TV Reviews5/31/19May 31 20191TV Reviews5/31/19D+TV ReviewsAMC’s adaptation of Joe Hill’s NOS4A2 is NTG00DBrian Tallerico103Joe Hill’s surreal and dreamlike NOS4A2 needed a Tim Burton sensibility, but it gets a Joel Schumacher one in the…
TV Reviews4/7/19Apr 7 2019SaveTV Reviews4/7/19A-TV ReviewsBob’s Burgers enters national debate on sweet potato vs. regular fries in clever episodeBrian Tallerico50Bob’s Burgers has often returned to the concept of the simplicity of a Bob Belcher burger. Sure, there may be witty…
TV Reviews3/20/19Mar 20 2019SaveTV Reviews3/20/19B+TV ReviewsDeadly Class graduates from its first season in styleBrian Tallerico38Syfy’s Deadly Class had a rocky first season but ends in style, recalling everything from Kill Bill to The Texas…
TV Reviews3/13/19Mar 13 2019SaveTV Reviews3/13/19B-TV ReviewsThe kids of Kings Dominion plan an assault in the penultimate episode of Deadly Class season 1Brian Tallerico17We’ve talked a lot about the episodic tropes that Syfy’s Deadly Class is either falling into or subverting,…
TV Reviews3/6/19Mar 6 2019SaveTV Reviews3/6/19BTV ReviewsRivalries lead to a lockdown on solid episode of Deadly ClassBrian Tallerico21The self-contained episodes of Deadly Class appear to be their best. A house party, a trip to Vegas, a lockdown at…
TV Reviews2/27/19Feb 27 2019SaveTV Reviews2/27/19CTV ReviewsDeadly Class loses its rhythm in clunky, transitional episodeBrian Tallerico23The first truly disappointing episode of Deadly Class, “Rise Above,” is a great example of how much pacing matters…
TV Reviews2/20/19Feb 20 2019SaveTV Reviews2/20/19BTV ReviewsThe aftermath of a murder disrupts the harmony of Deadly ClassBrian Tallerico17The kids of Kings Dominion are back from Vegas. Well, most of them are. Chico’s never coming back, even if his head…
TV Reviews2/13/19Feb 13 20191TV Reviews2/13/19B+TV ReviewsDeadly Class takes a drug-fueled, blood-soaked trip to VegasBrian Tallerico45Well, that’s more like it. The problem with the first four episodes of Syfy’s Deadly Class was that they talked a…
TV Reviews2/6/19Feb 6 2019SaveTV Reviews2/6/19BTV ReviewsFamily ties suffocate on best episode of Deadly Class to dateBrian Tallerico26Maybe I’m just getting used to the voice of the TV version of Deadly Class, but the fourth episode of the Syfy hit…
TV Reviews1/30/19Jan 30 2019SaveTV Reviews1/30/19B-TV ReviewsSchool dances suck in the world of Deadly Class tooBrian Tallerico25Did the writers of Deadly Class really have to follow a house party episode with a school dance episode? Hopefully,…
TV Reviews1/23/19Jan 23 2019SaveTV Reviews1/23/19B-TV ReviewsDeadly Class teaches a lesson on rep for second sessionBrian Tallerico16The second episode of Syfy’s Deadly Class, a show that could have been pitched as “Harry Potter but with assassins…
TV Reviews1/17/19Jan 17 20191TV Reviews1/17/19B-TV ReviewsDeadly Class needs to concentrate harder to graduate beyond a guilty pleasureBrian Tallerico17Syfy’s breakneck Deadly Class filters the counterculture aesthetic of Reagan’s America to a generation raised on…
TV Reviews9/14/18Sep 14 2018SaveTV Reviews9/14/18ATV ReviewsA fecal finale of American Vandal somehow turns a season about poop into a commentary on a generationBrian Tallerico48What started off feeling like a less ambitious, more juvenile season of American Vandal slowly revealed itself to be…
TV Reviews9/14/18Sep 14 2018SaveTV Reviews9/14/18B+TV ReviewsThe shit gets deeper on the penultimate episode of American Vandal’s 2nd seasonBrian Tallerico3“I haven’t exactly been honest with you, Peter...”
TV Reviews9/14/18Sep 14 2018SaveTV Reviews9/14/18A-TV ReviewsA kiss with tongue, a canceled skip day, and a broken friendship on American VandalBrian Tallerico6What people who dismiss American Vandal as just puerile humor miss is that it’s much smarter than it looks from the…
TV Reviews9/14/18Sep 14 2018SaveTV Reviews9/14/18B+TV ReviewsAmerican Vandal exposes a cover-up as the boys get to the bottom of a fourth poop crimeBrian Tallerico14Would a prestigious private school cover up a crime to protect their reputation and the status of one of their most…
TV Reviews9/14/18Sep 14 2018SaveTV Reviews9/14/18A-TV Reviews3 new suspects are profiled as American Vandal reaches its midway pointBrian Tallerico10At the halfway point of the second season of American Vandal, we have even less certainty over the answer to one of…
TV Reviews9/14/18Sep 14 2018SaveTV Reviews9/14/18A-TV ReviewsHow far did Mr. Untouchable push his luck on the 3rd episode of American Vandal?Brian Tallerico12The writers of American Vandal turn the focus of this season from bullying to athletic privilege in the best episode…
TV Reviews9/14/18Sep 14 2018SaveTV Reviews9/14/18B+TV ReviewsForced confessions and forced turds battle for air in American Vandal’s 2nd episodeBrian Tallerico17The second episode of the new season of American Vandal deepened the mystery of the story of the Turd Burglar, first…
TV Reviews9/14/18Sep 14 2018SaveTV Reviews9/14/18B+TV ReviewsAmerican Vandal graduates from dicks to poop in its 2nd-season premiereBrian Tallerico13Last year’s brilliant first season of American Vandal didn’t just introduce the world to Baby Farting and the…