OCULUS gets consistently more convoluted as it progresses, but Flanagan is able to keep us as oriented as we should be.…
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WHAT WE DO IN THE SHADOWS is bat… I mean, back! And it’s just as relevant, funny, and outrageously violent after fifty-plus episodes. At this point, the ensemble is “familiar.” However, this show’s “acquired taste” will be missed when it departs our TV screens after the sixth season. I’m sad to see it go, yet I’m also excited for it to go out on its own terms. This group of lovable characters didn’t start the fire, but the show’s style…
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SHRINKING explored the concept of what friendship means as we age and change. It was a testament to how far those surrounding us will go the distance.…
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When I was a little girl, I distinctly remember watching CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON in 3D on WPIX, a then-independent station out of New York City. I didn’t recall the year or much about the movie except that we had to go to Burger King to pick up the red & blue 3D glasses and that after I saw the film, I was terrified to bathe for a couple of days. Recently I saw that in honor of the…
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WAG THE DOG is one of film’s important, political, comedy classics. It is relevant and smart.…
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A group of self-obsessed, sycophantic twenty-something-year-olds get together to play a deadly game. Sound familiar? IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE attempts to achieve the charisma of other iconic horror comedies like BODIES BODIES BODIES, and while it does not necessarily achieve the same charm, its’ premise and tone are entertaining enough to merit a watch, especially with a run-time of just over an hour-and-a-half. The concept of IT’S WHAT’S INSIDE is silly yet thought-provoking, a difficult but necessary dichotomy to achieve for…
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I said I was only going to review the pilot for the hew MATLOCK series. I lied. Kathy Bates as Matty MATLOCK is too perfect.…
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HEARTSTOPPER’s third season is a return to form after a muddling second season that spent too much time on lesser characters (ugh, that Paris subplot). What I loved about S3 was watching all of the coupling and how each relationship grew stronger in the face of adversity. Charlie and Nick are clearly the main characters in HEARTSTOPPER. Yet, that doesn’t stop the supporting cast from all having emotionally satisfying arcs – Tao and Ellie ❤️. My only nit for season…
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Boom. SHRINKING returns with a two-episode premiere, and it once again fills the gap left by everyone’s favorite feel-good sports comedy, TED LASSO. Of the two episodes, JIMMYING is the stronger emotionally, while I LOVE PAIN, ironically, is the funnier. I’m not going to lie; SHRINKING is a messy series. Various plot points seem extraneous, and some characters receive screen time that probably shouldn’t. However, the world that the creators have built feels like conversing with a flawed group of…
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