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Over the past several weeks, a number of smart, emotionally resonate, and just plain good sci-fi/magical realism shows have premiered. There’s the dark but compelling tech/sci-fi series Devs on FX on Hulu. There’s the magical and charming Dispatches from Elsewhere on AMC. And now there’s Amazon’s beautiful and layered Tales From the Loop, a linked […]
One of the positive side effects of the current “social distancing” protocol is that it is allowing me to dig out from under the pile of screeners I’ve allowed to amass in the past few weeks. The first show on the list for me to tackle? The recently released Amazon series ZeroZeroZero, a drama that […]
I’m going to be perfectly honest: I have no idea if Hunters is a good show. I have watched the five episodes Amazon provided to critics, and I don’t know if this is a series worth watching. It’s a strange place to be in as a critic. What I can say is that there was […]
The temperature has plummeted (to shockingly low depths here in Chicago, starting my annual ritual of wondering why I continue to subject myself to this weather), the holidays and 2020 are just around the corner, which means it’s time for that time-honored annual tradition: The Critic Best of List. 2019 was an interesting year for […]
Despite being in the era of Peak TV, where there is more than enough television to sate anyone’s particular appetites, there is one area where supply is not meeting demand: Science Fiction. Considering how the past decade has made more “nerdy” interests mainstream (see the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the Star Wars films), that same […]
With the 2010s coming to a close, it’s my duty as a TV critic to create a Top 10 List of the best TV shows of the decade. Seriously. Check all the other entertainment sites. We’re all doing it. (And, if I’m honest, we’re all putting a lot of the same shows on our lists […]
I want to preface this review with a disclaimer: Jack Ryan isn’t my kind of show. And that’s perfectly ok. I don’t enjoy action movies all that much, and I found myself less than invested in the spy games going on in season two of the series. So, since I know this isn’t the kind […]
Amazon’s latest television offering sounds great on paper: an anthology series exploring love in the Big Apple, starring the likes of Anne Hathaway, Dev Patel, Tina Fey, John Slattery (Mad Men), and Andrew Scott (the Hot Priest of Fleabag), where each episode clocks in at around 30 minutes. With those bonafides, Modern Love should be […]
How do you solve a problem like Jeffrey Tambor, the Emmy-winning star of Transparent, getting fired from the show after accusations of sexual harassment? Well, if you’re Jill Soloway, you decide to scrap plans for a fifth and final season of the show and simply (well, not simply, this was clearly a lot of work […]
A chill is in the air (at least in the Midwest and New England – sorry rest of the country) and fall is just around the corner. Which means it’s once again time for the Emmy Awards – a night for the television folks to pat themselves on the back for another year of way […]