‘Ratched’ Review: 6 Mind-Boggling, Mostly Bad Choices in Ryan Murphy’s ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ Prequel
Should you watch a ridiculous and unnecessary Nurse Ratched origin story? Just tell me how you respond to these three little words: puppet torture porn.
TV Reviews
‘Pen15’ Review: Season 2 Is All the Joy and Pain of Adolescence Captured in One Excellent Comedy
Anna Konkle, Maya Erskine, and Sam Zvibleman’s Hulu series delivers a richer, deeply felt second season on Hulu.
‘Criminal: UK’ Review: Netflix Interrogation Drama’s Season 2 Is Fine-Tuned to a Fault
With an almost-uniformly stellar cast and impressive design, there’s still a sleekness to these legal proceedings that often seems just a bit too calculated.
‘Archer’ Review: Season 11 Comes Home Stronger and Proves Why This Show’s Survived So Long
After three seasons spent in dreamscapes, the tiny changes in Sterling Archer’s return to spy life only solidify the show’s rock-solid foundation.
‘The Third Day’ Review: Jude Law’s HBO Mystery Works Best as a Religious Fever Dream
The Young Pope’s trip to a creepy, cult-y island makes for an effective warning against religious dependency, if not a shocking, “Midsommar”-level horror show.
‘We Are Who We Are’ Review: Luca Guadagnino’s Lyrical HBO Series Is Your End-of-Summer Obsession
Beautifully shot, paced, and performed, the writer-director’s meticulous, character-driven storytelling meshes perfectly with his prolonged new medium.
‘Fargo’ Review: Season 4 Is the Bleakest Season Yet —?and Better for It
Noah Hawley’s midwestern parable examines the racist origins of capitalism in a new season that’s a tad slower, a touch heavier, and every bit as rewarding.
‘The Sit-In’: Revisit the ‘Lost’ Week in 1968 When Harry Belafonte Hosted ‘The Tonight Show’
From executive producer and MSNBC host Joy Reid, the film chronicles this seminal and almost-forgotten moment in American history.
‘Woke’ Review: Hulu’s New Dramedy Is a Black Lives Matter Series Out of Time
As an “issues” show, the series isn’t the fresh, nuanced exploration of the Black experience that America needs at the moment.
‘Away’ Review: Hilary Swank’s Netflix Mission Serves Up Stock Family Drama — In Space!
Even with strong writers in Jason Katims and Jessica Goldberg, “Away” trades in the wonder of space travel for routine relationship stories.
‘The Boys’ Season 2 Review: Amazon Prime’s Superhero Satire Is Out for Blood —?Mainly, White Supremacists’
Eric Kripke’s new season doesn’t mince words —?though it does mince body parts — in eviscerating America’s eagerness to embrace right-wing extremism.
‘Noughts + Crosses’ Review: Alternate Reality Romance Never Makes the Most of Provocative Premise
Premiering on Peacock, the adaptation of Malorie Blackman’s acclaimed novel imagines a Europe colonized by Africa.
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