TV Reviews7.4/10
Heidi: Girl of the Alps Review — A Quiet Classic That Rewards Patience
A look back at Heidi: Girl of the Alps, the 1974 anime adaptation starring Kazuko Sugiyama, with cast, crew, and legacy details.
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Category: TV Reviews
Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews4.5/10
Gypsy Review: Naomi Watts’s Promising Premise Never Finds Its Legs
A psychologist's secret invasion of patients' lives grows tedious despite Naomi Watts's cool performance.
TV Reviews4.6/10
Octavia Spencer’s True-Crime Podcast Series Opens Strong but Runs Out of Gas
A true-crime drama with a great premise, but the pacing sags across three seasons, leaving only the first season worth your time.
TV Reviews6.9/10
Eight Years On, Origin Still Suffers From a Premise Too Big for Its Own Script
A review of Origin, a spaceship thriller about strangers trapped on a broken vessel, with a solid cast but a rushed, predictable finale.
TV Reviews7.5/10
‘Dr. Death’ Turns Two Medical True Crimes Into Television, And Mostly Earns Its Trust
A grim chronicle of two physicians whose skill concealed a deeper cruelty, and a justice system that lagged far behind.
TV Reviews7.6/10
Metalocalypse Review: Dethklok Is the Seventh-Largest Economy on Earth — and a Total Mess
A death-metal band so mighty it rivals nations, yet its five members are fools beyond measure — a tale of satire and song.
TV Reviews5.9/10
‘The Voice’ Review: Fifteen Years Of Blinds, Battles, And Winners
A chronicle of NBC's The Voice, fifteen years of singing, coaches, and champions, ending at last.
TV Reviews7.6/10
Staz Swaps Blood for Anime in Blood Lad, and It Mostly Works
A vampire boss and a high school girl cross worlds in this funny, heartfelt anime tale of love, ghosts, and blood.
TV Reviews7.1/10
Five Years On, Sexify Still Proves Polish Comedy Can Be Crude Without Being Cruel
A Polish comedy about a virgin student building an app for female orgasms, friendship, Catholic guilt, and awkward self-discovery.
TV Reviews6.7/10
‘From Scratch’ Review: Zoe Saldaña Builds a Life After Loss, With Help From Eugenio Mastrandrea
A tale of Amy's sorrow, her grief, and her love for Lino, told across many lands, in eight episodes.
TV Reviews8.1/10
Berlin’s Heist Gang Takes On a Da Vinci Masterpiece in Netflix’s Berlin and the Lady With an Ermine
A duke's own plan becomes his ruin, as Berlin and his gang plot a heist in Seville, in this tight, ambitious Netflix crime drama.
TV Reviews8.3/10
Greg Davies and Alex Horne Test Comedians’ Wit in Taskmaster, Still Sharp at 11
A review of Taskmaster, the British comedy panel game show starring Greg Davies as the Taskmaster and Alex Horne as his assistant.