Loosely based on Daniel O’Malley’s novel "The Rook Files", this TV series stars Shameless and The Path alum Emma Greenwell, costars Joely Richardson and Olivia Munn. Premise: Myfanwy Thomas finds herself at Millennium Bridge in London surrounded by dead bodies with no memory of how she came to be there. She soon discovers that she … Continue reading The Rook | Season Review
I didn't know what it was about when I started the show. I saw that Zachary Quinto (Star Trek Beyond) and Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Micro from Netflix's The Punisher were in it, and knew it was based on Joe Hill's novel "NOS4A2" or "NOS4R2" if you're in the UK. Created by Jami O'Brien (Flesh and Bone) … Continue reading TV Review: NOS4A2 (Season 1) | Creepy, with a lot of Potential and Filler
A review of the sophomore season of Killing Eve
After watching a trailer for the show, I was in. I thought that Ryan O'Connell, the creator, writer, star and producer was compelling in that trailer. The show is based on O'Connell's memoir "I'm Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves." co-starring with O'Connell is Friends alum Jessica Hecht, Punam Patel (Space Force), Augustus Prew … Continue reading TV Review: Special (S1) | A Nice Surprise with Heart and Laughs
When the show first aired, I watched it intent on reviewing the season. Out of the eight episodes, I only wrote few thoughts on episode one and three, about how slick and polished the series looks, and how I still didn't know what was going on by the third episode. The series got on my … Continue reading A Discovery of Witches (Season 1 review) | Leaner, Effective, and Exciting
After Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford, Ben Affleck, and Chris Pine in films, writer-producers Carlton Cuse (Locke & Key, The Witches of Eastwick (1992), Bates Motel) & Graham Roland (Dark Winds, Fringe, Almost Human) are bringing Tom Clancy's most popular character Jack Ryan to the small screen. Not based on a particular Clancy novel, since these … Continue reading Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan (S1 Review) | Nuanced & Well Balanced
This British spy thriller series by Fleabag Phoebe Waller-Bridge is based on the collection of novellas "Code Villanelle" by Luke Jennings. The series stars Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy), Jodie Comer (The White Princess), Fiona Shaw (True Blood), and Kim Bodnia (The Letter). Premise: It centers around a desk bound British intelligence investigator, obsessed with female serial killers, … Continue reading TV Review: Killing Eve (S1) | Quirky but interesting
Based on Rick Yancey’s novel of the same name J Blakeson delivered a silver screen adaptation starring Chloë Grace Moretz, Nick Robinson, Alex Roe, and Liev Schreiber. Premise: Four waves of increasingly deadly attacks have left most of Earth in ruin. Against a backdrop of fear and distrust, Cassie is on the run, desperately trying to … Continue reading The 5th Wave (Movie Review) | The Fifth Misopportunity
Based on a 1990 novel by Michael Crichton "Jurassic Park" was directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Sam Neil, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Samuel L. Jackson & Richard Attenborough. The premise: During a preview tour, a theme park suffers a major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur exhibits to run amok. Review: Jurassic Park starts off … Continue reading Jurassic Park | Movies Review
Premise: Follows the story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened. When she is forced to marry Jamie Fraser, a chivalrous and romantic young Scottish warrior, a passionate relationship is ignited … Continue reading Outlander (S1 Review) | Soppy, Cheesy & Dark but it’s so Riveting
Worn Out Spines 