by StrandMag | Mar 30, 2020 | Films
DVD Review: Elementary: The Final Season, and Elementary: The Complete Series By Chris Chan When CBS first announced Elementary, a modernized take on the Sherlock Holmes stories, purists like me were apprehensive. Not only did moving the mysteries to...
by StrandMag | Mar 26, 2020 | Films
DVD Review: Knives Out (SPOILER WARNING: Major plot points will be discussed here.) Knives Out is a movie I wanted to love but wound up only kind of liking. On paper, it’s exactly my kind of entertainment. Harlan Thrombey, a famous mystery writer, has...
by StrandMag | Jan 20, 2020 | Films
DVD Review: Queens of Mystery, Series 1 By Chris Chan Queens of Mystery is an amiable crime show, with a promising premise that starts solidly and could blossom into something brilliant in future seasons given the proper writing. The show centers around...
by StrandMag | Jan 2, 2020 | Films
DVD Review: Murdoch Mysteries, Seasons 11 & 12 By Chris Chan (WARNING: Some oblique spoilers here.) Murdoch Mysteries, the long-running Canadian period mystery-comedy series, is still going strong after twelve seasons. The series stars...
by StrandMag | Nov 22, 2019 | Films
DVD Review: Veronica Mars: The Complete Fourth Season (2019) [or, The Complete First Season (Revival), depending on who you ask.] Veronica Mars is one of the latest beloved series to be revived, and not for the first time. When the show premiered in 2004, it soon...
by StrandMag | Oct 28, 2019 | Blog Article, Films
DVD Review: The Happytime Murders and Can You Ever Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy had two crime movies released in 2018. They were radically different films with wildly different receptions. One “won” her a Razzie Award; and another earned her Oscar, Golden...
