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If I had to go to war, I’d want it to be with Foyle!  That sums up a lot of my feelings about this BBC show you can watch on Netflix.  Detective Chief Superintendent Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) is a seasoned policeman not to be messed with.  He is smart, cultured, and dogged in his desire to get to the bottom of each new mystery.  Originally set in 1940, Foyle’s War takes place in the background of World War II and post war Britain.  With the best of the young off to war, a senior Foyle is given responsibility as senior police officer to find the truth about murder, sabotage and political intrigue.  Don’t resist, Foyle is going to uncover the truth, even if it embarrasses the Crown.
is terrific as the quiet but persistent Mr. Foyle.  You often feel that he’d rather be doing anything else, but he didn’t shirk his task.  We quickly learn that there are many crimes and plots hidden under the cloak of war.  Foyle is often working against the desires of his superiors. It’s fun watching the events of World War II from the perspective of the other side of the pond.  Americans don’t always come off well in Foyle’s War: rude, demanding and condescending.  Do your job well, Mr. Foyle, but please don’t dig up the real truth of the problems.  We have a war to win, after all, and you always find something quite inconvenient.

Foyle is joined by his faithful driver, Samantha Stewart (Honeysuckle Weeks).  It isn’t that Foyle really needs a driver, but the show needs the warmth and humor of Sam.  It’s easy to become attached to Honeysuckle Weeks, who often stands on the sidelines waiting to pounce on the suspects in each mystery.  While there are numerous police officers, politicians, and English MI5 spies, the bulk of the stories rely on the snooping of these two characters who play together very well.  Sam is like a daughter to Foyle, and he is her protective father.

It’s also quite educational. We learn just how hard things were for our British allies, getting through the war and waiting for America to join in.  This is not a fast paced drama, but a carefully and well written story of a time and place far away, but all too close to home.

Foyle’s War began in 2012, there are eight seasons and 28 episodes to enjoy.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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