Promising Young Woman — 3.0 Gavels 7.5/10 IMDb
Is Promising Young Woman a revenge movie, or does it cross over into vigilantism? Like Peppermint and Rhythm Section, female revenge movies are…
WandaVision — I Gavels 94% Rotten Tomatoes
Only because this is Disney and Marvel am I giving WandaVision an incomplete. After two episodes, with any other show I would be…
News of the World – 4.0 Gavels 87% Rotten Tomatoes
If Field of Dreams was Kevin Costner‘s testament to baseball and a time gone past, might not the same be said of Tom…
All Creatures Great and Small 4.0 Gavels 8.3/10 IMDb
If your child, or grandchild, wants to be a vet, or just loves animals, consider All Creatures Great and Small. The first episode…
Berlin Dance School — 4.0 Gavels 7.5/10 IMDb
Reminiscent of The Restaurant, Masterpiece brings us Berlin Dance School aka Ku’damm 56 and Ku’damm 59. Season One set in 1956 and Season…
The Miniaturist — 4.0 Gavels 76% Rotten Tomatoes
From The Miniaturist, we know that “every woman is the architect of her own future.” We are also told “things can change.” Based…
Herself — 4.0 Gavels 93% Rotten Tomatoes
Unfairly, Pieces of a Woman gets the hype, but Herself is a much better film. Both involve women in terrible circumstances they must…
Pieces of a Woman — 3.0 Gavels 6.9/10 IMDb
Pieces of a Woman takes you from the pain of childbirth through the searing agony of child loss. As you might imagine, it’s…
The Bureau — 4.0 Gavels 8.7/10 IMDb
The Bureau is to France what Homeland is to the U.S. and Tehran is to Israel. Of course, we are dealing with the…
Prime Suspect — 4.5 Gavels 8.4/10 IMDb
A few years back, I happened upon Prime Suspect: Tennison (aka Prime Suspect 1973). That prequel found 22 year-old Jane Tennison as a…