The series is a polished genre exercise with characters that feel like predigested tropes.
The series is about reorienting shame and blame from those who died to those who couldn’t be bothered.
While the series draws extensive inspiration from Bob’s Burgers, it boasts its own distinct charm.
After previewing two episodes in January, the series makes its official premiere this Sunday.
The show’s hacky obviousness couldn’t be any further removed from the ethos of Jonathan Demme’s seminal 1991 thriller.
The series draws a line between itself and the glossy superhero blockbuster, but its structure is about as modern as it gets.
Though weighed down by too many moving pieces, the series finds hilarity and pathos in the tale of an alien’s assimilation.
The series trades Marvel’s typically dire stakes and intergalactic scale for lighthearted intimacy.
The series misses out on the chance to make a more memorable study of an unforgettable crime spree.
In its fourth season, the series struggles to regain its footing, but the latter half provides satisfying narrative closure.
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Steve McQueen’s series emphasizes that social change, as well as personal fulfillment, comes from connection rather than isolation.
One of the tensions driving the film is a question of its subject’s self-awareness.
The film doesn’t offer the most incisive social commentary, but as a document of our contemporary political moment, its force is undeniable.
The series suggests a more conventional comedy, with jokes that are intended to be taken at face value.
The show’s third season plays it ideologically and conceptually safe.
The series invigorates its material with the rousing trappings of a semi-comedic western.
Despite its timely trappings, the sci-fi series works best as an empty-calorie thriller.
Much of the show’s drama pivots around how successful it will be at slowly pulling back the curtain.
The series concerns itself with boundaries between the different cultural standards of young adulthood.