Richard Sharpe is a British soldier in the Napoleonic wars created by novelist Bernard Cornwell. A great character that spawned a series of good TV movies.
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Netflix's successful homage to 80s science fiction films.
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The final season of (what used to be) one of the better TV police shows available.
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The BBC tackles Clarke's monumental book - the perfection I saw in the first two episodes gives way to inevitable disappointment, but eventually an appreciation of a very good series.
read more'Michael Palin: Around the World in Eighty Days' - TV Review
Mildly interesting travel documentary that ends up being more about modes of transportation and people than places.
read more'The Almighty Johnsons,' Season 3 - TV Review
The final season of "The Almighty Johnsons," as the Johnson brothers live out their last year as re-incarnated Norse gods in human form in modern New Zealand.
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The Norse gods exiled in modern day New Zealand continue their bizarre existence somewhere between godhood and base humanity.
read more'The Almighty Johnsons,' Season 1 - TV Review
A look at the first season of "The Almighty Johnsons," an TV entertaining series about reincarnations of the Norse Gods who have ended up in New Zealand.
read more'New Tricks' Seasons 10 and 11, TV Review
A look at seasons 10 and 11 of the long-running British police procedural about retired policemen solving cold cases.
read moreThe Other Two Zen Movies
In a recent review I praised "Zen: Vendetta" and looked forward to the two follow-up movies. They weren't as rewarding as I'd hoped.
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