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Friday, January 15, 2021

Run

FILM TELEVISION

‘Run’ Hurries Straight to the Action

December 2, 2020December 2, 2020 Sara Stewart 0 Comments Ali Stroker, Aneesh Chagnaty, Flowers In The Attic, Hulu, Kiera Allen, Run, Sarah Paulson, Sharp Objects

A quick and nasty little mother-daughter thriller on Hulu

John Wilson

How To Make Great TV With John Wilson

November 30, 2020November 30, 2020 Omar Gallaga 0 Comments How To With John Wilson, John Wilson, Nathan Fielder

HBO’s surprising ‘How To’ captures humans at their New Yorkiest

A Teacher

‘A Teacher’: An Afterschool Special For The Age of Prestige TV

November 17, 2020November 25, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments A Teacher, Afterschool Special, Hannah Fidell, Kate Mara, Nick Robinson, Scott Baio

A subtle and disturbing drama of teacher-student sexual abuse

Charlie Brown

Good Grief

November 17, 2020November 18, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments A Charlie Brown Christmas, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, Apple TV, Charlie Brown, HBO Max, Jurassic Park

Charlie Brown’s move to Apple TV+ is like getting a football pulled out from under you

Baby Yoda

Baby Yoda, Genocidal Monster

November 13, 2020November 17, 2020 Scott Gold 0 Comments Baby Yoda, eggs, Frog Lady, The Mandalorian

A controversy has erupted after TV’s cutest character ate some frog’s eggs

The Undoing

Much ‘Undoing’ About Nothing

November 10, 2020 Jake Harris 1 Comment David E. Kelley, Hugh Grant, Jean Hanff Korelitz, Nicole Kidman, The Undoing, You Should Have Known

HBO miniseries is a fine legal potboiler with prestige branding

Trebek

Remembrance TELEVISION

Alex Trebek, RIP

November 8, 2020November 18, 2020 Neal Pollack 13 Comments Alex Trebek, Jeopardy!

Legendary Jeopardy! quiz host dead at age 80. To the show’s contestants, he meant the world.

Queen's Gambit

Check, and Mate

November 6, 2020November 20, 2020 Neal Pollack 0 Comments Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, The Queen's Gambit, Thomas Brodie-Sangster

‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is the best show on TV right now

Mandalorian

FILM TELEVISION

On Second Thought, Season Two of ‘The Mandalorian’ is Good

November 5, 2020November 11, 2020 Scott Gold 0 Comments Baby Yoda, Boba Fest, George Lucas, Jon Favreau, Star Wars, The Mandalorian, Timothy Olyphant

The good, the bad, and the ugly space monster

Star Trek

‘Star Trek: Lower Decks’ is the current best of the franchise

November 5, 2020November 8, 2020 Jamie Mason 0 Comments Michael Chabon, Picard, Star Trek, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks

It has the humor that ‘Picard’ lacks, and the humanity that ‘Discovery’ never will

Masked Singer

Escape From Reality

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Paula Shaffer 0 Comments Clare Crawley, Dancing With the Stars, The Bachelorette, The Masked Singer

New seasons of ‘The Masked Singer,’ ‘Dancing With the Stars,’ and ‘The Bachelorette’ give us contests that we know will end

Mandalorian

The Manda-Snorian

November 1, 2020November 8, 2020 Rob Kutner 0 Comments Baby Yoda, Battlestar Galactica, Boba Fett, Mandalorian, Mando, Mark Hamill, Star Wars, Tatooine, Timothy Olyphant, Tusken Raiders

‘The Mandalorian’ goes back to Tatooine, of all planets, in a dull season 2 opener

Haunting of Bly Manor

Netflix TELEVISION

A Good Old-Fashioned Ghost Story

October 23, 2020October 23, 2020 Ryan Kallberg 0 Comments Henry Thomas, Mike Flanagan, T'Nia Miller, The Haunting of Bly Manor, The Haunting Of Hill House, Victoria Pedretti

‘The Haunting of Bly Manor’ on Netflix

Animaniacs

Totally Insaney

October 19, 2020October 22, 2020 Rachel Llewellyn 0 Comments Animaniacs, Jess Harnell, Maurice Lamarche, Pinky and The Brain, Rob Paulsen, Steven Spielberg, Tress MacNeille

The return of the Animaniacs

Ted Lasso

Hearts and Minds

October 15, 2020October 15, 2020 Jake Harris 0 Comments Jason Sudeikis, Schitt's Creek, Ted Lasso

Making the pitch for ‘Ted Lasso’ as a surprise feel-good comedy show