‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 2 a delightful global romp
TV review: Season 2 is a delightful romp through Paris, the Catskills and a NYC that loves all its crazy characters.
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‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 2 a delightful global romp
‘Sneaky Pete’ remains a fun and twisty long con in Season 2 (TV review)
“Sneaky Pete,” developed by Bryan Cranston and Graham Yost, was originally created as a “mystery of the week” series for CBS, about a con man who would solve different cases each week, all while pretending […]
Florence Pugh shines as ‘The Little Drummer Girl’ shifts from beautiful to deliciously dreary (TV review)
A friend mistook “The Little Drummer Girl” for a Christmas series, and I explained that’s not what it is. As for what it really is, there’s the short version and the long version. Simply, it’s an […]
Which is the less bad show? ‘Black Lightning’ vs. ‘The Gifted’
TV commentary: We compare and contrast the two superhero shows.
First episode impressions: ‘Mars’ Season 2 (TV review)
From the beginning, “Mars” (9 p.m. Eastern Mondays on National Geographic) has aimed to show what humanity’s colonization of the Red Planet will really be like. Season 1, which aired back in 2016, chronicles the […]
All 13 episodes of ‘Jessica Jones’ Season 2 (2018), ranked
Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): “Jessica Jones” gets even more comfortable in its noir rhythms in Season 2.
‘Homecoming’s’ 1980s style techniques are beautiful, and the mystery is good too (TV review)
I went into “Homecoming” (Amazon Prime) pretty blind. I had seen a few quick ads for the show but had no idea what it was about, or who was involved in the making of it. […]
10 shows featuring today’s biggest stars … that you can never watch again
TV commentary: In this age where it’s easy for a streaming service to make something available to its subscribers, there are still a lot of TV shows you simply can’t see.
Once-great ‘House of Cards’ comes to frustrating end with indecipherable Season 6 (TV review)
After five seasons, “House of Cards” (Netflix) had started to stumble a bit. What had started off as a sleazy, dark-room, behind-the-scenes political thriller had become a boring relationship-centered drama. Then, with Kevin Spacey being […]
All 13 episodes of ‘The Punisher’ Season 1 (2017), ranked
Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): The Punisher takes the spotlight in his own series.