TV Reviews

Season 2 of ‘Woke’ Doesn’t Sleep on Character Development

Last Season on Hulu’s Woke, we met Keef Knight (Lamorne Morris) as he tries to…

Review: HBO Max’s Thrilling Newspaper Noir ‘Tokyo Vice’ Explores the Dark Side of ’90s Tokyo

In his 2009 memoir Tokyo Vice: An American Reporter on the Police Beat in Japan,…

Representation and Race in HBO’s ‘The Gilded Age’ 

I began The Gilded Age because I was craving a period drama and the latest…

Review: The Disney+ Series ‘Moon Knight’ is a New Phase for Marvel

With Egyptian mythology, mind games, and mental health, along with some Indiana Jones-like ventures, Marvel’s…

Review: ‘Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls’ Radiates Body Positivity

Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrls is a fantastic expression of resilience, compassion, power,…

‘Bridgerton’ Season 2 Review: Anthony Bridgerton Feels Love’s Cruel Sting 

Painful predictability, secret horse rides, scandal and gossip—welcome, dearest readers, to Season 2 of Bridgerton.…

Netflix’s Docuseries ‘Bad Vegan’ Reveals the Dirty Side of “Clean Eating”

Bad Vegan is an engaging reminder that the best “con-people” make us feel loved. Sarma…

SXSW 2022 Review: ’61st Street’ Has a Lackluster Story with Riveting Performances

The Chicago criminal justice system is under a microscope in the new thriller 61st Street…

SXSW 2022 Review: HBO Max Successfully Adapts DC’s Vertigo Comic ‘DMZ’ into a Compelling, Character-Driven Series

Joining HBO Max’s DC Comics collection this month is DMZ, a four-part limited series based…

SXSW 2022 Review: ‘Shining Girls’ Is a Mind-Bending Thriller That Will Have You Hooked

AppleTV+ expands its growing list of original content with Shining Girls, an eight-episode series based…