Television

Gunn’s ‘Peacemaker’ Season 2 is no joke, despite a lighter tone from the DCEU days

James Gunn is improving the quality of DC’s storytelling from within the Warner Bros. machine, ironically by telling an epic story about former government agents

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‘Chad Powers’ powers forward as best of the ‘Ted Lasso’ ilk

“Chad Powers” (Hulu) is a weird show and a hard one to get right, but the six-episode Season 1 mostly achieves it. Based on Eli

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‘The Paper’ is worth a subscription as it nails modern journalism

“The Paper” (Peacock) isn’t breaking new ground with style: It’s precisely like “The Office” (2005-13), from which it spins off. But it’s also so precisely

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Character exploration takes a backseat in rompish ‘Chucky’ Season 2 (2022)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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‘Murdaugh: Death in the Family’ makes true crime chillingly personal

“Murdaugh: Death in the Family” (Wednesdays, Hulu) is the very definition of a mystery where you peel back layers. It can be enjoyed either by

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‘Chucky’ makes a killer move to prestige TV in Season 1 (2021)

In RFMC’s “All Dolled Up” series, I’m taking my first journey through the seven original films, one reboot film and one TV series of the

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‘Marple’ Season 6 (2013) takes a respectable final bow

“Agatha Christie’s Marple” wraps its run with a three-episode Season 6 (2013, ITV, A&E) featuring the last remaining novel to be adapted, a smart mashup

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Williamson’s ‘Wasteland’ (1999) is not a total waste

It’s a testament to the stacked nature of the Fall 1999 TV schedule that I canceled “Wasteland” after one episode. (ABC would then cancel it

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‘Agatha Christie’s Marple’ Season 5 (2010-11) offers something old, something new

Had “Agatha Christie’s Marple” kept going beyond its 23 episodes, it likely would’ve adapted all or most of the Marple short stories. The first one

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Handoff to McKenzie is intriguing – if not exactly smooth – in ‘Marple’ Season 4 (2009)

It’s generally thought that “Poirot” nailed the TV casting with David Suchet whereas “Miss Marple”/”Marple” struggled by bouncing between Joan Hickson, Geraldine McEwan and Julia

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