemist (2006) is her second adult book. As a Mormon, there is no no drinking, smoking, or explicit sex scenes in her work. So this one reads something like a YA novel.
For me there was too much time dedicated to romance, as well.
Mormons have no aversion to violence, it seems. This bloody book has a super competent female protagonist called Alex – she’s a medic and an interrogator who worked for a shadowy branch of the US government torturing terrorists before her bosses turned on her.
Known as the Chemist, because she used to squeeze the truth out of her suspects with excruciatingly painful drug concoctions
Now she is a fugitive.
There are some new-to-me plot twists and surprises that makes me recommend the read to those who enjoy thrillers.
Meyer said she was inspired by the Jason Bourne character while writing this book.
A television series based on The Chemist is planned.
related – The Guardian review
Season 2 is not as good as season 1 in my opinion.
Laura Linney is more the most important lead as the complex story line gets increasingly unbelievable.
Evan George Vourazeris is excellent as Tuck. I wish he appeared more often.
And veteran actor Harris Yulin is superb as Buddy Dyker.
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An original, creative and surprising television series.
I recommend Ozark.
Though it’s no Breaking Bad, that’s the nearest comparison.
Ozark is an American crime drama …
Economic advisor Martin “Marty” Byrde suddenly relocates the family from the Chicago suburb of Naperville to the summer resort community of Osage Beach, Missouri, after a money laundering scheme goes wrong, and he must make amends to a Mexican drug cartel by setting up a bigger laundering operation in the Ozarks.
When the Byrdes arrive in Missouri, they become entangled with local criminals including the Langmores and Snells …
The show is set at a modest waterfront resort at Lake of the Ozarks …
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I heard so much buzz about The Good Place that I finally watched season 1.
It’s pretty good.
The series focuses on Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell), who wakes up in the afterlife and is introduced by Michael (Ted Danson) to “the Good Place”, a highly selective Heaven-like utopia he designed, as a reward for her righteous life.
However, she realizes that she was sent there by mistake and must hide her morally imperfect behavior while trying to become a better and more ethical person. …
… the show’s exploration and creative use of ethics and philosophy have been positively received …
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I’d assumed much of the confusion about what was happening in season 1 would be made clear in season 2.
It was still too bizarre for me though the score on Rotten Tomatoes went up to 92%.
Weird and non-cliche. Critics loved it.
But Netflix cancelled after two seasons. And I’m OK with that.
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Weird. Original. Ambitious.
The OA is everything GOOD about the NEW Golden Age of streaming TV.
I have to give Brit Marling credit, both producing and staring.
The OA (Original Angel) is an American mystery drama web television series with science fiction, supernatural and fantasy elements.
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Rotten Tomatoes is 77% critical approval. But the series finished after season 2.
Trans actor Ian Alexander plays Michelle. A quiet, yet groundbreaking performance, I thought.
The interdimensional sci-fi Netflix series The OA from Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij is, like many of their projects, unapologetic when it comes to having a complex narrative that would make your brain bleed.
Rick McCharles 