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‘The Goldfinch’ Spins a Bestseller Into a Meandering Chore
Features • Published on September 2019
Some stories really should just remain as books. That’s certainly the case with “The Goldfinch,” a very long, meandering adaptation that feels like text…
‘The Ranch’ Part 7: A Deadly Shot Sets up the Final Chapter of the Bennett Family Saga
Features • Published on September 2019
There’s going to be a lot of chatter over the way Netflix has decided to end the latest part of “The Ranch.” While this…
Alejandro Landes’ ‘Monos’ Weaves a Poetic Vision of Guerrilla Warfare in an Unknown Land
Features • Published on September 2019
Director Alejandro Landes‘ “Monos” enters a feverish and hellish setting where guerrillas roam an unnamed Latin American country outside of any…
‘The Deuce’ Enters the Adult Film World of the ’80s in Its Deeply Empathetic Final Season
Features • Published on September 2019
In the final season of HBO’s “The Deuce” the world of adult film becomes a metaphor for how time changes everything. Leaping once again…
Sacha Baron Cohen Shows off His Dramatic Side in Netflix’s True-Life Espionage Thriller ‘The Spy’
Features • Published on September 2019
Sacha Baron Cohen shows us a completely different side of himself in Netflix’s limited series “The Spy.” By playing…
‘Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice’ Follows the Singer’s Career From Stage to Sudden Illness
Features • Published on September 2019
No shocks or surprises, “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice” puts on display and in proper order everything we might already know about…
‘Mayans M.C.’ Rides Into Season 2 With a Twister of a Plot
Features • Published on September 2019
“Mayans M.C.” is quickly becoming one of those shows where if you’re coming in late good luck keeping up. Even diehard fans probably need…
Amazon’s ‘Carnival Row’ Is an Entertaining Oddity of Pure Originality
Features • Published on August 2019
When Amazon presents “Carnival Row” as an original series they aren’t kidding. This new fantasy drama is fully conjured afresh, borrowing from sci-fi, noir,…
‘Official Secrets’ Spins an Intriguing Thriller out of a Whistle-Blower’s Real Saga
Features • Published on August 2019
Some individuals suddenly find themselves risking a lot over moral choices. This is what happened to British intelligence worker Katharine Gun, who realized the British government was colluding with the U.S.
2019 MTV Video Music Awards: Missy Elliott Reigns Supreme and Other Highlights
Features • Published on August 2019
It was a night of flash, activism, and homages at the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards, which for the first time were hosted in New Jersey.
Dave Chappelle Wins and Loses With Netflix Comedy Special ‘Sticks & Stones’
Features • Published on August 2019
There’s a difference between being a provocateur and then just being provocative for its own sake. Dave Chappelle walks and stumbles on the fine…
Dwayne Johnson Is Back in the Game for the Final Season of HBO’s ‘Ballers’
Features • Published on August 2019
In HBO’s “Ballers” money is just a means to an end. That’s how it all operates in the fifth and final season, as characters…
There Are Plenty of Reasons to Skip ‘13 Reasons Why’ Season 3
Features • Published on August 2019
Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why” returns for a third season that goes so beyond the original premise that even the title has lost all meaning.
‘Ready or Not’ Takes on the 1% With Grindhouse Fury
Features • Published on August 2019
“Ready or Not” isn’t meant for fancy, overly expensive multiplexes. This hilariously fun, gruesomely entertaining troublemaker is the very definition of a midnight movie,…
‘Pose’ Season 2 Closes With a Memorable Ballroom Finale Full of Hope and Unity
Features • Published on August 2019
The second season finale of FX’s “Pose” brims with magnificence and a bittersweet heart. It takes a particular kind of vision to combine such elements. Creator…
Predators Prowl America in Eerie Second Season of Netflix’s ‘Mindhunter’
Features • Published on August 2019
Getting to know the mental landscape of a monster doesn’t get any easier in the new season of Netflix’s “Mindhunter.” We could never expect…
‘The Angry Birds Movie 2’ Flies Into New Territory With Bigger Laughs
Features • Published on August 2019
Summertime is the ideal season to venture out into your local multiplex to witness a saga of candy-colored birds, some with arched eyebrows, do battle with green-toned pig adversaries living on…
Freedom Remains a Distant Dream in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 3 Finale
Features • Published on August 2019
Continuing to expand Margaret Atwood’s novel, Hulu’s “The Handmaid’s Tale” has become a work of pure aesthetic force. What has stood out in its…
Everything Goes Back to the Beginning in the Series Finale of ‘Legion’
Features • Published on August 2019
In its mind-bending fashion, FX’s “Legion” bows out. Trippy but surprisingly simple, the series finale goes through the show’s usual motions of psychedelic dreamscapes, time…
‘Succession’ Season 2 Is the Vicious Family Reunion You Don’t Want to Miss
Features • Published on August 2019
HBO’s second season of “Succession” feels like entering a vipers’ nest posing as a family reunion. When it first premiered last year, the show…