City on Fire, the new AppleTV+ series from Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage (both best known for The O.C. and Gossip Girl) and based on the novel of the same name from Garth Risk Hallberg, has a lot of DNA in common with those soapy primetime dramas. And, if you’re someone who enjoys a series […]
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Conversations with Friends Review
Conversations with Friends, Hulu’s second miniseries based on a Sally Rooney novel after last year’s smash hit success Normal People, stalls out midway through its 12-episode run and never manages to get back on track to make the series a worthwhile watch. Having not read the book the series is based on, I don’t know […]
Sex Education Season Three Review
You’d be hard pressed to find a show more open and frank about sexuality than Netflix’s excellent high school drama Sex Education. And its third season offered up more of the same: serious conversations about teenage sexuality (where the teenagers are all portrayed by twentysomethings, but the intent stands), family, friendship, love, and whether or […]