July 4, 2008

• Happy Fourth of July!

  I feel particularly patriotic this Fourth of July! We just finished the last episode of the HBO miniseries entitled John Adams…. and ¡¡¡WOW!!! (…)

October 19, 2007

• Murder by the Book…

  I just received the following e-mail (as a comment) from Patricia at Turner.com telling me about a show on Court TV which is returning.  When I read the e-mail, I wondered how I had missed watching season one (last season)… since it featured some of my favorite authors. (…)

October 17, 2007

• The Last Detective Television Show…

  Is the Last Detective just that… the Last Detective?

  If you are looking for a mystery series to watch that has heart— then try The Last Detective. (…)

September 6, 2007

• The Politician's Wife… miniseries

  The two main characters in this (yet another British!) miniseries are such good actors that it is no surprise I was swept away with the intriguing plot. (…)

September 3, 2007

• Bramwell… the Series (Cozy, Not a Mystery, a Little Bloody, Though…)

  Several years ago, I was lucky to have been one of the people who started viewing a new (very British!) Masterpiece Theatre presentation called Bramwell. (…)

August 24, 2007

• The Boston Strangler on AMC…

  Here is another movie I happened to see listed that I thought might be interesting. As with the Mrs. Pollifax: Spy movie I blogged about a few nights ago, I can't vouch for it. (…)

July 28, 2007

• Sherlock Holmes… Jeremy Brett…

  I should begin this TV/Movies review by saying that you probably saw Jeremy Brett years before you thought you had seen him. (…)

July 22, 2007

• Mapp and Lucia… Definitely Cozy, Not Mystery…

  What can I say? I know that I have mentioned (more than once!) E. F. Benson's charming series about Lucia… and her nemesis, Mapp. (…)

July 20, 2007

• NYPD Blue VS. Morse, Sherlock Holmes, Prime Suspect

  OK… First things first… I have to admit that I never got on the NYPD Blue bandwagon. (…)

July 19, 2007

• The Edgars Television Awards… Just How Old Do You Feel!?!?

  I posted the Edgar Awards' Best Episode for a Television Series winners and nominees a few days ago, and  BOY, do I feel old! (…)

July 17, 2007

• Agatha Christie's Marple… (with Geraldine McEwan)

  Just recently, one of my very favorite actresses took a stab at portraying one of the most famous cozy mystery characters of all time… Agatha Christie's Miss Marple. (…)

July 16, 2007

• If You Missed Miss Marple Last Night…Go Check Your Local PBS Listings

  I should 'a, would 'a… told you to not miss the first installment of the PBS showings of the new Miss Marple shows. I sure hope that no one missed them last night. (…)

July 10, 2007

• I Would Like to Know How I Missed Jesse Stone?!?

  Well, I wondered why CBS showed two "Jesse Stone" movies in the wrong sequence. The episode that I thought was the first episode actually aired a week after the second episode. (…)

July 7, 2007

• The Pallisers… OR… When Plantagenet Met Glencora…

  There once was a Victorian author by the name of Anthony Trollope…

  The Pallisers, like the Barchester Chronicles, is based on the works of Anthony Trollope. (…)

June 24, 2007

• Buy British… television series, that is!

  Hmmmm…. I don't know if I should admit this… but my family doesn't watch any mystery shows together  from the three major networks here in the States. (…)

June 16, 2007

• Michael Gambon's Maigret May Not Be French, but He's Très Magnifique…

  If you can get over the obviously British accents coming out of the French characters, then you will surely enjoy the Maigret Collection, a 1990s mystery series that (again) comes to us from the British (Granada Television). (…)

June 14, 2007

• Are You Waiting for Waiting for God?

  I have to confess that I absolutely love British comedies. (…)

June 12, 2007

• I, Claudius….I Simply Can't Believe This is from the 70s!!!

  Everybody who hasn't seen I, Claudius, raise your hand. Perhaps it would be easier to ask for those who haven't seen I, Claudius to raise their hands in disbelief that they have missed one of the best (in my opinion) miniseries EVER. (…)

June 9, 2007

• Dalziel & Pascoe…. Why No DVDs?

  I keep searching around for DVDs of series that were so down-right entertaining to watch that I can't believe I didn't set up my trusty VCR years ago. (…)

June 2, 2007

• House of Cards Trilogy

  The House of Cards Trilogy is one of the finest BBC productions set in "modern days" that I can think of.  Although the trilogy started in 1990,  it doesn't seem at all dated to me. (…)