One of the best crime dramas on Netflix hails from Finland — The third season of “Bordertown” is available on Netflix. If the series ended today, viewers would crave more while imagining the possibilities if the story continued. Premise Kari Sorjonen, played brilliantly by Ville Virtanen, is an investigator with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Helsinki, Finland. The stress of work…

Women of all ages navigate the religious patriarchy — Based upon a book with the same name by Emma Donoghue, an English nurse travels to the Irish Midlands in 1862 to observe an 11-year-old girl who hasn’t eaten for months. Fourth Wall The film immediately breaks the fourth wall which reduces the presumptive nature of people to side with specific…

From fun to financial success to traumatic encounters — An idea of empowering women by taking control over their orgasms and creating better male lovers turns into a nightmare as a group of like-minded people morphed into an organization that crossed boundaries and possibly laws. Nicole Daedone had an idea that she shared with the world: female empowerment through…

The anthology series is a beautiful balance of various horrors — Guillermo del Toro opens the series displaying an impressive cabinet full of hidden compartments and tells us the premise of the production: “In centuries past, when the world was full of mystery and traveling was reserved for the very few, a new form of collection was born. The cabinet of…

The Vatican shows that absolute power corrupts absolutely — Emanuela Orlandi, a 15-year-old citizen of the Vatican City State, disappeared on June 22, 1983. Her family worked for the Vatican, having served seven Popes. She left for a music lesson in Rome and was never seen again. The world knows about the Church covering up priests abusing alter boys…

Women are the future in this South Korean series — “Glitch” (2022) is a South Korean series about a young woman who tries to track down her missing boyfriend with the help of a UFO-watching club. Episode 1 Hong Ji-hyo, played by Jeon Yeo-been, lives with her father and stepmother. She tries her best to ignore the hallucinations of a strange…

Familial stories are woven into a sociopolitical narrative — It has been twenty-five years since the flood that impacted Wroclaw in Poland. Netflix now has a series which follows characters throught the days leading to the flood as well as how they handle the crisis as it happens. The History For people unfamiliar with Poland and its cities, I found…

It is never too late to fight for a better tomorrow — Vee is a young girl who is kidnapped during a storm in the Pacific Northwest. Hannah, Vee’s mother, joins Lou in their quest to find and recue Vee. When Does “Lou” Take Place? Bon Jovi’s “Wanted Dead or Alive” plays indicating it must at least be 1986 when the song was…

Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed work is masterfully presented by an amazing cast in a stunning production — “The Sandman” has been one of the few series in recent years that I had to tell myself to stop watching so I could get some sleep. Such a dilemna seems poetic. With each episode I watched, I adjusted my perspective and yearned for more of something. It was as…