TV Reviews

Brain surgery separates memories of work life from personal life in 'Severence'

4:52pm March 16, 2022

by Linda Holmes

The Apple series 'Severance' is about a group of office workers who have undergone brain surgery that completely separates their memories of work from their memories of their regular lives.

Samuel L. Jackson is a man sacrificing everything in 'The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey'

5:12pm March 11, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey, Samuel L. Jackson's first lead role in a live action TV series, is a compelling meditation on the power of personal history — disguised as a murder mystery.

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John C. Reilly is Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Quincy Isaiah is player Magic Johnson in the HBO series Winning Time.

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Like the '80s Lakers, 'Winning Time' scores with an unconventional playbook

12:03pm March 04, 2022

by David Bianculli

Adam McKay's new HBO series about the Los Angeles Lakers goes out of its way to be out of the ordinary. But its showboating is in keeping with the style of the basketball team it chronicles.

In The Tourist, "The Man" (Jamie Dornan) wakes up in a small town hospital in the Australian outback with no idea who he is or how he got there.

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'The Tourist' doesn't know who he is — just that someone wants him dead

12:02pm March 02, 2022

by John Powers

The BBC series, now playing on HBO Max, follows an Irishman who gets into a car accident and wakes up with amnesia in an Australian hospital. This suspenseful six-part thriller will keep you guessing.

'Law and Order' reboot nods toward race and policing, but plays it safe

4:26pm February 24, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The original Law & Order series is returning with new episodes after over a decade, this time appearing to only address modern law enforcement issues.

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Still ripping from the headlines: 'Law & Order' reboot continues with tradition

1:21pm February 23, 2022

by David Bianculli

The original series, which debuted in 1990, leaned heavily on current news stories. The new show does the same. Its debut episode centers on the crimes of a TV personality reminiscent of Bill Cosby.

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The mystery in 'Severance' grows more creative and compelling with each episode

5:11am February 18, 2022

The new Apple TV+ drama "Severance" asks what might happen if a corporation discovered how to disconnect employees' work and non-work memories.

Netflix's 'jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy' is (mostly) genius

7:02pm February 17, 2022

by Eric Deggans

The three-part docuseries tracks the rappers rise, starting as an up-and-coming producer in Chicago.

Mark (Adam Scott) greets new employee Helly (Britt Lower) in the Apple TV series Severance.

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In the thriller 'Severance,' Adam Scott's humanity hangs in the (work-life) balance

2:44pm February 17, 2022

by Glen Weldon

This darkly comic series about corporate drones who retain no memory of their lives outside the office gets quickly weirder, funnier and more thrilling after a slow-burn start.

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'Severance' puts a witty, unsettling spin on the office drama

1:30pm February 16, 2022

by John Powers

This offbeat and amusing thriller from Apple TV+ conjures a world in which employees of a cult-like corporation voluntarily undergo a procedure that severs their work and non-work memories.

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