Lark Rise To Candleford — 3.0 Gavels 8.1/10
It is the unfortunate luck of Lark Rise To Candleford that I watched it after Ripper Street. While this ten-part Season One compares…
Month: September 2020
Ripper Street — 4.5 Gavels 94% Rotten Tomatoes
Jack the Ripper killed and mutilated at least five women, maybe as many as eleven, primarily prostitutes, in the Whitechapel area (not yet…
Garrow’s Law — 4.5 Gavels 8.3/10 IMDB
Following The Crimson Petal and Cranford, here comes Garrow’s Law and British Period Piece Week. For the uninitiated, William Garrow was a famous…
Cranford — 4.0 Gavels 8.3/10 IMDb
Judi Dench (Artemis Fowl, M in 007 movies) is well-known; Eileen Atkins (Doc Martin) less so. In Cranford, as spinster sisters, they put…
The Crimson Petal and The White – 3.0 Gavels 7.6/10 IMDb
If you Google the Best British Period Pieces, The Crimson Petal and The Rose is one of the selections. I am unclear about…
Love Guaranteed – 2.0 Gavels 52% Rotten Tomatoes
Love Guaranteed positives are a cute little orange car and scenes of Seattle. The negatives of Love Guaranteed are everything else. This is…
Thursday Morning Coffee — 9/17/20
Prescient? Recently, I’ve become more and more uncomfortable reviewing teen shows because of the sexualization of underage girls (Teenage Bounty Hunters). So, it…
Love Life — 3.0 Gavels 62% Rotten Tomatoes
Like Ricky Nelson in Garden Party, is Anna Kendrick trying to change her Pitch Perfect image? If so, I’m not sure that Love…
War and Peace — 4.0 Gavels 88% Rotten Tomatoes
Even if you are familiar with shows such as The Crown and Versailles, the grandeur portrayed in War and Peace can be stunning….
Young Wallander – 3.5 Gavels 6.7/10 IMDb
If BBC wins awards with Wallander, why not try an origin series with Young Wallender. After all, it worked with Endeavor and Prime…