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‘V: Complete Series’ – the remake free on Tubi

!Featured, Action, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, Cult TV, DVD, free with ads, remake, Science Fiction, Streaming TV, SVOD, Tubi 07/04/2023 Sean Axmaker

The 21st century reboot of the 1980s sci-fi mini-series about first contact is furiously paced with conspiracies, rebels, traitors, family crisis, secret experiments on human subjects, furry creatures devoured, and lots of things blowing up.

‘Justified: Complete Series’ – TV’s best pulp storytelling on Hulu

!Featured, Action, based on a short story, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, Cult TV, DVD, Emmy Award, Hulu, Streaming TV, SVOD, western 06/20/2023 Sean Axmaker

Timothy Olyphant stars as a maverick U.S. Marshall sent back to his home state of Kentucky in this terrific crime drama developed from an Elmore Leonard story.

‘Freaks and Geeks’ – complete and restored on Prime Video, Hulu and Paramount+

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, Comedy, Cult TV, DVD, Emmy Award, high school, Hulu, Paramount+, Streaming TV, SVOD 05/07/2023 Sean Axmaker

This brilliant but short-lived high school comedy drama is one of the sharpest shows of its era and launched a lot talent, among them Linda Cardellini and future filmmakers James Franco, Jason Segel, Seth Rogen, and John Francis Daley.

Leaving soon: ‘Bordertown: Complete Series’ – Nordic noir on Netflix

!Featured, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, Crime, International TV, Mystery, Netflix, Streaming TV, SVOD 04/29/2023 Sean Axmaker

Ville Virtanen creates one of the most interesting TV detectives of all time in this murder mystery series from Finland.

‘The Wire’ – TV’s greatest moment on Max

!Featured, African-American filmmakers, Articles, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, Crime, Cult TV, drama, DVD, Essential Viewing, Max, Streaming TV, SVOD 03/18/2023 Sean Axmaker

“Follow the drugs, and you’ll find dealers and users. Follow the money, and you have no idea where the case will take you.” This epic series set the high water mark for television drama.

Elisabeth Moss, John Slattery, Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, and the cast of 'Mad Men'

‘Mad Men’ at 15 – on AMC+ and Amazon Freevee

!Featured, AMC+, Articles, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, drama, DVD, Emmy Award, historical, IMDB TV, Streaming TV, SVOD 07/19/2022 Sean Axmaker

Set the way-back machine to 1960, a world of cigarettes and martinis and highballs, for this richly-drawn series set at a Madison Avenue advertising firm.

Colin Firth and Jennifer Ehle star in the 1995 mini-series

The definitive ‘Pride and Prejudice’ on HBO Max, Hulu and BritBox

!Featured, BAFTA winner, based on a novel, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, BritBox, British TV, drama, DVD, Emmy Award, historical, Hulu, literary adaptation, Max, miniseries, Romance, Streaming TV, SVOD 02/12/2022 Sean Axmaker

This 1995 miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle as Elizabeth and Colin Firth as Mr. D’Arcy is still considered by most Austen fans as the definitive screen adaptation.

Joss Whedon’s ‘Dollhouse: Complete Series’ on Hulu

!Featured, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, Cult TV, DVD, Hulu, psychological drama, Science Fiction, spies and espionage, Streaming TV, SVOD, thriller 12/29/2021 Sean Axmaker

Eliza Dushku stars in this high concept mix of spy show, science fiction adventure, conspiracy thriller, and psychodrama. It was short-lived but developed into a gripping show before it was cancelled.

Ian Tracey and Klea Scott star in the Canadian TV series created by Chis Haddock

‘Intelligence: Complete Series’ on Prime Video

!Featured, Amazon Prime Video, Binge-able TV, DVD, Roku Channel, spies and espionage, Streaming TV, SVOD 11/19/2021 Sean Axmaker

The Canadian domestic espionage drama is smarter and more sophisticated crime drama than the American counterparts of its era, cleverer in its tangle of narratives and less showy in its visual style.

Helen Mirren is Jane Tennison in 'Prime Suspect'

The Complete ‘Prime Suspect’ with Helen Mirren on BritBox

!Featured, Binge-able TV, Blu-ray, BritBox, British TV, DVD, Streaming TV, SVOD 10/18/2021 Sean Axmaker 1 Comment

Helen Mirren got the role of a lifetime playing DCI Jane Tennison, a tough, tenacious, at times brittle woman in a brutally chauvinist British police culture in a series of smart mysteries.