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What I Watched This Week: 7 Jan 2018
NEW SHOWS This Is Us – “The Fifth Wheel” (A-) Its resolution is much too tidy and it features an absolutely dreadful monologue from Randall, but the rest of the episode – most of it set in just two locations, … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, Television
Tagged dave chappelle, good place, netflix, this is us
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2017 in Review: The Best Performances – Television
In an effort to highlight even more of the best TV of the year, I’ve added a Best Ensemble category. I spread the love a little bit this year, partly because there was a lot of turnover in my favorite … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged big little lies, crashing, godless, good place, handmaid's tale, hbo, hulu, legion, netflix, orange is the new black, showtime, this is us, twin peaks, veep
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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
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged american vandal, crown, curb your enthusiasm, five came back, glow, hbo, it's always sunny in philadelphia, netflix, sinner, stranger things, this is us, veep
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2017 in Review: The Best Shows and Specials
TOP 10 SHOWS 10. Godless (Netflix) Scott Frank’s Western takes full advantage (maybe too much advantage) of Netflix’s flexibility, with some episodes going on for more than 90 minutes, and others just barely 30. But even as he steps right … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged americans, big little lies, casual, chris gethard, dave chappelle, fargo, godless, good place, handmaid's tale, hbo, house of cards, hulu, legion, louis ck, master of none, neal brennan, netflix, oh hello, orange is the new black, patton oswalt, showtime, twin peaks
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Streaming Picks: January 2018
While I’d focused on Netflix for the last two years, I figured it was high time I expanded my gaze, especially since they’re hardly the only game in town. I’m still being judicious with my selections. Gone are the endless … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Previews, Television
Tagged adventures of puss in boots, alejandro riano, amazon, arango y sanint, before i wake, beyond berlin, cars 3, colony, comedians in cars getting coffee, detroit, devilman crybaby, dirty money, disjointed, doctor who, drug lords, el ministerio del tiempo, electric dreams, episodes, fear the walking dead, futile and stupid gesture, ghost story, glace, godfather, grace and frankie, grantchester, grimm, hulu, ingrid goes west, just add magic, kavin jay, llama llama, lovesick, mau nieto, netflix, one day at a time, open house, path, polka king, retribution, ricardo quevedo, rose parade, rotten, sebastian marcelo, somebody feed phil, tiempos de guerra, todd glass, tom segura, trolls, uncle grandpa
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What I Watched This Week: 10 Dec 2017
NEW SHOWS Brooklyn Nine-Nine “Game Night” (A) “The Favor” (B+) The first is a heartwarming continuation of Rosa’s revelation in the season-best “99,” with her struggle to come out as bisexual to her parents. It’s Jake at his most decent, … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, crown, netflix
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What I Watched This Week: 3 Dec 2017
NEW SHOWS Curb Your Enthusiasm – “Fatwa!” (A) / season finale Finally, one of this season’s episodes earns its length. The show features three of my favorite people (Lin-Manuel Miranda, Chris Sullivan and Nick Offerman) AND F. Murray Abraham playing … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, curb your enthusiasm, hbo, netflix, patton oswalt
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What I Watched This Week: 26 Nov 2017
NEW SHOWS Curb Your Enthusiasm – “The Shucker” (B+) Forty-five minutes is way too long for any sitcom, especially one that meanders as much as this one. While the quarrel with the former owner of his house is amusing, it could … Continue reading
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, curb your enthusiasm, godless, hbo, netflix, this is us
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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
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Tagged brooklyn nine-nine, curb your enthusiasm, hbo, hulu, mindy project, netflix, stranger things, this is us
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Netflix Picks: November 2017
TOP PICK – FILM Mudbound – 11/17 Dee Rees goes for Oscar glory in this heavy historical drama about two soldiers – one white, one black – struggling to re-adjust to their lives in rural Mississippi after World War II. … Continue reading
Posted in Previews, Television
Tagged alias grace, beat bugs, big family cooking showdown, blazing transfer students, brian regan, broadchurch, christmas prince, cuba and the cameraman, deray davis, dinotrux, fate apocrypha, frontier, glitch, glitter force doki doki, godless, good morning call, guerra de idolos, killer, king duckling, lady dynamite, longmire, luna petunia, many faces of ito, mea culpa, mudbound, my little pony, netflix, project mc2, punisher, saving capitalism, she's gotta have it, shot in the dark, spirit, stranger, stretch armstrong, ten percent, trailer park boys, under arrest
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