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Category Archives: PBS Drama
Easter Review Commentary by Anita
Happy Easter old friends and new! I just wanted to suggest a few ideas for you to check out while we are all on lock down USA. If you are having a hard time streaming some of the fun choices … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, PBS Drama, TV, Uncategorized
Tagged Crackler TV, Easter Movies, Jesus, John the Baptist, METV, Netflicks, Pluto TV, Prime Amazon, Ruko
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The Danish Girl (2015) Reviewed by Anita *****
The Danish Girl tackles the discussion of gender reassignment surgery from about a century ago. Einar Wegener is the first known person to undergo gender change as we know and do it today. Outstanding film, this is what an Oscar … Continue reading
Posted in Documentary, Movies, PBS Drama
Tagged Alicia Vikander, Eddie Redmayne, LGBT, Sexual Reassignment, Tom Hooper, Transgender
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The Fall (2013-2016) Reviewed by Anita ****
You all know how I love miniseries’ and I also love British dramas. I’ve found the best of both worlds in The Fall, a British-Irish crime drama on Nexflix filmed and set in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast is a tough … Continue reading
Posted in Miniseries, PBS Drama
Tagged British Irish, Bronagh Waugh, crime drama, Gillian Anderson, Jamie Dornan
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Howard’s End (1992) Reviewed by Anita ****
This British romantic/drama has one of my favorite period drama stars Emma Thompson as Margaret Schlegel, along side the talented Anthony Hopkins who plays widower Henry Wilcox. This is one of my go-to movies on a rainy day. Intelligent and … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, PBS Drama
Tagged Anthony Hopkins, British film, EE British Academy Film Awards, Emma Thompson, PBS
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Dangerous Beauty (1998) Reviewed by Anita ***
A true life film-story Dangerous Beauty is adapted from the novel The Honest Courtesan, a tale about a brave woman and her role in saving one of Italy’s most beautiful cities Venice. Veronica Franco (Catherine McCormack) is that remarkable woman, … Continue reading
Posted in Documentary, Movies, PBS Drama
Tagged Catherine McCormack, Italy, Jacqueline Bisset, Plague, Rufus Sewell, Spanish Inquisition, Venice
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Part 4 Summer Miniseries Choices by Anita
On to part 4 in my ‘summer miniseries choices’. Enjoy. Humans (2015-2018) ***** Jumping from the 18th century to the near distance future I’d like to suggest the miniseries called Humans. It is a thought provoking science fiction, drama/thriller which … Continue reading
Posted in Miniseries, Movies, PBS Drama, TV
Tagged Amazon Prime, BBC TV, Miniseries, PBS, TV miniseries. Drama
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Part 3 miniseries summer choices by Anita
Howdy! Have you had a chance to check out some of my suggestions yet? I know everybody is really busy on the road and family vacation which is why these miniseries are just perfect. So, here is part 3 in … Continue reading
Posted in Miniseries, PBS Drama
Tagged Amazon Prime, BBC, Netflicks, PBS, TV miniseries. Drama
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Miniseries commentary by Anita: Part 1
Have you been thinking like I have been thinking? “I don’t want to watch a movie tonight, but I am tired of regular TV.” I have found a happy medium. A balance between regular episodes we generally watch and series … Continue reading
Black Fields (2009)-Reviewed by Anita **.5
Danishka Esterhazy’s film debut Black Fields was well received according to Wikipedia. Trust me there is a ton of praise. However in my opinion it is a bust. Historical drama set in the frontier of Canada during the 1870’s, the … Continue reading
The Borgias (2014) Reviewed by Anita **.5
I recently overloaded watching the international production of “The Borgias”. One of history’s grandest families to hate. The story is about the rise of Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia to become Pope Alexander VI. John Doman is wonderful as the twisted family leader and … Continue reading
Posted in B, Miniseries, PBS Drama, TV
Tagged Adventure Action, BBC TV, Borgia, Catholic, Historical Drama, Pope Alexander VI
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