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Big crimes, small screen; true crime television series and TV documentaries that recreate and reexamine some of the mystifying and grisliest cases in history.
Review of 'The Sinner' Season 4
The Sinner starring Bill Pullman as Harry Ambrose came to a hard end earlier this month -- hard in terms of it was not only the end of the season but the series (unless another enlightened network or streaming service picks it up), and hard in terms of everything is difficult for Harry, as he tries to navigate his life through the murders and mayhem he's always prone to investigate.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Narcos: Mexico' 3
I really enjoyed the third and final season of Narcos: Mexico, and regret that there won't be another season, devoted to Chapo. Yeah, I know there have been other series and movies about Chapo, but his story deserves to be done up in the inimitable Narcos way, especially his ingenious escape via tunnels, which (as I've mentioned before ) I've always admired. When I was kid living in the Bronx, I used to think that the best way of escaping police if they were after me was to dig a big tunnel under the Hudson and up to the Catskills. Fortunately, I didn't commit any crimes and they never came after me.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Dexter: New Blood' 1.3
I'm really enjoying Dexter: New Blood -- the internal commentary from Dexter, his combination of good luck and cleverly getting out of incriminating situations, his capacity to deal with total wild cards that come his way -- all are in appealing abundance in this new series/season of Dexter, and in fine display in this past Sunday's episode 1.3 on Showtime.
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
The Truth About The Steven Avery Case
Making a Murderer debuted on December 15 , 2015 on Netflix and was an instant success. Unfortunately for me I had been assaulted and had a traumatic brain injury that resulted in me having to undergo brain surgery aka a craniotomy- i can now honestly say that I have a screw loose as a result. I only mention this because I missed the MaM splash and did not watch the series until the second season was released in 2018. I was instantly hooked. I have followed Steven's post conviction attorney Kathleen Zellner for many years- the Riley Fox kidnapping and murder was the catalyst for my learning of Zellner and her phenomenal skills.
By SunshineChristina4 years ago in Criminal
Review of 'Dexter: New Blood' 1.1
We last saw Dexter -- Dexter Morgan in the Showtime series with his first name -- in September 2013. He was working in the Northwest, as a lumberjack or something similar. In that series finale, this was some amount of time after he had left Miami, his life in a shambles, his beloved sister Debra killed by serial killer Arthur Miller, before Dexter killed him, his son Harrison taken to France by Hannah with Dexter's blessing to protect him, and nothing left for him in Miami except to flee. (See links to my reviews of all eight seasons of Dexter starting in 2006 in the podcast at the end of this review.)
By Paul Levinson4 years ago in Criminal
Wentworth: Ranking The Series 8 Main Top Dogs
After nine seasons and one hundred breathtaking episodes, beloved Australian Prison Drama Wentworth has finally come to an end. The series will go down in history as one of the greatest Australian dramas of all time, largely due to its many beloved characters.
By Kristy Anderson4 years ago in Criminal
