Covert Affairs is about a CIA agent, Annie Walker, finding a balance between secrecy with her sister, Danielle Brooks and success as a new operative under the command of Joan Campbell. Good thing she has a support network, though small, in Auggie Anderson and… Continue Reading “TV Show Recommendation: Covert Affairs (2010-2014)”
I can’t say enough good things about Animal Kingdom. Even after one of the major characters was written off the show, her replacement which was a younger version did just as well. The series ended on a somewhat predictable note, but with enough surprises… Continue Reading “TV Show Recommendation: Animal Kingdom (2016-2022)”
Bosch is about an LAPD detective named Harry Bosch juggling his career and maintaining his strained relationship with his ex-wife Eleanor Wish and daughter Maddie who live in Las Vegas. The show is adapted from Michael Connelly’s books and created by Eric Overmyer. Each… Continue Reading “TV Show Recommendation: Bosch (2014-2021)”
Mayor Pete was interesting to watch this because the public rarely gets to see what happens behind closed doors of a presidential campaign. When Pete Buttigeig became a household name and no one knew how to pronounce it, there was a rising division among… Continue Reading “Documentary Recommendation: Mayor Pete (2021)”
Some people took that box of clothing and turned it into a million dollars and some people took that box of clothing and put it in the closet. -Mark Stidham- LuLaRoe is a classic example of a multi-level marketing skirting the edges of being… Continue Reading “AMAZON DOCUMENTARY RECOMMENDATION: LuLaRich (2021)”
Say whatever you will about this series but I really liked it. So far, there are two seasons dealing with Jack Ryan, a CIA analyst, that trades his desk for being in the field (first season in the Middle East specifically Yemen and Turkey… Continue Reading “Amazon TV Recommendation: Jack Ryan Season 1 and 2 (2018 and 2019)”
The Odd Couple (1968) is about two men, one already divorced and one in the beginnings of his separation, who end up living together. The only problem is they realize they can’t stand each other. I don’t know much about Neil Simon as a… Continue Reading “The Last Ten Movies I’ve Watched in March”
The Great Commanders is a Magellan production from 2003. It includes six military leaders of Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, Horatio Nelson, Napoleon Bonaparte, Ulysses S. Grant, and Georgi Zhukov. It is directed by Phil Grabsky and while some of the graphic reconstructions are… Continue Reading “Amazon Recommendation: The Great Commanders (2003)”
If something doesn’t capture my attention within the first few minutes, I take it out of my queue and watch something else. Two hours and 10 minutes later, I was watching the last remaining minutes of this documentary. Malcolm McDowell was speaking about his… Continue Reading “Documentary Recommendation: Skin: A History of Nudity in the Movies (2020)”
I grew up with Christmas: the big artificial tree, the plethora of ornaments, the lights wrapped around the stairs handrailing, the candles in the windows, the wreath on the door, and the antique glass reindeer. Since leaving my parents’ house, I’ve never had a… Continue Reading “Journal Entry Type #69: C is for Christmas”