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TVWW ARCHIVE

Contributors Archive
 
 
2015
Jun
29
PASS THE POPCORN: ‘ZOO’ IS EQUAL PARTS ENTERTAINMENT, CAUTIONARY ENVIRO-THRILLER. By Alex Strachan
 
 
“Only food runs!”...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
23
SHAKE IT UP, BABY, TWIST AND SHOUT: THAT WAS SOME TWIST ON 'WAYWARD PINES' By Alex Strachan
 
 
Expectations carry a heavy burden. Just ask M. Night Shyamalan. His name featured prominently in network previews for Wayward Pines so it was only natural that early reviews focused on the idea of a once mighty feature filmmaker trying his hand on the small screen...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
15
‘TYRANT’ WALKS FINE LINE BETWEEN FICTION AND REALITY, UNEASILY By Alex Strachan
 
 
Tyrant, FX’s morally ambitious drama about Machiavellian intrigue and family politics in the fictional Mideast dictatorship of Abbudin, returns for a 13-episode second season Tuesday...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
9
'THE X-FILES' HOMECOMING: THE TRUTH IS BACK WHERE IT BELONGS, WHERE IT ALL STARTED By Alex Strachan
 
 
VANCOUVER, B.C.  — The X-Files is back where it started, but a lot has changed in the months and years since the then series finale aired on May 19, 2002...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
4
'AQUARIUS' AND TV'S HELTER SKELTER VIEW OF THE '60S By Alex Strachan
 
 
Primetime TV’s ongoing fascination with the ‘60s continues, though, to mixed effect. Aquarius, an Altmanesque look at Charles Manson from the perspective of an ensemble of acolytes, misfits and hangers-on...
 
 
 
  
 
 
2015
Jun
1
'AMERICAN GENIUS,' A GOOD IDEA LOST IN THE TELLING By Alex Strachan
 
 
Ideas don’t always translate well on the small screen. That’s why the ambitious, high-minded National Geographic documentary series American Genius is such an exercise in frustration...
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
New From TVWW

PBS' 'Frontline’ Examines Pension Promises and — Spoiler Alert — Finds the Math Doesn’t Add Up
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
The Decadence of ‘Versailles’ Comes to Ovation
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
Prescribing Mamie Gummer in 'Emily Owens, M.D.'
By Ed Bark
 
 
 
 
Looking for a Free Ride? HBO Can Deliver
By Christy Slewinski
 
 
 
 
'Pass the Biscuits' Part of the Hatfield-McCoy Pop-Culture Legacy
By Noel Holston
 
 
 
 

Dispatches From TVWW

'Extinction: The Facts' is a Sobering Call to Action
By David Hinckley
 
 
 
 
How 'Mayans' Has Been Influenced by the Show's Creator Elgin James
By Mike Hughes
 
 
 
 
For Whom the Bell Tolls: Ken Burns and Lynn Novick Take on Ernest Hemingway, the Man and the Myth
By Alex Strachan
 
 
 
 
In the Final Season, Sutton Foster's Liza is Now the Genuine Version of Her 'Younger' Self
By Monique Nazareth
 
 
 
 
Season 2 of 'City on a Hill' Returns with Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge, and Boston Corruption
By David Hinckley