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the queen’s gambit

I’m pretty sure when I first heard of this Netflix series, I thought it was about the Royal Family. But, as it turns out, it’s a fictional story about a chess prodigy. It was quite engaging. I liked it a lot. Not only was it a good story, but I …

griselda

I had high hopes for this limited series since it was created by the same team that brought us Narcos. Unfortunately, it fell a little flat. And it did not do justice to showing what a truly horrible person Griselda Blanco was, but I blame this on the writers and …

under the banner of heaven

The patriarchy is alive and well in the Mormon church. Could you imagine having to take orders from your husband in this day and age? And, I’m not even talking about the fundamentalists, who take center stage in this limited series, which is about the murder of a young Mormon …

letterkenny

This show finally came to an end. The final six episodes were released last week and I watched them in short order. Sometimes this show was incredibly funny, other times it was incredibly stupid. But, it was fun to watch and I loved all of the quotable dialog. And I …

the patient

This was a decent limited series, starring Steve Carrell. In it, he played a therapist who was abducted by his patient (who happened to be a serial killer). I felt the first half of the series was a bit more engaging than the second–things started dragging a little by the …