★★★ | Left out in the wild
RAISED BY WOLVES, executive produced and partially directed by Ridley Scott, feels like a great concept album that doesn’t quite carry its ambitious idea.
★★★★ | Play it again, for old time’s sake.
Set during a long sweltering day of a Chicago summer, MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM is the latest adaptation of master playwright
★★★★★ | To infinity and beyond
Canceled, salvaged, and now returning for its penultimate season before the end, THE EXPANSE is an underdog story worthy of its heroes. Finally finding a home
★★★★ | With a whimper
If you tell people that one of your favorite working directors is George Clooney, you’ll probably get some weird looks.
But those who’ve seen his
(HIS DARK MATERIALS streams weekly on HBO Nordic. First episode out now.)
Hot on the terrific first season’s heels, HIS DARK MATERIALS returns not necessarily bigger but bolder than
(MANK has a limited release in theaters starting November 20. It will premiere on Netflix, December 4.)
Tell the story you know.
Set in the tumultuous decade between 1930 and
★★★ | The changing of the guard
THE CROWN, Netflix’s hit show that continues to captivate audiences worldwide, returns for a fourth, now transitional season. After the tumultuous cultural upheaval of
(BEARTOWN premieres on HBO Nordic October 18. Full series viewed for review.)
Adapted from the book by Fredrik Backman, BEARTOWN is a well made and deftly acted drama about the
(THE UNDOING premieres on HBO Nordic October 26.)
Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant light up a handsomely shot and expensive, but otherwise bloated and dull HBO murder mystery that neither
(RATCHED is now out on Netflix Nordic. Full season screened for review)
“Based on” is a very loose and vague concept. It’s a weasel word that allows for all
