A review of this week’s The Book of Boba Fett, “The Return of the Mandalorian,” coming up just as soon as I open a petting zoo… We have to start by acknowledging that calling this an episode of The Book of Boba Fett feels like a stretch. Yes, Fennec Shand …
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A review of the Succession Season Three finale, “All the Bells Say,” coming up just as soon as I’m a plane crash away from becoming Europe’s weirdest king… The castaways keep trying and failing to build a raft to escape Gilligan’s island. The Wire‘s Major Crimes Unit keeps coming agonizingly …
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A review of this week’s Hawkeye, “Partners, Am I Right?” coming up just as soon as absence makes the heart grow older… Last week’s episode was a significant step up from the premiere, in terms of both action and deepening our understanding of and appreciation for both of our main …
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A review of this week’s The Mandalorian, “The Jedi,” coming up just as soon as I keep you around for luck… There are episodes of The Mandalorian where not a lot happens in terms of the series’ larger arcs, and the thrill of it rests solely in how well executed …
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So Adele sang on Saturday Night Live after all — even if it was just a comic medley of her classic hits, playing herself in a parody of The Bachelor. It was the only singing she did all night, but it was enough. Her gig hosting SNL was a tantalizing …
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War: What is it good for? A mediocre theme park, say it again! In this week’s Westworld (“The Winter Line”), we return to the WWII-themed Warworld — and both the robotic Maeve Millay and narrative specialist Lee Sizemore (Simon Quarterman) mock it for being, well, a little corny. It’s hard …
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A review of The Good Place series finale, “Whenever You’re Ready,” coming up just as soon as I find out Carrie Coon was never nominated for an Emmy for The Leftovers… We’re born. We live. We die. These are absolutes, for all of us. We have absolutely no control over …
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Everything you need to know about Jennifer Lopez hosting Saturday Night Live can be found in the monologue. It’s not included below, but that’s because it’s a statement of purpose rather than a comedic statement. There are maybe two jokes tops in the monologue, which eschews comedy in favor of …
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A review of this week’s Watchmen, “She Was Killed By Space Junk,” coming up just as soon as I rule out extremist gophers… Early in “She Was Killed By Space Junk,” FBI agent Dale Petey(*) gets in trouble with his boss, Farragut, for inserting a page from Rorschach’s infamous journal …
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A review of “Kill Me,” this week’s Big Little Lies, coming up just as soon as I give someone a hug for the length of a nice inhale/exhale… A few episodes back, Madeline broke down at a school assembly as she considered the many ways that parents lie to their …
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