Drama, Science Fiction, Television, Thriller
TV: The Rig (Season 1)
Given the current glut of quality content in the world, one shouldn’t go out of their way for The…
May 28, 2023
Drama, Television, ThrillerTV: The Patient
Watching The Patient, it was impossible not to speculate about how it might end. My early instinct was that…
May 21, 2023
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, TelevisionTV: The Big Door Prize (Season 1)
Panning for gold in the streams of streaming, one could be forgiven for overlooking The Big Door Prize, given…
May 21, 2023
Comedy, Drama, FilmFilm: Flux Gourmet
Weirdness for the sake of weirdness can have its charms, and in its own perverse way, Flux Gourmet (2022)…
May 15, 2023
Drama, Television, ThrillerTV: The Diplomat (Season 1)
It’s good to see Keri Russell parlaying her success on The Americans into impressive new roles, and Netflix’s The…
May 14, 2023
Comedy, Drama, Television, ThrillerTV: Beef
Road-rage thriller, dark comedy, empathetic drama, a tale of rival antiheroes—Netflix’s Beef ticks multiple boxes. While it doesn’t always…
May 11, 2023
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Film, Science FictionFilm: How It Ends
Future media historians writing about film production from the COVID-19 pandemic will find a perfect case study in How…
April 24, 2023
Drama, Mystery, Television, ThrillerTV: Hightown (Season 1)
While generally well done, Hightown is a frustrating contraption, a mix of Nordic noir and throwback cable-network sleaze that…
April 23, 2023
Animation, Drama, Fantasy, TelevisionTV: Undone (Season 2)
The fast and furious rush of new content is dying down finally, but there are still so many new,…
April 6, 2023
Comedy, Drama, TelevisionTV: Shrinking (Season 1)
By no means an endorsement of therapy, Shrinking is nonetheless light, breezy fun that adds more value to Apple’s…
April 4, 2023
Comedy, Drama, FilmFilm: Babylon
Hollywood does like to celebrate itself. There are films that genuinely create movie magic, and then there’s Babylon (2022),…
April 1, 2023
Drama, Games, Horror, Science Fiction, ThrillerTV: The Last of Us (Season 1)
I played the PS4 game The Last of Us just long enough to come to two conclusions: one, that…
April 1, 2023
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: Poker Face (Season 1)
On one level, it’s surprising a show like Poker Face could succeed in the current TV landscape, but on…
March 16, 2023
Drama, TelevisionTV: Fleishman is in Trouble
Voiceover narration can be a real turn-off, but Fleishman is in Trouble uses the device to good effect, giving…
March 7, 2023
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, TelevisionTV: John from Cincinnati
Like most of the universe, I missed the train on John from Cincinnati, a one-season failure from co-creators Kem…
February 25, 2023