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THE ENGLISH GAME – Review by Susan Granger

July 7, 2026July 11, 2026 Susan Granger association football, Craig Parkionson, Edward Holcroft, James Harkness, julian fellowes, kevin guthrie, mini-series, netflix, soccer, The English Game

Astutely timed to coincide with World Cup enthusiasm, Netflix’s The English Game traces the origins of ‘association football’ in England, which evolved into the sport known as soccer in the United States. Prolific screenwriter Julian Fellowes (Gosford Park, Downton Abbey, Belgravia, The Gilded Age) combines fact with fiction in this six-part historical mini-series set in a Lancashire mill town in the late 19th century when two ‘hired’ Scottish players catapulted the local Darwen working-class football club into contention for the coveted FA (Football Association) cup.

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UNTAMED – Review by Susan Granger

August 5, 2025August 10, 2025 Susan Granger Elle Smith, eric bana, Lily Santiago, Mark L. Smith, mini-series, netflix, Rosemary DeWitt, sam neill, Untamed, yosemite

The best part of Netflix’s new mystery mini-series Untamed is that it’s set in Yosemite National Park and stars rugged Eric Bana as a veteran Special Investigative Agent with the National Park Service. It begins as climbers ascending the steep granite face of El Capitan are shocked as the body of an unidentified woman suddenly careens off the rocky summit, colliding with one of them, entangling their ropes.

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PAM & TOMMY – Review by Pam Grady

February 1, 2022February 2, 2022 Pam Grady hulu, Lily James, mini-series, Pam & Tommy, Pamela Anderson, Rand Gauthier, Robert Siegel, Sebastian Stan, Seth Rogen, sex tapes, taylor schilling, Tommy Lee

Pam & Tommy is tabloid television given an elegant veneer by its A-list cast and the fig leaf of feminism offered by the women on the production team and women like Lake Bell who direct some of the episodes. But nearly 30 years after all of this first started, this show is really just the latest chapter in the ongoing exploitation of Pamela Anderson, a woman who does not deserve it.

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LOVE FRAUD – Review by Martha K Baker

September 1, 2020September 1, 2020 Martha K. Baker (Archived Contributor) 0 Comments documentaires, heidi ewing, love fraud, mini-series, rachel grady, richard scott smith, showtime

Imagine having your heart and wallet stolen by a charmer. Imagine marrying the man. Imagine discovering that, in addition to being a cad, he’s a bigamist and that you should have taken a number to marry this snake. Then — and you don’t have to imagine this — find the blog started by his other women. That’s what happens in Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s new documentary series.