A seven-hour drama collection about chess gamers? It’d sound extra like a punishment at first than a pleasure. However The Queen’s Gambit — now streaming on Netflix; I’ve seen all seven episodes — does the unthinkable: It manages to make the sport of chess fascinating… and horny, even. (I do know!) It’s an underdog story
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RELATED STORIES Within the 13 years since Iron Man first hit theaters, Marvel Studios has established fairly effectively its capacity to nail a big-budget popcorn film. The proof, exterior of gargantuan field workplace numbers, is correct there in those Avengers: Endgame audience reaction videos that circulated final spring; Marvel’s obtained the most effective motion scenes
On the motion pictures, January is the normal dumping floor for field workplace bombs that the studios are wanting to bury and neglect. Sadly, NBC’s new sitcom Mr. Mayor — debuting this Thursday, Jan. 7 at 8/7c; I’ve seen the primary two episodes — feels just like the TV equal of that. It’s an actual disgrace,
Bryan Cranston‘s return to dramatic tv ought to be trigger for celebration, proper? In spite of everything, his flip as Breaking Dangerous‘s Walter White, a meek chemistry trainer who reworked right into a sinister drug lord earlier than our very eyes, is one among TV’s all-time nice performances. It’s a disgrace, then, that his new
In the event you’re a TV viewer of a sure classic (like me), Saved by the Bell imprinted on you at an early age, whether or not you preferred it or not. (In our protection, there wasn’t a lot TV to select from again then.) Sure, the tacky ’90s highschool antics of Zack, Kelly, Slater,
RELATED STORIES True-crime TV has discovered its new obsession: The twisted saga of the NVIXM cult, with well-known followers like Smallville alum Allison Mack and salacious accusations of intercourse slavery, has impressed not one however two long-form TV documentaries, together with numerous one-off investigative specials. HBO’s The Vow, which premiered in August, was billed because
A profitable sitcom boils down to 2 issues: characters and chemistry. Even probably the most impressed premise doesn’t matter after the primary few episodes, if the present doesn’t have characters we care about and actors who work nicely collectively. Living proof: CBS’ new fall sitcom B Positive, debuting this Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8:30/7:30c. (I’ve
Every episode of FX on Hulu’s A Teacher is preceded by a content material warning I’ve by no means seen earlier than: It warns about “sexual conditions,” but in addition “depictions of grooming which may be disturbing.” And it’s wanted, too, as a result of A Trainer — debuting Tuesday, Nov. 10; I’ve seen all
With Nicole Kidman starring in a HBO drama written by David E. Kelley, it’s simple to think about The Undoing as a form of Massive Little Lies spinoff, with Kidman’s Celeste transferring from Monterey to New York Metropolis and discovering love once more with Hugh Grant after that unlucky Perry scenario. (Hey, she deserves it!)
Once I talked about to a colleague that I’d simply watched the premiere of AMC’s second spinoff of The Walking Dead, World Beyond, he requested only one query: “Do you assume there’s an viewers for it?” And I needed to admit, I do. The collection, which follows teenage sisters Iris (Aliyah Royale) and Hope (Alexa
One other Fall TV season is sort of upon us… and it seems to be completely nothing like every of its predecessors. You’ll have heard one thing a couple of pandemic that has turned the world on its head for a lot of 2020 — and the TV trade has been affected, too, delaying and
Actually, was anybody on the market crying out for a Nurse Ratched origin story? The trailers for Netflix’s Ratched — premiering this Friday, Sept. 18; I’ve seen the primary 4 episodes — invoice the One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest villain as “one of many world’s most iconic characters,” however as performed by Oscar winner
Keef Knight simply needs to “preserve it gentle,” OK? He’s a Black cartoonist dwelling in ultra-progressive San Francisco and drawing a preferred, inoffensive sketch known as Toast ‘N’ Butter that’s about to hit syndication and make him wealthy. He doesn’t tackle race in his comics as a result of it’s by no means been a
A darkish, gritty reboot of the golden oldie Perry Mason? At first, it seems like a joke, or like a Jack Donaghy thought from 30 Rock. The traditional authorized drama debuted method again in 1957, which leaves fairly a thick layer of mud to brush away, however HBO’s reboot — premiering this Sunday at 9/8c;
RELATED STORIES It’s been simply over two years because the theatrical launch of Love, Simon, the 2018 rom-com that broke new floor as the primary main studio movie to heart on a homosexual teen romance. The film is a captivating and inoffensive coming-of-age flick — and your opinion of the movie will probably dictate how
