My journey into The Wheel of Time's world really started with the series Rafe Judkins created, I read "The Eye Of The World" before the Season One premiere but the TV series prompted my reading of the first book at the time. Even if Robert Jordan's books were sitting on my TBR for some time. … Continue reading The Wheel of Time (S2 Review) | The Show That Required The Ring Of Power’s Budget.
Rafe Judkins (Creators) & Robert Jordan (Novels) CAST Rosamund PikeDaniel Henney Madeleine MaddenZoë RobinsJosh StradowskiMarcus RutherfordDónal FinnCeara Coveney Review There were elements of season one - changes - that I didn't mind at all, but in this three-episode season premiere these changes seemed a bit pointless, at least so far. I'm mostly referring to Moiraine's … Continue reading The Wheel of Time (Season 2) | Premiere Review
The Wheel of Time is a high fantasy series inspired by the bestselling book series by Robert Jordan, with three of the 15 novels written by Brandon Sanderson after Jordan's death. Writer-producer Rafe Judkins (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Hemlock Grove) is at the helm of the show and in the cast we have familiar names and faces like … Continue reading The Wheel of Time (S1 Review) | Streamlined to Near Perfection
Director Mikkel Nørgaard teamed up again with Nikolaj Lie Kaas & Fares Fares to adapt the second volume of Jussi Alder-Olsen Department Q book series. Premise: In The Keeper of Lost Causes / Mercy we were introduced to detective Carl Mørck, a deeply flawed, brilliant detective newly assigned to run Department Q, the home of … Continue reading The Absent One / Disgrace (Fasandræberne) | Movie Review
The first adaptation of Jussi Alder-Olsen Department Q book series is a dark psychological crime film directed by Mikkel Nørgaard. The movie stars Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Sonja Richter & Fares Fares. The plot revolves around Carl Morck, a Copenhagen detective, whose mistake on the field left him remorseful and got him to the department Q - cold … Continue reading The Keeper of Lost Causes / Mercy (Kvinden i buret) | Movie Review
Child 44 is Daniel Espinoza’s silver screen adaptation of the eponymous novel by Tom Rob Smith. The film stars Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, Gary Oldman, Joel Kinnaman, Charles Dance, & Vincent Cassel. Premise: A disgraced member of the military police investigates a series of nasty child murders during the Stalin-era Soviet Union. Review: Child 44 has … Continue reading Child 44 | Movie Review
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