tv review

‘Becoming Elizabeth’ review: A surprisingly serious consideration of how a queen is made [Grade: B+]

The announcement of a new show about the Tudors can strike fear into the hearts of historians and Tudors fans… Read More

June 9, 2022

TV Review: Russell T. Davies’ 80s Aids serial ‘It’s a Sin’ is a pleasure, but not a guilty one

Ah, It’s a Sin. A heady tribute as much as it is a wistful tragedy. Both a celebration of everything… Read More

January 29, 2021

TV Review: ‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ is a beautiful and heartbreaking portrayal of loss, grief and mourning

(L to R) AMELIE SMITH as FLORA and VICTORIA PEDRETTI as DANI in THE HAUNTING OF BLY MANOR (Eike Schroter… Read More

October 5, 2020

TV Review: ‘Pen15’ season two shows the transformative power of friendship and tweens’ imagination

Smells like tween spirit (Erica Parise/Hulu) There’s a brilliant visual gag in Hulu’s middle-school raunchy comedy PEN15. Co-creators and lead… Read More

September 8, 2020

TV Review: ‘The Boys’ finds its momentum in a grittier and deeper second season

What The Boys does to deconstruct the basic tropes of superhero and comic-book formula isn’t exactly bold and new. Watchmen,… Read More

August 24, 2020

TV Review: HBO’s brilliant ‘Lovecraft Country’ fights evils real and supernatural in 1950s Jim Crow America

Elizabeth Morris/HBO The cosmic horror of H.P. Lovecraft permeates HBO's sensational new drama starring Jonathan Majors and Jurnee Smollett HBO,… Read More

August 6, 2020

TV Review: Season 2 of ‘The Umbrella Academy’ is less melodramatic but remains unfocused and repetitive

(courtesy of Netflix) It’s nearly impossible to not think about Doom Patrol while watching The Umbrella Academy, the Netflix original… Read More

July 27, 2020

TV Review: In season 2, ‘Doom Patrol’ gets bolder, weirder, and sadder

Brendan Fraser in DOOM PATROL (Bob Mahoney/HBO Max) It would be an understatement to say that the first season of… Read More

June 30, 2020

TV Review: ‘Love, Victor’ is a charming and heartfelt, if somewhat flawed, coming out story

Michael Cimino's Victor takes over for Simon in Hulu's LOVE, VICTOR (courtesy of Hulu) Love, Simon, Greg Berlanti’s 2018 gay… Read More

June 8, 2020

TV Review: ‘Love Life’ finds Anna Kendrick at the top of her game

(Sarah Shatz/HBO Max) Love Life, the first series from HBO Max, perfectly captures the fears, hopes, pitfalls, roadblocks, and promise of… Read More

May 18, 2020

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