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A Year in review: a review of 2023

A Year in review: a review of 2023 2023 was another great year for television. Among other great shows we watched (and I reviewed) this year were Gen V (outrageous spin-off of The Boys), One Piece (excellent live-action version of a rather dumb anime), a new BBC remake of War of the Worlds, an engaging …

How a fifth leads to a sixth: a review of The Sixth Commandment

The Sixth Commandment Created and written by Sarah Phelps Directed by Saul Dibb Starring Timothy Spall Anne Reid Sheila Hancock Éanna Hardwicke Annabel Scholey Ben Bailey Smith Executive producers Lucy Richter, Derek Wax, Sarah Phelps, Brian Woods Producer Frances du Pille Cinematography Rik Zang Editors Sarah Peczek, Steven Worsley Production companies Wild Mercury Productions, True …

Gangly, angly and bearded: a review of Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln Directed by Malcolm Venville Produced by The History Channel Executive Producer Doris Kearns Goodwin Historians Edna Greene Medford, Dr. Caroline Janney Other narrators: Barack Obama and Gen. Stanley McChrystal Starring Graham Sibley as Abraham Lincoln Justin Salinger as Ulysses S. Grant Colin Moss as William H. Seward Jenny Stead as Mary Todd Lincoln …

Mother Nature is in a snit: a review of Earthstorm

Earthstorm Directors: Fuyuko Mochizuki & James Morgan Producer: Victoria Weaver Series Music by Camilo Forero Series Cinematography by Isaac Mead-Long Joe Funk Drone Camera Operator Wolfgang Weber drone pilot Pol Camarero Just director of photography: La Palma volcano footage John Enos Additional Cinematography Oli Haukur Myrdal Drone Op With the globe hurtling toward the “yellow …

Reigning Snakes: a review of The Serpent Queen

Created by Justin Haythe Based on Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda Starring Samantha Morton, Amrita Acharia, Barry Atsma, Enzo Cilenti, Sennia Nanua, Kiruna Stamell Executive producers Stacie Passon, Justin Haythe, Francis Lawrence, Erwin Stoff Producer Nick O’Hagan Production companies 3 Arts Entertainment, Lionsgate Television The Serpent Queen Of course, the …