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post Oct 15 2019, 09:12 PM

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Legacies s2 is so full of suspend.. I wonder if the summoner is dorian
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post Oct 17 2019, 03:17 PM

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Dublin Murders (UK, USA 2019)
Release Date-UK-15 October. USA-10 November
8 Episodes-Weekly-2 episodes available
Creator- Sarah Phelps
Stars- Killian Scott, Sarah Greene.

Adapted from the novels by Irish-American crime writer
Tana French. The series covers two of the books,
In The Woods, and The Likeness.

The series opening;

“What if the killed are the lucky ones?
And the rest of us aren’t lucky at all.
We all are. Rejects".

A tearful Rob Reilly (Killian Scott) asks his colleague
Cassie Maddox (Sarah Greene).

Set in Dublin, Detectives Rob Reilly, and Detective Cassie Maddox
arrive at the crime scene of a 13-year-old ballet dancer
Katherine Devlin who was found dead in the local woods.
She had just been accepted to the Royal Ballet School
in England.
The same wood, the case similar to one twenty years ago,
a connection to the disappearance of three children, Adam,
Peter and Jamie? Only one returned alive.

Neither Cassie nor Rob wants to be on the case.

A man with a troubled past sniffing a recovered garment?
A strong episode one.
The second episode left us with a lot of questions.

We might have to wait a while



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post Oct 18 2019, 12:36 PM

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This looks promising.
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post Oct 19 2019, 12:55 PM

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Giri/Haji (2019-UK)
Released date-18 October.Globally-2020.
8 episodes. (All Available)
Stars-Takehiro Hira, Kelly Macdonald, Yosuke Kubozuka
Aoi Okuyama, Will Sharpe

It began with an untimely death, two murders, one
in London and one in Tokyo, both connected.

In a London apartment a man, Saburo(Masaya Mimura),
nephew of a crime lord Endo has a Fukuhara's sword
buried in his back.

In Tokyo, in a Yakuza restaurant, a scene of mass murder.
The corpses in the restaurant were members of the
Fukuhara family.

To avert a war among Yakuza clans, Tokyo's police detective
Kenzo Mori (Takehiro Hira) is dispatched to London to investigate.
Under the cover of attending a course in Crime Scene Management.

Mori lives with his wife, a troubled daughter(Aoi Okuyama)
and two aging parents.

As Fukuhara himself put it, “someone threw a stone in
a pond a long way away and we’re only just feeling the ripples.”
He thinks his 'dead' brother, Yuto is responsible.
Yuto, who has long been presumed dead.

In London, he meets DC Sarah Weitzmann (Kelly McDonald)
who runs the course he is on. She is struggling with her own
abusive past.
And Rodney (Will Sharpe), a half-Japanese, half-British
rent boy who becomes his guide in London.

A very strong cast.
This one is a winner.

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post Oct 26 2019, 02:06 PM

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Castle Rock: Season 2 (2019-US)
Released Date-23 October
10 episodes-Weekly-First three episodes-available
Creators - Sam Shaw, Dustin Thomason
Executive Producer- by J.J. Abrams
Stars-Lizzy Caplan, Elsie Fisher, Tim Robbins,
Yusra Warsama, Barkhad Abdi

Annie Wilkes (Lizzy Caplan) a single mother and her
16-year-old daughter, Joy (Elsie Fisher) drives across America.

Annie is fleeing from some kind of darkness...

Both were temporarily forced to live in the tiny town of
Castle Rock, Maine after a car accident.
An area called, Jerusalem’s Lot. To start anew.

She begins to work at a local hospital as a part-time nurse.
Around her daughter, Annie Wilkes appears to be a loving but
at work, she is sometimes paranoia.
She may also have bipolar disorder but no therapist has
ever been able to properly diagnose her.
She does evil things and thinks it is justified.
The world left her with no other options.

Season 2 is a fresh story that doesn't require you to have
watched the first season...for now.

A captivating performance from Lizzy Caplan.
Another thrilling ride.
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post Jan 2 2020, 12:15 PM

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Messiah (US 2020)
Release Date- 1 January-10 episode-All avaliable
Creator- Michael Petroni(Miracles)
Stars - Mehdi Dehbi, Michelle Monaghan(Mission Impossible)

The Messiah character first appears in Syria and later
given the name Al-Masih (Mehdi Dehbi)
The name was given to him by the people who are following
him to escape war and find a better life.

He is arrested in Israel after he crosses the border, and is
later interrogated by Aviram (Tomer Sisley) a soldier in the
army.

Religious figures have concerns about Al-Masih.

His huge following also captures the attention of
Eva Geller( Michelle Monaghan) a CIA agent
recently widowed and nursing a secret illness.
She’s losing hair, possibly fatal.
And a complicated relationship with her father.

