Seshadri's Musings

More web-series reviews… Untamed – Came in 2025. A character driven mystery thriller that follows Kyle Turner, a special agent for the National Parks Service who works to enforce human law in nature's vast wilderness. The investigation of a brutal death sends Turner on a collision course with the dark secrets within the park, and in his own past. A review from IMDB... I was hooked right away and binge watched the 6 episodes without a single break, literally! I didn't realize I'd barely moved until I was done! My knees made me acutely aware though upon standing up! Seriously though, gripping slow burn plus the landscape and cinematography is amazing of course. The mixed reviews on here so far just tells me that you will either love it or maybe not. After watching I thought that the feeling or pull was very similar to the first season of Pickett on Prime. If you've seen that show's first season and liked it then Untamed is for you. To all readers though, I ...

More web-series reviews… A Remarkable Place to Die – Came in 2024. Detective Anais Mallory returns to hometown Queenstown, New Zealand and faces startling homicides. She cracks cases while confronting personal ghosts from her past. A review from IMDB... Love my NZ, Aussie and British murder mysteries. This was one is very promising, but there are a lot of disjointed issues. It feels like some departments got a better budget than others. The cinematography/scenery/drone department got the best budget as the vistas are gorgeous. The fact that the name of the Remarkable Mountain Range is in the title this makes sense. But other departments such as costumes, script writing, directing, and sets did not. Script: show is episodic and serialized. Great! The detectives solve one murder per episode, but we have to deal with murder of protagonist's father and sister, which one is not resolved in last episode. This show wanted to be serious (One Lane Bridge, Toppo) but also quirky/fun...

More web-series reviews…   Trophy Wife: Murder on Safari – Came in 2025. Explores the mysterious death of Bianca Rudolph on an African hunting trip. Accused is wealthy Pittsburgh-area dentist Larry Rudolph. A review from iMDB... This documentary could have been done in an hour, period. Instead we are subjected to silly music accompanying interviews that are rambling, and frankly, not necessary in telling this story. In fact it's about a creepy dentist who thought he was above the laws of nature, not to mention the laws of man, and how he hunted not just animals, but women. Obviously considering both of them less than human. He really was his biggest admirer. He was a sociopath and when people got in his way he got rid of them. He was about the worst type of man you could imagine and this documentary actually goes into details I'd have rather not known. Be forewarned. My Take – An ok series. True story!   Ellis...

More web-series reviews… Rematch – Came in 2024-25. A psychological thriller set in the crossfire of the 1997 historical battle between world chess champion Garry Kasparov and IBM's supercomputer Deep Blue, Rematch is a high-pressure confrontation between man and machine, a war of minds, both on and off the chess board. Based on a true story, Rematch takes us on a gripping journey inside the world of high-level chess competition via one of the greatest man vs. machine matches ever to be played. The event was so important, it prompted the New York Times to print: The future of humanity is on the line. A review from IMDB... To put it bluntly, this is the French answer to The Queen's Gambit (2020). The only difference is that Rematch is based on the true story of Garry Kasparov's struggle against the Deep Blue computer and tells more about the history of computing than about chess. It also has a lot to say about capitalism, because as Xavier Valens (Luca Pasqualino) put...

More web-series reviews… In Transit – Came in 2025. Explores the lives of trans and non-binary individuals navigating love, identity, and the boundaries of gender in a uniquely Indian way. A review from Hindustan Times... What does it mean to be visibly trans in India? There's no whataboutery about the fact that India is still largely homophobic; one look at the cases of violence on the LGBTQ+ community is enough to show why. The new four-part docuseries, backed by Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti's Tiger Baby Films, attempts to bring together stories of nine transgender individuals across India as they share their lives, hearts, and hopes. It is a vital, sensitively drawn-out portrait of the challenges faced by the trans community in modern India. Zoya Akhtar and Reema Kagti had previously cast trans actor Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju in the second season of Made in Heaven for the new addition to the show, Meher. That char...

More web-series reviews… Bookish – Came out in 2025. Gabriel Book, proprietor of an antiquarian bookshop, relies on his vast collection to unravel baffling cases. He nurtures a group of lovable yet troubled individuals, providing informal protection and guidance. A review from IMDB... I hear some say oh not another Sherlock Holmes style 1940's crime drama but read on and you might be interested. Mark Gatiss who stars and is the creator of this six part whodunnit certainly has introduced a fascinating new character to add to the world of crime sleuth entertainment. Mark Gattis plays Gabriel Book an unconventional somewhat eccentric book shop owner who helps police solve crimes in 1946 London he even as he often states carries with him a letter from Winston Churchill. The most interesting aspect for me of this six part series that thankfully has already been commissioned for a second series is the emotional triangle of the three main characters. While the crime mysteri...