No streamer beats Apple TV+ in mining for IP that provides the perfect base for another exploration of the darker side of the human condition. “Smoke” is the latest moody offering from…
The fourth season of “The Bear” opens with a stinging development that will ring sweet for critics. A scathing review becomes the true moment of crisis for the show’s hero. In a…
While Marvel tries to reorient itself, one of the trickier areas to find fresh material is in their television output. MCU TV series have become notorious for symbolizing the studio’s excessive cramming of…
Shows like HBO’s “The Gilded Age” build a strong following not only because of their opulence, but because the characters become more meaningful than the plot. This ensemble set in the past,…
There is something fishy going on in Havenport, NC. Sheriff Clyde Porter (Michael Gaston) isn’t paying much attention, and an abandoned beached vessel is not declared by the owner of the largest family-owned…
Owen Wilson has always been such a welcoming presence onscreen that you can hardly ever imagine the guy having a dark side. One can almost feel the writers of Apple TV+’s “Stick”…
And just like that, New York City writer Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) entered into her next chapter at the end of this series’ sophomore season, trading in her beloved brownstone for a…
Another week, another series about the rich bottled up with their own internal problems. Netflix’s “Sirens” is the latest variation of a repeat format in the world of television shows. Call it…
Even if the source material of a hit series runs out, you must still have a sequel. Such are the rules in streaming and so we are getting a second season of Hulu’s…
The rapid rise of AI is making android sci-fi even more relevant. In Apple TV+’s “Murderbot,” Alexander Skarsgård gives a performance almost diabolical in its observant coldness. His character is a cyborg…
Season two of Peacock’s “Poker Face” confirms Natasha Lyonne as one of the great modern TV sleuths. With her combination of grit and zaniness, she keeps together a series that successfully harkens back…
Netflix’s “The Four Seasons” once again explores that dread of the midlife crisis through the gaze of privileged Americans. Age is the great enemy in a society that worships mobility and affluence.