Friday, May 11, 2018

Media Notes: Roundup for April 2018



These are the movies and series on DVD I watched during April 2018.


Movies and films:

No specific movies watched this month. Busy month overall as the spring academic semester wrapped up.


Television and other series:

  • Inspector Lewis (Pilot through Series 6, 2005-2009; Amazon link for reference). As I mentioned previously, this is the spin-off of the Inspector Morse series. This month I managed to watch the second half of this set from the middle of Series 3 to the end of Series 6 (discs 6-10). Some episode highlights: 
    • "Counter Culture Blues." Members of an old 60s band have pretty much moved on, living off the glory and royalties of the old days for the most part. When the lead singer, who committed suicide in the Caribbean, shows up alive years later, plans emerge to revive the band. Then band members and others connected to the band start dying.  
    • "Falling Darkness." A complex case on Halloween involving a medium, a stem cell research firm, the anti-stem cell research protesters, a rare sleeping disorder, and some Goth college kids. However when bodies start appearing, a link to Dr. Hobson the forensic pathologist emerges. This one was well done and kept you guessing.

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