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- CreatorHaro AsoStarsKento YamazakiTao TsuchiyaNijirô MurakamiObsessed gamer Arisu suddenly finds himself in a strange, emptied-out version of Tokyo in which he and his friends must compete in dangerous games in order to survive.
- ALICE IN BORDERLAND- Watch this!
- positive reviews for its visuals, cinematography, editing & use of graphic violence. Nflix renewed for season 2 YES 'stream it'
- CreatorLaeta KalogridisStarsChris ConnerRenée Elise GoldsberryDichen LachmanSet in a future where consciousness is digitized and stored, a prisoner returns to life in a new body and must solve a mind-bending murder to win his freedom.
- ALTERED CARBON, maybe
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Cop Tak Kovacs/Elias Ryker: Joel Kinnaman S1
Takeshi Kovacs, bl: Anthony Mackie S2
Stronghold Kovacs: Will Yun Lee
Laurens Bancroft, rich: James Purefoy S1
Cop Kristin Ortega: Martha Higareda S1
Poe: Chris Conner
Jaeger/Ivan, Comm: Daniel Bernhardt
Jaeger/Ivan, Comm: Torben Liebrecht S2
Vernon Elliot, bl: Ato Essandoh
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> REVIEWS: RT 75% Google 95% Listen to critics, you'll never know wonder & beauty. A masterpiece, amazing visual storytelling that grips your imagination & transforms the world. Immortality, Religion,Class, Politics & relationships left barely hanging on, story so well structured you will watch it again. All is connected, yet not as it seems.
> PLOT: Set in a future where consciousness is digitized & stored, a prisoner returns to life in a new body and must solve a mind-bending murder to win his freedom - CreatorRebecca SonnenshineStarsMamoudou AthieDina ShihabiEvan JonigkeitAn archivist hired to restore a collection of tapes finds himself reconstructing the work of a filmmaker and her investigation into a dangerous cult.
- ARCHIVE 81, probably
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< PLOT: researchers catalog the video archive of a missing filmmaker
< RT 87% 'An intriguing blend of horror & noir, offers addictive supernatural thrills that are haunting in the best way'
< REVIEWS: surprised how good it was, loved the grainy 80s aesthetic & oppressive, isolated atmosphere. story pretty original, acting great, A strange chiller with occult undertones Yes, it is slow & definitely not for people with short attention spans. Super creepy. Highly recommended for people who like slow burn mystical shows. enjoyed the actors, Matt McGorry as a secondary character & comic relief was quite fun. - CreatorLee Sung JinStarsSteven YeunAli WongJoseph LeeTwo people let a road rage incident burrow into their minds and slowly consume their every thought and action.
- BEEF, probably
------------------------------------ - StarsHyun BinSon Ye-jinSeo Ji-hyeThe absolute top secret love story of a chaebol heiress who made an emergency landing in North Korea because of a paragliding accident and a North Korean special officer who falls in love with her and who is hiding and protecting her.
- CRASH LANDING ON YOU-probably rave
one of the most successful Korean dramas of all-time, about a S Korean heiress who, while paragliding crash-lands in N Korean & meets an army captain in the Korean People's Army who decides he will help her hide. Over time, they fall in love.The production team was advised by actual North Korean defectors for the show, so it’s the closest portrayal to actual life in N Korea out there in the media. Huge success in China & Japan, Elle ranked it number 1 (out of 10) on the October 2020 10 Best K-Dramas To Binge-Watch On Netflix list
1 season available on Netflix - CreatorBaran bo OdarJantje FrieseStarsLouis HofmannKaroline EichhornLisa VicariA family saga with a supernatural twist, set in a German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the relationships among four families.
- DARK - maybe conflicted:)
YES: reviews on UTube changing my mind...can't watch as spoilers but RAVE as best series by netflix. Terrific acting & nuanced character development.
NO: confusing, slow, depressing
> imdb 2020: Maybe there's a parallel world where Dark makes sense or is interesting
While S1 was OK, S2 proved the law of diminishing returns with an increasingly convoluted plot & no significant new ideas. S3 has become a dull, hyper-complex mess, where the characters mostly stare open mouthed or teary eyed (sometimes both!) at some 'revelation' or other in lieu of an actual plot or anything even remotely exciting or interesting. To distract from this narrative vacuum, a parallel world & even more time travel destinations, more characters, older/younger selves & parallel selves is introduced with the effect of creating an utterly boring, confusing shambles. The actors aren't given a chance to show their skills - StarsRobert FinsterElla RumpfGeorg FriedrichYoung Czech-Austrian psychoanalyst, Sigmund Freud, investigates a murder conspiracy in 1880's Vienna.
