In the midsection of the second season of "Marco Polo," during the episode "Let God's Work Begin," viewers are thrown quite a wild card when Gabriel Byrne makes an appearance as Pope Gregory X in Acre ...

For the most part, the second season of "Marco Polo" focuses on characters we already know from season 1, with a few interlopers here and there like Pope Gregory X and some new Mongol khans. Season 2 ...

This Friday, Netflix will release its newest show, Marco Polo. The company is gambling on the big-budget drama series to cater to both the Game of Thrones fanboys as well as the international markets.

Watching “Marco Polo,” Netflix’s extravagant but stultifying period drama about the legendary 13th-century traveler, is about as exciting as discovering a new Pier 1 Imports in the strip mall. (That ...

Q: A family member sent me an invite to start using the Marco Polo app, so what should I know before I get involved? A: We all have so many ways to communicate already that committing to another tool ...

Critics may not agree, but are you loving Marco Polo on Netflix? What's better than a fresh take on history with gorgeous costumes and cinematography? That said, just how historically accurate is ...

Everyone is searching for the next “Game of Thrones,” but not everyone can afford it. Between the large ensembles, intricate costumes, and immense sets, HBO’s blockbuster fantasy series is not the ...

It's been a while since I took a history class, but it's only been like five months since it was summer vacation. So I can't be the only person who still thinks "swimming pool" when I hear Marco Polo, ...

Created by John Fusco, Netflix’s newest entry in its reinvention of television aims to be a grand historical epic, but is too caught up in borrowing from other works to find its own voice. The math is ...

Basically Kublai Khan: The Show as told by the only non-Asian in the cast, Netflix’s dreadful Marco Polo is another in a long line of shows/films about an ‘ethnically different’ culture seen through ...

Claim: Marco Polo said: "The militant Muslim is the person who beheads the infidel, while the moderate Muslim holds the feet of the victim." A quote attributed to Marco Polo. Marco Polo, a Venetian ...