Mystery Road

Mystery Road is a gritty western-like murder and suspense movie. The main character is Jay Swan, a new detective who returns to his home in the Australian outback town of Winton, Queensland. His first case is a the death of a young girl found in a culvert along a well-used highway. The girl is found to have been murdered. As the investigation progresses a trail of more crime is revealed. Jay must follow the trail to the end…

Sherlock

I am a confirmed Sherlock Holmes fan I read all Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes stories before I was 13 and still return to them on occasion now.  I resisted a modern adaptation…but I need not have.  Benedict Cumberbatch plays a fantastic Sherlock Holmes and Martan Freeman’s portrayal of Watson is spot-on.  The writers adaptation of original stories was done with great skill preserving Doyle’s tone while modernizing the story line has in my opinion been accomplished. 

Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries

Miss Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) is an Australian ex World War One nurse who upon returning from war wound up becoming a detective.  She is