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9
Jan

2019 in Review: The Best Performances – Television

It was another strong year for TV, but as usual I gravitated toward comedy, which made some of these picks difficult, while trying to fill out the other categories was a challenge to find enough worthy candidates. Once again, I … Continue reading →

Posted in Best Of, Television | Tagged amazon, barry, chernobyl, fleabag, hbo, i think you should leave, mindhunter, netflix, prime, righteous gemstones, russian doll, stranger things, tim robinson, true detective, watchmen | Leave a comment

7
Jan

2019 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions

It was even harder to craft a top 10 than usual, and that left a lot of shows in that next tier. So once again, I’ve expanded my honorable mentions to 14 episodes of shows that didn’t make the cut, … Continue reading →

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6
Jul

What I Watched This Week: 30 Jun 2019

NEW SHOWS Big Little Lies – “She Knows” (A-) As the women try to find some sense of normalcy while everything is falling apart, things go from bad to worse for all of them. But the biggest twist is that … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged big little lies, chernobyl, handmaid's tale, hbo, hulu, netflix, stranger things | Leave a comment

1
Jul

Streaming Picks: July 2019

FILMS Top Picks Under the Silver Lake – Prime 7/1 Drop Dead Gorgeous – Hulu 7/5 Apollo 11 – Hulu 7/20 Inglourious Basterds – Netflix 7/22 It’s actually an incredible month for movies on streaming platforms this month, which is … Continue reading →

Posted in Film, Previews, Television | Tagged 3 below, 4 latas, after darkness, all or nothing, along with the gods, amazing world of gumball, another life, apollo 11, arctic, bangkok love stories, blown away, boi, bonus family, boys, brink, captain underpants, cities of last things, clique, comedians in cars getting coffee, comicstaan, designated survivor, dino dana, drop dead gorgeous, extreme engagement, family reunion, field guide to evil, four weddings and a funeral, frankenstein's monster's monster frankenstein, free rein, girls with balls, good witch, great hack, harlots, haunting of sharon tate, hellboy, i trapped the devil, in the dark, inglourious basterds, into the dark, it's always sunny in philadelphia, kakegurui xx, katherine ryan, kengan ashura, kidnapping stella, kung fu panda, la casa de papel, last chance u, last czars, last man, last word, letdown, light as a feather, luis miguel, marshall, mary poppins returns, my first first love, never grow old, orange is the new black, parchis, peterloo, pinky malinky, point blank, power, queer eye, red sea diving resort, saint seya, secret obsession, serenity, son, stranger things, sugar rush, tabaluga, taco chronicles, time freak, tokyo ghoul, trading paint, trapped, true tunes, typewriter, under the silver lake, venture bros, veronica mars, vigilante, wentworth, whitney cummings, woman at war, workin moms, worst witch, wynonna earp, yummy mummies | Leave a comment

15
Sep

2018 Emmy Predictions: Drama

DRAMA SERIES The Americans (FX) The Crown (Netflix) Game of Thrones (HBO) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Westworld (HBO) Could win: Game of Thrones Should win: The Americans Will win: The Handmaid’s Tale Should … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged americans, crown, game of thrones, handmaid's tale, hbo, homeland, hulu, killing eve, netflix, orphan black, ozark, stranger things, this is us, westworld | Leave a comment

2
Jan

2017 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions

The (ultimately meaningless) struggle of Peak TV got even worse this year. Even with this now annual inclusion of 10 stand-out achievements that didn’t make my top 10, I still didn’t have a place for shows I enjoyed watching, including … Continue reading →

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11
Nov

What I Watched This Week: 5 Nov 2017

NEW SHOWS Curb Your Enthusiasm – “The Accidental Text on Purpose” (A-) The best episode of the season thus far, with everything finally coming together in glorious, terrible fashion. Larry ruins not one but two relationships of friends whose girlfriends gave … Continue reading →

Posted in Reviews, Television | Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, curb your enthusiasm, hbo, hulu, mindy project, netflix, stranger things, this is us | Leave a comment

1
Oct

Netflix Picks: October 2017

TOP PICK – FILM The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) – 10/13 I’ll trash Greenberg till the day I die, but Noah Baumbach has been on an upswing lately with Frances Ha, While We’re Young and Mistress America. And maybe, just … Continue reading →

Posted in Previews, Television | Tagged 1922, alex fernandez, babysitter, christina p, day i met el chapo, death and life of marsha p johnson, fe de eterras, fosters, haters back off, id-0, joan didion, judah friedlander, kingdom of us, la querida del centauro, lego city, lock up, meyerowitz stories, mindhunter, netflix, one of us, patton oswalt, pj masks, rodney carrington, schitt's creek, skylanders academy, slasher, stranger things, suburra, super monsters, voltron, wanted, west coast customs, wheelman, word party, zumbo's just desserts | Leave a comment

16
Sep

2017 Emmy Predictions: Drama

DRAMA SERIES Better Call Saul (AMC) The Crown (Netflix) The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu) House of Cards (Netflix) Stranger Things (Netflix) This Is Us (NBC) Westworld (HBO) Could win: The Crown Should win: Stranger Things Will win: This Is Us Should … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Previews, Television | Tagged americans, better call saul, crown, handmaid's tale, hbo, homeland, house of cards, how to get away with murder, hulu, netflix, orange is the new black, ray donovan, stranger things, this is us, westworld | Leave a comment

5
Jan

2016 in Review: The Best Songs

As I mentioned in the intro to my list of the best albums of the year, I listened to an obscene amount of music this year, which made deciding on my 10 favorite LPs was a herculean task. One upside … Continue reading →

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