Accused: No Joke: It’s Stand-Up and be Counted…
Brenda is a successful comedy performer, making her name but still waiting for that big break. Invited to the launch party of Brian Tanner, an old stable-mate on the circuit … Read More
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Justice w/out Reservation: ‘Accused’ notes Native American rights/wrongs…
Three Native Americans – Chase, Shandiin and Naataanii – are in court after the Uranium mining base on Navajo land is attacked in an effort to stop the drilling and … Read More
Life (and Death) are a Drag – but ‘Accused’ does a number on denial…
Kevin is standing trial, during which they are beaten up by the brother of one of the people related to the victim. It happens in full view of one of … Read More
Accused: ‘Danny’s Story’ is just a matter of Lifetime Channel and Death…
Danny is devastated as he realises his days with his doting mother are numbered as she gets weaker and weaker from her cancer treatment. His father reassures him he’s doing … Read More
Silence in Court: Second ‘Accused’ is worthy but wobbly…
Ava is a young woman who is acting as a surrogate for Jenny and Max, a couple desperate to have a baby but previously unable to do so. Ava is … Read More
‘Accused’: Fox’s new legal drama cross-examines preconceptions…
It would be tempting to say a drama concerned in any way with a potential mass-shooting seems unusually tragic in a week when there have been two (now at least … Read More
Yung and the Restless: ‘Cleaning Lady’ is crime without the grime…
Thony De La Rosa is a respected doctor from Manila who has found herself in a very different and less than ideal environment as an immigrant who has outstayed her … Read More
FOX won’t welcome back their ‘Prodigal Son’….
Despite being a popular show, though never a huge ratings success, FOX‘s Prodigal Son won fans for its mix of procedural cases, dark humour and serial-killer vibe. However, as the … Read More
Kung Fu: The Legend Continues to continue at The CW…
A couple of years ago we reported that the latest attempt to revive the Kung Fu series was possibly going to move forward at Fox. The original Kung Fu concept was, … Read More
An Ode to Code. Fox’s familiar ‘nExt’ still generates some AI chills…
Tech guru Paul LeBlanc left/was forced out of the company he started when he objected to some of his cutting-edge code being used in AI research. he believed that having … Read More
Sold-Out Asylum: ‘New Mutants’ scares up an X-it strategy…
Something is tearing apart the reservation on which Dani Moonstar (Blu Hunt) and her father live and as things spin out of control, Dani awakens, days later, in a hospital … Read More
Marvel’s ‘New Mutants’ heads to April, no fooling…..
Not all Marvel movies glide to the screen with the speed and efficiency of some recent blockbusters. We’ve covered The New Mutants as a viable release for over two years … Read More
Is Earth prepared for the War of the War of the Worlds?
Oh, isn’t that just bloody typical. The chance of anything coming from Mars were a million-to-one, they said. .. then two come along at once. Yes, in two very different … Read More
Ashes to Ashes: FOX’s ‘Dark Phoenix’ X-Men finale flames out…
It’s the 1990s and Charles Xavier’s dream of mutants being judged as regular people, even considered ‘superheroes’ who can help in a crisis, seems to have been fulfilled. Though it’s … Read More
NETWORKING: FOX offers mix of old and new primetime projects…
Several of FOX‘s current batch of dramas are being renewed for next season. Emergency service drama 9-1-1 will go into a third season, the medical drama The Resident goes into its second. Empire, … Read More