Larry Moran – Google

August 31, 2022 - I normally don't give TV series four star ratings because they are usually just average among other TV series. However, I found the first season ofthis series to be very affecting. I really felt the emotional pain that the characters were going through in the first few episodes. There are a number of subplots which don't distract from the main plot. There isn't a lot of violent action in this season of the series, but there are murder scenes showing some blood. There are actors in the cast that have been in any number of high profile TV series. Among them are Aiden Gillen (Little Finger in GOT), Charlie Cox, and Emmitt J. Scanlan. Of particular interest is actress Clare Dunne who is particularly good in her lead female role. If anyone is curious as I was, about her facial birthmark. It is real. Without giving any spoilers, there is a second season in production as I write this review.

August 6, 2022 My Rating is three and half stars - Spy City really made it worthwhile for me continuing to subscribe to the service I viewed it on. I didn't know anything about the series but gave it a try and was extremely pleased with it. What I liked about the series - 1) The acting is very good,2) good directing, 3) the production values are very good, including extremely short video clips of street scenes and News footage from the 1960's. Which is the time period the plot takes place. 4) Very good and involving plot. 5) None of the usual tropes and memes that are seen in most drama series currently being produced. 6) While the actors making up the main cast are apparently well known. I didn't recognize any of them. This made the series more interesting to me, because there were no actors that seemed to be in every other film and TV series. I was stationed in Germany during the time that the events in the series took place, and I think the production company did a great job of recreating the time period.

I have enjoyed all of the seasons of Ozark. I think the acting, plot, production values, and writing are of the very best quality. The fourth and final season was worth waiting for and memorable. I think that the production company set the standard for how the quality of a multi season TV series should be maintained throughout its existence. I feel the final season is my reward for being a fan of the series from its beginning. In this last season, I began to feel that this was not just a dark drama, but a love story. A man's dedication to a woman, who in her own words "Is not easy to love." I hope more TV series in the future will be as enjoyable and engaging as Ozark has been. I won't comment on the final episode to avoid even a hint of spoilers.

I gave this series three stars because the acting is very good, as are the plot, production values, and writing. However, considering the fact that this series is based on a book that people familiar with both the events and the author. Seem to feel that the book and the series tend to exaggerate what actually happened. I'm not concerned as to whether the series is based on fiction or not. However, I think the American characters in the series come off as being arrogant, self-centered, and not very smart. The two American characters are said to have been in Tokyo for a number of years. Yet they seem to be ignorant about many important things concerning Japan, and its culture. I think what really makes the series interesting are the Japanese actors and characters. If Tokyo Vice has a second season, I won't watch it.

April 23, 2022 - I think this is a better than average horror film. I like the suspense and the acting is good. I very much liked Rebecca Hall's performance, and I liked the "no nonsense" character she played. I guess horror movies have to have people do things that they wouldn't do in real life. I found it acceptable in this film, because Ms. Hall's character seemed like the kind of person to do the things that she did, and I believe viewers are on her side. This is obviously a limited budgeted movie, but the acting and plot definitely make it worth watching.

April 23, 2022 - This was a mildly entertaining movie, and most of the action takes place in the last third of the film. Noomi Rapace, (the best actress with just one facial expression), is a favorite of mine, and I can watch her in just about anything. There isn't a lot of exposition about the war in the movie. The way the mission has to be carried out is kind of far fetched. One reviewer here stating that "This is probably one of the most awesome Swedish movies in modern times." They must not have seen a lot of films and are probably about twelve years old. But, to each is own. I say this is a passingly entertaining movie, and I'm not sorry I watched it.

This isn't a bad spy adventure series, but it should have been titled something like "Save the innocents", because for the most part. All the main characters do is run around trying to keep innocent family members and friends, from being killed by the bad guys. In spite of a really stellar cast in both seasons. The series is really kind of subpar with a lot of melodrama. It would have been so much more interesting and entertaining. If the production company had used the really talented actors, and what appears to be a good sized production budget. To create a series that would be more in keeping with a Jason Bourne, or Jack Ryan type of action drama. As I watched the series, I became more and more disappointed with the melodramatic writing, and ridiculous plots. Characters who are supposed to be people that are accustomed to death and carnage. Are suddenly turned into people that should have been working for some humanitarian charity, rather than working for spy agencies. I really like the actor Mark Strong, and it was fun seeing him in his role. Watching Walton Goggins' "go off" on Anastasia Griffith's character, yelling just inches away from her face was both well done and amusing. I didn't much care for various British actors using fair to not so good American accents, Southern in particular. This wasn't a terrible series, but it really could have been so much better.