TV Reviews

Netflix's I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson delights in depicting acts of thoughtless, entitled masculinity — but only to expose the desperation, defensiveness and hilariously fragile egotism that drive them.

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'I Think You Should Leave' Season 2 Proves That It Never Should

5:09am July 07, 2021

by Glen Weldon

The new season of I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson finds the sketch comedian digging even deeper under the surface of toxic masculinity to reveal its soft, hilariously pathetic center.

Jordan Alexander, Thomas Doherty, Evan Mock and Emily Alyn Lind in HBO Max's Gossip Girl.

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'Gossip Girl' For Gen-Z Seemed Like A Great Idea, So What Went Wrong?

3:46pm July 06, 2021

by Linda Holmes

HBO Max is launching a sequel to the original CW series Gossip Girl. And while it strains to be more contemporary, the series stumbles on the basics of good bad TV.

The Harlem Cultural Festival in 1969 in the documentary Summer of Soul.

'Summer Of Soul' Celebrates A 1969 Black Cultural Festival Eclipsed By Woodstock

5:01am July 01, 2021

by Eric Deggans

The Harlem Cultural Festival was filled with stars from soul, R&B, blues and jazz and drew more than 300,000 people. Questlove directs this breathtaking chronicle of Black culture in a pivotal moment.

Cristin Milioti stars as Hazel in Made For Love.

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Dear Emmy Voters And TV Lovers, Here's What You Shouldn't Miss

9:44am June 28, 2021

by Eric Deggans

As the members of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences wrap up voting on nominations for the Emmys, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans offers a few under-the-radar recommendations.

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'Evil' And 'The Good Fight' Are Great Network Shows — For A Price

1:35pm June 25, 2021

by David Bianculli

New seasons of the two dramas by husband and wife duo Robert and Michelle King are timely and entertaining. But you can't watch them without paying a Paramount+ streaming fee.

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An Aspiring Aerobics Instructor Exorcises Her Inner Demons In 'Physical'

1:51pm June 18, 2021

by David Bianculli

Set in the 1980s, a new dark comedy on Apple TV+ centers on a woman whose husband is running for public office in San Diego, but who has aspirations of her own to produce an aerobics exercise tape.

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Omar Sy stars as a shapeshifting thief in the Netflix series Lupin.

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The Most Wanted Man In France Is Invisible In 'Lupin Part 2'

2:39pm June 11, 2021

by John Powers

Omar Sy plays a shapeshifting thief in the Netflix series modeled on Maurice Leblanc's Arsène Lupin novels. The new season offers a winning confection of speed, cool settings and good acting.

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Time-Traveling TV Romp 'Loki' Satirizes Comic-Book Conventions

1:27pm June 09, 2021

by David Bianculli

The new Disney+ series takes one of the most charismatic actors and characters in the entire Marvel Universe — Tom Hiddleston as Loki — and puts him in a show that's lots of fun.

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Tom Hiddleston stars as Loki in the new Marvel show on Disney+.

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Marvel Takes A Big Swing On The Small Screen With 'Loki'

5:05pm June 08, 2021

by Eric Deggans

Tom Hiddleston is arguably the biggest Marvel star to do a streaming series. Loki premieres Wednesday and continues the adventures of a character who was technically killed in Avengers: Infinity War.

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Review: Bo Burnham's 'Inside'

6:25pm June 05, 2021

by Linda Holmes

Comedian and filmmaker Bo Burnham used his time alone during the pandemic to create a one-man show. His new Netflix special Inside was directed, written and performed all inside one room.

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