Beef starts as a road rage revenge comedy that quickly careens into a dark but profoundly complex character study of the Asian-American experience Continue reading ‘Beef’ is road rage revenge well done | Non-spoiler review
Each week I am ranking the maxi-challenge performances and runways each episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 15. Here’s the rankings for “One Night Only”. Continue reading RuPaul’s Drag Race “One Night Only” review (15×01): The best premiere in years
Schitt's Creek went from underrated gem to an instant comedic classic. Here are our 10 favorite episodes to laugh, cry and swoon at. Schitt's Creek wrapped up its final season last month and officially cemented itself as one of the greatest sitcoms of the modern era. With memorable characters, iconic lines and some of the…
The Haunting of Hill House is a near-perfect miniseries. Here's how we would rank each episode of the first season. The Haunting of Hill House is yet another triumph in horror for director Mike Flanagan who in recent years has delivered movies like supernatural horror Oculus, home invasion thriller Hush, and the second movie in the Ouija franchise. With the series,…
Neil Gaiman's novel American Gods is adapted with care, but "The Bone Orchard" takes digressions that just make the series more timely and exciting than imagined. The first third of the book American Gods is an incredible exercise in world-building. It's the kind of world-building that lends itself to a television show. It's what made Game of Thrones such prime source…
In Italian cuisine the digestivo is had last, and its purpose is right there in the name: essentially a nightcap. It’s a small drink used to aid digestion of the meal. “Digestivo” is more a binge than a nightcap, but it does such a beautiful job of synthesizing not just the preceding season, but the…
Well. That certainly took an unexpected turn. As the season (and series) begins to wind down, I imagined “Dolce” to be a sure shot; obviously Hannibal was on the ropes, and Will and Jack would close in on him once and for all, setting the stage for the adaptation proper of Red Dragon that will…
SPOILERS! If you haven't watched this episode of Penny Dreadful, I highly suggest you stop reading now! MVP: Eva Green Penny Dreadful's second episode titled "Seance" scaled back the scares and focused more on character development and the overall darkness of the series, but there's no denying that this was one phenomenal hour…
HANNIBAL -- "The Number of the Beast is 666" Episode 312 -- Pictured: (l-r) Raul Esparza as Dr. Chilton, Hugh Dancy as Will Graham -- (Photo by: Brooke Palmer/NBC) Let’s get one thing straight immediately: “The Number of the Beast is 666” is a non-stop tour de force, from beginning to…
Photo by Vulture How will Don Draper die? Throughout the final episodes of Mad Men, which aired the second half of its final season this past spring, it was this question, and increasingly speculative answers to it, that dominated so much discussion of the show. As is so often the case…