TV/Streaming
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 17, 2015
The latest on Netflix and Blu-ray, including “Time Out of Mind,” “Mission: Impossible: Rogue Nation,” “Knock Knock,” and three Criterion releases.
True Crime Fans Must Watch Netflix’s “Making a Murderer”
A TV review of Netflix’s excellent true crime docu-series “Making a Murderer.”
Amazon’s Brilliant “Transparent” Examines the Human Search For Happiness
A review of the second season of “Transparent.”
Syfy’s “The Expanse,” “Childhood’s End” Adapt Hit Novels with Very Different Results
A review of Syfy’s The Expanse and Childhood’s End.
Criterion Remasters of “The Apu Trilogy” and “Ikiru” Top Holiday Wish Lists
Two Criterion Blu-ray releases should be on every cinephiles letter to Santa.
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: December 3, 2015
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming services, including “Best of Enemies,” “Shaun the Sheep Movie,” “Mississippi Grind” and “Don’t Look Back” on Criterion.
Netflix’s “A Very Murray Christmas” Nails Its Target Audience
“A Very Murray Christmas” is kind of wonderful.
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 22, 2015
A column on the latest on Blu-ray and DVD, including Criterion editions of Code Unknown & In Cold Blood, The Man From UNCLE, Meru, Ant-Man and more!
“Marvel’s Jessica Jones” Pushes Against Expectations of the Superhero Show
A review of Netflix’s new series “Marvel’s Jessica Jones” with Krysten Ritter, David Tennant and Carrie-Anne Moss.
Amazon Premieres Most Challenging Drama Yet in “The Man in the High Castle”
A review of Amazon’s “The Man in the High Castle,” from executive producer Ridley Scott.
NBC Expands Windy City Dramas with Effective “Chicago Med”
A review of NBC’s “Chicago Med.”
AMC’s “Into the Badlands” Mimics Martial Arts But Lacks Soul
A review of AMC’s Into the Badlands.
Checking in “With Bob and David” on Netflix
A review of Netflix’s “With Bob and David.”
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: November 5, 2015
The latest and greatest on Netflix, VOD, and Blu-ray, including The End of the Tour, Southpaw, Inside Out, The Gift, Army of Darkness, Kwaidan, and more!
Amazon Launches Six New Shows with Very Mixed Results
First impressions of the new Amazon pilots, including “One Mississippi” and “Good Girls Revolt.”
Blu-ray Review: “Die Hard: The Nakatomi Plaza Collection”
A look back at the five “Die Hard” movies.
TV Review: “Flesh and Bone” Sings Familiar “Swan” Song
Moira Walley-Beckett’s dreary STARZ series borrows many of its melodramatic clichés from Darren Aronofsky’s “Black Swan.”
Aziz Ansari Goes to Another Level with “Master of None”
A review of the fantastic Netflix series “Master of None.”
