B
A Discovery Of Witches is Underworld for the tweed jacket set
A woman sits alone in the Bodleian Library, poring over multiple ancient texts and summoning up even rarer books,…
C
The Roswell reboot’s most interesting idea is also its least developed
Roswell, New Mexico lands on The CW this week, nearly 20 years after Jason Katims’ Roswell debuted on The WB. But you…
C-
It takes a lot of work to make something as bloodless and dull as The Passage
Never trust a show that comes out of the gate with a voice-over. It’s a tried-and-true rule—there are only a handful of…
C+
Even The Punisher can't escape the season 2 curse of Marvel Netflix shows
What is the problem with the Marvel Netflix shows? Not one has managed to maintain a consistency in quality from its…
A-
Netflix’s Springsteen On Broadway sets a new standard for concert films
There’s a unique kind of intimacy to sitting in a theater with 974 other people in total silence, no one so much as…
B-
In its second season, Marvel’s Runaways finally earns its title
Season one of Runaways, Marvel’s series on Hulu about teens with superpowers and their villainous parents, was one long…
B+
The Shivering Truth's comedy can't live up to some of the most gut-churning imagery in Adult Swim history
Almost everything in Vernon Chatman’s shuddering body-horror of work—from MTV2’s cult classic Wonder Showzen, to Adult…
C+
The new George R.R. Martin TV series is more Event Horizon than Game Of Thrones
Sci-fi horror can sometimes feel like an odd fit. The latter genre is more often rooted in the past than the future,…
B+
Park Chan-wook brings swooning romance to AMC’s spy miniseries The Little Drummer Girl
Although Park Chan-wook’s films have always had an air of the operatic about them, it wasn’t until The Handmaiden…
B
Channel Zero slowly turns a creepy nightmare into a surreal action-thriller
There’s a moment in the premiere episode of Channel Zero: The Dream Door, the newest installment of Syfy’s horror…
B
Season 2 of Making A Murderer begins to reckon with its success, but becomes Reddit bait
The second season of Making A Murderer attempts to grapple with the deep scars wrought by the success of its first—for…
A-
Toni Collette’s stirring emotional journey makes Wanderlust a must-watch
Can two people stay together happily forever? The new six-episode Netflix series Wanderlust attempts to answer this…
B
What’s old is new—and great—again in season 3 of Marvel’s Daredevil
The third season of Marvel’s Daredevil finds the series and its hero getting back to basics. New showrunner Erik Oleson…
B+
Though it takes its time, Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina will put a spell on you
Debuting later this month on Netflix, Chilling Adventures Of Sabrina already has a built-in audience. Fans of Roberto…
D+
No one on Lena Dunham’s new show is worth going Camping with
Lena Dunham and Jenni Konner made a career out of creating an entertaining series filled with frequently unlikable…
B+
Sorry, Hereditary, but The Haunting Of Hill House is the most traumatic horror story of the year
Haunted-house stories are, by their very nature, self-contained. So it’s especially impressive that The Haunting Of…
B-
Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men follow-up, The Romanoffs, is a handsome pretender to the throne
The last (and first) time Matthew Weiner created a TV show, it was one of the great American works about a great…
B
Resistance is a kid-friendly glimpse at the grimy underbelly of the Star Wars universe
It takes a few minutes of post-viewing reflection for the most radical thing about Star Wars Resistance to set in: no…
C+
Marvel Rising: Secret Warriors frustrates hopes for all-ages entertainment
When Marvel and Disney released the six Marvel Rising: Initiation animated shorts this summer, the assumption…
C+
The Good Cop is charmingly simplistic—and totally forgettable
There’s nothing innovative or remarkable about The Good Cop, which, for a Netflix series, almost becomes remarkable in…