From Damascus to Jerusalem to Texas, Eva Geller
and her allies attempt to determine who he is and what
his ultimate goal is.

it’s a fictional story. It takes place in the near-present
and is not meant to be any sort of historic account.
It is about faith.

Worth watching, it’s binge-able.
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post Jan 5 2020, 07:20 PM

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watching V-war...nice
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post Jan 15 2020, 03:18 PM

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The New Pope (2020-USA & UK)
10 episodes-weekly
Release Dates-13 Jan-2 episodes available-internet
Writer & Director-Paolo Sorrentino-The Young Pope(2017)/The New Pope
Stars-Jude Law, John Malkovich, Silvio Orlando.

The series picks up where “The Young Pope” left off.
At the end of season one, Jude Law's Pius XIII collapsed
while giving a speech on the balcony on St. Mark's in Venice.

Pope Pius XIII is in a coma after three failed heart transplant.
The Vatican needs a successor, a suitable replacement
to step into Lenny’s conservative robe.

Secretary of State, Cardinal Voiello(Silvio Orlando)
understands that it will not be easy to replace the
Pius XIII. Even though he frequently clashed with young
pontiff in "The Young Pope" but both entered into a mutual
respect as the season progressed.

We did not meet John Brannox (John Malkovich) of the UK until
episode two. John Malkovich takes a very different approach to
his character very differently from Lenny Belardo of Jude Law,
a deeply religious leader and disruptor while the other retired
and reluctant.

And we witness the rise to the papal throne of Sir John
Brannox taking the title of Pope John Paul III.

This series may not be for everyone. But it is a prestige drama
with intelligent comedy.

Can't wait for the next episode.

*Watch season one first.
Jude Law is amazing in "The Young Pope" One of the best of his career.

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"True punishment is served not in prison but in one's soul"
Silvio Orlando (Cardinal Angelo Voiello)The New Pope(2020) Episode 8.



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Star Trek: Picard (2020 USA-UK)
10 episodes-Release Date-23 January- 1 episode available (internet)-weekly
Creators-Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman, and
Kirsten Beyer.
Stars- Patrick Stewart, Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera,
Alison Pill, Michelle Hurd, Harry Treadaway.

Captain Jean-Luc Picard(Sir Patrick Stewart) now a 92-year-old
Starfleet retiree living on the family vineyard (called Chateau
Picard) near the French/Swiss border.

In the timeline of Picard, he’s playing cards with an old friend,
the synthetic Data (Brent Spiner). Data is dead. He sacrificed
himself to save Picard’s life in 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis
(Stewart’s last appearance as Picard)
He still appears in Picard’s dreams.

The new adventure begins when a young woman named Dahj (Isa Briones)
is pursued by assassins. Her boyfriend was murdered in front of her eyes.

Something special about her and Picard is the only man who can help her
help to understand her identity. She has a connection to his past.
She keeps seeing Picard's face in her dreams.
Picard is the only man who can help her? But...

Dahj in some of the impressively-choreographed fight scenes.
One of them, when she fights to protect Picard.

Picard believes that Dahj was a synthetic seeking sanctuary and the
attackers were Romulan.

An android uprising on Mars has led to a crackdown on synthetic beings?
The series ended where we met Dahj’s twin sister Soji (also played by Isa Briones)

The series looks completely new and leap into new territory.
The production design, more realistic look.
Picard no doubt is about(or almost) to assemble a team for his upcoming mission.

A strong start with striking music. The pacing is perfect.
We have to keep watching for the next couple of episodes.

So many questions here.

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Baghdad Central (UK-2020)
Released Date-3 February
6 episodes-Limited series- 1 episode available-weekly.
Stars-Waleed Zuaiter (The Spy) July Namir (Homeland, Collateral)
Leem Lubany(Omar) Bertie Carvel, Corey Stoll(First Man)

Based on the book of the same name by Elliott Colla.

Set in Baghdad in 2003, after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
The Iraqi army and police have disbanded.
The city now occupied by US forces.

The series follows Muhsin Kadr al-Khafaji (Waleed Zuaiter), an Iraqi
and former policeman who struggles to keep his two daughters safe
The eldest rebellious daughter, Swasan (Leem Lubany)and sick younger
daughter, Mrouj (July Namir) He lost his wife to cancer.

Unexpected turn when he discovers Swasan missing.
Seeking to solve the mystery of Sawsan’s disappearance, he
uncovers his daughter has been leading double lives.
A secret life as “Suzy”, as an Arabic translator. She is working for
the Coalition Authority for the American under Professor Zubeida
Rashid(Clara Khoury).

Muhsin is arrested and tortured by US forces in the case of
mistaken identity.
Then and there he comes across a British ex-police
officer, Frank Temple(Bertie Carve). His mission is to rebuild the
Iraqi Police Force from the ground up.
He recruits Muhsin as a police officer in the Green Zone.