- FREUD- probably
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> REVIEWS: title "Freud" confusing, it's a horror series, bingeworthy & beautifully made. Dubbing very good. Excellent acting & character development. Felt like an HBO type show.
> OVERVIEW: absorbing, occult murder mystery that progressively reveals the political plot it is part of. Set after Austro-Hungarian war, we're shown the arrogance & crudeness of the empire's political elite. Freud's largely fictional story told in a warm humane manner - he's brilliant & caring, a maverick ridiculed by his peers. Due to bizarre murders he bands up with some unusual characters, most raw & authentic. A hard-as-nails inspector, his loyal right hand whose true passion is performing as a singer, His house-keeper who assists him in his shams & tricks when she's not telling him off. Weak storyline with too many moving pieces clumsily brought together; inconsistencies, like a military officer who is secretly courting a poor girl while also secretly living with his gay lover. Despite this, I loved the journey down into the dark part of the unconscious with this spiraling, gothic story - StarsYon GonzálezElena RiveraJesús CarrozaResourceful young Hugo Llor works to make a name for himself in 14th-century Barcelona while keeping a vow he made to the Estanyol family.
- HEIRS TO THE LAND
- StarsJu Ji-hoonBae DoonaKim SungkyuWhile strange rumors about their ill King grip a kingdom, the crown prince becomes their only hope against a mysterious plague overtaking the land.
- KINGDOM-yes!
It's like Game of Thrones plus The Walking Dead, but set in 17th century Korea. And much like those shows, Kingdom asks: can people be more monstrous than the zombies that hunt them? Yes.
A mysterious plague makes its way through the kingdom while the crown prince tries to save his people. Oh, the zombies run fast. The first South Korean Netflix Original series! 2 seasons available on Netflix (a third on the way)
premise: the king is stricken with a strange illness & presumed dead. Crown Prince Lee Chang (Ju Ji-hoon) attempts to find out what's going on with his father, only to be locked out of the palace by his power-hungry stepmom & her father, who are conspiring to keep the king's condition a secret until they can secure their grip on the throne. - CreatorJohn FuscoStarsLorenzo RichelmyBenedict WongJoan ChenIn a world replete with greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, "Marco Polo" is based on the famed explorer's adventures in Kublai Khan's court in 13th century Mongolia.
- MARCO POLO- maybe retry
only watched one episode, reviews say gets way better...
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ME: 1st Ep rate *3. Bland acting, was looking for something like "Last Kingdom", not even close.
> REVIEW: first few episodes not good, S2 far better. Takes awhile but eventually becomes very good. I really didn't like the first episode but after some time the characters, the plot & performances hit their stride. My favorite performances from Benedict Wong and Joan Chen, enjoy watching power couples scheming & plotting
> PLOT: based on the famed explorer's adventures in Kublai Khan's court in 13th century Mongolia. An empire divided, a family torn apart by civil war. A legend disrupts the balance of power - CreatorNicholas MeyerFrank SpotnitzStarsDaniel SharmanAlessandra MastronardiSynnove KarlsenA political family drama set in Florence in the early fifteenth century. Cosimo de Medici finds himself at the helm of his banking dynasty when his father, Giovanni, dies suddenly.
- MEDICI- may revisit saw most
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Cosimo de Medici:+Richard Madden
Lorenzo de Medici, bro:*Stuart Martin
Father de Medici: *Dustin Hoffman S2
Marco Bello, best bud:*Guido Caprino
Lorenzo the Magnificent: Daniel Sharman S2
Jacopo de Pazzi:*Sean Bean/GOT S2
Giuliano de Medici:*Bradley James/Merlin S2
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Italian: Period Drama |Epic
ME: Watched S1 twice, not quite as good as I remembered, 7.5/10. Madden great, Caprino as well, Hoffman disappointing. S2: quit - just didn't hold my interest.
> PLOT: political family drama set in early 15th century Florence. Cosimo de Medici finds himself at the helm of his banking dynasty when his father, Giovanni, dies
> REVIEW IMDB: has a lot of drama, some sex & a decent accounting of the Medici household. The scenery stunning, the costumes beautiful as are the interior sets. Characters seemed a tiny bit flat, more of a writing error than an acting issue. I think the influence of the church should have been examined more closely, the Popes at that time were not pious men. - CreatorJenji KohanStarsTaylor SchillingDanielle BrooksTaryn ManningConvicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.
- ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK- may retry
ME: didn't grab me by ep3 wasn't in mood to revisit, but I've read reviews later that say it gets much better around ep 4
>REVIEW: best original show on Nflix, deeply human, funny, moving, realistic, bout life & bad decisions. Humanizes & dehumanizes felons, thieves, & murderers into human beings. reminds us that even in prison, life isn’t put on hold. great, addictive as hell. - StarsJo Jae-yoonChun Ho-jinEom Tae-gooA young girl coming to a small town with her family. And through tragic events getting involved with a religious cult.
- SAVE ME
A dark k-drama series that will make you absolutely terrified of cults. After a tragedy, a family gets heavily influenced by a cult disguised as a church, & daughter Sang-Mi does everything she can to try to escape. It’s a very creepy and uneasy series, but it’s definitely binge-worthy.
1 season available on Netflix- IMDB: Good Enough 8/10: a drama about a cult and it is not afraid to present all the horrors that the leads of the cult often did. The description says that a girl asks four men to save her, but that happens later in the drama. First, we are presented with the background story as to why everything happened and why people are now acting like they do. The stories of the characters seem different from one another, but they come together in the end, painting the picture of the story as a whole. The performances, in addition, were really good and helped the drama to create that horror-thriller atmosphere. One thing that I didn't like though was that the ending was kind of open, leaving things half finished. Other than that, I really enjoyed this drama.
- StarsFord KiernanGreg HemphillPaul RileyCult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional area of Craiglang, Glasgow.
- STILL GAME- probably
- StarsCho Seung-wooBae DoonaLee Jun-hyukWith the help of a gutsy female detective, a prosecutor who has almost lost the ability to feel emotions tackles a strange murder case amid political corruption.
- STRANGER-Yes! FAB REVIEWS
RAVE'S worldwide praise See IMDB
PLOT: With help from gutsy female detective, a prosecutor who has almost lost the ability to feel emotions tackles a strange murder case amid political corruption
IMBD 7/10: Deeply layered crime procedural in K-drama style. Hwang Shi-mok a brilliant but emotionally crippled prosecutor. A gangster is murdered then the trail starts to lead to joy girls & higher ups, maybe his boss, co-workers, the cops, government officials? Everyone has a story or two and could be a suspect, too slowly evidence is uncovered, corruption goes high. Some twists & turns, a cliffhanger of sorts each episode; full of furtive looks, quick excuses & plotting. Joon-hyeok Lee gets the thankless task here as Seo Dong-Jae; his character becomes wearisome by Ep 8, all "drats foiled again". The rest are fine pros also, Seung-woo Cho as the lead has to play it straight, Doona Bae is a perky cop - CreatorTatiana RodríguezStarsMichelle JennerRoberto EnríquezHugo SilvaSet in early-18th-century Madrid, the plot follows the love story between an agoraphobic cook and a widowed nobleman.
- THE COOK OF CASTAMAR- yes!
- StarsSon Hyeon-juJang Seung-joLee ElijahA drama about the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up.
- THE GOOD DETECTIVE-probably looks great
91% Google: Loved it from the word go. Very well written script, casting & performances. Tugs at your heart strings. Good looking lead.
like that the whole story is about one case, and not a different case in each episode. Really good!
PLOT: the race between people who want to get closer to the truth and those who want to cover it up.
Kang Do-Chang (Cop Son Hyun-Joo) Local, uses his yrs of experience & personal connections rather than scientific technique or reasoning power.
Oh Ji-Hyeok (Cop Jang Seung-Jo) Wealthy, elite detective who uses evidence & insight into the criminal's psyche. Tramatic childhood, hides his feelings
Jin Seo-Kyung (Reporter Lee Elijah) 5 year veteran, passionate about her work.
IMDB: even better than 'STRANGER' which got worldwide praise & 8.6 on IMDB. - CreatorSimon DuricHania ElkingtonStarsSorcha GroundsellPercelle AscottSam HazeldineWhen teenagers, Harry and June, run away from their repressive families to be together, they're derailed by an extraordinary discovery--June's ability to shape-shift. A scientist tries to capture her and discover the key to her power.
- THE INNOCENTS - probably
+Guy Pearce
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ME: yes. add it you’d like it!
> PLOT: When teenagers Harry and June run away from their repressive families to be together, they're derailed by an extraordinary discovery - June's ability to shape-shift. A scientist tries to capture her and discover the key to her power.
