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On the surface, Black Bird, the new psychological thriller from AppleTV+, seems like something we’ve seen before. And really, it is. An adaptation of James Keene’s autobiographical novel “In With the Devil,” we follow Jimmy Keene (a great Taron Egerton, showing range he’s never had the chance to delve into before), a mid-level drug kingpin […]
On paper, Loot, the new AppleTV+ comedy series, sounds like a sure-fire home run. Created by Matt Hubbard (30 Rock and Parks and Recreation) and Alan Yang (Parks and Recreation and Master of None), and starring comedy geniuses Maya Rudolph, Joel Kim Booster, Nat Faxon, and Ron Funches – along with the always great Michaela […]
I’ll be honest: I’ve struggled with what to write in this particular review. I’m not sure if I’m holding For All Mankind to a higher standard than I would another drama, considering the near perfection of its second season, or if the elements I’m taking issue with would have caused the same reaction if this […]
Shining Girls, a psychological thriller coming to AppleTV+ that is based on the novel by the same name, is a curious television series. After watching the entire eight episode first season provided for critics, I know I enjoyed what I saw, but I also have far more questions than answers – and I’m at a […]
If you’re a fan of old-fashioned spy thrillers – especially if you love a good MI5/British Intelligence yarn – then have I got a show for you. The impressively plotted Slow Horses begins this Friday on AppleTV+ and, in addition to sporting a hell of a British cast (Kristen Scott Thomas, Gary Oldman, Jonathan Pryce), […]
Pachinko*, AppleTV+’s stunning adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel, is the next great television series from the emerging streaming network. Telling the story of three generations of a Korean family, the series jumps throughout the 20th century, taking viewers from Busan in 1931 up to 1989 Tokyo as we learn about the path that brought […]
With WeCrashed, AppleTV+ joins the trend of offering up a miniseries based on horrible people who had tons of power and managed to ruin other’s lives. In this case, the horrible, entitled people are Adam and Rebekah Neumann (played here by Oscar winners Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway), the co-founder of WeWork and his wife […]
Do you ever feel like there are two of you – the professional you at work and the more “real” you in your home life? That’s the central crux of Severance, the smart new thriller from AppleTV+ – only in this case, there really are two versions of several main characters. You see, Lumon Industries […]
At first glance, The Afterparty appears to be a murder mystery disguised as a chance to let a murderer’s row of comedic talents work together. And, really, it might also be that. But what you’ll find out if you keep watching this quirky and really funny comedy series is that it’s a heck of a […]
Another year has flown by, and while we still remain in the clutches of a pandemic, 2021 brought with it a host of new, complex, and interesting television shows – a change from 2020, where the industry started running out of new content by year’s end. As is always the case, my list started out […]