RELATED STORIES Snowpiercer‘s four-and-a-half 12 months journey to the small display screen ends on Sunday, Could 17, when it pulls into the proverbial station at TNT. When all is claimed and achieved, was it the little engine that might? Or not fairly? What you get out of TV’s Snowpiercer largely depends upon what you count
I’ll say this about Ryan Murphy’s new Netflix drama Hollywood: The costumes are implausible. With its characters decked out in fedoras, three-piece fits and bejeweled ball robes, the 1940s interval piece co-created by Murphy and his Glee co-writer Ian Brennan — debuting this Friday, Could 1; I’ve seen all seven episodes — provides us a
RELATED STORIES Warning: This submit incorporates spoilers for all eight episodes of Netflix’s Too Scorching to Deal with. Let me state this upfront: I’m an authorized courting present junkie. I watch The Bachelor — and The Bachelorette. I loved Love Is Blind. I even watch trashier fare like Temptation Island. (Talking of which: The place
The Eddy feels just like the sort of collection that solely Netflix would shell out the cash to make nowadays: an artsy, atmospheric slice of life set at a Parisian jazz membership and shot largely in French that lingers over its characters like cussed cigarette smoke. Shot in shaky-cam, cinéma vérité type by Oscar winner
RELATED STORIES DC’s Stargirl is right here to brighten up the sometimes-brooding superhero scene with a weekly, multiplatform rollout on DC Universe (beginning Could 18) and The CW (premiering Tuesday, Could 19). However when all is claimed and performed, will the gung-ho teen’s largest adversary be oh-so-serious supervillains? Brec Bassinger (of Hulu’s All Night time)
It might be wholly comprehensible if followers of Showtime’s authentic Penny Dreadful approached its “religious descendant” City of Angels with as a lot trepidation as pleasure. How, we’d surprise, might any offspring of John Logan’s beloved monster mash dwell as much as the terrible fantastic thing about its dad or mum? How might any new
RELATED STORIES They’re scorching, they’re dumb and so they’re about to grow to be your new obsession. They’re the horny singles of Netflix’s Too Hot to Handle, an eight-episode actuality relationship competitors with a hands-free twist: For each sexual act dedicated between gamers — and that ranges from a peck on the lips to the
Quibi has arrived, with a free trial interval and all the pieces. However what’s value watching, proper out of the gate? (And what is Quibi once more…?) Reply the second query first, Quibi is a streaming service that provides episodes as “fast bites” (ergo its identify) of 10 minutes or much less, displaying “full-screen” regardless
RELATED STORIES The battle about whether or not or not the Equal Rights Modification ought to be added to the US Structure has been roiling since 1923 — and whether or not that assertion intrigues or bores you is an efficient indicator of whether or not or not you’ll take pleasure in Mrs. America (debuting
You might simply watch a couple of scenes from Little Fires Everywhere, with Reese Witherspoon starring as a tightly wound mother ruling over a wealthy suburb, and get fooled into pondering you’re watching a brand new season of Large Little Lies. However belief me: You’re not. Hulu’s adaptation, which debuts Wednesday, March 18 (I’ve seen the primary
When it was introduced that Gray’s Anatomy and Station 19 had been switching time slots, in part to facilitate more crossovers, I’ll admit I groaned. I even did it in print. Like many a Gray’s viewer, I felt like I wasn’t being invited or inspired to tune in to its spinoff a lot as I used
Is it even doable to look at a Hillary Clinton documentary with out bringing one’s preconceived political biases to it? Most likely not, so let me be upfront about mine. I voted for Hillary in 2016… however I additionally voted for her opponent in that yr’s main and earlier in 2008. I used to be
I needed to like Devs. I actually did. I’m an enormous fan of Alex Garland, the Ex Machina and Annihilation filmmaker who writes and directs all eight episodes of the FX sci-fi thriller (debuting Thursday, March 5 completely on Hulu), and I couldn’t wait to see what mind-blowing magic he may conjure up on his
On the danger of sounding like High Fidelity‘s principal character: The right cowl model of a track is hard to drag off, proper? It has to keep up the spirit of the unique, whereas additionally placing a contemporary spin on it that makes you hear it in a brand new manner. Hulu’s new tackle Excessive
RELATED STORIES First issues first: You would need to be one significantly hardhearted bastard to not love The Thing About Harry, Freeform’s belated homosexual Valentine (premiering Saturday, Feb. 15, at 8/7c). Its leads — Gray’s Anatomy’s Schmitt, Jake Borelli, and newcomer Niko Terho — have chemistry for days. The script, co-written by director and co-star Peter