Season 2 of “Your Friends & Neighbors” Serves Another Course of Hamm-Flavored Suburban Malaise
An upper-class suburban enclave version of “Lord of the Flies.”
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Hulu’s “The Testaments” Returns to Gilead For Another Timely Tale About Privilege and Complicity
While “The Testaments” may approach its subject matter quite differently, its themes are no less complex.
Apple TV’s “For All Mankind” Takes Bold New Leaps in Space and Scope in Its Fifth Season
A testament to humanity’s dogged desire to better itself.
Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice
While Marsden remains one of our more underrated comic performers, this is Vaughn’s movie.
Netflix’s “Jo Nesbø’s Detective Hole” Feels A Bit Overstuffed
It’s still an effectively grisly and beautifully mounted effort, with superb performances from the ensemble cast.
“Daredevil: Born Again” Stays Blind to the Cultural Moment in Season 2
Its restrictive character writing and dull, self-contained storytelling result in a middling, slow-building season.
“The Faithful: Women of the Bible” Doesn’t Match the Grandeur of its Premise
Surely an IP as important as The Bible deserves a higher budget.
Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man
Even at its most self-indulgent, there’s something genuinely thrilling in watching Tommy Shelby suit back up again.
Prime Video’s “Jury Duty” Acquits Itself Nicely With Its Followup, “Company Retreat”
Manages to pull off the impossible feat of making lightning strike twice.
Prime Video’s “Bait” Is An Electrifying Look At The Cost of Fame
Undeniably one of the funniest and most electrifying shows of the year.
Lisa Kudrow Makes An Extremely Welcome “Comeback” to HBO
Lisa Kudrow returns to HBO as the attention-hungry Valerie Cherish in a hilariously bleak depiction of contemporary Hollywood.
“Invincible” Season 4 Is A Thrilling Examination Of Violence and Grief
Despite some minor pitfalls in its pacing, the latest season of “Invincible” reaches an undeniable series high..
Pretty Lethal
A movie with one banger of an action sequence surrounded by thin characters, flat plotting, and even a boring climax.
In Taylor Sheridan’s “The Madison,” Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell Weather an Urban-Rural Romance
It’s rock-solid, gripping television with multi-generational appeal.
Hulu’s “Sunny Nights” Offers Split Sides, Spray Tans, and Botched Schemes
I’d be willing to make the time investment, but the payoffs should start coming early and often.
Even Nicole Kidman Can’t Save Prime’s Mind-Numbing “Scarpetta”
Plays it too safe, sheltering its protagonist and stifling any sense of intrigue she could offer.
Netflix’s “One Piece” Sails Into the Grand Line with a Swashbuckling Season 2
It’s goofy, knowingly strange, and wears its heart on its sentimental sleeve, and that’s enough to put some wind in its sails.
