John Adams HBO, $59.95 Following the lead of David McCullough's biography, this seven-part HBO miniseries covers the birth of the great American experiment from the perspective of our persnickety ...

HBO takes a major step in rectifying that situation with “John Adams,” a lavish, absorbing and emotionally stirring seven-part miniseries ... that’ll be my funny way of breaking the ice.

The trouble with historical epics, and perhaps especially "biopics" is the tendency to infect the production with an overbearing sense of importance. The music, the photography, the performances ...

Editor’s Note: Because this story, published in Sunday’s Arts section, had several passages of type in the wrong sequence, the story is being reprinted here. The network that made its n… ...

His book, and the meticulously faithful HBO miniseries, create an honest and stunning portrait of one of America’s most tireless patriots. “John Adams” begins its seven-part story in 1770 ...

In the HBO miniseries “John Adams,” Paul Giamatti’s John urges Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence. “I am obnoxious,” he says, explaining why he won’t perform the ...

Achievement is most satisfying when the stakes are high. For the cast and creators of HBO’s “John Adams,” the miniseries version of David McCullough’s Pulitzer Prize-winning… ...

As HBO unfurls its epic seven-part miniseries about the life of John Adams smack dab in the middle of a rollicking election year, it’s only natural to wonder how our profoundly significant, but ...