TV Reviews7.8/10
Automan Review: Glen A. Larson’s Low-Budget Tron Knockoff Still Holds Up as a Curiosity
A brief look back at Automan, Glen A. Larson's short-lived 1983 ABC series where a man becomes a holographic crime fighter.
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Category: TV Reviews
Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews5.4/10
Tyrant Review: FX’s Ambitious Drama Couldn’t Decide Between Thriller and Soap
A tyrant's house, a family torn apart, a nation in revolt—this tale of exile and power never quite delivers on its promise.
TV Reviews8.1/10
‘Hi Score Girl’: A Friendship Built on Losing at Street Fighter
A tale of a boy who loses again and again at Street Fighter II, and finds his true friend within the arcade.
TV Reviews8/10
Eight Years On, Mirzapur Still Packs Enough Punch to Justify Its Loud, Bloody Ambition
A tale of Mirzapur, wherein Kaleen Bhayya and his son Munna wage war upon the Pandit family in a city of lies.
TV Reviews6.9/10
‘Cradle of Wolves’ Review: Paz Vega Anchors a Flawed Soap Opera That Never Quite Becomes a Mystery
A Mexican telenovela of beauty and cruelty, wherein Paz Vega plays a wife who causes her husband's death and schemes to secure her fortune.
TV Reviews8.5/10
‘Beyond Evil’ Review: Two Cops, One Serial Killer, and a Question That Never Gets Answered
A grim tale of two officers who breach the law to pursue a monster, where guilt and innocence are one and the same.
TV Reviews8/10
‘The Slime Diaries’: Monsters Eat, Forge, and Joke Their Way Through a Kingdom
A review of The Slime Diaries, a comedy anime about monsters building a kingdom, scoring 8/10.
TV Reviews7.4/10
Five Years On, the Jungle Predator Still Hunts the Mysterious Leader of A Thousand Fangs
A commando plunges into the jungle to hunt a leader shrouded in mystery, in HBO Max's taut seven-episode tale.
TV Reviews7.6/10
‘Physical: 100’ Tests 100 Athletes to Find the Perfect Body — and Earns a 7.6
A brutal contest of 100 athletes, stripped of all but their bodies, battling endurance, strength, and will till only one remains.
TV Reviews7.6/10
‘The Institute’ Review: MGM+’s Adaptation Earns Its Dreadful Premise
A boy awakens within a strange institute, amid children of gifts, while a haunted man watches from afar.
TV Reviews7.5/10
The Slave Isaura Turns a Brutal Subject Into a Long, Necessary Watch
A tale of a maid born unto slavery, yet raised as a gentle lady, wherein cruelty and kindness contend within one household.
TV Reviews7.2/10
Sixteen Seasons On, Gold Rush Still Digs Its Own Hole
A review of Gold Rush, the Discovery mining series starring Parker Schnabel, weighing its enduring appeal against its repetitious formula.