Category Archives: TV

Machine fights for the working class (TV series: Machine, 2024)

Posted on April 23, 2024 by admin

French television studios have recently provided us with several series with female protagonists endowed with exceptional qualities. ‘HPI’ that I saw and wrote about two months ago, was dealing with a woman with an exceptionally high intellectual potential, which made … Continue reading →

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international investigations (TV series: Hidden Assets – Peter McKenna, 2021)

Posted on April 20, 2024 by admin

A few weeks ago I was writing about the Irish series ‘Acceptable Risk’ (2017) and I noticed Angeline Ball, the actress who played the role of a competent and brave detective, whom I would have liked to see again in … Continue reading →

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farma-thriller in Dublin (TV series: ‘Acceptable Risk’)

Posted on March 30, 2024 by admin

I do not regret the decision to spend the time of the six episodes in the company of the Irish mini-series ‘Acceptable Risk‘ (2017) written by Ron Hutchinson and directed by Kenneth Glenaan and hristian Langlois. One of the reasons … Continue reading →

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when reality exceeds the imagination of script writers (TV series: Manayek, season 3, 2023)

Posted on March 1, 2024 by admin

In less tragic times, the third season of the Israeli series ‘Manayek‘ would have been one of the important topics of the day. Israelis are fond of detective series inspired by the world of the police, and several of the … Continue reading →

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too smart to be true (TV series: HPI Haut Potentiel Intellectuel, 2021 – )

Posted on February 23, 2024 by admin

The French series “HPI – Haut Potentiel Intellectuel” (“High Intellectual Potential“) debuted in 2021 – the year that most of us spent at home with very limited entertainment opportunities. This was actually a chance for shows and series of television … Continue reading →

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strong real crime drama (TV series: Appropriate Adult – Julian Jarrold, 2011)

Posted on January 25, 2024 by admin

Those who ask about the point of traditional TV and its chances in the increasingly fierce competition to create content on various mediums can be answered with references like ‘Appropriate Adult‘. The two-episode miniseries produced by ITV, which premiered in … Continue reading →

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black and white (film: The Sunset Limited – Tommy Lee Jones, 2011)

Posted on January 4, 2024 by admin

How many times have we witnessed or even participated in heated discussions, in which the two sides started from diametrically opposed positions, representing systems whose reconciliation is impossible or very difficult? Discussions between them usually have topics related to religion … Continue reading →

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this is not ’24’ (TV series: ‘Rabbit Hole’ – Glenn Ficcara, John Requa, 2023)

Posted on January 3, 2024 by admin

Comparisons between ‘Rabbit Hole‘ (2023) and ’24’ (2001-2010) are inevitable and I have the impression that the producers of the series created by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa and produced by the Paramount+ studios did not avoid them. Kiefer Sutherland … Continue reading →

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a police detective travels in time (TV series: Life on Mars, 2006-2007)

Posted on December 22, 2023 by admin

One of my pleasures as a cinephile or fan of TV series is to find in them stories about time leaps or time travel. When the production is dated 17 years ago, as happens with the series ‘Life on Mars‘ … Continue reading →

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a clash of two worlds (TV movie: Honecker und der Pastor – Jan Josef Liefers, 2022)

Posted on September 21, 2023 by admin

The fall of the Berlin Wall and the reunification of Germany opened the door to the making of films that look back at the years of the communist dictatorship and the complex process of change that this country went through. … Continue reading →

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