Gen V: The Boys Spin-off Hits Gold with Entertaining First Season
With its first season, Prime Video’s Gen V ingeniously spins off from the hit series The Boys into an exhilarating new chapter set in the same gritty universe. Centered around Godolkin University, a prestigious school run by the notorious Vought…
Made in Heaven Season Two, Executed in Delhi
‘The Delhi wedding season is back on our calendars! It is time for the city to witness the grandest of weddings, planned & presented by the supremely talented and well-connected duo of Made in Heaven- Karan and Tara. The Amazon…
Best TV Shows of 2022, from ‘Severance’ to ‘Fleishman is in Trouble’
2022 has been a ridiculously good year for the small screen. You might hear that every year, but this year production houses gave us some thrilling and heartwarming shows. As the big-budgeted prequel House of the Dragon continued to make…
Undone Explores New Territory with Second Season, Bringing the Story Full Circle
Undone had a pretty complete first season, although its cliffhanger did leave things open-ended as to whether or not Alma, the protagonist who could travel through time, actually had powers or was suffering from schizophrenia. The second season is an…
Bachchan Paandey is a Mostly Average Masala Film Anchored by its Lead Performance
A remake of the 2014 Tamil film Jigarthanda, Bachchan Paandey is one of those safe, mass-entertaining masala films that suffer from being quirky but never tapping fully into the ridiculousness of its over-the-top premise. Star Akshay Kumar seems to be…
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel Slows Down in Fourth Season (and Loses Some of its Momentum)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has always stood out because of its premise: a Jewish housewife starting a career as a standup comedian in the fifties. Four seasons in, however, the sheen of that premise has faded, and now we have…
Upload Returns with a Better (and Shorter) Second Season, Expanding its Vision of the Future and the Digital Afterlife
A lot has changed since Upload’s first season premiered in May 2020. The pandemic has become an uneasy fixture of our daily life, and things have become even direr with a new war and the prospects of nuclear armageddon becoming…
The Boys Presents: Diabolical is a Fun, Creative (and Inconsistent) Exercise in Telling Short Stories Set in the Violent Superhero Universe
As far as spinoffs go, you could certainly do worse than The Boys Presents: Diabolical. A collection of eight animated shorts featuring A-grade voice actors and writers, it takes good advantage of the universe’s twisted, violent tone and tells a…
How Fantasy Shows are Vying for Supremacy in a post-Game of Thrones Era
When did fantasy shows start to climb the charts? Was it when Game of Thrones (GoT) shattered the records of TV history? Or was it when Henry Cavill signed to play the lead for The Witcher? Or better when Amazon…
Reacher is a Solid Adaptation that Makes a Standard Murder Mystery (and Conspiracy) Bearable Thanks to Strong Character Dynamics
Reacher is the latest adaptation of author Lee Child’s Jack Reacher novels, which star a hulking ex-army loner who lives off the grid and habitually finds himself in dangerous situations that require both his fists and brain. Although Tom Cruise…
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