TV Reviews7.5/10
War and Peace (2016): BBC One’s Six-Episode Adaptation Trades Scale for Intimacy
A review of BBC One's 2016 War and Peace, starring Paul Dano and Lily James, weighing its strengths and weaknesses.
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TV Reviews7.5/10
FBI: International Review: A Solid, Reliable Spin-Off That Never Quite Breaks Free From the Procedural Mold
A review of FBI: International, the CBS spin-off drama about FBI agents operating abroad, including cast changes and its final season.
TV Reviews8.3/10
‘My Happy Marriage’: Miyo Finds True Power in an Unlikely Alliance
A tale of two outsiders whose arranged marriage becomes a bond of truth, warmth, and hidden power.
TV Reviews3/10
Eighteen Years On, The Andromeda Strain Still Plays Like a Movie That Doesn’t Want You to Think
A satellite crash brings a deadly alien pathogen to a small Utah town; a tale of science, terror, and a hollow tale.
TV Reviews8.1/10
‘Mushi-Shi’: A Quiet Masterpiece of Perception and Mushi
A wandering man who can see the Mushi, strange creatures that dwell between the Edo and Meiji eras, and the quiet mysteries he uncovers.
TV Reviews7.5/10
Twelve Years On, Broad City’s Friendship Comedy Still Holds Up — 7.5/10
A look back at Broad City, Comedy Central's five-season tale of two NYC women whose friendship anchors its absurdist, heartfelt comedy.
TV Reviews7.5/10
Younger Review: Liza Miller’s Decade of Faking Youth Ends With a 7.5
A woman pretends to be twenty-six to save her daughter's future, in a comedy-drama of age, beauty, and the burdens of a secret.
TV Reviews7.3/10
Crashing Review: Six Young Adults Find Each Other in a Disused Hospital
A look back at Phoebe Waller-Bridge's Crashing, a quiet comedy-drama about Property Guardians living in a disused hospital.
TV Reviews10/10
Hilda Reviews: Netflix’s Animated Tale Earns a Perfect Score
A blue-haired girl leaves her enchanted forest for a walled city of trolls and gnomes, in a quiet triumph of animation.
TV Reviews8/10
Guess Who?: Scooby-Doo’s Celebrity Mystery Machine Works More Often Than It Fails
A gang of ghosts solves mysteries while catching a host of celebrity guests, in this worthy entry of Scooby-Doo tales.
TV Reviews7.1/10
Five Friends Vanish on the Camino de Santiago, and Their Phones Hold the Answer
A Spanish mystery series about five friends who vanish on the Camino de Santiago, leaving only their phones as evidence.
TV Reviews7.6/10
Roots at 49: How Alex Haley’s Family Epic Became American Television’s Biggest Event
A tale of ancestors bound in chains, from a far shore unto a distant land, wrought into the fabric of American television.