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Your enjoyment of Manhunt, the new historical miniseries from AppleTV+, will likely hinge on how much you remember from your American History classes. If you can’t quite recall just who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln (that would be John Wilkes Booth, played here – with a flat American accent – by Anthony Boyle), who his Vice […]
A Brief Note: Whenever I review a series, I try to be as objective in my review as possible. However, it’s rare that I review a series that has such close ties to my own family history. My grandfather, Robert Ryan, was a B-17 bombardier, stationed in England, with the US Army Air Corps in […]
Danny Boy is the latest TV film to be made for BBC Two. It focuses on the war veteran Brian Wood and human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. Brian Wood (Anthony Boyle) is a soldier who served during the Iraq War and was rewarded for his bravery for fighting in the Battle of Danny Boy. However, he […]