My Year in TV Shows Based on Books: Emotional Attachments, and a Very Serious Top 5

2025, I watched 26 TV shows based on books, which sounds impressive until you realize most of them were selected via a highly scientific method known as chaos clicking. Some were carefully anticipated, others were “oh, hey, that’s based on a book?” discoveries. All of them fed into my ongoing fascination with adaptations as their … Continue reading My Year in TV Shows Based on Books: Emotional Attachments, and a Very Serious Top 5

Murder in a Small Town (Season 2 Premiere Review) | Cozy Crime Is Back

Promotional banner for Murder in a Small Town Season 2 Premiere featuring, a brooding man peers from the shadows of a forest, while a woman stands behind him, half-lit by the fading light.

Murder in a Small Town returns for Season 2, with Karl Alberg (Rossif Sutherland) facing new challenges as his jurisdiction expands and his relationship with Cassandra (Kristin Kreuk) faces unexpected difficulties. The premiere balances small-town charm, guest star surprises, and light crime-solving in this cozy Canadian drama. Here’s my review of episode one.

The Crow (2024) | Trailer

Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

What If…? (S2 Premiere Review) | A Detective Noir Delight with Blade Runner Vibes

Review The last season of What If was so impressive that I was curious to see what was in store for the second season. This show has the license to continually do what the most highly regarded MCU movies have done, which is mix and match genres. Each episode has the opportunity to be as … Continue reading What If…? (S2 Premiere Review) | A Detective Noir Delight with Blade Runner Vibes