by mike | Nov 2, 2026 | Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Movies, Uncategorized |
In another week or so, Ebenezer, a new version of Charles Dickens’ classic novella, A Christmas Carol, will hit the movie theaters. Johnny Depp, if you can believe it, will portray the main character, the curmudgeonly, miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. I, for one, have no...
by mike | Aug 24, 2026 | Crime, Mysteries, Mystery Series, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
The British crime drama from Acorn TV, The Chelsea Detective, recently premiered its fourth season (I watch it on Prime Video), and I could not be happier. This excellent series just keeps getting better and better. BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE London’s Chelsea neighborhood sits...
by mike | Jan 9, 2023 | Mysteries, Mystery Series, Thrillers, TV Shows, Uncategorized, Women |
My bride and I just finished viewing the three seasons (with a fourth on the way) of the PBS Masterpiece mystery series, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, which we enjoyed. The stories are set in 1882 London, not the era in which you’d expect to find a strong-willed,...
by mike | Nov 23, 2020 | Aging, Humor, Mysteries, TV Shows, Uncategorized |
While hanging out in the quarantine cave for most of this year, my bride and I have watched a lot of police procedural/detective shows on BritBox, Acorn, and Prime. They range in presentation from intense (Broadchurch, Mystery Road, Prime Suspect) to outrageously...
by mike | Jun 17, 2019 | Books, Fantasy, Guilty Pleasures, Movies, Science Fiction, Uncategorized |
By all accounts the 2018 dystopian/science fiction film, Mortal Engines, should have appeared in one of my Guilty Pleasure posts. It rated no higher than 27% on Rotten Tomatoes, and it was considered the biggest box-office bomb of the year. But I’m not presenting it...
