Television

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 6, Part 3 ties the belt on Johnny’s journey

“Cobra Kai” Season 6, Part 3 (Netflix) features a bizarre mix of the awful and the amazing. Ultimately it leaves us feeling good as it

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‘RoboDoc’ (2023) has one directive: Go in-depth on 1987’s ‘RoboCop’

Thanks to crowd funding and documentary makers’ better sense of the size of their potential audience, we’re getting in-depth docs on classic entertainment like never

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‘RoboCop’ returns to factory settings with ‘Prime Directives’ (2001)

TV has delivered some hidden gems in major SF franchises, like “Total Recall 2070” (1999) and “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles” (2008-09). In brief flashes,

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Hero further decreases in stature with ‘RoboCop’ TV series (1994)

Sometimes I think the writers’ (Ed Neumeier and Michael Miner) contributions to “RoboCop” (1987) are underrated in relation to the deafening praise lavished on director

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‘Poirot’ Season 11 (2008-09) runs into adaptation challenges

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” has never looked better than in Season 11 (2008-09, ITV, A&E), as we’re invited into the cluttered boarding house of “Mrs. McGinty’s

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‘Poirot’ Season 10 (2005-06) a mix of smart and ill-advised alterations

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” began its “dark half” by adapting four masterpieces in Season 9. Season 10 (2005-06, ITV and A&E), on the other hand, tackles

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‘Notorious’ (1992) has the nerve to take on one of Hitch’s best-crafted films

You have to give them credit for daring. Director Colin Bucksey and his team remake “Notorious” (1946) – perhaps the most lavishly crafted of Alfred

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‘Poirot’ works out math of love triangles in Season 9 (2003-04)

“Poirot” Seasons 1-8 feature the cozy quartet of Poirot, Hastings, Japp and Miss Lemon and proven, skilled writers like Clive Exton and Anthony Horowitz. But

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John’s top 10 TV shows of 2024

Prestige miniseries and streaming franchise “content” ruled the roost, but traditional network TV surprisingly hung on to life this year – even if the format

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Seasons 7-8 (2000-02) are a joyful – if darker – return

In 2000, “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Season 7 (ITV, A&E) hit the air after a four-year hiatus with a slight change in attitude. It tiptoes toward

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