Review: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season 2
Miriam “Midge” Maisel is on the scene and making her mark. Throughout The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, season 2, we watch Midge master her comedy skills and explore a new love life all the while maintaining her perfectly polished persona. Midge’s world collapsing last season created a ripple effect on her friends and family. Mostly, her […]
Review: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, Season 1
Midge Maisel is working very hard to put everything in her life in the right place, then her husband goes and blows it all up! The housewife trope may be tired, but Midge is just getting started. The series is sharp and engaging while inverting, subverting, and celebrating the 1950’s housewife. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel […]
And Just Like That… Premiere Review
In the pilot episode, he analyzed her noting one simple truth about Carrie Bradshaw, “You have never been in love.” At the moment Carrie felt this statement like a blow to her system. Despite her constant talk about love and relationships, he saw what she really wanted and never had. Over the course of six […]
Review: Loki Fabulously Jumpstarts the Marvel Multiverse
Review: Loki Every Marvel fan should watch Loki. The show sits at the crossroads between Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) phases. I’m sure there will be some necessary replay to ensure that when a film requires Loki plot points non-Disney+ subscribers won’t collectively stare into the void and ask, “WTF?” According to some reports, Loki’s audience […]
Review: Hacks
Irreverent, relevant, and very funny. Hacks on HBO Max is a bright comedy about an up-and-coming young comedy writer, Ava, being forcibly paired with an old-school Las Vegas standup comedian, Debbie Vance. Their antics and dramatics level up from caddy to joyfully entertaining. It’s Funnier That Way Ava is a messy writer who lost her […]
Wynonna Earp: Leaving Purgatory
Wynona Earp drives off into the midday sun on a motorcycle with Doc. But not without Peacemaker making one more kill, Doc Holliday’s beloved car, Charlene. And thus one of the campiest shows in television history follows its broken curse into streaming oblivion. But let me back up. Before initiating the motorcycle trek into the […]
Review: Friends: The Reunion
Many consider Friends as one of the greatest sitcoms ever made, deservingly so. The cast became instantaneously famous with the show’s success. Now, HBO Max is paying tribute to the 10-year run with a reunion decades in the making. Friends: The Reunion is a combination of a talk show, nostalgia, and table reads. This makes the […]
Review: Bridgerton, Season 1
Dearest Reader, I write to you today with news that Bridgerton on Netflix is the most viewed television original series on the streaming site. Though, with this endeavor, one might believe it to be a “steaming” site. Leave it to me to share with you why this audacious show has captivated the hearts and minds […]
Lost in Space Review: A Reboot That Only Borrows Names From Its Campy Original
Lost in Space has ended. Again. The Netflix reboot of Lost in Space was a three-season juggernaut of good science fiction. The only thing it has in common with its campy original are the names of characters, spaceships, and robots (yes, Robot is still Robot). The story beginning remains the same, too, a future version […]
The Expanse, Season 5: A Very Human Solar System Asserts Itself
The Expanse is back on Amazon Prime with a vengeance. This season isn’t as much about the little blue meanie of a molecule, but about the people who have been more pawns in previous seasons, even with Holden’s near messianic aura. This season is about personal demons coming back to haunt in full gravity and […]