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‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Returns With More Hilariously Inappropriate Comedy in Season 10
Features • Published on January 2020
Somehow with a new decade we’re getting a new season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.” This is the 10th season of…
Apple TV’s ‘Little America’ Celebrates the Rich Patchwork of Cultures That Make up Our Country
Features • Published on January 2020
Apple TV’s “Little America” is here to remind us that our country is made up of various patchworks put together from other countries, languages…
‘Sex Education’ Is More Turned on and Wickedly Smart in Season 2
Features • Published on January 2020
The second season of Netflix’s “Sex Education” wastes no time and gets started with a school panicking over a chlamydia outbreak. It’s the perfect…
Young Star Mckenna Grace and Filmmakers Bert & Bertie Capture the ’70s in ‘Troop Zero’
Features • Published on January 2020
Some films simply burst with a lovable energy. “Troop Zero” is one of those movies. An Amazon production set in 1977 Georgia it begins…
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence Bring Some Big Laughs to Rehashed ‘Bad Boys for Life’
Features • Published on January 2020
“Bad Boys for Life” is yet another attempt at continuing a franchise that began back in those sunny days when CDs were the norm.
‘Grace and Frankie’ Returns for Season 6 With Its Charm and Sense of Life Intact
Features • Published on January 2020
“Grace and Frankie” returns with a sixth season that feels warm and familiar, never daring to change too much yet maintaining all of its…
‘The New Pope’ Stylishly Finds the Wicked Dance Between Religion and Politics
Features • Published on January 2020
Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is nearly impossible to categorize. All that is certain is that he is a director of great style. Decadence and…
The Real Horrors Are Humans in HBO’s Adaption of Stephen King’s ‘The Outsider’
Features • Published on January 2020
The work of Stephen King is populated by haunted souls, not always necessarily in the supernatural sense. His novels are about disturbed psyches and…
‘Underwater’ Dives Into Simple but Visceral Thrills and Terrors
Features • Published on January 2020
“Underwater” is an exercise in the creation of pure, at times silly yet never boring tension. Some movies are all about the production design,…
‘Dracula’ Goes for the Jugular With Ghoulish Style
Features • Published on January 2020
“Dracula” knows that the appeal of vampires tends to be all about style mixed with twisted eroticism. This BBC One and Netflix series drips…
‘Anne With an E’ Says Goodbye With Long-Awaited Kisses and College Acceptance Letters
Features • Published on January 2020
Fans of “Anne With an E” were recently left heartbroken and stunned when Netflix announced it would not renew the show after its third…
Ilana Glazer Blazes Through the Trials of Modern Womanhood in ‘The Planet Is Burning’
Features • Published on January 2020
Fresh off the success of “Broad City,” which concluded its run last year, Ilana Glazer returns with an Amazon comedy special to emphasize just…
‘The Grudge’ Remake Is All Scream With Little Fright
Features • Published on January 2020
“The Grudge” cinematically captures that well-known definition of insanity as doing the same thing over and over while expecting a different result. Like “Star…
‘Clemency’ Compellingly Reflects on the Toll of Watching Over Death Row
Features • Published on December 2019
“Clemency” takes a different sort of walk down death row. It focuses on the person overseeing the entire process, and asks what kind of…
‘Fast & Furious’ Rides Into Cartoon Escapism With ‘Spy Racers’
Features • Published on December 2019
“Fast & Furious Spy Racers” is one of this season’s oddest family offerings. It scales down the speeding cars and ridiculous plots of the “Fast & Furious” franchise for a kid-friendly cartoon. The…
‘Spies in Disguise’ Delivers Charming Family Entertainment While Riffing on Spy Movies
Features • Published on December 2019
Will Smith has officially reached that peak in pop culture stardom where he can become a pigeon on film and raise few eyebrows. This is the starting point of…
‘Mr. Robot’ Series Finale Pulls the Rug Completely From Under the Show’s Entire Premise
Features • Published on December 2019
When a series comes to an end long-awaited answers tend to be delivered and major character arcs come to a close. “Mr. Robot” has…
‘The Morning Show’ Season Finale Reaches a Heart-Wrenching Crescendo
Features • Published on December 2019
Apple TV Plus committed to a gamble with “The Morning Show.” For a new streaming service to tackle the post-#MeToo world right out of…
Netflix Crafts Its Own Grand Fantasy With ‘The Witcher’
Features • Published on December 2019
How much you enjoy Netflix’s “The Witcher” might depend on just how invested you are in its genre. It’s a series tailored for a…
‘Star Wars’ Closes Another Trilogy With the Kinetic Spectacle of ‘The Rise of Skywalker’
Features • Published on December 2019
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker” has on its shoulders the hard task of concluding yet another trilogy in one of pop culture’s great…