The saying about certain things, and people, growing better with age, like a fine wine, can be applied to some comedies as well. Here is “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” returning after…
Director Peter Jackson’s “The Beatles: Get Back” captures some of the Beatles’ final moments as a band in more vivid detail than ever seen before. Jackson originally intended to make…
Good performances can truly save the most absurd plot. In Netflix’s seven-episode limited series “True Story,” believability and absurdity work together with strong performances from Kevin Hart and Wesley Snipes.
Some franchises become so big they can fall into the routine of just aiming for the fan base. Marvel’s “Hawkeye” is the first of its Disney Plus shows that feels like its…
A specter haunts all of TV, the desire to be the next “Game of Thrones.” Many major streamers have tried to produce the most expensive fantasy epic they can muster. No novel featuring…
When Apple TV’s “The Morning Show” first premiered back in 2019, it was daring in how it directly tackled the #MeToo cultural moment. To openly design its characters on the Matt Lauer…
A private New England college is the setting for Mindy Kaling’s latest series, “The Sex Lives of College Girls.” This show is just that, following a foursome of young women as…
One of our most ironic behavioral tragedies as humans is the fault of being too nice. It’s better than being a jerk but you become an easy target. Apple TV’s “The Shrink…
“Yellowstone” wastes no time in riding into season four with all guns ablaze. There’s a breathless quality to the style of this TV Western. Its images are dynamic, the dialogue drips with…
In the Peak TV era one of the riskiest propositions is reviving past hits that became pop culture standouts. Showtime’s “Dexter” premiered in 2006, when both television and the world were very different.
Like the lives of many criminals in the real world, Netflix’s “Narcos: Mexico” closes its saga with more of a whimper than a roar. This is by no means a defect, but…
Early in the third and final season of Apple TV’s beloved “Dickinson,” we learn that the great American poet Emily Dickinson went through a time of feverish productivity during the Civil War.