I don’t know what changed, but my appreciation for this show sky-rocketed after watching the second season, so I couldn’t get to Slow Horses‘ third season quick enough! Lucky for me, a fourth installment is on the way later this year. I’ve also got the first novel in the series waiting for me at my local library.
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Slow Horses – Season 2 Review
I truly didn’t realize how badly I’d been slacking on this series until I saw that two other seasons had been released since I watched the first one! I recall the first season being a bit of a confusing drag, but this time around I couldn’t watch Slow Horses fast enough!
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There is STILL next to nothing new worth watching in theaters at the moment, so I made my way through new fare at home.
Read moreSlow Horses – Season 1
Apple continues to shine with this British drama series, Slow Horses. Evidently based off of a novel by Mick Herron of the same name, this series already impressively has three more seasons lined up! That’s pretty cool! And even better, the second season is supposed to drop later this year.
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Believe it or not, I still had time to cram in a few movies this weekend! Let’s review!
Read moreDouble Whammy Book Review!
A few weeks back, I finished one of the best books I’ve ever read: The Song of Achilles written by Madeline Miller. This book tells the tale of Achilles but is told through the eyes of Patroclus and with a slightly more romantic edge than what was detailed in Homer’s Iliad.
Read moreTV Review: The Little Drummer Girl
A few months before Thanksgiving, I read about a little mini-series coming to AMC starring one of my favorite actors, Michael Shannon. And I also found out that it was an adaptation of a John Le Carre novel, The Little Drummer Girl. That drummer girl was played by a relative newcomer, although she’s about to show up everywhere (Outlaw King and Fighting With My Family), Florence Pugh. The cast was rounded out nicely with Alexander Skarsgard as an Israeli intelligence officer. Florence played Charlie, an actress, and is recruited by Michael Shannon’s Mark Kurtz for an extremely dangerous undercover mission to bring down Khalil, a Palestinian terrorist who is bombing Jewish targets in Europe. Overall, this was a spy series, but there were other nice elements, as well.
A six-part mini-series that aired two episodes a piece in the days leading up to Thanksgiving, I think this series could have benefited from dragging it out a bit. Now, did I have to watch it the way they aired it? No, I could have recorded it and taken my time, but I digress. I have not read the novel, so I can’t fully judge here. Overall, it was a fine adaptation, although I think The Night Manager (starring Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth Dibicki) did it better. With all that fine talent it is definitely worth the watch!