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Critic’s Notebook: Fox News Plays Knight in Shining Armor to a Beleaguered Trump-on-Trial
Donald Trump faced the first of what could be many criminal cases this week, as CNN and MSNBC covered the trial exhaustively and the usual right-wing apologists fretted about the former president's well-being.
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‘Dead Boy Detectives’ Review: Netflix’s ‘Sandman’ Spinoff Is a Fast, Fun Binge
The series centers on a pair of teenage ghosts who take on supernatural cases while trying to avoid getting sent on to the afterlife.
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‘Thank You, Goodnight: The Bon Jovi Story’ Review: Hulu Rock Doc Is More Leisurely Victory Lap Than Deep Dive
The four-parter chronicles the rock star's recent vocal cord surgery and subsequent recovery, while also looking back at his band's four-decade career.
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‘The Veil’ Review: Steven Knight’s FX/Hulu Thriller Series Can’t Keep Up With Star Elisabeth Moss
Boasting a British accent and action chops, Moss plays an MI6 agent trying to stop a terrorist attack in the new six-parter.
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‘The Jinx — Part Two’ Review: HBO’s Robert Durst Doc Sequel Compels, Despite First Part’s Long Shadow
Andrew Jarecki and company follow up their 2015 documentary, which featured a surprise Robert Durst confession, by chronicling the real estate mogul's latest murder trial.
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‘The Spiderwick Chronicles’ Review: Christian Slater in a Roku Fantasy Series Sorely Lacking in Wonder
Adapted from the fantasy books, the adventure centers on a trio of adolescent siblings who must save their town from a ravenous ogre.
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‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’ Review: Conan’s Max Travel Series Is Smartly Stupid Fun
In his four-episode show, Conan O'Brien meets with fans and has new experiences in Finland, Ireland, Thailand and Argentina.
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‘Under the Bridge’ Review: Lily Gladstone and Riley Keough Star in Hulu’s Timid True-Crime Drama
A cop and a writer investigate the 1997 murder of a 14-year-old girl in a Canadian town in this mystery based on the book by Rebecca Godfrey.
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‘Good Times’ Review: Netflix’s Animated Sequel Improves When It Steps Out From Norman Lear’s Shadow
The late Lear is an executive producer on this 10-episode look at a Black family in the Chicago projects.
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‘Franklin’ Review: Michael Douglas Is a Flatulent Founding Father in Apple TV+’s Poorly Focused Drama
Benjamin Franklin struggles to get French support for the American Revolution in this new eight-episode period drama costarring Noah Jupe and Eddie Marsan.
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‘The Sympathizer’ Review: Robert Downey Jr. Dazzles and Distracts in HBO’s Adaptation of the Pulitzer-Winning Novel
Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar turn Viet Thanh Nguyen's novel about a Vietnamese double agent into a limited series also starring Hoa Xuande and Sandra Oh.
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‘Fallout’ Review: Amazon Video Game Adaptation From ‘Westworld’ Creators Is Heavy on Vibes, Light on Narrative Stakes
Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy's show follows an idealist, a soldier and a bounty hunter across Los Angeles two centuries after a nuclear apocalypse.
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‘Hapless’ Review: British-Jewish Cringe Comedy on Peacock Plays Like U.K.’s Answer to ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
The series follows the trivial misadventures of a freelance journalist working for "the fourth-largest Jewish publication in the U.K."
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‘Ripley’ Review: Andrew Scott and Dakota Fanning in Netflix’s Moody Fresh Take on Patricia Highsmith
Steven Zaillian wrote and directed the eight-episode adaptation, an Italy-set black-and-white thriller about the eponymous grifter turned sociopath.
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‘Mary & George’ Review: Julianne Moore and Nicholas Galitzine in Starz’s Juicy Period Soap
The dramatic miniseries chronicles the rise of a charismatic young man and his scheming mother during the reign of King James VI and I in early 17th century Britain.
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‘Parish’ Review: Giancarlo Esposito Is the Only Reason to Check Out AMC’s Derivative Crime Drama
The 'Breaking Bad' and 'Better Call Saul' star plays a grieving New Orleans man pulled back into a criminal underworld in this six-episode drama.
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