TV Reviews

A show titled Doctor Climax knows what it’s doing. Sex sells, after all, especially on streaming platforms, and Netflix knows how to market an obscure...

It’s easy to see why a TV show would want to emulate the success of Elite, Netflix’s class-conscious Spanish teen drama that was one of...

I’ll say this about Kubra Season 2 – it’ll get you thinking. And not many shows do that these days, let alone on Netflix. Kubra...

It’s a commonly held sentiment that using kids and animals to build emotional stakes is cheating. Sweet Tooth, Netflix’s adaptation of Jeff Lemire’s DC comic...

What’s interesting about HBO’s Ren Faire is what’s also interesting about Renaissance Festivals – they’re silly but taken wholly seriously and they’re full of compelling...

You could tell that Eric was going to be good. Why else would so many serious actors be attracted to a small-scale Netflix project? What...

I find false prophets fascinating. Like narcissism, they can only target one group – the high-value and susceptible. Over the years, the media has provided...

Even if you do not like this anime series, there’s no doubt that Garouden: The Way of the Lone Wolf respects different fighting styles in...

It took me two minutes to figure out Buying London. After you get through the painful introduction from property mogul Daniel Daggers gloating about himself,...

Okay, this is serious now. When I covered Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous, I accepted that I was watching a kids’ series in a popular universe....

Whenever I write about a K-Drama, I typically avoid played-out comparisons to Squid Game, which seems to be the only Korean show Western critics have...

Outer Range has one of the best elevator pitches in the business. What if Yellowstone, but it’s a bit like Lost? Genius! And while Season...

Maybe I’m heartless, but it’s doubtful that I’ll feel sorry for anyone who uses a dating site to cheat on their partner and gets exposed...

You can tell there’s a lot of love behind Blood of Zeus, which I sensed in the first season. In that review, I declared: “It’s...

It’s hard to work out what Thank You, Next is aiming for apart from the obvious: it’s a messy romance story that never seems to...

These days having a true-crime podcast is the best career move you can make. If it’s popular, there’s a streaming series in your future. And...

Succession made moral bankruptcy cool, and it was only a matter of time before streaming platforms threw their hat in the bleakly comic corporate drama...

It’s clear what Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s vision is in Heeramandi: The Diamond Bazaar. Regarded as one of India’s best filmmakers and musical composers, Sanjay wanted...