I really wanted to like Carnival Row, the new fantasy series from Amazon. I really did. I was ready to throw in the towel after watching three of the eight episodes in the first season (the series has already been renewed for a second), but then I read some early reviews that urged it gets […]
They always say coaches are harder on athletes they favor–the athletes that show potential to truly be a star and need that extra push. If that’s the case, I fear I have to be extra hard on BH90210, since I was a die-hard fan of the original. The good news is it has potential because […]
There’s a lot to like about the fourth season* of Veronica Mars, which will drop on Hulu Friday, July 26. If you are one of the show’s many Marshmallows, thrilled at the chance to spend some more time with Veronica (Kristen Bell), Keith (Enrico Colantoni), and Logan (Jason Dohring), you’ll certainly be happy with season […]
The Whammies are back. After 760 episodes of Press Your Luck in the 1980s, the love them or hate them red creatures with high-pitched muppet-like voices return to wipe away players’ cash and prizes (and possibly your own sanity as a TV viewer) in ABC’s delightfully irritating revival of Press Your Luck. Much like The […]
I was, let’s say, less than pleased with The Handmaid’s Tale season two finale. I railed against the decision to have June come so close to escape a grand total of three times over the course of the season only to decide (after many people in precarious situations risked their lives to help her) to […]
Since I finished reading Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s novel “Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter” back in high school, I’ve wanted to see what the story would look like on screen. I recall there being rumors of a film adaptation, starring the late Robin Williams and the late Alan Rickman […]
Well, I didn’t quite get it all right with my prediction last week, but I got pretty darn close. Jon didn’t get the Throne – instead he got a trip back to The Wall (the only place he ever truly fit in, if we’re being honest), and a really lovely reunion with Ghost (I still […]
First off, I need to say that I never had the chance to read Joseph Heller’s novel “Catch-22” during my time in school (I had a chance to read it in 8th grade, but opted to read “The Grapes of Wrath” instead – after watching the Hulu miniseries of “Catch-22” I strongly suspect I picked […]
Phoebe Waller-Bridge has had a heck of a year. Last May, she played one of the only well-reviewed parts of Solo: A Star Wars Story (as Lando’s droid, L3-37). Right about then, Killing Eve, the brilliant BBC drama Waller-Bridge created and showran, was starting to become a phenomenon. This spring, she took the original one-woman […]
Let’s get this out of the way right now: That was not a good episode of television. It certainly wasn’t a good penultimate episode of a series. And it definitely wasn’t a good penultimate episode of television for a series that has spent so many years toiling in the minutia of character development and palace […]
