FX’s Atlanta Has More Waves of Brilliance in Final Season
A review of the final season of FX’s Atlanta, which premieres on September 15.
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Hulu’s Wedding Season is a Clever, Hitchcockian Romp
A review of Wedding Season, now playing on Hulu.
Starz’s The Serpent Queen Tries To Be The Great, But Ends Up Merely Good
A review of Starz’s new series The Serpent Queen, premiering on September 11th.
Gutsy Offer a Chance to Relax in the Clintons’ Worldview
A review of the new docuseries about the Clintons, Gutsy.
Prime Video’s Lord of the Rings Keeps the Spectacle of Peter Jackson, Loses Some of the Spirit
A review of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, on Prime Video this week.
AMC+’s Pantheon is Challenging Animated Sci-fi for Adults
A review of AMC+’s Pantheon.
The Patient
The Patient is a long journey to create empathy in the darkest of minds, but overall it makes for an overlong, dull mind game.
Trevante Rhodes Captivates in Hulu’s Mike but the Show Loses the Fight
A review of the new Hulu series about the life of Mike Tyson.
Little Demon Struggles to Fulfill on Potential of Its Concept and Cast
A review of the newest FXX animated series.
Lost Ollie
Lost Ollie is an outstanding family miniseries that may be small in size but is mighty in heart.
Home Entertainment Guide: August 2022
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming, including The Black Phone, Men, and 4K editions of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Flatliners, and more.
Netflix’s Mo Keeps the Faith For Insightful Muslim-American Stories
A review of the new Netflix series Mo, premiering August 26th.
Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney Buy a Football Team in FX’s Welcome to Wrexham
A TV review of the new FX docuseries, Welcome to Wrexham.
Echoes
By the end, it’s impossible to care about any of these people or what has happened to them, other than to hope the talented cast puts it behind them quickly.
House of the Dragon Breathes New Life into the World of Westeros
A review of HBO’s House of the Dragon.
She-Hulk: Attorney at Law Offers Entertaining Blend of Action and Commentary
A review of the Disney+/MCU series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law.
New Combat Landscape is Examined in Inconsistent The Undeclared War
A review of Peacock’s The Undeclared War, which starts on August 18.
Lyndall Hobbs Has Mixed Feelings about Back to the Beach
An interview with the director of Back to the Beach, now on Blu-ray for the first time.
Five Days at Memorial
This is rewarding dramatic television, the kind of show that takes history from the page and brings it to life, honoring both the dead and the people traumatized by Mother Nature and bureaucratic incompetence.
Children of the Underground
With these stories, Children of the Underground embraces nuance in its most empathetic fashion.
