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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 […]
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 […]