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When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Few people embody that saying more than Recipes for Love and Murder’s Tannie
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Blu-Ray Review: ‘Jack Irish’ Series 3
Jack Irish has always had this sort of rambling existence. First there were the Jack Irish TV movies, which started
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Funny thing about final seasons. Here you have a show that’s about to come to an end and all anyone
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While Doc Martin isn’t what you’d call a straight comedy, it is fair to say that Martin Clunes (whose played
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Is anything ever really over? Endings and the illusion of finality they give can be found all across Patrick Melrose.
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“Two households, both alike in dignity.” Shakespeare said it first in Romeo and Juliet but while it’s unclear starting out,
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Nobody ever sets out to be accused. All it takes is one mistake, an accident or bad decision, a wrongful
Read moreAnd Then There Was ‘The Oldenheim 12’
Peggy Jonkers (Noortje Herlaar) wasn’t taken but she did take off. Episode one of The Oldenheim 12 is the first
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Plot, setting, character. Most mystery shows excel at one of the three but to be a triple threat makes Jack
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For six years, Mali Pryce (Greta James) was held against her will. In the first episode of the Welsh miniseries,
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It used to be Halloween had to pass before talk moved around to Christmas. This year Murdoch Mysteries ushered the holidays
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To say Season One of Bang is about a gun is truthful, but it’s that definitive article, “a,” that’s important.
Read moreThe Ladies’ Paradise, Season 2: Learning To Tolerate Paradiso’s Leading Man
How do you recover from telling your girlfriend your wife died, when she’s actually alive and well? That should be
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How we shop has changed a lot since 1956. Online shopping has made it convenient to never step foot in
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On the way home after seeing a show, Mona (Chloe Webb) asks Mrs. Madrigal (Olympia Dukakis) what would’ve happened if
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Having spent a good deal of time in Inverness these last few months, catching up on A Place to Call
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It’s probably only easy to forget the weather when you’ve grown up in an area where it doesn’t interfere much,
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There are some shows you kick yourself for not watching sooner, but it’s more of a delayed gratification kick. You
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