After two episodes of Based on a True Story, I was ready to throw in the towel and admit defeat. A scattered beginning, unlikeable and thinly drawn characters, and a premise that I wasn’t thrilled about marred the show’s opening episodes. But, as it’s my professional rule to give every show I review at least […]
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Death on the Nile (2022) Review
Following the success of 2017’s Murder on the Orient Express Kenneth Branagh has returned to Agatha Christine’s popular Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. In 1938 Poirot (Branagh) is on holiday in Egypt when he runs into his old friend Bouc (Tom Bateman) at the Pyramids. This chance meeting leads Poirot to become a part of a wedding party for […]
Cold Pursuit Review
Liam Neeson has become synonymous with the thriller genre and his 2019 offering is a remake of a Norwegian dark-comedy. Nelson “Nels” Coxman (Neeson) is a snowplow driver for the ski resort town of Kehoe. His life is shattered when his son (Micheál Richardson) dies of a heroin overdose. Refusing to believe his son was a […]