Teresa reviews The Exemplary Maid (1990) and found that the Japanese anime version was more entertaining and complete. (Eeskujulik teenijanna) (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Fidelity to text: 4½ thieves The story was cut to include meandering scenes but everything important remains. Quality of film: 3½ thieves Who would have ever thought that the Japanese anime […]
(Ms. Ma: Nemesis episodes 29-32) (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent: 3 guns Loose ends, but also anyone can be a victim, anyone can be a killer, no one is above suspicion, and conspiracies lurk in the shadows. Quality of episodes: 4½ guns Those loose ends and dropped plot threads made me want another episode […]
Teresa reviews Body in the Library (2018) and found that, in the run up to the end of the series, she doesn’t mind the changes they made to the story. (Ms. Ma: Nemesis episodes 25-28) (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent: 2 stranglers The key players in Body show up with the same motives but […]
Teresa reviews A Murder Is Announced (2018), episodes 21-24 of “Ms. Ma: Nemesis,” and cheers the appearance of the real Ms. Ma, bestselling novelist. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent: 1 revolver You’ll recognize the central idea from Announced, but that’s all you’ll get. Quality of episodes: 3½ revolvers Too much plot stuffed into too […]
Teresa Reviews The Mirror Crack’d III (2018) and decided this was the most evil Marina Gregg of all. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent: 3½ camera tripods Mi-Ye is Margo Bence but the angriest, most conflicted Margo I’ve seen. Quality of episodes: 4½ camera tripods There were spots that were unclear (we need to watch […]
Teresa reviews The Mirror Crack’d II (2018), the second four-episode arc in Ms. Ma: Nemesis, and is curious which way the story is going (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent: 3 ½ asthma inhalers After the previous changes to Mirror, we’ve suddenly returned to the source material. Quality of episodes: 4 asthma inhalers The tension […]
Teresa Reviews Ms. Ma The Mirror Crack’d I (2018) and realizes that Marina Gregg’s story might take a different turn. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent: 3 poisoned cocktails It looks like the actress poisoned the woman who caused her miscarriage but did she? Quality of episodes: 4 poisoned cocktails The plot thickens so you’d […]
Teresa reviews Ms. Ma: Nemesis, The Moving Finger (2018) and is looking forward to seeing what happens next. (Ms. Ma: Nemesis, episodes 5-8) (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent: 4 hangings Poison pen letters and even more poisonous gossip? Agatha wrote the book with The Moving Finger (1942). Quality of episodes: 4 hangings The overall […]
Teresa reviews Ms. Ma: Nemesis I (2018) and was drawn into the story of an accused child murderer escaping an asylum to clear her name. (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel Agatha adjacent: 4 guns If you’re paying attention, you’ll recognize many classic tropes from Agatha’s writing. Quality of episodes: 4 guns We were sucked in at […]
Teresa Reviews Five Dolls for an August Moon (1970) (c)2024 by Teresa Peschel (5 bambole per la luna d’agosto) Fidelity to text: 1 knife Assemble ten people on an island. Let the murders begin. There was one other parallel to the novel. One. Quality of movie: 1½ knives It would help immensely if you spoke […]