PODCAST-DARK MATTER TV SERIES I attended seventh grade at Nathan Hale, a junior high school in a small industrial city. Much of the “educational” energy expended in the school involved teachers breaking up fights. Most of my personal energy was expended by running home from school every day to avoid getting beaten up. I wasn’t
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PODCAST-STERLING POINT-TV SERIES If you watch a trailer for the eight-episode series, Sterling Park, you might be tempted to dismiss it as a Disney-like teen show, but you would be wrong. Yes, there are a few “Disney” moments but on the whole director, Megan Park, delivers a tale well told, addressing important issues with nuance
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PODCAST-WIDOW’S BAY-TV SERIES I did not have helicopter parents. My first exposure to horror films was watching The Haunting at age ten with my father. Dear Dad, always the jokester, jump scared me at a tense moment of the movie, an event that shaved a decade off my life. Years later, in college, I stupidly
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LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO WATCH? LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO WATCH? Here are four possibilities: Doc: a TV series A life shattering event plunges Dr. Amy Larsen into bitterness and cynicism. Played by Molly Parker, the physician becomes chief of staff at a busy hospital. For the next eight years, her acid tongue and aggressive behavior
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PODCAST-TASK-TV SERIES If you’ve read very many of my movie reviews, you’ll know that I love dark movies with redemptive underpinnings. The seven-episode TV series, Task, fits the bill. This crime procedural was written by Brad Inglesby, who also penned Mare of Eastown. Both series do a brilliant job of capturing gritty blue-collar life. Mare
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PODCAST-SMOKE-TV SERIES Smoke is a nine-episode Apple TV series based on Dennis Lehane’s book, Firebug. This thriller is dark and gritty, with its main theme being no one can escape the negative effects of a traumatic childhood. All the primary characters have backstories that have left them flawed. The writing is good and is often
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PODCAST-HIGH POTENTIAL-TV SERIES Lately, I’ve been seeking low key, stress-free entertainment to keep my mind off reality. The television series High Potential fits the bill. Single mom, Morgan Gillory (played by Kaitlin Olson), is an exuberantly inappropriate savant whose antics get her in trouble with employers, past husbands, and the law, most specifically the LAPD,
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PODCAST-THE PERFECT COUPLE-TV SERIES Last week, as I searched Netflix, I came across a trailer for The Perfect Couple, a six-episode murder mystery starring Nicole Kidman, Liv Schreiber, and Eve Hewson. Even though the trailer hooked me with its quick succession of funny one-liners, I wondered if the show would be just a stale
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PODCAST-TV REVIEW-PRESUMED INNOCENT Years ago, I read Scott Turow’s book, Presumed Innocent. Later, I saw the movie starring Harrison Ford. I liked both, so when Apple released David Kelley’s television adaptation, I decided to watch it. I vaguely remembered the plot. But, as it turned out, that didn’t matter. David Kelley made significant changes to
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DEAR EDWARDREVIEW OF APPLE TV SERIES I’ve just finished watching the tenth and final episode of Dear Edward, a drama series you can stream on Apple TV. I loved this show, great writing, gorgeous cinematography, lovely music and wonderful acting, even down to the most minor of characters. The series is one of the best
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