All 8 episodes of ‘The Defenders’ Season 1 (2017), ranked
Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): Superheroes from their various shows team up for eight episodes.
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All 8 episodes of ‘The Defenders’ Season 1 (2017), ranked
‘Like Father’ gets by on the charms of Kristen Bell, Kelsey Grammer (Movie review)
It’s easy to see why “Like Father” went straight to Netflix (the modern equivalent of straight-to-video) rather than getting a theatrical release, but fans of Kristen Bell and/or Kelsey Grammer will still find this light […]
‘Slasher’ Season 2 (2017) finds winter chills
TV review: Compared to “Scream,” “Slasher” is gorier, with remarkably creative kill scenes. But it’s also a more compelling mystery.
All 13 episodes of ‘Luke Cage’ Season 1 (2016), ranked
Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): Luke Cage joins the Netflix pantheon with a nice dose of Harlem history.
All 13 episodes of ‘Jessica Jones’ Season 1 (2015), ranked
Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): Quirky Krysten Ritter shows another side to her acting range as “Jessica Jones” gets underway.
All 13 episodes of ‘Daredevil’ Season 1 (2015), ranked
Marvel Cinematic Universe flashback (TV review): Drew Goddard successfully launches the street-level MCU.
‘Everything Sucks!’ mostly gets 1996 right, definitely gets the pain of first love right (TV review)
“Everything Sucks!” (Netflix), the first season of which includes 10 half-hour episodes, starts off like a second-rate “Freaks and Geeks” but eventually strikes painfully accurate notes about first love and high school crushes. By the […]
‘Veronica’ adds grit to slick Ouija subgenre of horror
Movie review: “Veronica” doesn’t redefine Ouija board horror, but it certainly approaches it from a different perspective.
Mockumentary ‘American Vandal’ is also a gripping mystery with spot-on performances (TV review)
“American Vandal” – an eight-episode fictional docu-mystery that dropped last fall on Netflix – explores the snicker-worthy case of someone spray-painting penises on 27 cars. And to be sure, creators Dan Perrault and Tony Yacenda […]
‘Cloverfield Paradox’ pays lip service to science, turns into a familiar space thriller (Movie review)
“The Cloverfield Paradox” (which recently debuted on Netflix), the third installment of the loosely connected Cloververse saga, takes topical physics such as the recently discovered God Particle and the popular multiverse theory and smashes them […]