The mountain lion that menaced Kim Bauer in the first season of Fox’s 24 was a feature, not a bug. That ferocious feline, which probably… Read More »‘The Day of the Jackal’ Review: Eddie Redmayne Kills in Peacock’s Occasionally Gripping, Frequently Padded Game of Cat-and-Mouse
Hulu’s FX-produced limited series Say Nothing, like its source book by Patrick Radden Keefe, takes its name from the striking 1975 poem “Whatever You Say,… Read More »‘Say Nothing’ Review: FX/Hulu’s Tale of the Troubles Is Powerful, Ambitious and a Little Too Scattered
I’m not saying Apple TV+ has an issue with repetitive storytelling, but the new drama Before is the service’s third series featuring a renowned comic… Read More »‘Before’ Review: Billy Crystal Is Convincingly Somber in Apple TV+’s Otherwise Unconvincing Supernatural Dud
One of the most reliable pieces of Disney+‘s still-evolving brand has been adulatory celebrity-driven commercials masquerading as “documentaries” while offering cheery and worshipful portraits of… Read More »‘Music by John Williams’ Review: Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and More Celebrate the Iconic Composer in a Winning Disney+ Doc
The Netflix algorithm will attempt to lure you into watching Territory for its familiarity. The six-part drama is almost explicitly an Aussie version of Yellowstone,… Read More »‘Territory’ Review: Netflix’s Epic but Derivative Cattle-Ranching Drama Plays Like Aussie ‘Yellowstone’
If you’re a circumspect first-time TV creator given vaguely free rein, you have two choices (for the purposes of this exercise). One, you can render… Read More »‘Hysteria!’ Review: Bruce Campbell Plays It Straight in Peacock’s Chaotic Satanic Panic Dramedy
At the polite urging of Peacock, I can’t tell you much about their new thriller-type-thing, Teacup. I can’t tell you what the series is actually… Read More »‘Teacup’ Review: Peacock’s James Wan-Produced Horror Thriller Frustratingly Withholds Both Answers and Scares
With Apple TV+’s Pachinko and HBO’s My Brilliant Friend reigning as TV’s best current scripted shows, this has already been a big fall for non-English… Read More »‘La Máquina’ Review: Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna Deliver Their Trademark Chemistry in Hulu’s Twisty, Melodramatic Boxing Thriller
For many viewers, Netflix’s Nobody Wants This will be enjoyable simply as the very conventional, frequently likable rom-com that it is. Sure, it’s extremely sitcom-y… Read More »‘Nobody Wants This’ Review: Kristen Bell and Adam Brody Share Crackling Chemistry in Netflix’s Frustratingly Uneven Rom-Com
Hulu’s adaptation of Little Fires Everywhere premiered at the very beginning of the 2020 COVID lockdown, and although it was nominated for several big Emmys… Read More »‘Penelope’: Mark Duplass and Mel Eslyn’s Netflix Survival Drama Is the YA Version of ‘Wild’ You Didn’t Know You Needed
For 35 minutes in the middle of its nine-episode run, Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story does something special. The fifth chapter, titled… Read More »‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ Review: Despite a Terrifying Javier Bardem, Ryan Murphy’s Netflix True-Crime Saga Falls Flat
