Television
There are valuable lessons here, but I are afraid that this docuseries will be overlooked among all the more enticing, and sensationalized, witchy watchings.
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Was another helping of “The Platform” necessary? Maybe. But only if it was done right — and this is half-baked sci-fi horror.
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“English Teacher” is a wearier, snarkier version of “Abbott Elementary”.
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By not giving the material a refreshing 21st-century update, the film version of “Uglies” is an unattractive antique.
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HBO’s “Industry” is an intense and highly intelligent series that just seems to keep getting better and better.
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Like the iconic series it covers, “After Baywatch” is all gloss, an airbrushed look at a show about sexy lifeguards.
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Director Takashi Miike’s latest is a killjoy of a film: it doesn’t want to have fun with its material, but it’s impossible to take it seriously.
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What could have gone terribly wrong goes terrifically right in the hands of this creative team, culminating in a convergence of the life, the oeuvre, and our protagonist’s encroaching agony.
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It is early in the season and my heart is hopeful, dear reader, that Bridgerton will re-capture its former magic.
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If the show had its format tweaked a little bit, it might hit a sweet spot: somewhere between “The Daily Show”’s investigative reports and Conan O’Brien’s zanier segments.
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Arts Remembrance: In Memoriam — Tom Stoppard