The Last Detective is a British TV comedy drama series, broadcast on ITV between 7 February 2003 and 31 May 2007, starring Peter Davison as the title character, Detective Constable "Dangerous Davies". The series is based on the "Dangerous Davies" series of novels written by Leslie Thomas, and was filmed in the north London suburbs of Willesden, Neasden and Harlesden.

The first series aired in 2003, with three more series following it. The first, second and third series all consist of four 70-minute episodes (90-minutes with advertisements). The fourth series is slightly longer, encompassing five episodes. After a total of seventeen episodes, production company Meridian Broadcasting (later Granada Productions), who produced the programme, stated that the series had been axed due to falling viewing figures, and that the fourth series would be the last.

The Granada series was not the first time that the title character had appeared on television. He previously appeared in a TV movie, first broadcast on 4 January 1981, starring Bernard Cribbins.  It is a good outing for Peter   Davison and introduces Sean Hughes to a wider audience.  Well worth watching 9 out of 10. 

Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution is a 2007 British comedy drama film, directed by Bille Eltringham and starring Catherine Tate, Iain Glen and Brittany Ashworth, about a British family who move to East Germany in 1968, during the Cold War. It was filmed in Hungary and the United Kingdom (UK), and was released on 9 July 2007 at the Cambridge Film Festival, and nationwide in the UK on 28 September.

Mildly amusing.  Makes you wonder how the Stasi operated, they seem to have problems catching a cold in this movie.  Dorothy Ratcliff is an everyday British housewife transplanted to East Germany by her committed Communist husband who accepts a position as an English teacher at a local school.  Her kids are divided, a rebellious teenager who hates the situation she is thrust into, a younger daughter who is a committed Communist like her father and a layabout uncle who just tags along who falls in love with an East German woman who lives next door.  Mildly amusing. 8 out of 10.   

Frankenstein (2025).

Just released on Netflix.

Directed by Guillermo del Toro.

A wonderful adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel.

I thoroughly enjoyed it.

9/10

greggerypeccary wrote on Nov 9^th, 2025 at 7:57am:



4/4 Roger Ebert

85% Rotten Tomatoes

7.7/10 IMDb

91% liked this film

"Del Toro's script did an excellent job of exploring the humanity of the creature as he moves in the world, grappling with love, loneliness, rage, even forgiveness. The starkness between the man who was a monster and monster who was the real man is brought into full light in their final acts. Frankenstein, ever selfish, asks the monster to accord him one final wish. The creature, being goodness that he is, grants it willingly, before the film ends with one of the most touching closing scenes.

"Set against a hauntingly beautiful score by Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein is a movie that, while so violent it had me, at times, averting my gaze, is also one that forces me to hope. If it doesn't scoop up at least one award, I will, like the monster, be righteously throwing some hands."

Kiss of the spider woman 2025. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30400277/

A very good remake of the 1980s film of the same name. Jennifer Lopez is outstanding in the movie which is told in both Caberet style and solemn acting.   It does contain 2 scenes that are very sexual in nature - probably don’t let granny see it, but I enjoyed it for what it was.    Good story with a great ending.