Damon Lindelof stuns with a tight, incisive continuation of the impossible-to-film comic book. The prospect of making a Watchmen TV series, even on HBO, is a dicey one, to say the least. Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ seminal deconstruction of the superhero genre was long thought impossible to film, and (depending on who you ask) ... Watchmen Premiere Recap: “It’s Summer and We’re Running Out of Ice”
Timothy Greenberg’s leaden, frustrating series is too lackadaisical to explore its clone-centric premise. Living with Yourself is the latest in Netflix’s never-ending onslaught of original content; unfortunately, it’s also another example of how the streaming service seems to value quantity over quality. As the first show for head writer Timothy Greenberg (Peabody award winner and ... Living With Yourself Review: Twice the Paul Rudd, Half the Insight
Even if you haven’t been keeping up with the Pfeffermens, the finale of Amazon’s flagship series is a spectacle worth watching. Viewers of Amazon’s Transparent have been following Maura Pfeffermen and her family over the last four seasons. The series following an older person’s transition and the impact on her family has garnered almost universal ... Review: “Transparent: Musicale Finale” is a Transcendent Closer
The Cruises bomb finally drops at the most inconvenient moment for the Roys on another acid-tongued episode. How does the world of #MeToo work in the callous, cutthroat world of Succession – one where crimes as heavy as being an accessory to manslaughter can be swept away with buckets of money and quick quip? In ... Succession Recap: Waystar Tackles #MeToo in “Argestes”