Tag Archives: TV series

Asimov would wave loved this (TV Series: Real Humans)

Posted on May 5, 2013 by admin

The best series of the season come from an unusual source – Swedish Television, but I should not be that surprised. Scandinavian and specifically Swedish thrillers and political drama series have enjoyed great success in bookshops, on the big screens … Continue reading →

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Israel Meets India and Nepal (in TV series)

Posted on August 25, 2012 by admin

I saw this week the last episode of Kathmandu. It’s the second TV series launched this year dealing with a phenomenon well-known to Israelis – the trips to the Indian subcontinent, which many Israeli youths take, usually after finishing the … Continue reading →

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A British Institution (TV Series – BBC’s ‘Sherlock’)

Posted on July 7, 2012 by admin

The Brits have their institutions that they carry on with for centuries – the monarchy, the Parliament, Shakespeare, fish&chips, etc. Some say that their adherence to tradition is what keeps those alive, I say yes, it is tradition, but combined … Continue reading →

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TV series – Rubicon (2010)

Posted on April 29, 2012 by admin

I like detective or spy stories, but only those with soul and brains, and unfortunately there are not too many. I do not like conspiracy theories but I recognize that they make great thriller and action movies stuff – X-Files … Continue reading →

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TV: HaMeuheded (Special Unit)

Posted on April 20, 2012 by admin

‘HaMeyuheded’ (The Special, or The Special Unit) is a half-baked tentative of the Israeli TV industry to create a high quality crime drama, a genre which is extremely popular in Israel on the cable and satellite TV thanks to imports … Continue reading →

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War of the Universes (‘Fringe’ – Season 3)

Posted on January 2, 2012 by admin

With its third season ‘Fringe’ became my uncontested preference out of the TV series choices currently offered on the not-so-small-any-longer screens. Sure, one may say that the offer is not great at this moment in time, but I need to … Continue reading →

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“V” is for Visitors

Posted on September 30, 2011 by admin

In 1984 when we escaped the ‘1984’-shaped Communist Romania and became free people one of our first sources of fascination and the only entertainment we could afford as new immigrants was the TV. Coming from the 2-hours-a-day programs filled with … Continue reading →

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Polishuk, Polishuk, Polishuk! …

Posted on August 6, 2011 by admin

If elections were hold today in Israel a political party that never existed and a politician who was born only in the imagination of TV script writers and comical series directors would have good chances to exceed the minimal percentage … Continue reading →

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TV Series – The Borgias (first season – 2011)

Posted on July 15, 2011 by admin

I like a lot some of the previous work of Neil Jordan. ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘The Crying Game’ were superb films, two of the best I have seen in the 80s and in the 90s. My problem with the prolific … Continue reading →

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Bring ‘FlashForward’ Back!

Posted on October 29, 2010 by admin

It’s for the second time that one of my favorite science-fiction series is canceled after the first season. Luckily it happens once every 15 years. Last time it was Earth 2, a space travel saga on an alternate Earth world … Continue reading →

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