Drew Koenig
Tomatometer-approved critic
| Publications: | Tell-Tale TV |
TV Reviews Only
| Rating | T-Meter | Title | Year | Review |
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| 3/5 | 73% | The Gifted: Season 1 (TV, 2017-2018) |
There's a serious attempt here at displaying these mutations as something significantly defined and beautiful in a world that is so visually bland and nondescript in comparison.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 4/5 | 90% | Legion: Season 2 (TV, 2018) |
Legion continues to deliver on the things that viewers come to expect from it: weird set-pieces, excellent direction, and cinematography.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 3/5 | 64% | The Alienist: Season 1 (TV, 2018) |
On a show that very often feels muted and plays within a wide palate of grays, Fanning walks into every scene with presence and, quite frankly, volume. Few performers can walk in a way that has an actual voice to it and Fanning is one. ‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 18, 2018
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| 4/5 | 100% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 18 (TV Episode) |
Chapter 18 is a solid lead up to what promises to be a worthwhile end to the season.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3/5 | 57% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 19 (TV Episode) |
This is a show that would have us believe it's a great deal more sophisticated than it actually is.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 80% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 14 (TV Episode) |
Chapter 14 is an off-kilter, oddly beautiful look at all of the different ways your life can go and how much free will or fate pushes you in one direction or another.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 70% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 15 (TV Episode) |
The biggest problem comes from there being too many things happening that we either don't understand or aren't able to understand at this time.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 100% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 16 (TV Episode) |
An important distinction... is its ability on this episode to have these weird things happening, but not be just for the sake of being weird.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 86% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 17 (TV Episode) |
Chapter 17 does an excellent job of giving us a look at characters we don't always get to spend very much time with, and it's all for the better.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 79% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 11 (TV Episode) |
There's beauty in simplicity, and Chapter 12 is a wonderful example of just that.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 90% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 12 (TV Episode) |
There's beauty in simplicity, and Chapter 12 is a wonderful example of just that.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 100% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 13 (TV Episode) |
Chapter 13 takes some good twists and turns, but it's ultimately the interactions that make it all worthwhile.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 100% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 9 (TV Episode) |
Legion continues to deliver on the things that viewers come to expect from it: weird set-pieces, excellent direction, and cinematography.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 100% | Legion: Season 2 - Chapter 10 (TV Episode) |
Chapter 10 delivers, except that this is the most accessible (on a plot level) that the series has ever been.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 86% | American Gods: Season 1 - Come to Jesus (TV Episode) |
American Gods has something very special with [Emily Browning] in such a prominent role.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 78% | American Gods: Season 1 - A Murder of Gods (TV Episode) |
A Murder of Gods is an admirably ambitious episode that tries to tackle a controversial subject and mostly succeeds.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3/5 | 89% | American Gods: Season 1 - A Prayer for Mad Sweeney (TV Episode) |
For an episode that is supposed to have so much heart and warmth, it leaves the viewer feeling how Laura must be now: cold.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4/5 | 90% | American Gods: Season 1 - Lemon Scented You (TV Episode) |
As American Gods goes on, it seems to grow more and more confident in itself.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 100% | American Gods: Season 1 - Git Gone (TV Episode) |
For the most part, Git Gone works far better than it has any right to.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3/5 | 96% | American Gods: Season 1 - The Secret of Spoons (TV Episode) |
American Gods continues to frustrate but it's not without potential.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3/5 | 96% | American Gods: Season 1 - Head Full of Snow (TV Episode) |
Head Full of Snow is the strongest entry thus far and promises potential that won't come without a reasonable amount of frustration for a show such as this.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3/5 | 96% | American Gods: Season 1 - The Bone Orchard (TV Episode) |
American Gods sets up a world in this first episode that is fascinating and confounding in the best possible way, but also in ways that are infuriating and obtuse. ‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 86% | Game of Thrones: Season 7 - The Dragon and the Wolf (TV Episode) |
[One] sequence includes some of the most tense and unnerving scenes of the season, while almost being overwhelming with the amount of interactions happening all at once.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 3.5/5 | 82% | Game of Thrones: Season 7 - Beyond the Wall (TV Episode) |
The best bits of the episode are the scenes of the men in the snow discussing angst, various backgrounds, and connections.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 94% | Game of Thrones: Season 7 - Eastwatch (TV Episode) |
The bright spot of this episode has to be Emilia Clarke's performance as Dany.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 96% | Game of Thrones: Season 7 - The Spoils of War (TV Episode) |
This season all but promised a battle with a dragon at some point, and it did not disappoint.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 91% | Game of Thrones: Season 7 - The Queen's Justice (TV Episode) |
The Queen's Justice proves, if nothing else, that the small, quiet moments and performances are the most important elements of the series -- and it is holding true to that in wonderful ways, even as things are happening at breakneck speed.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 98% | Game of Thrones: Season 7 - Stormborn (TV Episode) |
Perhaps the days of Game of Thrones surprising us are gone -- but the ways in which it marches to its endpoint are still so rewarding.‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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| 4.5/5 | 92% | Game of Thrones: Season 7 - Dragonstone (TV Episode) |
This premiere makes it clear that the series is finally arriving at its endpoint. ‐ Tell-Tale TV
Read More | Posted Jun 14, 2018
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