By Anne Brodie E.1027: Eileen Gray and the House by the Sea is a story of design excellence, theft and betrayal. Gray, an Irish born architect, potter and loner designed her masterpiece, a Modernist gem of a home in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France, on the Cote D’Azur. It’s described as “a white …
Is a Bad Mother a Bad Person? Plus POWs and Belly Laughs. A Mercurial Week :)
By Anne Brodie Switzerland is a wealthy country, but it has failed to keep an unnamed mother and her three small children from falling into desperate poverty and increasing lawlessness. Ophélia Kolb leads the cast of The Courageous; she's three months behind on rent and faces an unkind future, …
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We Investigate the Most Sinister Adaptation to Date of an Agatha Christie Mystery.
Ella Lily Hyland and Oliver Jackson-Cohen play Audrey, and her ex-husband Nevile Strange, a tennis legend. They’ve known each other since childhood and have been locked in a vicious game all their lives. Note the spelling of his first name, usually spelled Nevile and his fitting last name. You’ll …
Castle Fantasy Come True, Unexpected Healing Friendship, A White House Murder and Big Scam!
By Anne Brodie Tracie Laymon’s Bob Trevino Likes It is just the thing for a positive, warm feeling. Based on Laymon’s own experiences, we follow Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira), her father Bob Trevino (French Stewart), and her new friend Bob Trevino (John Leguizamo). Lily’s dealing with the trauma …
Double the Energy in David Mitchell’s Entertaining, Intriguing Character Swap Mystery.
English actor and comedian David Mitchell is new to me, but what a discovery! He’s crazy funny, quirky and physical in the BritBox Original Ludwig. Mitchell plays identical twins, John, a hermit singleton, a puzzle creator whose brain works in mysterious ways and James, an extrovert happily married …