Category: tv reviews

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Kids on the Slope

A Jazz-filled coming of age story following the life of Kaoru Nishimi, a young and pretty brainy kid from a well-off family who has just moved into a new school in Kyushu in the mid-60s.

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In the Flesh

If the living dead could be ‘rehabilitated,’ could they still return to their previous lives?

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Behind the Candelabra

Soderbergh’s TV movie is a wonderfully entertaining look at the relationship between Liberace and his young lover, Scott Thorson.

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Wonderfalls

An over-educated and unemployable 24-year-old Brown University graduate has an emotional breakdown when inanimate objects in the shape of animals begin talking to her.

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Sherlock – Season 1

The fun of watching Sherlock relies mostly on the interactions between Watson and Holmes, both greatly performed by Martin Freeman and Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Elementary – Season 1

Elementary is an American adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle’s beloved Sherlock Holmes, developed for long-lasting seasons that CBS hopes to last several seasons so they can drag you for years and years, and they’re doing a decent job at it.

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Saikou no Rikon

Japanese drama tackled modern day divorce in The Great Divorce when a couple that have been married for the past two years of their lives get a divorce.

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Enlightened – Season 1 + 2

Laura Dern stars as Amy Jellicoe, a self-destructive woman who has a spiritual awakening becomes determined to live an enlightened life, creating havoc at home and work.