Action Juice

Based on the sheer amount of advertising there’s been for The Terminal List, it’s quite obvious that Amazon desperately wants this show to succeed. And why wouldn’t they? The novels... Read More

Given my interest in military history, I bought a copy of Rogue Heroes: The History of the SAS a couple of years ago. Its author, Ben Macintyre, skillfully wrote a... Read More

Because of life circumstances, it took me a while to get through Under the Banner of Heaven, and I ended up watching a number of episodes more than once. Yet,... Read More

When it comes to writing TV series, brothers Harry and Jack Williams have become masters of dichotomies and parallels. Whether it’s something like past vs present, hope vs despair, or... Read More

Given the success of novelist Michael Connelly’s Bosch series on Amazon Prime Video, it should come as no surprise that Netflix, Prime’s primary competitor, would take a shot at adapting... Read More

As I recently had to explain to a friend, Slow Horses is not a western show about horses, nor is it particularly slow in any way. It’s quite the opposite,... Read More

After nine years and 36 episodes, Peaky Blinders is finally over, or at least the TV show portion is. Season six, the final six-episode run of the series, has now... Read More

Based on journalist Jake Adelstein’s memoir of the same name, Tokyo Vice fictionalizes his first year or so in Japan, from jobless ex-pat to fledgling crime reporter and then eventually,... Read More

While I’m certainly not an expert on Nordic noirs, I am indeed a fan of them. Until recently, I hadn’t heard of the Norwegian detective series Wisting, but as soon... Read More

When I first became aware of the comedy series Our Flag Means Death, I was immediately excited. I like pirates, so that checked a box. I’m a fan of Taika... Read More

Recently, I watched the BBC One/HBO Max series The Tourist, written by brothers Harry and Jack Williams. I liked a lot about that show, so much so that I researched... Read More

Bosch season eight… sorry, Bosch: Legacy picks up where season seven of its origin series left off. While technically a “reboot”, this series rarely feels like it, which is what... Read More

Spy-thriller movies and TV series are a dime-a-dozen these days, so filmmakers in the sub-genre have to get creative to stand out. Luckily for writers Jonathan E. Steinberg and Robert... Read More