‘Presumed Innocent’ a slick spin on the classic book/film
TV review: David E. Kelley’s melodrama and big personalities blend well with the compelling legal issues at the core of the Scott Turow potboiler.
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‘Presumed Innocent’ a slick spin on the classic book/film
‘Cobra Kai’ eventually gets its kicks back in Season 6, Part 1
TV review: The storytelling and characters are at black-belt level, but the fight choreography and camera work have fallen off.
‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ takes step backward in Season 5 (1993)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The writers adapt the final eight Poirot short stories, and take wild swings, before shifting focus to the novels.
‘Poirot’ skillfully adapts three novels in Season 4 (1992)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): The show momentarily sets aside short stories to tackle “The ABC Murders,” “Death in the Clouds” and “One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.”
Suchet’s ‘Poirot’ gets classier in Season 3 (1990-91)
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): Along with 10 short-story adaptations, this lavish season features an outstanding translation of Christie’s debut novel.
‘Poirot’ Season 2 (1990) finds groove with Christie-Exton mash-ups
Sleuthing Sunday (TV review): David Suchet’s Poirot further branches into his own thing, and – while it’s not for die-hard purists — he finds an audience.
‘Psycho’ saga takes a truncated shot at TV with ‘Bates Motel’ (1987)
On a Hitchcock kick (TV review): It’s about as far away from Hitchcock’s classic as one can get, but this TV pilot is a bizarre curiosity.
‘Ghostwatch’ (1992) a little-known but highly influential found footage horror film
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This Halloween 1992 BBC movie was a hugely controversial cultural phenomenon in Britain.
‘3 Body Problem’ a wondrous yet grounded exploration of humans’ place in cosmos
TV review: The Netflix series looks at tech big and small, inward and outward, to examine the flaws and strengths of the human race.
‘The Omen’ TV pilot (1995) is a rightly forgotten branch of the lore
Frightening Friday (TV review): Although it didn’t go to series, “The Omen” – which has little to do with the same-named hit film — did air as an NBC TV movie.