TV Reviews7.8/10
‘Little Angel Face’: How a Mexican Children’s Series Turned Grief Into Gentle Storytelling
A review of the Mexican children's show Little Angel Face, a tale of grief, nuns, and a girl named Dulce María.
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Category: TV Reviews
Television we have watched and scored.
TV Reviews7.4/10
Awkward’s Awkward Moment From 2011 Earned It a Cult Following That Still Stings
A look back at Awkward, MTV's teen comedy-drama about Jenna Hamilton's awkward high school years and her rise to popularity.
TV Reviews6/10
Outer Range Reviews Its Own Mystery — And Never Solves It
A rancher's black void mystery consumes a slow-burn tale of land and family, a tale that resolves not at all.
TV Reviews8.2/10
Scott Pilgrim Takes Off: Ramona Takes Over After Scott Disappears
A tale wherein Scott Pilgrim vanishes entirely, leaving his love Ramona Flowers to seek his fate amidst strange exes and altered worlds.
TV Reviews6.6/10
Bear Grylls Escapes From Hell Again: Survivors’ Stories Outshine Stunts
Bear Grylls recreates survivor stories of plane crashes and shipwrecks in Escape From Hell, a mix of archival footage and practical reenactments.
TV Reviews5/10
My Life With the Walter Boys Review: Three Seasons of Comfortable Familiarity
A tale of seven brothers and one girl who moves into their home, weighed down by a grief that will not depart.
TV Reviews7.1/10
How Popeye the Sailor Made a Classic Out of an Uneven Script
A sailor man, his wife, and his rivals—this old tale of spinach and strength endures, though uneven in form.
TV Reviews7.2/10
Five Years On, Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol Still Reads Like a Compelling, Overlong Puzzle
A young symbologist races to save his mentor amid a conspiracy of hidden codes and Washington's secret architecture.
TV Reviews7.7/10
‘Sneaky Pete’: Giovanni Ribisi’s Con Man Becomes Someone Else to Stay Alive
A slow-burn crime drama about a convict who steals another man's identity to escape a gangster, starring Giovanni Ribisi.
TV Reviews8.6/10
Derry Girls Review: A Comedy About Teenagers Growing Up in a War Zone
A tale of five friends in Derry, whose laughter and tears cross the troubled years of their city, as told in a sitcom of rare tenderness.
TV Reviews7.1/10
‘El secreto de Selena’: Maya Zapata Carries a Slow-Burn Mystery That Stumbles When It Treats Selena Like a Case File
A slow-burn drama turns Selena Quintanilla's death into a mystery, weighed against its flaws.
TV Reviews8.1/10
Andy Millman Still Can’t Stop Being an Extra: Extras Review
A man who cannot stop being an extra chases fame, aspiration, and the elusive speaking part, in this comedy of humble failures.