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Outer Range is a 2022 Amazon series. 10/10 stars for episode 1 which I thoroughly enjoyed. It was a great setup. 0/10 stars for episode 2 which tanked the series. Clearly not written by an actual science fiction nerd. Episode … Continued
Bad Vegan is a 2022 Netflix documentary series about Sarma Melngailis and Anthony Strangis’ theft of approximately $6 million. 8 out of 10 stars. This was very well done. I had never heard of this case (I’m from the west … Continued
Pieces of Her is a Netflix series of 8 one-hour episodes taken from the Karin Slaughter novel of the same name. 3 out of 10 stars. In theory this could have been a great series, but casting was poor, the … Continued
Cruise Ship Killers is a 2020 series about deaths aboard cruise ships on international waters. 2/10 stars. This series has a great premise, but the episodes are far from factual and interject too much guesswork. Every single episode had at … Continued
Jo is a 2019 French detective series that takes place in Paris but is told in English. 6/10 stars. This is about an aging addict Parisian cop who returns to work after a heart attack. The cases in this series … Continued
Homicide for the Holidays is a 2016 true crime series on the Peacock network. If you have Comcast then you have access to this channel for free on your flex box even if you are not paying for cable. 8/10 … Continued
Berlin Station is a 2016 spy series with three seasons. 2/10 stars. Season 1 is confusing and almost unwatchable. Watch episodes 9 and 10 and decide if you want to invest the 10 hours. Season 2 was unwatchable. I couldn’t … Continued
Britannia is a 2017 series now in its third season. I honestly don’t know how this series was renewed. Season 1 This is set in Britain 90 years after the fall of Hadrian’s Wall when the Romans left Britain in … Continued
Young Wallander is a prequel to the Wallander series about Swedish detective Kurt Wallander. 8/10 stars for Season 1. This is graphic in the beginning, but it does get better. 2/10 stars for Season 2. Hated it. Season 1 stars … Continued
Marriage Lottery #30 Dig is a sweet romance novel by Caty Callahan. 10/10 stars. I love this author. Her romances are very real and once I begin one, I can’t put it down until I’ve finished. I also love the … Continued
The Disappearance of Crystal Rogers is a 2018 documentary series on the disappearance of Crystal Rogers in 2015 and the other murders surrounding her disappearance in Bardstown, Kentucky. 8 out of 10 stars. This could have been done better, but … Continued
Dead Again is a 1991 film about reincarnation. 6/10 stars. A bit outdated, but still entertaining with a nice twist. A mute woman shows up at a church with horrific nightmares of being stabbed in the throat with sheers. She … Continued
1883 is a 2021 series on Paramount. This is a 10 hour series premiering on Paramount and written by Taylor Sheridan. It’s also a prequel to Sheridan’s series Yellowstone. 2/10 stars. Taylor Sheridan’s stories are hit or miss. This is … Continued
The Tinder Swindler is a 2022 Netflix documentary. 10/10 stars. Excellent documentary on a sociopath who should be put in prison for life. Simon Leviev is a Jewish con man born Shimon Hayut in Israel who has robbed various women … Continued
I Want You Back is a 2022 film about two people who work in the same building and get dumped by their lovers on the same day. They hatch a plot to get them back. 0/10 stars. I can tell … Continued
The Vanishing of Sidney Hall is a 2018 film about a selfish writer who destroys the lives of everyone around him. 4/10 stars. Told out of sequence with everything revealed at the end, this was disappointing. I’d like my two … Continued
Crime is a 2021 series also called Irvine Welsh’s Crime. 0 out of 10 stars. This was really poorly written and incredibly overacted. The average TV viewer is more intelligent that the person who wrote this. Over 6 hours at … Continued
Yellowjackets is a 2021 series by Showtime. 0/10 stars. This isn’t really a series. It’s one long promo for season 2. Bad casting. Dumb plot. Misleading promos. Horrible music. One long headache. This series is told in two time frames. … Continued
Her Last Will is a 2016 film about revenge. 8/10 stars. It starts out slow, but gets much better. The ending will have you laughing out loud. Maggie is an ex-con and dishonorably discharged from the Marines. She’s hired by … Continued
The Encyclopedia of Herbal Medicine, Third American Edition by Andrew Chevallier is a DK book (Dorling Kindersley). They’re famous for their beautifully packaged books. In this one, not so much. 0 out of 10 stars. Clearly this wasn’t put together … Continued