One of the oldest ironies of parenting arrives during special events. A present. A big one. Little hands vigorously tearing through wrapping paper. It looks expensive, but the real gem is that oversized...
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Ever wish for a season when the sitting president’s name wouldn’t dominate the headlines? Last year, that wish came true with a price: murder hornets, civil rights protests and of course, pandemic...
In a normal year, the latest Christopher Nolan flick would dominate the summer movie season, featuring superheroes, heady sci-fi or trippy neo-noir. “Tenet” – finally available digitally after...
A good musical is life-giving. “Singin’ in the Rain,” “The Sound of Music,” even modern gem “Moulin Rouge” – a good musical experience on screen lasts forever. Honestly, Netflix’s...
A pandemic can’t touch Netflix’s holiday fetish, hocking nearly 20 new films, limited series, themed episodes or specials. That’s too much schmaltz for any one person to consume, even for research...
How many times can you rewatch the same show? Once a year, twice maybe? And when the series finale arrives, what’s next? In my house, the answer is obvious, at least for “New Girl”: restart.
This...
In a year of media limbo, nostalgia replaces film and TV delays with casts of recent and late classics recording Zoom parties for all to enjoy. Check out Josh Gad’s YouTube series “Reunited Apart”...
Greta Thunberg is a household name in environmental activism. The now 17-year-old Swedish teen made headlines in 2018, and “I Am Greta” chronicles several moments not long after, building to something...
Good writing embarks on the unknown, domestic and intergalactic. Don’t condescend. Don’t generalize. “The Queen’s Gambit” understands that, presenting a high-stakes mid-century series equally...
Is “Star Wars” fantasy or science fiction? It’s an old debate, presenting evidence like spaceships and alien species versus the Force and lightsaber duels. That’s all a red herring that distracts...
Critics love to diagnose a cultural moment with a flashy new term, elating in the prospect that it might become the next trending catchphrase.
New terms aren’t necessarily a bad thing. “Neo-noir”...
“The Strain”/FX, Hulu
The premise for Guillermo del Toro’s trashy vampire series, based on the 2009-11 book trilogy, began with the hybrid undead monsters created for “Blade II,” replacing...
Horror television isn’t normally scary. Call that a hot take, call that heresy, but jump scares simply don’t have the same impact on small screens. That doesn’t mean horror TV isn’t entertaining...
Remember when Steven Spielberg threw shade at streaming services, claiming their films don’t warrant Oscar eligibility?
“Once you commit to a television format, you’re a TV movie,” he told...
More films like this please. BBC’s “Sherlock” modernized the world’s greatest deductive mind, while CBS’s “Elementary” explored addiction. Then there’s Robert Downey Jr.’s rebrand...
Quarantine sent film and television into a weird kind of limbo — previously renewed shows now canceled and delays for everything. But one thing is eternal: reality TV. Somehow the same genre that...
Isolation got you down? Can you taste the air? Getting headaches from every tweet vomited from that guy’s tiny hands? Sure, 2020 might be the worst, but at least some escapes remain a few clicks...
To justify praising Disney’s live-action “Mulan” requires the conscious ignorance of a mob wife. A leading star’s questionable public opinions blend poorly with a film studio’s even more...
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