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Reigning Snakes: a review of The Serpent Queen

Created by Justin Haythe Based on Catherine de Medici: Renaissance Queen of France by Leonie Frieda Starring Samantha Morton, Amrita Acharia, Barry Atsma, Enzo Cilenti, Sennia Nanua, Kiruna Stamell Executive producers Stacie Passon, Justin Haythe, Francis Lawrence, Erwin Stoff Producer Nick O’Hagan Production companies 3 Arts Entertainment, Lionsgate Television The Serpent Queen Of course, the …

How far can civilization fall? A review of U.S. and the Holocaust

U.S. and the Holocaust The U.S. and the Holocaust is directed by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick & Sarah Botstein, telescript by Geoffrey C. Ward and produced by Burns, Novick, Botstein & Mike Welt. Voices of Liam Neeson, Matthew Rhys, Paul Giamatti, Meryl Streep, Werner Herzog, Joe Morton, Hope Davis, Bradley Whitford, Adam Arkin and Helena …

Bars Ain’t No Place To Raise Your Kids: a review of Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America

Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America Adam Harper Adolphus Busch Garrett Taylor Jack Daniel Kim Woodard Executive Producer Greg Henry Executive Producer Isaac Holub Executive Producer George Kralovansky Executive Producer Irfan Rahman Executive Producer Yoshi Stone Executive Producer Shuli Stone Executive Producer The Booze, Bets and Sex That Built America is a three part, …

Tie me Kangarupe down, sport: a review of Fox News and the Big Lie

Late in August 2021, Four Corners Television of Australia presented a remarkable two-part documentary, created and reported by Sarah Ferguson, that explains how Rupert Murdoch, paterfamilias of a vast entertainment corporation in Australia, conspired to erect a Potemkin news network, one devoted to airing Murdoch’s fascistic point of view. This part is fairly well known. …

This ain’t Jack: a review of Age of Samurai: A Battle for Japan

Age of Samurai: A Battle for Japan Directed by Stephen Scott Producers John Stead, Simon George, & Kate Harrison Starring Masayoshi Haneda, Masami Kosaka, Hideaki Itō, Hayate Masao Narrated by Hiro Kanagawa, Stephen Turnbull, David Spafford, Tomoko Kitagawa If you think English or French history is soaked in blood, Japan will give you a condescending …

A Quark is not a Ferengi: a review of Quark Science

Quark Science Directors Nic Stacey, Here Thompson, Quentin Lazzarotto Network MagellanTV; Magellan TV Format Prime Video (streaming online video) It doesn’t have anything to do with James Joyce, even though he invented the term “quark.” Or Carl Sagan, who invented the term “science.” Quark Science is an incredibly good collection of science documentaries, now available …

Slap your Holst-er: a review of The Planets

The Planets Genre Documentary Executive producer Andrew Cohen Producer Gideon Bradshaw Editor Louise Salkow Production companies BBC Studios, with Nova and WGBH Boston, co-produced by Tencent Penguin Pictures Directed by Stephen Cooter & Martin Johnson Presented by Brian Cox (UK version) Narrated by Zachary Quinto (U.S. version) There’s two versions of the BBC/Nova joint production …