Netflix‘s Hulk Hogan: Real American, Bryan Storkel’s four-part tribute to the late wrestling legend, is not a documentary for people who especially care about “good” documentaries. It’s a documentary for people who care about Hulk […]
Daniel Fienberg
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While the theatrical poster for Adam McKay’s Step Brothers focused on a studio portrait of the characters played by Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, each boasting an unnaturally dazed smile, the DVD cover accentuated […]
The philosopher Biggie Smalls once pondered the nature of dangerously escalating rivalries. In a song of the same name, Biggie asked, “What’s beef?” Beef The Bottom Line A bold, well-acted, slightly over-extended follow-up. Airdate: Thursday, […]
A few years ago, there was a run of documentaries about various Lakers and Celtics teams, each project featuring some selection of identical talking heads, giving the impression that there must’ve been a junket somewhere […]
Weeds, the Mary-Louise Parker-fronted dark comedy from Jenji Kohan, is generally remembered as one of those Showtime shows that were great until they became stupid and then lasted longer as “stupid” than they did as […]
There aren’t many shows on which the gap between audacious moments that move or amaze me and complacent moments that perplex or irritate me is as great as it is on Sam Levinson‘s HBO drama, […]
A pickled fairy tale brined in the tears of teenage girls, The Testaments is different enough from The Handmaid’s Tale to be engaging, yet too exhaustingly connected to that series to stand as something truly […]
Who’s ready for a dark odyssey into the murky recesses of Harry Hole? Stop it. Detective Hole The Bottom Line Well-acted and atmospheric, but too convoluted. Airdate: Thursday, March 26 (Netflix)Cast: Tobias Santelmann, Joel Kinnaman, […]
Saturday Night Live UK had its looooooooooooong-awaited premiere this weekend, and let’s get a couple of obvious jokes out of the way. First of all, congratulations to Saturday Night Live UK on marking the last […]
When it comes to referendums on national identity, few are more arbitrary than the periodic debate over who should play James Bond in the next cinematic adaptations of Ian Fleming’s venerable spy franchise. Like candidates […]
As 1994 approached, the United States was on the verge of hosting the World Cup — but national soccer officials were terrified that the home team was about to humiliate itself on a global stage. […]
Jonah Tulis’ Serling, a new 98-minute documentary about The Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, is good, but it’s mostly a good shell. Persuasively showing that Rod Serling was one of the medium’s true prophets, a […]
There was a lot of history made at the 98th Academy Awards on Sunday night (March 15) — industry-wide milestones and fun personal footnotes and more. Autumn Durald Arkapaw became the first woman (and first […]
Contrary to the interpretation you may have read in some outlets, the Red Hot Chili Peppers haven’t really distanced themselves from or disavowed the upcoming Netflix documentary, The Rise of the Red Hot Chili Peppers: […]
Daniel Lombroso’s new documentary Manhood features the tantalizing subhead, “Inside the secret booming world of penile enhancement,” and while a full review will follow, I think most readers will have three primary questions. 1. Is […]
I go to New York City and I come back talking about a challenging play I saw, the food poisoning I didn’t get from eating delicious street meat, and the vibrance of a city teeming […]
If there’s anything I’m more sick of than shows about murder among the mopey denizens of ultra-wealthy enclaves, it’s shows about murder among the mopey denizens of ultra-wealthy enclaves in which one character’s upbringing in […]