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Netflix’s Moody, Mid-Tier Jo Nesbo Series

Netflix’s Moody, Mid-Tier Jo Nesbo Series

Who’s ready for a dark odyssey into the murky recesses of Harry Hole? Stop it. Detective Hole The Bottom Line Well-acted and atmospheric, but too convoluted. Airdate: Thursday, March 26 (Netflix)Cast: Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman, Pia Tjelta, Ellen Helinder, Anders Baasmo, Maxime Baune BochudCreator: Jo Nesbo Stop giggling. Be a grownup. As millions of Scandinavians, millions of fans of Scandinavian crime fiction, and at least 17 fans of the Michael Fassbender film The Snowman already know, of course, the glum antihero at the center of Jo Nesbo‘s Norwegian novels pronounces his name, “HAR-ee Hoo-leh.” Which won’t stop anybody from pointing and laughing every time the detective phones somebody and their caller ID reads, “HARRY HOLE.” We are, after all, only human. Speaking of phonetics, Detective Hole, a nine-episode adaptation of Nesbo’s The Devil’s Star, is set to air on Netflix, which seems in this instance like it should be pronounced “Ama-zon.” Sure, it’s a Netflix show, but the place Detective Hole would be most at home is alongside Scarpetta and Bosch and Cross on Amazon, …

Sony Bravia 5 Review: An Excellent Mid-Tier TV for Cinephiles

Sony Bravia 5 Review: An Excellent Mid-Tier TV for Cinephiles

Speaking of 4K Blu-rays, this TV really showed off its excellent processing when in Movie mode and watching a recently acquired copy of Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo. The gorgeous use of light and shadow was presented without aggressive blooming, and the colors looked deep and well-saturated. A scene where the two leads face the Golden Gate Bridge looks particularly like a painting on this screen, praise that belongs to the XR chip and Sony’s excellent use of multi-zone, mini-LED backlighting. Photograph: Parker Hall Streaming apps delivered still-great quality, and it also did well in darker scenes from Apple TV’s Pluribus, and in Sport mode when streaming F1. Colors were vivid, and the TV’s 120-Hz refresh rate was on full display, but not quite as heavily as when I plugged in Sony’s PlayStation 5 Pro. Gran Turismo looks smooth and realistic in Gaming mode, with the variable refresh rate helping everything stay smooth, even when doing hard-to-process things like wet races in shiny cars. This screen is available in a wide variety of sizes, from 55 inches …