Compliments to Your Show

  Based on: 2013 book of the same name by journalist Sheri Fink Developed, written, and directed by Executive Producers John Ridley & Carlton Cuse Starring: Vera Farmiga (Dr. Anna Pou), Cherry Jones (Susan Mulderick), Cornelius Smith Jr. (Dr. Bryant King), Robert Pine (Dr. Horace Baltz), Adepero Oduye (Karen Wynn), Julie Ann Emery (Diane Robichaux), Michael Gaston (Arthur "Butch" Schafer), Molly Hager (Virginia Rider), W. Earl Brown (Ewing Cook) This series presents a dramatization of an incredibly sensitive, horrific, and controversial real life event. In such a context, I think the most important things an adaption (or representation) can do is present impartiality.  Five Days at Memorial  excels at that.  So many documentaries or fictionalizations slant one way or try to present a message to the viewer about who's right and why they're right. Memorial  avoids that very well. In the case of disaster events ...

 Based on: manga series of the same name by Nobuhiro Watsuki Produced by: Studio Gallop, Studio Deen, & SPE Visual Works Directed by: Kazuhiro Furuhashi Starring (Japanese):  Mayo Suzukaze (Himura Kenshin), Miki Fujitani (Kamiya Kaoru), Miina Tominaga (Myōjin Yahiko), Yūji Ueda (Sagara Sanosuke), Mika Doi (Takani Megumi), Yoshito Yasuhara (Shinomori Aoshi), Hirotaka Suzuoki (Saitō Hajime), Tomo Sakurai (Makimachi Misao), Masanori Ikeda (Shishio Makoto) Starring (English):  Richard Cansino (Himura Kenshin), Reba West (Kamiya Kaoru), Elyse Floyd  (Myōjin Yahiko), Lex Lang (Sagara Sanosuke), Mari Devon (Takani Megumi), Terrence Stone (Shinomori Aoshi), Kirk Thornton (Saitō Hajime), Philece Sampler (Makimachi Misao), Stephen Apostolina (Shishio Makoto)  This is an anime that wouldn't usually find itself on my list due to its lack of magic or sci-fi and it taking place ...

   Based on: Japanese game series of the same name (also called Biohazard ) created by Shinji Mikami and Tokuro Fujiwara at Capcom Developed for Netflix by: Andrew Dabb Executive producers: Andrew Dabb, Mary Leah Sutton, Oliver Berben, Robert Kulzer, Bronwen Hughes Starring: Ella Balinska (adult Jade Wesker), Tamara Smart (young Jade), Adeline Rudolph (adult Billie Wesker), Siena Agudong (young Billie), Paola Núñez (Evelyn Marcus), Lance Reddick (Al Wesker and his clones Bert, Alby, and Albert) Well, it seems this season (or 'series' now that it's cancelled) got pretty terrible reviews from audiences and critics alike, but..... I still really enjoyed it.  Part of me understands why the series failed. I think it departed dramatically from the games; it was set in its own story and timeline with only loose, background connections to the wider world of the games. There were also a few scenes that weren't particularly believable. In one scene, the two...