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After a long, Covid-induced, hiatus, Amazon’s flagship series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is back for its fourth season. Unfortunately for us, it’s also back with the same issues that plagued the series in its previous three seasons. When the show is focused on Midge or Susie (the great Rachel Brosnahan and Alex Borstein, respectively), the […]
Amazon has resurrected the I Know What You Did Last Summer franchise (or, as much as you can call it a franchise when it only consists of a 1973 novel by Lois Duncan, a 1997 teen slasher film of the same name, and two very forgettable sequel films) and is bringing it into our present […]
Despite warnings to the contrary, I was fully convinced I could binge Amazon’s harrowing limited series The Underground Railroad when it premiered nearly two weeks ago. Boy, was I wrong. Before I get into what works and what was less successful in the series, I want to warn those who are on the fence about […]
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 […]