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'The Sandman' Season 1 Review
Arriving on Netflix August 5th, ‘The Sandman’ is the culmination of years of efforts to bring Neil Gaiman’s classic graphic novel series to screens.Filmmakers including Joseph Gordon-Levitt (‘Inception’), Roger Avery (‘Pulp Fiction’) and Eric Heisserer (‘Arrival’) have all tried to...
'She-Hulk: Attorney at Law' Season 1 Review
The new nine-part MCU series ‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law,’ will premiere on Disney+ beginning August 18th. The series revolves around lawyer Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany), who also happens to be Bruce Banner’s (Mark Ruffalo) cousin, and the hero known as She-Hulk.The show was created by writer...
'Wednesday' Season 1 Review
Now showing on Netflix, ‘Wednesday’ represents the latest attempt to bring ‘The Addams Family’ to screens, and one that succeeds partly because of its star.The Addams Family, which originated with Charles Addams’ single-panel cartoons and strips in the 1930s and 1940s, have long since been...
'The Last of Us' Season 1 Review
Launching with its first episode on Sunday, January 15th on HBO Max, ‘The Last of Us’ represents the latest successful translation of a video game title to another medium.Of course, the source material––game creator Neil Druckmann is deeply involved in the show as an executive producer––offers...
'Poker Face' Season 1 Review
Premiering with its first four episodes on Peacock on January 26th, ‘Poker Face’ marks Rian Johnson’s latest successful stab at the mystery genre.The filmmaker, who made his name with Sundance sensation ‘Brick’, has often tackled mysteries in his work, most notably with the two ‘Knives Out’...
'The Mandalorian' Season 3 Review
The premiere episode of hit Disney+ 'Star Wars' series ‘The Mandalorian’ reminded fans exactly why it is the most popular Star Wars show on the streamer. Now in its third season, we dive right back into the thick of it - with Din Jarin attempting to repent for his sin of removing his helmet and no...
'Silo' Season 1 Review
Premiering with its first two episodes on May 5th, ‘Silo’ represents Apple TV+ moving into the sort of dystopian territory covered extensively in movies and TV series, but also managing to say something new about human foibles and the lies that can build up within authority.What’s the story of...
'Secret Invasion' Season 1 Review
Premiering on Disney+ beginning June 21st is the new six-episode Marvel series ‘Secret Invasion,’ which is based on the popular comic book storyline of the same name and is the first MCU series of Phase Five.What is the plot of ‘Secret Invasion’?In Marvel Studios’ new series ‘Secret Invasion,’...
'Star Trek: Strange New Worlds' Season 2 Review
Returning to Paramount+ on June 15th, the second season of ‘Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ continues the strong storytelling and adventure-of-the-week style that made the first season work.It’s a welcome return for Anson Mount’s Captain Christopher Pike and the rest of the crew, who find themselves...
'Foundation' Season 2 Review
Returning to Apple TV+ on July 14th , the second season of ‘Foundation’ builds on the first, stretching even further forward through time and visiting some new places while checking in on familiar faces.Those who enjoyed the first season will find more of the ambitious, weighty science fiction they...
'Only Murders in the Building' Season 3 Review
Launched with the first two episodes on Hulu, the third season of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ proves that the creative team and cast have what it takes to (somewhat) move the show outside of the confines of the beautiful Arconia building for a story that makes even more use of Oliver Putnam’s...
'Loki' Season 2 Review
Launching on Disney+ on October 5th (with one episode), the second season of Marvel’s ‘Loki’ is a welcome return for one of the better shows to be produced by the company and maintains a lot of what worked the first time around.And new additions to the story, such as Ke Huy Quan (who knows a thing...
'The Fall of the House of Usher' Season 1 Review
Landing on Netflix on October 12th, ‘The Fall of the House of Usher’ has Mike Flanagan –– who knows a thing or two about scary stories –– remixing Edgar Allan Poe (ditto) for a truly fun new horror limited series.Combining a committed cast and some memorably nasty surprises, ‘Usher’ represents...
