DVD Review: Mr. Holmes Does one really want to watch a movie about a ninety-plus Sherlock Holmes, suffering from age-related memory loss and mourning the decline in his deductive powers? It would be rather like a film about a paraplegic Captain America or a Robin Hood whose arthritis left him incapable of using a bow […]
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DVD Review: The Guilty
Upon its release, The Guilty was frequently compared, usually negatively, to the far more celebrated and honored television series Broadchurch. There are several reasons for this. Both series focus on the investigation of the murder of a young boy. Both have a determined female detective investigating the case while balancing work and family life. Both […]
Review of Miss Fisher Mysteries set 3
DVD Review: Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries, Series Three Who would have guessed that Australian criminals of the late 1920s would have to live in fear of a determined flapper private investigator? Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries is an Australian period mystery series, starring Essie Davis as Phryne—pronounced FRY-nay—Fisher. (One early title for the series was Phryne […]