Latest TV Reviews
‘Kill Jackie’ Review: Catherine Zeta-Jones Leads AMC+’s Drab Misfire of a Thriller
A European art dealer goes on the run from seven ruthless assassins, whose assignment to take her out may or may not be connected to her checkered past as a high-flying drug dealer.
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‘Carrie’ Review: Mike Flanagan Capably Expands Stephen King’s Horror Classic for Amazon, but Did It Really Need Expanding?
Summer H. Howell and Samantha Sloyan play telekinetic teen Carrie White and her terrifying mom Margaret in the new series adaptation of the novel.
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‘East of Eden’ Review: A Terrifying Florence Pugh Towers Over Zoe Kazan’s Accomplished Netflix Adaptation of the John Steinbeck Classic
Co-starring Mike Faist and Christopher Abbott, the seven-episode miniseries is truer to the source material than the 1955 feature from Zoe Kazan's grandfather, Elia Kazan.
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‘War’ Review: Sienna Miller and Dominic West Face Off in HBO’s Addictively Juicy Legal Drama
Created by George Kay ('Lupin'), the series follows the rival law firms representing either side of an obscenely expensive, extremely high-profile divorce between a tech mogul and a movie star.
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‘A Different World’ Review: Netflix College Comedy Takes a Beloved Classic Into a Lively New Era, With Charm and Smarts to Spare
Maleah Joi Moon stars as Deborah, face of a fresh generation of Hillman students, while Jasmine Guy and Kadeem Hardison reprise their leading roles from the original 'Cosby Show' spinoff.
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‘Brothers’ Review: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Get Squandered in an Apple Sitcom That’s Barely Alright, Alright, Alright
The 'True Detective' co-stars reunite to play themselves in the eight-episode Texas-set comedy, which was run by David West Read ('Schitt's Creek') and then Lee Eisenberg ('WeCrashed').
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‘Line of Fire’ Review: Peter Krause and Hope Davis Lead NBC’s Silly but Diverting Law Enforcement Family Drama
Created by Joshua Safran ('Quantico'), the series follows the Hollingsworth clan, whose various members belong to the Secret Service, the FBI, the U.S. Marshals and the Department of Justice.
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‘American Hostage’ Review: Jon Hamm and Giovanni Ribisi in an MGM+ Kidnapping Thriller With Lots of Potential but Little Payoff
Shawn Ryan and Eileen Myers ('The Night Agent') adapt the podcast focusing on a 1977 kidnapping in Indianapolis and the trusted radio host caught in the middle.
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‘Youth’ Review: Sharon Horgan’s HBO Comedy Is a Fun, Frisky, Bracingly Honest Portrait of Midlife
Rupert Friend and Aran Murphy also star in the London-set series about a 50something divorcée trying to get her love life in order while juggling a challenging career, a troubled son and aging parents.
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‘Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story’ Review: Ryan Murphy’s Latest Netflix Serial Killer Saga Is Faux-Feminist Nonsense
Charlie Hunnam, Rebecca Hall and Vicky Krieps join lead Ella Beatty in co-creator Murphy and showrunner Ian Brennan's take on the infamous ax murderess.
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‘JAŸ-Z in 8’ Review: Rick Rubin’s Handsomely Made HBO Docuseries Impresses and Exasperates in Equal Measure
The artist and his friend/collaborator/series director make their way through Carter's highlights, song by song, in eight beautifully shot black-and-white episodes.
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‘Neagley’ Review: Amazon’s ‘Reacher’ Spinoff Delivers Similarly Pulpy Pleasures, Despite Filler and Questionable Character Choices
Maria Sten takes the spotlight as a Chicago private investigator looking into a rural cult and occasionally hanging out with Jack Reacher (guest star Alan Ritchson).
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The Michael J. Fox Tribute, Mariska Hargitay Singing, and Other Highs and Lows From an Ungainly, Ill-Flowing Emmys Telecast
Producers stuffed the first half of the night with awards and attempted to fill the second half with emotional moments, resulting in a strange lopsided effect.
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A Bland ‘60 Minutes’ Season Premiere Suggests a Limited Bari Weiss Effect (So Far)
Led by familiar faces Lesley Stahl, Jon Wertheim and Norah O'Donnell, Sunday night's episode was often mediocre, but not in any shocking or dramatically different ways.
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‘High Value Target: The Hunt for Saddam’ Review: Joel Kinnaman Plays the CIA Analyst Who Interrogated Saddam Hussein in TNT’s Clumsy Miniseries
Leslie Greif ('Hatfields & McCoys') steers the eight-part drama about the man who interviewed the former Iraqi president.
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‘Crew Girl’ Review: Netflix’s Latest YA Sports Drama Checks All the Expected Boxes, but Not Much More
Starring Miku Martineau and Jessica Paré, the series follows a female rower who begins serving as coxswain for the boys' team after transferring to an elite New England prep school.
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