> PLOT: Beautifully shot & bingable. YA fantasy that adults will enjoy. UK, it moves at a more leisurely pace, no explosions, gunfire, or drooling monsters, the horror here is existential. End of the day, you care about the characters, there are a few delightful surprises & you’ll want a S2. The performances & cinematography fantastic. - StarsTakayuki YamadaShinnosuke MitsushimaMisato MoritaFollows the story of Toru Muranishi's unusual and dramatic life filled with big ambitions as well as spectacular setbacks in his attempt to turn Japan's porn industry on its head.
- THE NAKED DIRECTOR-yes:)
> REVIEW: Our Call, STREAM IT. Just don’t watch it with your parents. Or Mike Pence IMBD 10/10: Very funny. The atmosphere is totally Japan's 80s, actors did a great job, especially Yamada Takayuki. Couldn't stop watching it.
> PLOT: In 1980s Japan, one determined man, Toru Muranishi, turns every crushing setback into opportunity & revolutionizes his industry. Steamy/ provocative. - CreatorBaltasar KormákurStarsÓlafur Darri ÓlafssonIlmur KristjánsdóttirBjörn Hlynur HaraldssonIn a remote town in Iceland, police desperately try to solve a crime as a powerful storm descends upon the town.
- TRAPPED
S1 YES 8/10, S2 NO 4/10 RT: 100%
S1 very watchable. Not stellar, but good characters, dramatic scenery, just about believable. I rated it an 8.
S2 there is no story at all really. No mystery since we can tell immediately where it is going. instead it is a full force bludgeoning onslaught of PC messages. Another review 'people have complained about the far right, gays & the muslim angle. For me gratuitous & unnecessary but not a complete disaster. What definitely ruined it was the completely unbelievable & incompetent police - who seemed to have lost all their brain cells since series 1. Rating it 4/10 Glad when it finished..- PLOT:near a small Icelandic town, a ferry arrives from Denmark with 300 passengers. A blizzard prevents the ferry & the townspeople from leaving. When a mutilated body washes up onshore everyone becomes potential suspects & chaos descends as they try to find the killer.
- CreatorAlfred GoughMiles MillarStarsJenna OrtegaHunter DoohanEmma MyersFollows Wednesday Addams' years as a student, when she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree, and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents.
- WEDNESDAY - probably
- CreatorReg WatsonLara RadulovichStarsKate AtkinsonKatrina MilosevicRobbie MagasivaThe confronting look into the lives of the inmates and prison staff of Wentworth Correctional Centre as they navigate the ups and downs of their lives in the prison system.
- WENTWORTH- probably
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ME: Darker than Orange Is The New Black, compared to ‘Oz’ - worth a shot
> RATED: 96% google - CreatorBen HarrisStarsAdam PålssonLeanne BestEllise ChappellFollow recently graduated police officer Kurt Wallander as he investigates his first case.
- YOUNG WALLANDER- probably
UK: Crime/Det/Mystery
Adam Pålsson (cute), *Richard Dillane (handsome Hemberg), Alan Emrys (cute), Bart Edwards (cute top1000), Jacob Collins-Levy (cute), Richard Clothier (handsome)
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> PLOT: Follow recently graduated cop Kurt Wallander as he investigates his first case (based on book)
it is in English not Swedish, mostly brit actors. great acting & production values! But if the main character was any more woke he would arrest & defund himself
> REVIEW: I never read the books so I didn't really know what to expect from Young Wallander but I ended up liking it quite a bit. It's a gritty, edgy police detective show that will keep you entertained throughout the series! The lead actor Adam Palsson is extremely handsome - CreatorGreg HaddrickFelicity PackardStarsParker SawyersJacqueline McKenzieSteve ToussaintSet in the intensely secretive world of intelligence and the enigmatic US/Australia joint defence facility in central Australia, the spy-thriller Pine Gap delves into the famously strong alliance between the two countries.
- CreatorVanessa GazyStarsMichelle MonaghanMatt BomerKaren RobinsonLeni and Gina are identical twins who have secretly swapped their lives since they were children, culminating in a double life as adults, but one of the sisters goes missing and everything in their perfectly schemed world turns into chaos.
- CreatorKitty FlanaganVincent SheehanStarsKitty FlanaganJulia ZemiroMarty SheargoldFast-paced comedy about high-end contracts lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk, who is forced to take a job at a shabby, suburban law firm following a humiliating marriage breakdown and a professional fall from grace.
- StarsKang Ren WuCammy ChiangYan-Hsi HouA serial killer takes advantage on the media interest over his murders, manipulating their victims, police and the media, turning the murders into a spectacle mediatic.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsAria Mia LobertiLouis HofmannLars EidingerThe story of Marie-Laure, a blind French teenager, and Werner, a German soldier, whose paths collide in occupied France as both try to survive the devastation of World War II.