Movies and TV shows that Nancy and I watched in February. I do these posts mainly so I can keep track of what we've been watching, so the reviews are cursory. Now that baseball season has started, there will probably be fewer items here.
Movies
- Miss Willoughby and the Haunted Bookshop: A cozy mystery. Meh. (Amazon Prime)
- Anora: This year's Best Picture Oscar winner about a sex worker who marries the son of a Russian oligarch. It's a good movie and we enjoyed it, but I'm not sure it deserved all the awards that it won (except for Best Actress). (Amazon Prime)
TV Shows
- The Oscars: I'm not sure why we watched this as we've only seen one of the nominated films. It wasn't the best of the Oscar shows but it wasn't the worst either. It was about an hour too long.
- Sherwood (season 2): This takes place ten years after the first season. It's even grimmer and I didn't find the characters as likeable. Still very good. (BritBox)
- Prime Target: A entertaining if somewhat implausible thriller about a mathematician who discovers a way of discovering patterns in prime numbers, making it possible to crack any encryption. (Apple TV+)
- Law and Order Toronto (season 2): The plots are sometimes interesting when they're built on Toronto events but the show is too formulaic. It would be much better if the episodes were longer like most of the British shows. (City TV)
- A Remarkable Place to Die: A police procedural set in New Zealand. The lead detective gets away with some stuff that would get most people fired but it's still quite watchable and the South Island scenery is spectacular. (Acorn TV)
- Reacher (season 3): Light entertainment. Not too gory. Not too serious. Some of it filmed in a Pickering backlot. (Amazon Prime)
- Death and Other Details: Stylist, light, and just complicated enough to be interesting. A bit meta too, which I like. (Disney+)
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