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In the continuing streaming battle, Amazon has fallen behind not only its early rival Netflix, but also recent additions like AppleTV+ in the push for buzzy shows. I rarely hear people talking about the great new show on Amazon – or even talking about Amazon’s TV offerings at all – which is a bit of […]
As someone who grew up watching sci-fi TV shows (and was very careful about never revealing that I watched such shows because that was a sure-fire way to be made fun of in the 90s), I’ve loved seeing so many people on my social media timelines expressing their love for Amazon’s excellent series The Expanse. […]
Sound of Metal, a film from Darius Marder (co-written with Abraham Marder) is a film that knows what story it wants to tell and then sets out to tell it. Now, that might seem like an odd description of a film, but think about it for a moment. How often do you find yourself watching […]
On the night of February 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay), Malcolm X, singer Sam Cooke, and football super star Jim Brown had dinner together in a hotel in Miami. What they discussed together that night has been lost to time. But, within the span of a year, Cooke and Malcolm X […]
When I reviewed the fourth season of The Expanse last year, my main takeaway (after watching the first six episodes that had been provided for critics) was that it was shaping up to be a good, but not great season of the series. And upon finishing it, that was what it ultimately turned out to […]
I wanted to like The Wilds, I really did. And, to be honest, there are definitely some things to like about the new Amazon drama. Unfortunately, despite trying to sell itself as something new and interesting, the series really just hits a lot of the same notes we’ve heard before with a more diverse, female […]
I’m an avid theatergoer. As in, I see at least 50 or so theatrical productions every year. The week before the world stopped back in March, I had the great fortune of seeing the Chicago tour stop of Heidi Schreck’s sensational play What the Constitution Means to Me. It was the last live, in-person theatrical […]
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 […]
This review discusses the second season of the Amazon series The Boys. While I have avoided including any spoilers (or, rather, what I consider to be spoilers), if you would like to watch the season knowing absolutely nothing about what will happen and without any idea of where things might go, I would recommend avoiding […]
Watching Amazon’s newest dark comedy series Upload might give you a sense of deja-vu. A world where you can upload your consciousness upon death to a mainframe that will allow you to “live” again? Yeah, we’ve seen that done before (and, frankly, done better) on Black Mirror, namely the exquisite “San Junipero” episode. A look into […]