We follow a father's mission to find his missing estranged daughter in a
lawless society.


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Didn't know I needed a modern iteration of Peaky Blinders. This looks good!
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Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist (2020-US)
12 episodes.Release Date- 7 January-weekly (2 episodes available)
Creator- Austin Winsberg.
Stars- Jane Levy, Skylar Astin, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart,
Peter Gallagher and Mary Steenburgen.

Zoey Clarke (Jane Levy), an insecure but ambitious coder
at a Bay Area startup tech company run by her boss (Lauren Graham)

Her mother (Mary Steenburgen) care for her dad (Peter Gallagher)
is nearly non-communicative who suffers from Progressive
Supranuclear Palsy (PSP)
She struggles and tries figuring out how to treat it with her
mum and brother.

She begins experiencing headaches herself.

A mishap in an MRI machine suddenly gives her the
ability to hears- sees -desires-
people express their inner thoughts through music.
A power that not only allows her to connect with other people
but also allows her to help.

A likeably musical dramedy. It is entertaining.
There is talent, the musical numbers are energetic and well-staged.
A promising 2 episodes start.


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I Am Not Okay With This (2020-USA)
Premieres-Feb. 26. 7 episodes-30 mins-All available
Director- Jonathan Entwistle
Stars-Sophia Lillis (Sharp Objects), Wyatt Oleff, Sofia Bryant


Based upon the Charles Forsman graphic novel of the same name.

Sydney (Sophia Lillis), live in a small town somewhere in Pennsylvania
A year since her father committed suicide in the basement of their home.
Her mother(Rose Perkins) have to work endless shifts to make ends meet.
Sydney cannot figure how to interact with other kids her age with the
exception of her BFF, Dina (Sofia Bryant) whom she have a crush with.

And she has telekinetic powers and her anger motivates it.

As the series goes on, Sydney begins to learn to control her growing
powers and understanding of her father’s death.

It ends with Sydney asking the dark figure appears out of a cloud of smoke,

"Should I be afraid?"

The series delivered engaging characters, talented young cast and
Lillis’s wonderful performance.
30 minutes per episode, easy to binge-watch.


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hunters, anyone?
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Devs (2020-US)
Release Date-5 March. 8 Episodes-Limited series-weekly-2 episodes available
Creator - Alex Garland(Ex Machina, Annihilation)
Director- Alex Garland
Star-Sonoya Mizuno, Alison Pill(Star Trek: Picard), Nick Offerman
Zach Grenier, Jin Ha


Lily Chan(Sonoya Mizuno), an engineer at tech giant company, Amaya,
works alongside with her AI programmer boyfriend Sergei (Karl Glusman)

Owned by Forest (Nick Offerman) with his lieutenant Katie (Alison Pill) and
his chief of security, Kenton (Zach Grenier)
Forest is driven by a very personal wound. Driven by lost love.

Sergei is reassigned within the company’s mysterious Devs department.
He didn't come home after his first day. Lily panic.
She tracks him down and eventually learns of his death.

Lily believes her employer is behind the murder of her boyfriend.
She is forced to explore what his boyfriend found out at Devs and
find herself drawn into a world of corporate espionage.

A little slow pace but it is worth the journey.
Plenty to unpack. Plenty to keep you engaged.


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The same people behind Gomorrah. So you have gritty and dark human drama. An alternative to Netflix's Narcos but tonally this is in line with Sicario. Gorgeous cinematography with capable cast.
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ozark season 3!!!!!
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post Mar 29 2020, 01:03 PM

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babylon berlin is pretty good
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babylon berlin, is a nice german series - what a pleasure to see a good non-american and non-netflixian series!

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Upload (2020-US)
Release Date- 1st May.10 episodes-All available
Pilot-45 minutes.9 Episodes-23 minutes.
Creator-Greg Daniels
Stars- Robbie Amell, Andy Allo, Zainab Johnson.

It sets in the year 2033.
27-year-old Nathan Brown (Robbie Amell) an app maker,
ends up nearly killed in an automated car accident.
Before dying he chose to get uploaded in virtual
afterlife, the Horizon organization's “Lakeview,”
where people after their deaths can upload themselves
to a digital heaven. The deceased can still remain in
constant contact with living loved ones.

Not everyone died can afford to be get uploaded.
Everything you want is there but for a price.
Only what's best fits your finances.
There is even a "2 Gigs" underground space for the poor!

An amiable series but is also a light comedy.
Some small twist and turn which can
put you in a thrill too. There is compelling subplots, the
bond between Nathan and his customer service
representative Nora (Andy Allo).

Nathan's auto collision actually a mishap?
You can binge all 10 episodes in one sitting.


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