Grade: 4.5/5 Genre: Drama Seasons: 2 Ages: 16+ Synopsis: Another very under-rated series. Set in the Florida Keys, the wealthy Rayburn family are getting together to celebrate the 45th Anniversary …
BODYGUARD (Series)
Grade: 4.5/5 Genre: British Drama/Terrorism Seasons: 1 Ages: 16+ Synopsis: An intense and truly riveting series revolving around a bodyguard David Budd (Richard Madden), a war veteran trained in anti …
BROADCHURCH (Series)
Grade: 4.5/5 Genre: British/Suspense Seasons: 3 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: An enthralling whodunit drama that takes place in a small English coastal town of Broadchurch. The murder of a young boy …
DIRTY JOHN (Series)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: True Story/Suspense Seasons: 1 (Season 2 on June 2, 2020) Ages: 18+ Synopsis: True story based on a podcast about a woman, Debra Newell who meets a …
DR. FOSTER (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: British Drama Seasons: 2 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: A pulsating drama about love, infidelity and revenge when Dr. Foster uncovers her husbands’ dark secret, how everything unravels and …
ELITE (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Spanish Drama/High School Seasons: 3 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: A risque high school soapy teen “adult” drama of the richy rich children in Spain that centers around friendships, …
FLEABAG (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: British Comedy Seasons: 2 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: A raunchy British comedy about Fleabag (played by Phoebe Waller-Bridge), her dry-witted humor and how she hilariously deals with a …
HAPPY VALLEY (Series)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: British Crime/Drama Seasons: 2 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: A British series revolving around a tough female cop, Catherine Cawood living in a small town in Yorkshire (UK), reeling …
HILLARY (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Docuseries Seasons: 1 Ages: 12+ Synopsis: A great docuseries on Hillary’s 2016 campaign from the primaries to the general election. It provides a fascinating insider look at …
GLOW (Series)
Grade: 3/5 Genre: Comedy/Drama/80s Seasons: 3 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: A set of women wrestler wannabees are brought together by a director to do road shows for money – something considered …
LATE NIGHT (Movie)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: Comedy/Drama Ages: 16+ Synopsis: Created by and starring the uber-talented Mindy Kaeling with the evergreen Emma Thompson. A light-hearted comedy about the inner workings of a late …
LITTLE AMERICA (Series)
Grade: 3/5 Genre: Drama/Comedy Seasons: 1 Ages: 16+ Synopsis: Created by Kumail Nanjiani and his wife, Emily Gordon, a short mini series chronicling the life of immigrants who find a …
MARRIAGE STORY (Movie)
Grade: 3/5 Genre: Drama Ages: 18+ Synopsis: An intense story of a separated couple and their son….a modern version of Kramer v Kramer. Even though it received critical acclaim, nothing …
MINDHUNTER (Series)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: Crime/Drama Seasons: 2 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: Fascinating psychological drama concerning 3 FBI agents who create a separate underground cell within the organization and interview locked up serial …
MONEY HEIST (Series)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: Spanish Crime/Drama (also dubbed in English) Seasons: 3 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: Group of street smart individuals brought together by a criminal mastermind, the “Professor”, to plan and …
OFFSPRING (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Aussie Comedy/Drama Seasons: 7 Ages: 16+ Synopsis: A pleasurable Aussie comedy family drama that gets your spirits high every time you watch. Nina Proudman (played by Asher …
OZARK (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Drama/Crime Ages: 18+ Seasons: 2 Synopsis: A somewhat dark yet gripping drama about a family of four that decides to move to the summer resort area of …
RAMY (Series)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: Comedy Seasons: 1 (Season 2 on May 29, 2020) Ages: 18+ A Muslim comedy series! Ramy is an American-Egyptian living in New Jersey and the show is …
RESURRECTION ERTUGRUL (Series)
Grade: 4.5/5 Genre: Turkish Period Drama (English subtitles) Seasons: 5 Ages: 14+ Synopsis: My wife’s all time favorite show so have to put it on this list! However, have to …
SIX FEET UNDER (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Drama/Dark Comedy Seasons: 5 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: An older show (2001-2005) but an all time series. Who would have thought a show about the trials and tribulations …
