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Netflix’s ‘Maniac’ Throws Emma Stone and Jonah Hill Into The Deepest Recesses of Their Minds
Features • Published on September 2018
Science fiction and melancholy mix together in Netflix’s ambitious new miniseries “Maniac.” Visually arresting, it uses the idea of memories and daydreams to do what a lot of…
‘Life Itself’ Has No Purpose Other Than to Try to Make You Cry
Features • Published on September 2018
“Life Itself” wants to be a hipster romance, celebration of diversity and Oscar bait all at once, but with fatal insincerity. The writer and director is…
Alison Brie and Aaron Paul Talk Hilariously Sad Fifth Season of ‘BoJack Horseman’
Interviews • Published on September 2018
“BoJack Horseman” captures the times like no other show. Full of angst, despair and hilarious dark comedy, the animated dramedy now returns to Netflix for a fifth season.
Hulu’s ‘The First’ Gets Too Spacey Before Blasting off to Mars
Features • Published on September 2018
The ads are truly pulling a fast one with “The First.” Billed as an epic drama about humankind’s first trip to Mars, this first season is actually a…
Ethan Hawke’s Blaze Foley Biopic Recounts the Bittersweet Journey of the Outlaw Country Singer
Features • Published on September 2018
Some notable talents walk amongst the greats, but for whatever reason stumble and fall before receiving their proper admiration. Blaze Foley had a natural talent for writing songs of almost folk poetry, which…
‘White Boy Rick’ Is a Gritty Telling of a Teenage Hustler’s Life of Crime
Features • Published on September 2018
Crime does pay, at least for a while. Such was the lesson learned by Richard Wershe Jr., who at 14 started his life as a hustler in the streets of Detroit, first with…
Chaos Reigns as Civilization Collapses in ‘American Horror Story: Apocalypse’
Features • Published on September 2018
It might be a gamble to assume this, but “American Horror Story: Apocalypse” seems to be going more for satire than sheer terror in this eighth season. It’s…
‘Shameless’ Returns for Season 9 With the Gallaghers in Full Dysfunction
Features • Published on September 2018
Now entering its ninth season, Showtime’s “Shameless” functions like a shaggy family album. For fans of the show the season also comes with a sense of incoming change…
Jim Carrey Tackles Grief With a Smile in Showtime Dramedy ‘Kidding’
Features • Published on September 2018
It is indeed a cruel world, and some people cope with it feigning joy at every turn. Showtime’s new dramedy “Kidding” is about a man who walks and…
‘The Deuce’ Season 2 Enters the Disco Era With Its Grit Intact
Features • Published on September 2018
The more things change, the more they stay the same. HBO’s “The Deuce” returns for a second season which does not pick up where the first one left…
Sarah Silverman Talks Venturing Into the Political Divide for ‘I Love You, America’ Season 2
Interviews • Published on September 2018
These are politically turbulent times but Sarah Silverman is ready to try and make sense of it all. The great comedian’s weekly Hulu series, “I…
‘Kusama: Infinity’ Captures Yayoi Kusama’s Road to Prominence
Features • Published on September 2018
Behind nearly every iconic name we gaze upon in museum halls there are countless untold stories of struggle and heartbreak. “Kusama: Infinity” is a documentary chronicling the life…
‘Atypical’ Creator and Cast Open up About Autism and the Show’s Emotional Second Season
Interviews • Published on September 2018
“Atypical” is back on Netflix for a second season of endearing drama. One of the few shows in the mainstream to incorporate the theme of autism in a…
Jennifer Garner Goes Full Punisher in Formulaic ‘Peppermint’
Features • Published on September 2018
“Peppermint” gleefully and brutally celebrates street justice. This revenge fantasy throws away proper transitions, logic and plausibility. It just wants to show someone taking the law into their…
‘Mayans M.C.’: ‘Sons of Anarchy’ Outlaws Return For a Fresh Tale of Crime and Treason
Features • Published on September 2018
“Mayans M.C.” begins its first season with pure grit. A starving dog chews on a crow near the U.S.-Mexico border as a tough-looking biker cruises by. This is…
USA’s ‘The Purge’ Tells a Better Dystopian Tale Than the Movies
Features • Published on September 2018
Scarcely two months since the last movie, “The Purge” franchise now moves to television on USA. It’s actually not such a bad thing. This has always been one…
‘Ozark’ Season 2 Weaves a Fine Thread of Corruption
Features • Published on August 2018
Corruption runs throughout the second season of Netflix’s “Ozark.” Having nearly escaped a deadly downfall in the inaugural season, the Byrdes are now determined to find new avenues for tainted…
‘Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan’ Updates Classic Spy for the War on Terror
Features • Published on August 2018
Jack Ryan was always a brainier James Bond. Amazon’s latest series takes the character first created by the late Tom Clancy in a series of high-tech novels and updates him into a slick…
The Spirits are Restless in Gothic Period Drama ‘The Little Stranger’
Features • Published on August 2018
“The Little Stranger” is an adaptation of a 2009 gothic novel by Sarah Waters, in which the haunted house element is simply a backdrop for a tale of…
Netflix’s ‘The Innocents’ Blends Poignant Young Adult Drama With Supernatural Suspense
Features • Published on August 2018
Netflix’s “The Innocents” is a young adult drama that takes its audience seriously. In season one supernatural powers thrust two teens into a major crisis, yet the more…