My Current Interest

     For a while now, I have been watching the original Professor T. from Belgium on PBS . I came in late to the series, and have missed episodes for one reason or another. I keep hoping I will find the series on DVD , but so far, no luck. That is part of the reason why I was interested when I found out PBS was going to air a British version of the show. It could possibly fill in some holes for me, or it may not do that at all.      DC Lisa Donckers (Emma Naomi) needs help. She is certain a recent rape is connected to another from five years before. Instead of taking her suspicions to her higher-ups, she takes them to her past criminology professor, Jasper Tempest (Ben Miller). Photo of DVD cover taken by Kate Dorsey      Despite what Lisa presents to him, Professor T is reluctant to help. Not because he thinks Lisa is wrong, but because he is uninterested.      Professor T is a man who walks around with rubber gloves on his h...

     While Why Not Tonight may be the third book in the Happily Inc series, it is not the third story. There is a short story or novella that falls between Second Chance Girl and this one. I haven’t read it yet, but that did not keep me from enjoying this book.      If artist Ronan Mitchell hadn’t left his cell phone at work, probably none of what did happen would have happened. Art gallery office manager Natalie Kaleta never would have gotten stuck at his house, and Ronan never would have fallen in love.      But Ronan did leave his cell phone, and Natalie did get stuck at his house. And yes, Ronan fell in love.            Known for going missing when he is in one of his moods, Ronan is very surprised to find Natalie on his doorstep. Ronan hasn’t communicated with anyone for days, and Natalie has come up to his mountain home to make sure he is alright. She came during a severe storm. H...

Photo of DVD cover taken by Kate Dorsey      Gifted is a sweet, infuriating movie. Yes. I mean exactly what I wrote. Gifted is both sweet and infuriating. Which might be why this hour and forty minute film feels longer than it is. But the time is worth it.      Seven-year-old Mary Adler (Mckenna Grace) is not an ordinary girl. She has been raised by her uncle, Frank (Chris Evans), since she was a baby. Her mother, Diane, Frank’s sister, commit suicide, leaving Mary in Frank’s care. He left his professorship in Massachusetts and moved Mary to Florida for a new life.      Frank relies on the help of his neighbor, Roberta Taylor ( Octavia Spencer ), with raising Mary. In fact, it is Roberta who objects to Mary going to school. She senses something will go wrong. The truth about Mary will be discovered, and nothing will go well from there.      The truth about Mary is she is a mathematical genius, as her mother was. This gets d...

     Just when I think the situation with rival baker Olivia has been eliminated, it rears up again.  When will this conflict end?!      It’s off to Las Vegas for the owners of Fairy Tale Cupcakes .   They are going in hopes of opening their first franchise.   Something head baker Mel Cooper is not happy to have happening.        Mel’s recipes and cupcakes are precious to her.   She does not want to risk the quality going down in a place where she does not have control.   Her two business partners, Angie DeLaura and Tate Harper completely disagree with Mel’s determination to stop the franchise.   With a vote of two to one, the franchise is happening.      While Tate is the one who set up the meeting with the woman who wants to franchise, it is the very reluctant Mel who must actually conduct the meeting.   Tate and Angie claim they missed the meeting because they lost track of time (pe...