TV Reviews

Peter Farrelly accepts the best picture award for Green Book onstage during Sunday's Academy Awards.

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With No Host Directing Traffic, 'Green Book' Drives Away With Best Picture

11:03am February 25, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Sunday night's Oscars were the first in a long while to go without a host. It didn't stop the accolades from coming, though, and the kinda sorta part-true Green Book won best picture.

Review: PBS'American Masters - Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me

6:40am February 19, 2019

by Eric Deggans

Sammy Davis, Jr. could sing, dance and act. In PBS' American Masters documentary, a central theme is how Davis coped with the realities of life as a black entertainer in a racist America.

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In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt made national headlines when she severed her husband's penis and threw it out a car window. She said her husband had been abusive.

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26 Years Later, 'Lorena' Revisits The Bobbitt Saga — And The Media Reaction

3:15pm February 15, 2019

by David Bianculli

In 1993, Lorena Bobbitt made national headlines when she severed her husband's penis and threw it out a car window. A new documentary looks at the gender politics of the reactions to the incident.

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Know that we still have each other: The members of The Umbrella Academy (l to r: Cameron Brodeur, Aidan Gallagher, Blake Talabis, Dante Albidone, Eden Cupid, Ethan Hwang, Colm Feore) say cheese.

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'The Umbrella Academy' Offers An Intriguing Curriculum Hurt By Overcrowding

5:00am February 14, 2019

by Glen Weldon

Everybody gets an arc in Netflix's adaptation of a beloved school-for-superheroes comic, which captures some of the madcap zest, but parcels out each character's revelations too slowly.

Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle star as middle-school besties Maya and Anna in the unconventional Hulu series PEN15.

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Looking At Middle School Through Grown-Up Glasses In 'PEN15'

5:00am February 11, 2019

by Linda Holmes

The smart and weird new series PEN15 features Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle as middle school best friends navigating a world of boys, parents and social disasters.

Melvin Gregg as Erick Scott and André Holland as Ray Burke in High Flying Bird, directed by Steven Soderbergh.

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The Business Of Sport Takes Center Stage In Soderbergh's 'High Flying Bird'

5:00am February 08, 2019

by Linda Holmes

A new Netflix film directed by Steven Soderbergh follows a sports agent who's trying to stay afloat and keep his clients happy during an NBA lockout.

John Malkovich plays Agatha Christie's iconic detective Hercule Poirot in the three-part Amazon Prime miniseries, The ABC Murders.

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In 'The ABC Murders,' John Malkovich Plays An Older, More Vulnerable Poirot

12:20pm February 01, 2019

by David Bianculli

A new three-part miniseries takes a few liberties with the Agatha Christie novel upon which it's based — all of them commendable. Most notably: Malkovich's turn as a tender, sometimes tragic, Poirot.

Natasha Lyonne stars in the Netflix series Russian Doll.

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Natasha Lyonne Anchors The Riveting 'Russian Doll'

5:00am February 01, 2019

by Linda Holmes

Natasha Lyonne is outstanding in an unconventional series about a woman who finds herself in a baffling and frustrating situation that no one seems to understand.

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'Black Earth Rising' Is A Fascinating, If Clunky, Take On The Rwandan Genocide

12:34pm January 30, 2019

by John Powers

A new, eight-part Netflix series examines the complex aftermath of the 1994 killing spree — and offers a good reminder that history is vast, messy and ever-changing.

Chris Pine plays a washed-up newspaper reporter in 1965 Los Angeles in the TNT miniseries I Am the Night.

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Mystery Miniseries 'I Am The Night' Borne From Real-Life Family Secrets

12:21pm January 25, 2019

by David Bianculli

TNT's intriguing six-part series features Chris Pine as a washed-up newspaper reporter whose path collides with a teenage girl searching for the truth about her past.