STRANGER THINGS (Series)
Grade: 5/5 Genre: Sci-Fi Thriller Seasons: 3 Ages: 14+ Synopsis: Stranger Things – need I say more :). Who doesn’t like an 80’s Sci-Fi “E.T.” type supernatural series with kids …
THE AFFAIR (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Drama Seasons: 5 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: A fabulous and very under-rated series. Story centers around a torrid “Affair” that takes place in Montauk, Long Island between Noah …
THE MESSIAH (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Drama Seasons: 1 Ages: 14+ Synopsis: A young bearded man (Jesus like) has arrived in the Middle East, proclaims himself as the “Messiah” and performs a myriad …
THE STRANGER (Series)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: British Suspense/Drama Seasons: 1 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: Wife, Corrine, disappears mysteriously and husband Adam Price (played by Richard Armitage of “Hobbit” fame) frantically goes through hoops trying …
THE GUERNSEY LITERARY & POTATO PEEL SOCIETY (Movie)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: British Romance Ages: Family Synopsis: Old fashioned English movie set in the quaint town of Guernsey in the English Channel about a secret Literary Society operating during …
THE REPORT (Movie)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: True Story/Political Drama Ages: 16+ Synopsis: Movie based on actual events surrounding a Senate staffer’s report exposing CIA’s torture program during the Iraq War and how several …
THE SPY (Series)
Grade: 5/5 Genre: True Story/Suspense/Drama Seasons: 1 Ages: 16+ Synopsis: A spellbinding true tale of an Israeli spy Eli Cohen (outstandingly played by Sasha Baron Cohen), who infiltrates into the …
THE TEST (Docuseries)
Grade: 4.5/5 Genre: Sports Seasons: 1 Ages: 12+ Synopsis: A brilliant docuseries surrounding the Australian cricket team beginning from the day Justin Langer took over the bedeviled team that was …
THIS IS US (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Drama/Family Ages: 14+ Seasons: 4 (also on NBC) Synopsis: The quintessential tear-jerker. This Is Us brilliantly meshes the life story of the Pearson family….past, present and future …
TIGER KING (Series)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: Reality/Drama Seasons: 1 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: If you want to watch a trashy reality documentary featuring humans, tigers and a murder – this one’s for you! Tiger …
UNBELIEVABLE (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: True Story/Drama Seasons: 1 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: This gripping drama details a series of rapes across Washington State and Colorado and how the case of a specific …
UNORTHODOX (Series)
Grade: 3.5/5 Genre: True Story/Drama Seasons: 1 Ages: 18+ Synposis: A compelling real life story of an unorthodox Jewish girl, Esther (Shira Haas), living in an orthodox Jewish family in …
WORLD WAR II in Color (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: War Docuseries Seasons: 1 Ages: 16+ Synopsis: This WWII docuseries brilliantly portrays everything surrounding that time period and an added bonus, it’s in color. Even non-War officianados …
YOU (Series)
Grade: 4/5 Genre: Murder/Drama Seasons: 2 Ages: 18+ Synopsis: A mentally disturbed loner and social media stalker, Joe, befriends an attractive woman, Beck, that he has been obsessed with for …
JOJO RABBIT (Rated PG13; Nov 08, 2019 release date; 108 min)
Grade: 4/5 Another fantastic movie in the class of 2019! Would not have been surprised if JoJo Rabbit had won Best Movie, it was that good! The rating of PG13 …
CALL OF THE WILD (Rated PG; Feb 21, 2020 release date; 100 min)
Grade: 3/5 Harrison Ford is back at being his rugged old self in this solid adaptation of the 1903 “Call of the Wild” book written by Jack London – story …
LITTLE WOMEN (Rated PG; Dec 25′ 19 release date; 119 min)
Grade: 4/5 One of the best movies of 2019, if not the decade. A delightful period piece based on the literary work of Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women”. The direction …
1917 (Rated R; Dec 25′ 19 release date; 119 min)
Grade: 4/5 Brilliant. Visually stunning. Worth the price of admission and more. This was a movie. Compelling from start to finish and this is coming from someone who is not …
JUST MERCY (Rated PG13; Dec 25′ 19 release date; 136 min)
Grade: 3/5 A solid movie with an intense premise of a true story about a falsely accused inmate on death row. Had higher expectations as the story writes for itself …
STAR WARS – RISE OF SKYWALKER (Rated PG13; Dec 18′ 19 release date; 141min)
Overall Grade: 3.5/5 Star Wars – Rise of Skywalker (ROS) is a fitting conclusion to the ninthology (not sure if that’s a word). “Challenging a task it is” to measure …