The Boys is More Entertaining than Ever with an (Almost) Perfect Third Season
In a time when superhero fatigue is starting to become a reality, The Boys continues to tell perhaps the most entertaining and consistently great mainstream superhero story on both the silver and TV screens. While some shows, like Doom Patrol,…
Barry Gets Downright Serious in its Third Season, Placing its Characters in their Darkest Moments Yet
In a pop culture content-sphere that’s crammed with so-so seasons and seasons that come close to being great but squander their potential, it’s refreshing to see a show like Barry nail a perfect season- or as close to perfect as…
Top Gun: Maverick is that Rare ‘Perfect Sequel’, Despite Arriving 3 Decades After its Original
Arriving 36 years after the original Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick could have easily been a massive misfire if it weren’t for the hard work of capable collaborators Tom Cruise and director Joseph Kosinski (whom Cruise previously worked with in…
Anek is an Ambitious and Incisive Thriller that Spotlights an Often Overlooked Hotbed of Political Instability
Ayushmann Khurrana reunites with his Article 15 collaborator, director Anubhav Sinha, for an equally hard-hitting, almost abrasive film in Anek, which focuses on a subject rarely shown in Indian mass media: the unrest between the North-East ‘Seven Sisters’ states and…
We Own This City is a Meticulous (and Scathing) Look at Police Brutality and Corruption that Sometimes Gets too Bogged Down with its Message
If you have watched David Simon’s seminal The Wire- and liked it- We Own This City will probably keep you glued to the screen. The limited series is dripping with meticulous research and has a gritty, brutally honest approach to…
Obi-Wan Kenobi is an Uneven Epic that Meanders in the Middle and is Saved by a Spectacular Finale
For a show that was as hotly anticipated as Obi-Wan Kenobi was, it was almost impossible for it to satisfy all the expectations fans had built up over the last 17 years since we had seen Ewan McGregor play the…
Under the Heaven Delivers the Most Gripping Detective Show on Television Since the First Season of True Detective
If you’ve been jonesing for a compelling murder mystery in the mold of True Detective season one, then Under the Banner of Heaven might just scratch that itch for you. Adapted from the novel by Jon Krakauer and created by…
Halo Tries a Bold Approach with its TV Adaptation that Doesn’t Entirely Work in its First Season
Halo languished long in development hell, conceptualized initially as a movie before finally becoming a TV series with Paramount Plus. That’s both a boon and a bane: technology and TV production quality have improved by leaps and bounds in the…
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…
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Tries to Tell a Personal Story in an Epic Backdrop to Mixed Results
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has, unexpectedly, proved to be a divisive film for MCU fans. That’s probably due to the fact that trailers, and the rumor mill, conditioned many fans to expect the world, and more, from…
