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Perry Mason (TV Series Review)

July 9, 2020 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

An unflattering portrait of Erle Stanley Gardner’s titular character who is reinvented as a private investigator with limited screen appeal.

Showtime’s Penny Dreadful: City of Angels: Season One (TV Series Review)

June 29, 2020 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

An ambitious series that resets the action to 1930s Los Angeles 50 years after the first ‘Penny Dreadful’ series.

Ten Best Series to Stream During the Pandemic Lockdown

May 15, 2020 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

Let this list of ten great binge-worthy series help get you through the lockdown blues.

War of the Worlds (TV Series Review)

May 1, 2020 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

New version of the H.G. Wells classic follows the fates of three groups of survivors in the French Alps, Paris, and London erases the memory of the poor big-screen adaptation starring Tom Cruise.

The Plot Against America (TV Series Review)

April 25, 2020 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

A chilling alternative take on American history that begins with Charles Lindbergh defeating Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the 1940 Presidential election.

Fosse/Verdon (TV Series Review)

April 18, 2019 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

This biographical series of the two Broadway legends will have to greatly improve its writing and clumsy plot devices to make it worthwhile viewing.

I Am The Night (TV Series Review)

March 19, 2019 By Lawrence D. Devoe, MD Leave a Comment

The brutal murder of young Elizabeth Short AKA the “Black Dahlia” in 1947 Los Angeles gained national attention and, as the case was never solved, it continues to fascinate film makers. This TNT Network six-episode mini-series, I Am the Night, is based on the memoir One Day She’ll Darken: The Mysterious Beginnings of Fauna Hodel. […]