Short Reviews 25Q1

Being a list of brief notes on other culture consumed over the this quarter of the year that I either abandoned or don’t feel needs a longer discussion.

Kinda Pregnant- Netflix.Clearly written by someone who has experienced both the highs and lows of pregnancy themselves, this is a lighthearted romcom that you really can't take too seriously but will laugh all the way through anyway.

The Breakthrough- Netflix.Swedish police procedural with a long cold case solved by a famalial geneaologist using DMA samples. If it wasn't true you probably wouldn't believe! But worth a watch

An-Eliach (The Island)- BBC iPlayer.Groundbreaking gaelic drama but pretty standard fare, locked room murder on the local laird. Abandoned for now but might pick up again one day

Back in Action- Netflix.Huge helpings of stupid, lashings of wooden acting, easily confused with 'The Family Plan' (pretty much the same plot) but relieved by some cracking repartee and Glenn Close having a great time

After the Flood- ITV Player.(Abandoned) The main character seems to delight in making things difficult for herself so doesn't get my sympathy and the whole DNA links from a geneaology site is just way too easy, there are no safeguards at all! I just can't buy into this premise.

Towards Zero- BBC?.An obscure Agatha Christie story. Nicely acted in a beautiful period setting (1930's). The actors took it all seriously but I just didn't buy a single aspect of it, from the unlikely locations to the actual events, nothing is really believable but it is harmless fun and an easy watch.

Toxic Town- BBC.A good, if not groundbreaking drama about the Corby redevelopment in the 1980s. It hit all the right notes and dramatic beats. Well acted but perhaps a bit simplified and overly signposted.