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Cape Fear, the new AppleTV+ adaptation of John MacDonald’s “The Executioners” as well as two previous film installments with the same name*, did something that most new TV series can’t do: It got me to keep watching all the way through my screeners despite me being pretty sure that I didn’t like the series. How […]
There’s something to be said for a show that is up to its neck with actors of a certain age who have decades of experience in front of the camera. It’s not always true that this particular line-up leads to television gold, but more often than not – especially when paired with an interesting, unique […]
There’s something about Nicholas Cage that makes him the perfect lead for a noir. His hangdog face calls back to Humphrey Bogart – as does his ability to turn that frown upside down at the right moment to show us that he’s got just enough game to pull a gorgeous dame (while still mourning the […]
I really wanted to like Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed, the new dramedy from AppleTV+. After all, it stars two of my favorite television actors – Emmy winners Tatiana Maslany (Orphan Black and She-Hulk) and Murray Bartlett (White Lotus and The Last of Us). And the premise is at least a bit interesting: A woman in the […]
I’ve been a bit vexed by the entirety of the Prime adaptation (or really, continuation at this stage of the game) of the Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman* novel Good Omens. Season one was a faithful, if rather uninspired, adaptation of the novel. Season two was more or less an excuse to delve back into […]
The fifth and final season of FX on Hulu’s The Bear won’t premiere until June 25, but in a surprise, the streaming service dropped an hour-long, standalone episode of the series this week.* Subtitled Gary, the episode was a prequel to the series as a whole, following Richie (Ebon Moss-Bachrach) and the late Mikey (Jon […]
The AMC+/Shudder anthology series The Terror is finally back for its third (very creepy) season with Devil in Silver, an eight-episode arc that brings the scares to the realm of a New York City mental institution. Adapted from Victor Lavalle’s novel of the same name by Lavalle and Christopher Cantwell (Halt and Catch Fire), the […]
If there’s one thing I’ve learned during my time as a TV critic, it’s that when Allison Jones is listed as a show’s casting director, you’re going to be in for a treat. So, after watching the pilot of AppleTV+’s new show Widow’s Bay – which had a host of actors in it that I […]
I write about a lot of television. And that usually means I watch a series before it airs, compile my thoughts in a review, and then move onto the next show. It’s rare I get to savor a series or watch it like everyone else – even when I’m churning out episode reviews. That’s part […]
It took me several episodes to really fall for the charms of Margo’s Got Money Troubles, the new AppleTV+ series based on the novel of the same name, largely because there’s a lot the series needs to set in motion in those early episodes before we really get a chance to see just what the […]