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“Gloria” is a brand new French police/thriller series based on Matthew Hall’s 2017 British series called “Keeping Faith.” All six episodes of “Gloria” were directed by Julien Colonna, and written by Jeanne Le Guillou and Bruno Dega. Gloria, still at home caring for baby Leo, is eager to return to the family law practice. She […]

Welcome to the imaginary town of Saignac near Lille where the murder rate is almost as high as it is in Midsommer. Like Deputy Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby who handles an average of five murders per episode in the British series “Midsommer Murders,” Chief Inspector Simon Magellan and his trusted and luscious Lieutenant Selma end […]

Hallelujah, Hallelujah and Oh, Happy Day! “Summer of Soul (Or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” directed by Grammy-winning musician Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson is hitting the screens 52 years after the greatest musical event you never knew was staged. In 1967, the city of New York, under Mayor John Lindsay, hired Tony Lawrence, a […]

Rarely has more talent misfired on a project than the six episode series entitled “Frank of Ireland.” This screams vanity project. Written and created by Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, and Michael Moloney, starring the Gleeson brothers, this Irish series, which makes a point to be pointless, is also not very funny. Directing credit, such as […]

“Parlement” is a new political comedy centered in Brussels at the headquarters of the European Union. Written by an international host of writers based on an original idea by Noe Debre, “Parlement” is a humorous take on governmental dysfunction at a global European level. Naïve young Samy has just arrived from Paris to take up […]

“Tell Me Your Secrets,” Amazon’s new series is a juicy soap opera with criminal and mystery underpinnings that relies on too many story threads. It takes a couple of episodes before the series starts to jell and then it begins to take off. Created by Harriet Walter, who has written many episodes of “Call the […]