The series ultimately amounts to a little less than the sum of its parts.
The series has morphed from a “social experiment” into TV’s most complex competition.
The series lacks the craft and conviction of the shows and films it imitates.
The seven-part docuseries homes in on the health and culture surrounding saunas.
These shows prove the marathon-watching juggernaut’s equal concern for both quantity and quality.
With shoddy plotting and chaotic pacing, the series falls far short of the thought-provoking satire that it aims for.
A devastating portrayal of a man both traumatized by and dependent on his abusers’ approval and attention.
For a series that features a Trump-esque tycoon in a tale of police brutality, it has very little to say.
Despite the intrigue of its nested mysteries, the series barely dips past the surface of its characters’ psyches.
The true-crime docs here expose the rot at the core of many of our venerated institutions.
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The series doubles as both a high-speed comedy and a dark, biting drama.
Bodies fly, heads explode, and video game logic reigns triumphant.
The series boasts an eerie atmosphere and a thoughtful commentary on the relationship between life and art.
The series allows us to get comfortable in the familiar rhythms of a detective show just so it can then completely wrongfoot us.
With his first HBO special, the writer-comedian disarmingly balances satire, straight comedy, and old-fashioned pathos.
This romanticized series mostly suggests rather than shows the horrors of a totalitarian regime.
Having Esposito in the driver’s seat prevents the series from spinning out altogether.