Television

‘Shining Girls’ (2022): Make it make sense

Imagine Christopher Lloyd’s chalkboard-charted time-travel from “Back to the Future” cleanly plotted out on a sheet of paper. Now imagine that paper folded in half,

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‘Presumed Innocent’ a slick spin on the classic book/film

If you’re looking for a mystery series where you can watch one episode nightly, then discuss theories with friends via a chat thread, then revel

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‘Cobra Kai’ eventually gets its kicks back in Season 6, Part 1

Has “Cobra Kai” (Netflix) lost its fighting edge in the five-episode Season 6, Part 1? Episode one is quite flat, episode two is spicier, but

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‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ takes step backward in Season 5 (1993)

Heading into Season 5 (1993, ITV), the writers of “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” had eight more short stories to adapt (not counting the linked stories from

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‘Poirot’ skillfully adapts three novels in Season 4 (1992)

After three seasons of adapting short stories (with the exceptions of Season 2’s “Peril at End House” and Season 3’s “The Mysterious Affair at Styles”),

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Suchet’s ‘Poirot’ gets classier in Season 3 (1990-91)

“Agatha Christie’s Poirot” became a well-oiled machine in Season 2, and it classes things up further in Season 3 (1990-91, ITV). While retaining its vibe

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‘Poirot’ Season 2 (1990) finds groove with Christie-Exton mash-ups

Even more so than in Season 1, “Agatha Christie’s Poirot” Season 2 (1990, ITV) locks in as a cozy mystery TV series. The experience of

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‘Psycho’ saga takes a truncated shot at TV with ‘Bates Motel’ (1987)

The 1987 TV pilot (sometimes called “TV movie”) “Bates Motel” (NBC) is by far the worst installment of the “Psycho” franchise – rating even lower

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‘Ghostwatch’ (1992) a little-known but highly influential found footage horror film

A fun thing about being a movie fan is that I still come across classics I hadn’t seen before, or – in the case of

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‘3 Body Problem’ a wondrous yet grounded exploration of humans’ place in cosmos

Every quarter century we get a sci-fi epic about how God can perhaps be found at the endpoint of scientific advancement – “2001” (1968), “Contact”

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