Category: tv reviews

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Doctor Zhivago (Russian Miniseries)

Russia has taken back what is theirs with a serialized version of Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago at the hand of Aleksandr Proshkin, which lasts 11 episodes, clocking in at a little bit over 400 minutes of running time, making it the most faithful adaptation of Pasternak’s novel to date.

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Going my Home

When his father suffers a stroke, Ryota goes looking for mysterious creatures known as ‘Kuna’.

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Rani (2011)

Convicted of treason! Sentenced to beheading! Sold to a brothel! Lost and amnesia-stricken abroad! Can the smart, stubborn Jolanne survive?

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Dexter – Season 7

Dexter gets found out, meets would-be femme fatale Hannah McKay, and has detective LaGuerta on his Bay Harbor Butcher steps on the 7th season of the show, before the show’s demise next year.

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Bad 25 (TV Special)

ABC’s broadcast of Spike Lee’s documentary on Michael Jackson’s work on Bad to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

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Double Face

Double Face is a two-part television drama collaboration between TBS and WOWOW. It is a remake of the successful Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs (無間道), starring Hidetoshi Nishijima as the undercover policeman, and Teruyuki Kagawa as the mole.

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Cowboy Bebop

Cowboy Bebop proves to be an immensely entertaining animated series that can only be described as a neo-noir space western.

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Dexter – Season 6

An ex-murderer-turned-religious man and a religious nut are the center of attention in this season of Dexter, as Dexter deals with himself, and his sister Debra deals with many things that would turn her world upside down.