For the last while I've been writing monthly posts summarizing the mystery shows I've been watching. This past month I've gone on a bit of a 1970s detective show binge. This isn't something that I had been super familiar with…
Category: Film & TV
Viewing Log January 2019: Columbo, Magnum P.I., Midsomer Murders, UltraViolet, and V.I. Warshawski
I did say in last week's post that I did A LOT of TV watching over the holidays, and I certainly wasn't kidding. By my calculations, I've watched a grand total of 31 hrs of mystery programming over the past…
One for the Money: Book vs. Movie
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Mystery Viewing Log – November 2018
While my posts back in September noted things other than books in the mystery genre, I haven't really written much about movies, TV shows, and games since then. Being that I am quite obsessed with mysteries in any shape or…
Detective Themed Episodes in Star Trek: The Next Generation
I remember seeing Star Trek TNG on TV when I was a kid in the mid-90s. It was in syndicated reruns by that point, and it was always on TV when I got home from school -- usually it came…
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Cheryl Campbell, prolific mystery actress
This post was inspired by a discussion on "The Inspector Morse, Lewis And Endeavour Appreciation Society" Facebook group. A picture of Cheryl Campbell was posted because she had appeared on both Morse and Lewis. However, it quickly became clear from…
Fletch: Female Characters in the Book vs. the Movie
I saw the 1985 movie Fletch for the first time probably about 5 years ago. I was a fan of Chevy Chase and the movie looked like fun. I had no idea until after I watched the movie that it…
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My 5 most anticipated detective/mystery releases for September (2018)
Being a mystery buff, I'm always super excited for new releases in the detective/mystery genre. I'm hoping to make these posts a regular thing, where at the beginning of each month I list five releases I'm looking forward to the…
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Magnum, P.I. 7.10 “Kapu”
The title of this episode and the name of the [fake] Hawaiian island featured in it, "Kapu", roughly translates to 'taboo' in English. But I think a more descriptive title would be "Magnum goes (even more) Hawaiian", as this is probably…
Murder, She Watched 