The best monster stories are really about people. Creatures created in our imagination tend to channel how we feel or see the world. As its title promises, “The Essex Serpent” has a…
If we’d only known how unprotected the earth is in this galaxy, we never would have unplugged the last fax machine. The resuscitated “Kids in the Hall” series comes as a new…
The legal thriller is alive and fun in Netflix’s “The Lincoln Lawyer,” a show that feels both fresh but also rather old-school. It’s a throwback to the kind of weekly procedural that…
You don’t really get to know someone until you’ve traveled with them. The second season of HBO Max’s “Hacks” explores how this is quite true when it comes to mentors. While the…
Just when it seems like there was too much true crime overload in streaming, we get a series like Hulu’s “Candy,” again proving why the genre has become such a cultural obsession.
When we’re teenagers the adults can feel like some all-seeing eye of God. We’re entering the first real phases of independence in our lives, yet don’t have total control. Amazon’s “The Wilds”…
As an audience we cannot help but continue to be compelled by the shocking ways American privilege can spiral into bloody crime. A sense of social reassurance is shattered when we learn that…
Everyone else is getting sequels and prequels, might as well include one of TV’s most iconic franchises. Paramount Plus’ “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” is one of the most faithful reboots to…
Elisabeth Moss has a history of playing characters grappling with trauma. Kirby Mazrachi, the young woman she portrays in the Apple TV+ series “Shining Girls,” is no exception. Based on a…
If we could travel back in time the experience would probably be more emotionally shattering than suspenseful. Amazon’s “Undone” traverses timelines to profile the inner workings of its characters. Few showrunners have…
The final episodes of Netflix’s “Ozark” almost confirms that some Peak TV can come close to achieving what was once called “the great American novel.” If these episodes had been a book,…
First love is a complicated thing for most people, regardless of sexual orientation, generation or background. Rowan Blanchard, an actor and feminist activist who has been open about her own queer identity,…