'Bosch: Legacy' Season 2 Review
Premiering on Freevee beginning October 20th is the second season of the hit series ‘Bosch: Legacy,’ which is a follow up series to Prime Video’s ‘Bosch’ and based on the popular novels by author Michael Connelly ('The Lincoln Lawyer').What is the plot of ‘Bosch: Legacy’ Season 2?Picking...
'A Murder at the End of the World' Season 1 Review
Launching on FX on Hulu on November 14th with two episodes, ‘A Murder at the End of the World’ sees the much-anticipated return to TV of writer/directors Brit Marling and Zal Batmanglij, who last brought us the twisty, complicated series ‘The OA’ on Netflix.Their new series doesn’t dig into...
'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' Season 1 Review
Launching on Apple TV+ on Friday November 17th with two episodes (and a new episode arriving weekly after that for eight weeks) ‘Monarch: Legacy of Monsters’ expands the “MonsterVerse” that kicked off with 2014’s ‘Godzilla’ and has continued through movies such as ‘Kong: Skull Island’...
'FUBAR' Season 1 Review
A core concept about a spy whose family is drawn into his work sounds a lot like James Cameron’s 1994 action-comedy thriller ‘True Lies’, which starred Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jamie Lee Curtis.And indeed, such a show exists –– it’s even called ‘True Lies’ and has the same plotline albeit...
'What If...?' Season 2 Review
Landing on Disney+ daily across the next nine days, the second season of Marvel’s Disney+ animated series ‘What If…?’ has plenty of treats to deliver, including a smart, clever festive episode that is the highlight of the early run.At a time when Marvel and Disney are feeling the pinch of superhero...
'True Detective' Season 1 Review
Premiering on Max January 14th, ‘True Detective: Night Country’ offers a very different spin on the usual mystery story, one that draws upon the eternal clash between modern progress and native lands, between parents and children, and between the forces of right and wrong, even as the main characters...
'The Brothers Sun' Season 1 Review
Premiering on Netflix January 4th, ‘The Brothers Sun’ is a blend of martial arts action and comedy that follows a family whose Taiwan-set criminal empire spills over into Southern California.Looking to channel the style of Jackie Chan, this new series from Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk (the latter of...
'Echo' Season 1 Review
Launching on both Disney+ and Hulu on January 9th, ‘Echo’ sees Marvel looking to assuage claims that it can only ever produce stories that are intrinsically linked to the wider cinematic universe.So even though this is spun off from 2021’s ‘Hawkeye’ (where Alaqua Cox was introduced as deaf...
'Masters of the Air' Season 1 Review
Launching on Apple TV+ on January 26th with two episodes (and then one weekly for seven weeks), ‘Masters of the Air’ represents the latest series from executive producers Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, who have seen success with their previous two efforts, ‘The Pacific’ and ‘Band of Brothers’.But...
'Mr. & Mrs. Smith' Season 1 Review
Premiering on Prime Video this week, ‘Mr. & Mrs. Smith’ loosely –– very loosely –– adapts the 2005 Doug Liman movie that saw Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie playing married assassins unaware of each other’s secret job whose stale relationship is re-ignited when they’re assigned by their...
'Tokyo Vice' Season 2 Review
The popular crime series ‘Tokyo Vice’ returns for a second season on Max beginning February 8th.Based on the book of the same name by Jake Adelstein, the series stars Ansel Elgort (‘Baby Driver’) as Adelstein, an American Journalist living in Tokyo and working for a Japanese newspaper. Adelstein...
'The Gentlemen' Season 1 Review
Launching on Netflix will all eight episodes on Thursday March 7th, ‘The Gentlemen’ finds Guy Ritchie –– the man behind ‘Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels’, ‘Snatch’ and even more relevantly ‘The Gentlemen’ –– in a very familiar place, for a story that is his most effective...
'Star Wars: Andor' Season 1 Review
Landing on Disney+ on –– when else? –– May the 4th, new animated limited series ‘Tales of the Empire’ aims to do for two notable Dark Side personalities what ‘Tales of the Jedi’ did for the likes of Ahsoka Tano and Count Dooku: fill in some of their backstory.Yet unlike that 2022 effort,...
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