Netflix MCU goes out on a competent but familiar note with ‘Jessica Jones’ Season 3
TV review: The last Netflix MCU season delivers a strong treatise on the costs of doing evil and good.
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Netflix MCU goes out on a competent but familiar note with ‘Jessica Jones’ Season 3
‘The Terror’ starts a new historical drama for Season 2, ‘Infamy’
First episode impressions (TV review): “The Terror: Infamy” starts a whole new historical horror drama.
First episode impressions: ‘BH90210’ (TV review)
The 2010s have been the decade of nostalgia, so much so that a genuine feeling of nostalgia doesn’t come up much anymore. The existence of – and the experience of watching – “BH90210” (Wednesdays on […]
Mamet, Lemmon reteam for ‘A Life in the Theatre’ (1993)
Mamet Monday (Movie review): “A Life in the Theatre” is an intermittently engaging peek behind the curtain.
All 21 episodes of ‘Roswell’ Season 2 (2000-01), ranked
TV review: Like a lot of chapter twos, “Roswell” gets darker in its second season. Have Kleenex handy as I run down my rankings of the 21 episodes.
‘Pennyworth’ tackles Batman’s butler’s backstory
First episode impressions (TV review): Epix tackles the “Batman” butler’s backstory in “Pennyworth.”
Mamet creates sympathetic portrait of ‘Lansky’ (1999)
Mamet Monday (Movie review): Richard Dreyfuss gives a surprisingly sympathetic turn as the famous mob boss in this TV film.
A look at the MCU’s Phase Four movies and TV shows
Movie and TV preview: Here are my thoughts on the five movies and five TV shows of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Phase Four.
All 22 episodes of ‘Roswell’ Season 1 (1999-2000), ranked
TV review: Out of the gates, “Roswell” takes its place as one of the great teen SF/romance hybrids. Here are my rankings of the 22 episodes.
‘What We Do in the Shadows’ makes hilarious transition to small screen
TV review: The funny movie premise becomes even funnier as a TV series.