Welcome back to another series of mini-reviews! This go-around is a bit of a “Oops, all comedy” situation, which was more of a happy accident than anything intentional on my part. We’ve got Steve Carell going back to school, Riz Ahmed trying out for James Bond, and Dan Levy entering the world of crime. Let’s […]
Tag: television
Quick Hits: “Love Story,” “The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins,” “DTF St. Louis”
Well, it has certainly been a minute, huh? Life comes at you fast, as a teenage slacker once said, and that was certainly the case with my extended hiatus. It turns out raising children is as hard as they say, and we found that out on February 26th, when my wife and I welcomed our […]
Wonder Man adds showbiz satire to the superhero genre
We’re now over two years into Marvel’s promised “reshuffling” of its TV productions, and the results are mixed. The goal was to create more programming focused on being an actual TV show and not a movie split into episodic chunks. So far, we’ve got Daredevil, which returns next month, and Ironheart, a holdover from before […]
Television Turmoil: Cop Rock has a song in its heart, but no one is listening
For good or for ill, police procedurals have been an integral part of the TV landscape from the beginning. From the scare tactics of Dragnet to the modern cop apologia found in shows like Blue Bloods, police officers have always been on our screens, and often as the heroes. By 1990, the standard cop show had shifted to focus […]
Hot people keep getting hotter in Ryan Murphy’s The Beauty
Subtlety is not one of Ryan Murphy’s strengths. The prolific writer/director/producer prefers to batter you with an idea over the course of a season. It’s no surprise, then, that his best works are in the horror genre. A realm where being bludgeoned is more acceptable. In the case of The Beauty, the pleasure only goes […]