In Amazon Prime’s long-awaited thriller “Tom Clancy’s Without Remorse,” Michael B. Jordan rises as an action star for a new generation.
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We need to talk about that ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’ moment
NBC’s “Law & Order: Organized Crime” has only been a part of the Dick Wolf L&O franchise for a few weeks, but it’s already shaking up the fanbase like nothing before it.
In the most recent episode, Elliot Stabler’s (Christopher Meloni) children enlisted Stabler’s favorite person Olivia Benson (Mariska Hargitay) to help host an intervention for the much-suffering detective, and it went south fast, thanks to Elliot dropping one helluva bomb.
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‘Rome’: You make me cry
In our latest “Rome” re-watch, a murderous deceit is exposed and deaths and departures follow.
On any other show, this hour would would have served as a season finale. But in “Rome,” there’s never too much story to tell.
And I must confess: This was the one episode I have been dreading to rewind since I embarked on this quest to revisit this rich drama.
CW’s ‘Kung Fu’ kicks off a hero’s journey
A remake in name only, CW’s “Kung Fu” (premiering Tuesday at 8 p.m.) finds a young woman trying to come to terms with her past while embarking on a dangerous quest.
And at a time when assaults against Asian Americans are at record highs, “Kung Fu’s” greatest achievement is not the impressive fight choreography but its depiction of a complicated, loving Chinese American family – one anyone can relate to.
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‘Rome’: The wedding crasher
In our latest “Rome” re-watch, two couples make it to the altar, but you’ll only count one happy person in the lot.
Mark Perigard 