The back half of this miniseries is so bogged down by inconsistent pacing, drawn-out scenes, muddled plotting, and a frustratingly anticlimactic ending that all the good Lisey’s Story delivers before that collapse ends up overshadowed.
A review of the Netflix comedy special Bo Burnham: Inside.
A review of Netflix’s great new series, Sweet Tooth.
Tulsa: The Fire and the Forgotten works best as a learning tool, filling in some of the blanks of American history, details that were purposely redacted by the same types of people who wish to continue that redaction.
A review of FOX’s new animated series HouseBroken, premiering on May 31.
An article about the special sneak preview of Ted Bogosian’s documentary, “Live at Mister Kelly’s,” airing at 8pm CT this Thursday, May 27th, on WTTW in Chicagoland.
A review of Friends: The Reunion.
A review of the fourth season of In Treatment, which premieres on May 23.
A review of Master of None Presents: Moments in Love, premiering on Netflix tomorrow.
A review of the new Showtime series from Kevin Iso and Dan Perlman, premiering on May 23.
A review of the clever Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K., created by and starring Patton Oswalt.
A compelling epic about ego that embeds you into Halston’s world of brilliant designs and self-sabotage.
A major event in the history of television, something that won’t be an easy watch for Amazon Prime subscribers this summer but demands to be appreciated, admired, and studied.
Director James Buddy Day doesn’t just offer a recounting of horrific events with excessive drone shots and talking head interview, he becomes an investigator of a trio of murders that shook the town of Fall River.
While “The Crime of the Century” becomes a wildly broad damnation of the forces behind the opioid epidemic, it’s nonetheless righteous in its anger.
The performances are mostly strong, but the subject matter is so dense, the cultural and religious details so complex, and the affection toward melodrama so unrepentant that Death and Nightingales slides into tedium disappointingly often.
A guide to the latest and greatest on Blu-ray, including 4K editions of Speed, Donnie Darko, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
A review of Netflix’s latest superhero show, from the writer of Kingsman, Wanted, and Kick-Ass.
A review of the new Tina Fey/Robert Carlock series Girls5Eva, premiering on May 6.
