A LOTR-type fantasy, with five young people leaving their tiny village under the protection of a powerful sorceress (who is an Aes Sedai) and her loyal fighting companion. One of the young people may be the Dragon Reborn, who will either save or destroy the world. Many changes were made from the books, which annoyed …
Difficult to categorize: one of the main questions for the viewer is whether this is science fiction or just a story of a troubled person. A young woman starts experiencing visions after a car accident. She develops the ability to move around in time, guided in her travels by her dead father. Except that her …
Political spy thriller on Amazon with John Krazinski as the lead. Well-made and well-acted with Krazinski bringing heart and mind to the character. Enjoyable to watch in the moment but once it is done it is done. The first season was better than the second. The second had some stupidity-driven plot and too-convenient coincidences.
Dramatization of a true scandal in which an English MP (Hugh Grant) conspired to have someone kill his gay lover (Ben Wishaw). Well written and acted, but a frustrating and terrible true story.
An anthology series (different actors and stories each episode), with each episode telling a love story. Amazing actors – Dev Patel, Andrew Scott, Catherine Keener, Tina Fey and more. Importantly, the stories are not necessarily about romantic love – there is friendship, family, and yes – romance, but romance is usually not the main love …
Clever comedy about a superhero dressed as an insect (or maybe he IS an insect) befriending a mild-mannered man named Arthur. They band together to fight crime. Smart and very funny, it finds comedy in surprising places.
It’s hard to describe this. The premise is that present day tv historians have unearthed a Romanian detective/propaganda series from the 1980’s and have dubbed it into English using famous present-day actors — Channing Tatum and Joseph Gordon Levitt voice the leads. The “original” is super-cheesy, overacted with bad effects and casual violence. The dubbing …
Dry, wry story of a woman (Tig Notaro) who returns home to Mississippi to be at the deathbed of her mother and who stays on to rebuild her life. If you like the dry comedy of Tig Notaro, this is your show.