TV Reviews

TV Review: ‘Catch-22’ mines hope and cynicism in dark comedy

(l-r): Christopher Abbott as Yossarian and Pico Alexander as Clevinger in Hulu's Catch-22. (Photo by: Philippe Antonello/ Hulu) The absurdity… Read More

May 13, 2019

TV Review: ‘The Spanish Princess’

Charlotte Hope is The Spanish Princess (courtesy of Starz) The Spanish Princess continues the Philippa Gregory sagas and whitewashes Catherine… Read More

May 3, 2019

TV Review: ‘Guava Island’

Rihanna and Donald Glover in Guava Island (Amazon Prime) It’s starting to feel like summertime with Guava Island When News… Read More

April 14, 2019

TV Review: ‘Native Son’ – reimagining a classic, retaining the anger

Ashton Sanders in Native Son from A24/HBO (photo: Matthew Libatique) From the very first moments of Native Son, the audience… Read More

April 8, 2019

Review: No sophomore slump for season two of ‘Killing Eve’

Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer in Killing Eve (BBC AMerica) We’ve all been there. Loving a show’s first season only… Read More

April 6, 2019

Review: ‘Barry’ is back for season 2 and as lethal as ever

Bill Hader in HBO's Barry. (Photo: HBO/Isabella Vosmikova) In 2017, when Bill Hader signed on with HBO to create, write,… Read More

April 4, 2019

Review: The Handmaid’s Tale (Season 2)

The first 10 minutes of episode one of season two of the Emmy-winning series are among the most harrowing I’ve… Read More

April 18, 2018

This Is Us: Why the ‘Jack’s Death’ Episode Catered to the Shows Worst, and Best, Instincts

So now we know exactly how Jack died. I mean, we knew it was the fire (or actually, the after… Read More

February 5, 2018

Why ‘Looking’ Being Canceled is a Good and a Bad Thing

HBO decided to cancel Looking today, just a few days after its superb 2nd season finale. It didn’t come as… Read More

March 25, 2015

REVIEW: ‘The Comeback’ Season 2 Finale

If you didn’t keep up with The Comeback’s unlikely second season, you missed some of the most compelling television of… Read More

December 29, 2014

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