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Before I embarked on my television critic career, I was a lawyer. Which means I have a heck of a hard time watching legal shows without finding myself yelling at the screen as they butcher the practice of law in order to make it seem suspenseful or at all interesting (because, in reality, being a […]
About midway through the second episode of The Big Cigar, the latest AppleTV+ series, I found myself wondering just why this particular story hadn’t been made into a movie instead of an over-long and wholly unnecessary six-episode limited series. And when I dug a little bit, I discovered that in fact, it was originally optioned […]
Dark Matter, the new AppleTV+ series adapted from Blake Crouch’s novel of the same name (largely by the author, who holds writing or joint writing credits on most of the season’s episodes), is a story about the multiverse – something I wanted to get out there at the top of this review, because I know […]
There’s a major twist in Sugar, the new noir drama from AppleTV+. Now, I wouldn’t normally lead with this in a review, but if you don’t realize there’s a major twist coming (which would be a shock, considering the series does everything in its power to hint that there’s something more happening than just a […]
When you look at the cast list for AppleTV+’s new comedy series Palm Royale, you can’t help but be impressed. Kristen Wiig, Laura Dern, Allison Janney, Carol Burnett, Ricky Martin, Burce Dern. And that’s only the tip of the cast iceberg. You have two Oscar winners, a multiple-Oscar nominee, multiple Emmy winners (in fact, two […]
Your enjoyment of Manhunt, the new historical miniseries from AppleTV+, will likely hinge on how much you remember from your American History classes. If you can’t quite recall just who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln (that would be John Wilkes Booth, played here – with a flat American accent – by Anthony Boyle), who his Vice […]
If you’re still mourning the loss of HBO’s Our Flag Means Death, the new AppleTV+ comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin might go a little ways toward filling that void in your life. Much like Our Flag Means Death, the series takes a humorous look at the life of a historical figure […]
In this era of way too much television, one of the big questions I routinely get asked by folks looking for a new binge is if the series “sticks the landing.” Want to invest the time and energy into tackling The Americans? Know that it absolutely sticks the landing. Succession? Better Call Saul? Barry? Yes, […]
When you spend the better part of a series’ premiere episode trying to figure out just how big of an age gap exists between the actor playing the older brother of another character and his sister (for reference, the real-life age gap between the sibling was 12 year – in the series, it’s a whopping […]
A Brief Note: Whenever I review a series, I try to be as objective in my review as possible. However, it’s rare that I review a series that has such close ties to my own family history. My grandfather, Robert Ryan, was a B-17 bombardier, stationed in England, with the US Army Air Corps in […]