Short reviews of movies and TV shows I watched in May. Now that we're watching the Blue Jays, there won't be as much here.
Movies
- Greenland 2: Migration. I saw a review that suggested that this was better than the first movie. It wasn't.
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War. Yet another Jack Ryan thriller. Lots of action and not a lot of plausibility, as usual. This one was OK until about halfway through, then started to run off the rails. I did enjoy the parts that were set in Dubai. (Amazon Prime)
- The Mandalorian and Grogu. See my review from last week. (IMAX)
TV Shows
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (season 2). Lots of big monster battles in the middle of a muddled plot with too many jumps in time. The final episode ended with a setup for the next season, but I don't really care.(Apple TV)
- Dept. Q: This is a police procedural billed as "tartan noir" and it is indeed gloomy and you'll probably want closed captioning on. Unfortunately the plot stretches my "willing suspension of disbelief" past the breaking point and the characters are mostly standard tropes. (Netflix)
- A Taste for Murder: A grieving British detective travels to Italy to restore the relationship with his daughter and gets involved in all sorts of crimes. The best parts are the setting (Naples and Croatia, subbing for Capri) and Patricia Logan, of Downton Abbey fame. (BritBox)
- Good Omens (season 3): A one episode, 97-minute season, largely because Neil Gaiman wasn't involved. And it shows. You can probably skip this one.
- Law and Order: Criminal Intent: Toronto (season 3). It's very formulaic. We like it for the Toronto settings and the stories that are sometimes taken from local news. (City TV)
