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Huh. That’s my general reaction to the two-part third season premiere of Star Trek: Discovery. While some of the show’s problems have been alleviated by the 900+ year time jump to the future, the series still relies too much on style over substance when it matters the most. First the good: Discovery continues to have […]
Well, that was a pretty unsatisfying end to the first season of HBO’s Lovecraft Country. And it’s a shame because when the series was working, it was easily the best thing on television this fall. However, the best elements of the season were the character-focused episodes; islands within the confusing and poorly explained mythology that […]
Almost a year ago, Watchmen premiered on HBO with a stunning sequence that brought the horrific Tulsa Massacre of 1921 back into the collective American consciousness. This week, HBO once again took us to the tragic events of May 31 through June 1, 1921 with the Lovecraft Country episode “Rewind 1921.” And when two shows […]
Spoiler Warning: This review presumes that you have finished the entire season of The Haunting of Bly Manor (and, while it won’t get into the plot specifics, you should have seen The Haunting of Hill House as well). I will discuss specific plot points up to and including the finale. So, if you haven’t finished […]
ITV has had a series of shows that focused on infamous serial killers. Their most recent show looks at the case against Dennis Nilsen. In 1983 London has had an influx of men looking for work, but many end up homeless or addicted to drugs. An unassuming public servant, Dennis “Des” Nilsen (David Tennant) took […]
Apologies. Life got in the way over the last couple of weeks, which meant I was unable to post weekly reviews of the last three Lovecraft Country episodes. So, while I don’t have the time (or space) to churn out three separate reviews, I figured I would do my best to speak on the central […]
Disclaimer: I have not seen the British version of Utopia, so this review will simply discuss the American version of the series. Critics were provided with seven out of eight episodes for review, so while I don’t foresee the season’s final episode changing my views much – if at all – I do feel it’s […]
If you were in Middle School during the late 90s/early 2000s, I suspect you have already heard of Hulu’s spectacular coming of age comedy Pen15 (and if not, well, watch it). The show’s first season aired on the streaming service in 2019 and was a delightful mix of the silly, the gross, and the nostalgic. […]
Ew. I’ve watched a lot of television in my time and I think this episode of Lovecraft Country was far and away the grossest thing I’ve seen on TV. That being said, it was also a pretty great episode of TV (once you got past the skin shedding and the mafioso tied up and tortured […]
The approach Lovecraft Country has taken to episode structure in its short time on the air has certainly been unique. After burning through enough plot for an entire season during the show’s first two episodes, episodes three and four have each tackled a particular film genre (haunted house in episode three and an Indiana Jones-style […]