War doesn't victimize only people wearing uniforms, a sadly well-documented fact that gets another expansive dramatization in the new PBS series World On Fire...

2020

Apr

APPLE TV'S 'HOME BEFORE DARK' WELL WORTH ADDING TO YOUR WATCH LIST By David Hinckley

Home Before Dark, available Friday on the Apple TV+ streaming service, positions a 9-year-old journalist who wades into a murder case that grown-ups won’t touch...

2020

Apr

'CUBA'S CANCER HOPE' ASKS: IS THERE PROGRESS IN THE BATTLE AGAINST THIS DISEASE? By David Hinckley

With the U.S. health system under a microscope at the moment because of the coronavirus, PBS is offering a relevant reminder that no one health system anywhere in the world has a monopoly on care...

2020

Apr

VISIT THE BEACHES OF 'THE MALLORCA FILES' MIXED WITH SOME CRIME AND COMEDY By David Hinckley

If the first job of the police is to solve crimes, the second job of police procedurals sometimes is to have fun. Okay, it sounds callous when you phrase it that way...

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