Scapegoat: Trading Places Revisited

Matthew Rhys & Matthew Rhys

John Standing and Johnny Spence could pass for twins and they do in this 2012 movie based on a 1957 book by Daphne du Maurier. John is a nasty, wealthy ner de well who meets Johnny, a decent and honorable teacher, and concocts a scheme to swap lives.

Good guy Johnny is plunged into a world peopled by miserable relatives who have been tarnished by John's selfish behavior, bad business deals, and wasteful spending.

The Movie Slut loves the theme of this flick. One man/woman can make a difference. And sometimes he/she has to move well beyond the comfort zone to enact change.  

Collision: Crash, bang, boom

Kate Ashfield & Douglas Henshall

A six-car pile-up on the A-12 in Britain unites a team of investigators intent on uncovering the cause the deadly accident in this five-part PBS Masterpiece Contemporary series now on Amazon. As the investigation proceeds, the lives of the victims are uncovered and, holy moly, some of these peeps were up to crazy stuff.

Viewers of Collision are a bit ahead of the cracker jack team since they meet some of the characters prior to the crash. Still, unraveling the events is a Herculean task.

And then there's DI John Tolin and Inspector Ann Stallwood. What's up with them?

Collision is a riveting series that is tied up at the end in a most bee-utiful fashion.