Television

‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ bows out with class in Season 13 (2013)

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Season 13 (2013) secures the show’s spot as an all-time top-250 entry with two great episodes and three, um … interesting …

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‘TMNT’ Season 6 (1992) episodes 9-16 aren’t too scary

The back half of “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” Season 6 (1992, CBS) has some episodes with fully developed sitcom-esque plots and life lessons for kids,

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Hitchcock mulls truth, POV, memory in hourlong episodes (1957-62)

In the middle of the last century, film was seen as the medium of discerning viewers and TV as the medium that had to account

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Be very suspicious of the 1988 remake of ‘Suspicion’

“Suspicion” (1941) is driven by two movie stars, Cary Grant and Joan Fontaine, acting the heck out of their roles in order to make an

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ gets dark for Season 12 (2009-10)

By its penultimate Season 12 (2009-10, ITV, A&E), “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” had developed an emotional and thematic continuity, wherein Poirot is forced to confront the

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It’s hard to break away from ‘Severance’ Season 2

“Severance” Season 2 (Apple TV Plus) requires a viewer to buy into the show’s three distinct purposes. Those who are into all three will love

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‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ Season 3 (1957-58) goes out like a lion

Alfred Hitchcock’s three episodes in “Alfred Hitchcock Presents” Season 3 (1957-58, CBS) feature an all-time classic of dark humor, a compelling back-and-forth between two good

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‘Dain Curse’ (1978), Hammett’s most emotional novel, gets miniseries treatment

Of Dashiell Hammett’s five novels, four inspired an outburst of films: three versions of “The Maltese Falcon,” two versions of “The Glass Key,” six “Thin

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A baffling mystery: Why has there never been a Continental Op TV series?

One of the greatest unsolved mysteries in the history of mystery TV is: Why has there never been a Continental Op TV series? The unnamed

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‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ Season 2 (1956-57) explores flickering morals

In Season 1 of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents,” it seemed Hitchcock picked out four premium scripts to direct. In Season 2 (1956-57, CBS), he must’ve slotted

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