Showing posts with label TV/Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV/Movies. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Rooster (TV 2026)

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Rooster (TV 2026): Steve Carrell sitcom where he plays a professor at a small college where his daughter and his ex-wife also teach. Good ensemble cast. Nothing new in the formula. It's just a feel-good, throw-back sitcom trying to appeal to a wide audience. B+

HBO

Monday, May 18, 2026

Young Sherlock (TV 2026)

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Young Sherlock (TV 2026): Definitely not canon. Hoped for more sleuthing and more exploration of Sherlock's early relationship with Mycroft and Moriarty, but if you ignore that this is a Sherlock Holmes story, you might like it just as a family-based crime/mystery story. B-

Prime

Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

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Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026): A warm-hearted story of an aging woman, a broke young man, and an aquarium octopus, all trapped in sad circumances in life. A series of lucky coincidences lead them all to help each other. Adapted from the 2023 selection of "Richardson Reads One Book." B+

Netflix

Thursday, May 7, 2026

Wuthering Heights (2026)

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Wuthering Heights (2026): Not Barbie meets Frankenstein. Instead, a passionate love/hate relationship between Cathy and Heathcliff on the foggy, rainy moor. All of the characters are unlikable. The 19th century story was loaded with sex for a 21st century audience. C+

HBO

Thursday, April 30, 2026

Big Mistakes (TV 2026)

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Rotten Tomatoes

Big Mistakes (TV 2026): Family crime comedy. A dysfunctional, barely competent family falls into the clutches of the mob and every attempt to escape just leads to more trouble. Dan Levy stars as a closeted gay minister, with a stellar supporting cast. B+

Netflix

Wednesday, April 29, 2026

BAIT (TV 2026)

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BAIT (TV 2026): Six episode look at a struggling actor who bluffs his way into an audition to be the next James Bond. His self doubt leads to his life spiraling downwards. A satiric look at the price of fame. B-

Prime

Monday, April 27, 2026

Resident Alien (TV 2021)

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Resident Alien (TV 2021): Alan Tudyk stars as an extraterrestrial who crash lands in a Colorado town and has to disguise himself as a human until he can repair his spacecraft. All of the humor relies on his awkward interactions with people in town. Mork did it better. B-

Netflix

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Friday, April 24, 2026

Merrily We Roll Along (2026)

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Merrily We Roll Along (2026): Sondheim musical filmed on stage. It flopped in 1981 but then won a Tony in 2024 for Best Revival. 30 year timeline that plays out backwards spoils the story. Music bridges the eras of classic 1950s musicals and modern tastes. B-

Netflix

Wednesday, April 22, 2026

Deadloch (TV 2023)

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Deadloch (TV 2023): A serial killer terrorizes a small town in Tasmania. It's a whodunnit mystery mashed with film noir black comedy. At one point, the state police accuse every woman in town of being conspirators, leaving it up to the town's female senior sergeant to keep sleuthing. B+

Prime

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Monday, April 20, 2026

Project Hail Mary (2026)

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Project Hail Mary (2026): A sci-fi, save-the-world adventure. Also, a heartwarming, buddy comedy. A Ryan Gosling star vehicle. Maybe about 20 minutes too long, but overall, it's a fun watch with thought-provoking ideas about science and the nature of heroism. B+

In theatres

Thursday, April 16, 2026

TRON: Ares (2025)

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TRON: Ares (2025): 1982's AI in a video game doesn't work in 2026. AI is so much different today. Here, the humanlike AI program escapes the digital world and is on the hunt in the real world. Plot is a mess. Characters are one-dimensional. I guess the CGI is good. C-

Disney+

Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Néro the Assassin (TV 2025)

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Rotten Tomatoes

Néro the Assassin (TV 2025): French. An assassin is on the run across 16th century France with his daughter who does not trust him. Everyone wants him dead—his employer, the church, a fanatical religious group, and maybe a deadly witch. Lots of myth-building with no clear lines between good and evil. Lots of violence. B-

Netflix

Thursday, April 9, 2026

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (TV 2026)

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Rotten Tomatoes

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (TV 2026): Mystery/Comedy. Three friends attend the funeral of a fourth friend from high school and begin to uncover unpleasant facts about the coverup of a crime they all were part of. The story is quirky, which is good, but way too convoluted, which is bad. Still, their interactions are hilarious. B-

Netflix

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Pizza Movie (2026)

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Rotten Tomatoes

Pizza Movie (2026): It's a dumb movie about college life, hazing, friendship, and growing. Emphasis always on dumb. Redeeming feature: it's not raunchy, unless you consider fart jokes raunchy. If so, you won't last five minutes. D+

Hulu

Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Down Cemetery Road (TV 2025)

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Down Cemetery Road (TV 2025): A house explodes. A victim disappears from a hospital and a concerned neighbor investigates, uncovering a government conspiracy. Lots of dead bodies. What causes this show to rise above the ordinary is the tough, spiky-haired private investigator played by Emma Thompson. B+

AppleTV+

Monday, March 30, 2026

Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026)

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Mike & Nick & Nick & Alice (2026): An action-comedy about gangsters, a single night full of parties, and I'm not kidding, a time machine. Despite the violence that accompanies every party, overall it's a fun ride. B-

Hulu

Tuesday, March 24, 2026

KPop Demon Hunters (2025)

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Rotten Tomatoes

KPop Demon Hunters (2025): Animation. Girl bands, superheroes, boy bands, demons, all tied together with irresistable, infectious beats and lyrics. What's not to like? Other than the one note appeal I mean? C+

Netflix

Monday, March 23, 2026

Wonder Man (TV 2026)

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Wonder Man (TV 2026): Struggling actor gets an audition for a remake of Wonder Man, a chance for stardom, if he can hold his super temper in check. A Marvel superhero movie where the main character is three-dimensional and he's not trying to save the world, only himself. B+

Hulu

Thursday, March 19, 2026

Nuremberg (2025)

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Nuremberg (2025): Russell Crowe plays Hermann Göring on trial. Rami Malek plays the psychiatrist who interviews him in prison. Cat and mouse vibes, but who is the cat and who is the mouse? Mostly talk, little action. A good movie to learn history from. B-

Netflix

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Ponies (TV 2026)

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Ponies (TV 2026): Moscow, 1977. Two secretaries in US Embassy get involved in spy work for CIA. Plot is implausible, but the chemistry between Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson makes every scene between them entertaining. B-

Peacock