Television
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"Slow Horses" pokes fun at the spy genre while honoring its conventions, with a scenery-chewing performance by Gary Oldman the cherry on top.
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Season 3 of "Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan" offers more of the same, in a story that bears an uncomfortably close resemblance to current events.
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"Inventing Anna" plays fast and fun with the real-life story of scammer extraordinaire Anna Sorokin, but is there a point behind the hijinks?
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Amazon's first season of "Reacher" is a creditable stab at presenting the hard-boiled hero from Lee Child's novels.
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Apple's version of Isaac Asimov's "Foundation" takes some major liberties with the souce material -- but do Asimov's big ideas live on?
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"Jack Ryan"'s second season leans on John Krasinski's likability, even as its plots grow more outlandish. Commando raid on a presidential palace, anyone?
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Twin Peaks: The Return (2017, Dir. David Lynch), Episodes 1-4: It still seems faintly unreal that over a quarter century since Twin Peaks streaked across television skies like a comet,…
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Tom Hiddleston auditions for James Bond in the glamorous "The Night Manager" -- but does the soul of John le Carré's novel survive the translation?
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Sherlock (2010, Produced by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss): Much like James Bond, Sherlock Holmes is a cultural figure that has outgrown his literary origins, to the point where the…
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Dragon Boys (2006, Dir. Jerry Ciccoritti): Andrea Jiang: You’re out there on the front line, stamping out the yellow peril. These guys threaten how you see yourself, so you’re out…