“A Murder at the End of the World."

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“A Murder at the End of the World” (Hulu) psychological thriller drama miniseries, follows an amateur detective who attempts to solve a murder at an isolated Arctic retreat in Iceland. A grand whodunit mystery thriller in the backdrop of the A.I. craze. 



       Add Emma Corrin, Golden Globes Best Actress in 2022 (as Princess Diana in the TV series “The Crown”) as the nerdy sleuth Darby. And Clive Owen as billionaire Andy Ronson, who easily pokes us as a composite evil of 15 tech moguls nowadays.

       Then there's Joan and Alice Braga in “adornment” roles (sadly) + co-creator Brit Marling, who as usual acts, writes and directs as well. But this show is all Emma Corrin.

       However, despite Emma's focused intensity and a grand, snowy set, the 7-episode exercise wasn't able to go past ho-hum predictability and cliché dialogues. Per murder mystery thrillers in snowy locales, try Finland's “Deadwind,” all three seasons. 📺🎥📺

GAVE UP: “Bodies” (Netflix) British crime thriller, based on the DC comic and graphic novel of the same name written by Si Spencer. The story revolves around the appearance of a dead body in Longharvest Lane in the Whitechapel area of London. This event happens in the same location in four years – 1890, 1941, 2023 and 2053. I am a bit lost with the convoluted plot, especially that the differing timeframes are so “many.”

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