Ballard premieres July 9 on Prime Video. By Elazar Abrahams There’s a solid idea at the heart of Ballard, Prime Video’s new detective series: a determined LAPD cop leads a newly resurrected cold case unit, […]
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Cross: Season 1 – Review
Cross premieres November 14 on Prime Video. By Elazar Abrahams Based on James Patterson’s long running literary series, Cross brings intensity and grit to the small screen in stellar fashion. The new show’s first season, consisting […]
Criminality in ‘Fargo’
By Elazar Abrahams A few years ago, I wrote a paper for a crime fiction class, which follows below. It’s a close read of one of the Coen Brothers’ earliest and best films, Fargo. Good […]
Homicide: New York – Review
All episodes of Homicide: New York are now streaming on Netflix, with a Los Angeles installment premiering later this year. By Greg Wheeler Netflix’s new documentary series Homicide: New York stands out as one of […]
The Rookie: ‘Pilot’ – Review
The Rookie premieres October 16th on ABC. By Ariba Bhuvad Nathan Fillion is back on television, and this time he is all set to portray a real person. That’s right, The Rookie is based on […]
The Good Cop: Season 1 – Review
The Good Cop premieres September 21st on Netflix. By Jeffery Shellenbarger In 1993, John Fogerty was sued for writing and performing a song that allegedly sounded too similar to a Credence Clearwater Revival song. In […]
Crime + Punishment (2018) – Review
The documentary Crime + Punishment will be available to stream on Hulu beginning August 24th. By Ulkar Alakbarova Police corruption is terrifying. But how can we as civilians do to force the police to perform […]
Bosch: Season 4 – Review
Bosch returns for a fourth season, April 13th on Amazon Prime Video. By Matthew Stanford The first three episodes were provided for review. Bosch is based on the series of novels by Michael Connelly, and […]
American Race – Review
American Race premieres May 11, 9pm on TNT. Spoiler Alert: The issue of racial inequality is not solved by Charles Barkley. In reading the synopsis of American Race, it’s difficult to take TNT’s approach seriously […]
Angie Tribeca: Season 3 – Review
Angie Tribeca returns tonight, April 10, 10:30pm on TBS. If The Naked Gun series were a TV show, Angie Tribeca would be its adopted child. Entering its third season, Angie Tribeca has been the unsung […]
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