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TV Review – ‘Physical’ Reaches a New Level in its Terrific Third and Final Season

Over the course of its first two seasons, Apple TV+’s Physical has chronicled the immersion of its protagonist, Sheila (Rose Byrne), in the world of aerobics as she combats a severe eating disorder and a crippling inner voice that constantly tells her how worthless she is. It’s certainly been a journey, one full of intense…

TV Review – ‘Minx’ Moves to Starz for Season 2 and It’s Absolutely Worth Watching

The first season of Minx premiered in March 2022 on HBO Max, depicting the fictional story of the rise of the first erotic magazine for women in the 1970s. The show was off to a great start, earning a second season renewal less than two months later, which was then reversed in December in the…

TV Review – ‘Justified: City Primeval’ is a Welcome Return to the Stylish and Gripping World of Raylan Givens

In an age of constant reboots and revivals, there are some shows that feel entirely natural to restart at any point. Justified enjoyed a successful six-season run on FX from 2010 to 2015, winning Emmys for Margo Martindale and Jeremy Davies and creating a strong fan base. Author Elmore Leonard, who passed away during the…

TV Review – Season 3 of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Shows There’s More Mystery and Fun Left to Cover

Lightning doesn’t often strike twice, and that can definitely be true when it comes to TV series that begin new arcs each season. Covering a murder within the walls of their apartment building in season one of Only Murders in the Building brought a refreshing comedic adventure for its unlikely trio, and the series managed…

TV Review – ‘Special Ops: Lioness’ is a Rote Terrorism Thriller from Taylor Sheridan

Film and television over the past few decades have ingrained in audiences a picture of the war on terror, a series of seemingly endless conflicts with mostly unknown assailants whose primary goal is the destruction of America and democratic ideals. That’s created a relatively reductive view of nations as a whole and spawned many projects…

TV Review – ‘The Afterparty’ Season 2 Gets More Creative and Captures the Same Zany, Involving Energy

The first season of the Apple TV+ series The Afterparty brought together an extremely talented group of actors for a genre-bending comedy-mystery hybrid, presenting the same events from a different character’s viewpoint, and in a different style, in each episode. Continuing to find that same success is no easy feat, yet season two manages to…

TV Review – ‘Miracle Workers: End Times’ is Another Great Foray into Parody for the TBS Anthology Series

Throughout its first three seasons, Miracle Workers has done a superb job of sending up the way humans have behaved over the course of history and how little progress has truly been made over the centuries. Season one presented a lighthearted view of the “mysterious ways” in which the gods people believe in work with…

TV Review – ‘The Crowded Room’ Has Promise but Doesn’t Know How to Deliver It

The opening scene of the Apple TV+ drama The Crowded Room is meticulously-paced and thrilling. Danny Sullivan (Tom Holland) and Ariana (Sasha Lane) prepare for what feels like a heist before chasing after a man who is their intended target. When Danny freezes and fails to shoot him, Ariana grabs the gun and begins firing….

TV Review – ‘Secret Invasion’ is a Worthwhile if Unextraordinary Extension of the MCU

The Marvel Cinematic Universe has grown to be so large that its television branch encompasses a slew of characters who have appeared in previous films, and it isn’t limited to any one specific point in time. Some, like Hawkeye, have filled in gaps between movies, while The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, WandaVision, and others…

TV Review – ‘Fatal Attraction’ is a Lacking Remake that Doesn’t Truly Take Off

A successful film naturally breeds curiosity for how a long-form version of that same story might be received. In some cases, a television spinoff or remake directly follows a hit movie, to varying degrees of effectiveness. It also doesn’t always happen right away, and a good deal of time may pass in between a film’s…

TV Review – ‘The Diplomat’ is an Involving Political Thriller with Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell

There is an art to diplomacy. Every situation requires a very particular set of skills and a delicate approach. Working in another country demands an appeasement of cultural norms that will understandably feel foreign, and the proper response to the occasional and accidental faux pas that has the potential to cause grievous offense if not…