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On The Tube: Faith, Hope, and Love
My wife was having a restless night earlier this week. I woke to find the other side of the bed empty and the living room tv running a streaming movie. It was the usual fare of family-oriented/Hallmark romance but it … Continue reading
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On The Tube: Night Sky
The title of the streaming series on Amazon Prime is a misnomer. There is one extraterrestrial vista through a window at the end of an underground passage in rural Illinois. However, this show unfolds entirely on Planet Earth. It begins … Continue reading
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On The Tube: More Star Trek
One season wraps up as another series begins. The second of three Picard seasons comes to a merciful and tattered ending. I commented on another social media platform, “What a relief!” Good characters and acting, visuals deserving of a Star … Continue reading
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Takes On Time
Time is a frequent theme in science fiction. Various authors have handled it well in different ways, and when they do it well, it reflects our desire for change, even change in ourselves. There’s a Christian contrition aspect in how … Continue reading
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On The Tube: Project Blue Book
This month’s streaming binge-o-rama involved the tv show, not the actual Air Force effort of the 50s and 60s. But the former is a History Channel (!) fictionalization of the latter. I wrote about the latter maybe 45 years ago … Continue reading
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Life In Color/Colour
David Attenborough is like the Walter Cronkite of nature documentary hosts. While outside whited itself out, inside there was color on the morning tube. Life in Color is the latest Netflix/Attenborough collaboration. It’s an excellent one. It has the advances … Continue reading
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The Crown and God
Still at home with virus symptoms, though not at home with them. Progressing through season three of the Crown, those moments with God Liam alluded to a few days ago. First in episode 2, was the experience of the 1966 … Continue reading
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On The Tube: The Crown
Home with the virus means I have hours to watch the fictionalized 50s of Elizabeth II as she deals with family, PMs, courtiers, and others on The Crown. I had avoided this series, though I’m not sure why. I confess being … Continue reading
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Our Planet
David Attenborough was scooped up by Netflix some years ago. I wondered why. To outdo the BBC? How could decades of extraordinary filmmaking be advanced? See the series Our Planet to find out. I’ve enjoyed nature documentaries since I was … Continue reading
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Jeopardy’s Jeopardy
Mike Richards doesn’t hire himself after all. I know the network tried to spin this as an underdog story. Fans could feel good about it, eh? And working with Alex Trebek all those years rubbed off in some good ways. … Continue reading
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Cartoon Villains
So, one criticism I’ve seen of the otherwise excellent WandaVision series is that the archvillain was one-dimensional. I’m not totally sure this is accurate, for two reasons. First, the reveal of the so-called villain didn’t happen until the final third … Continue reading
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On My Tube: WandaVision
As opposed to my less than high regard for The Great, one new show I do enjoy is the latest offering in the “Marvel Cinematic Universe.” Only three episodes have dropped as of this writing. My wife and daughter were more … Continue reading
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On My Tube: The Great
Historical drama isn’t my usual tv watch, but since this miniseries every now and then something catches and keeps my eye. hulu markets some intriguing shows, so I dove in to see something of Russia in The Great. If the … Continue reading
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On The Tube: Counterpart
The premise of Counterpart attracted me. Two parallel worlds, each kept mostly secret from the ordinary people of the other. There’s that science fiction premise, but everything that follows is espionage. I generally find modern espionage fiction, book or tv, … Continue reading
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On The Tube: The Queen’s Gambit
Netflix’s streaming series looks at a chess prodigy who emerges from a girl’s orphanage in Kentucky to become a force in world chess. Most of this seven-episode adventure focuses on the emerging chess career of Beth Taylor. After being adopted, … Continue reading
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Catholic Sensibility 