While better known for his feature films, Steven Soderbergh occasionally plays around in series television as well, though his work in that medium has yet to break out to as much success. Based on the lack of buzz as the show just recently finished its six-episode run streaming on Max, it seems unlikely that the… Read More A Boy for a Boy | Full Circle (2023) Max Limited Series
The Peacock original series Twisted Metal is pretty much exactly what you should expect from a new streaming TV show based on a 1990s video game about heavily-armed cars that blow the hell out of one another. It’s big, dumb, obnoxious, and sometimes mildly amusing. Depending on your perspective, and your mood at the time… Read More A Milkman’s Job Is Never Done | Twisted Metal Season 1 (2023) on Peacock
Coming up soon on six decades since its inception, the Mission: Impossible franchise is, remarkably, still going strong. Of course, the property has changed quite a bit in that time, as it transitioned from a team-based espionage TV show to a Tom Cruise action blockbuster movie series. In fact, looking back on the pilot episode… Read More All Right Then, From the Beginning… | Mission: Impossible (1966) Series Premiere
The scariest thing about The Horror of Dolores Roach may well be its Blumhouse production credit, the presence of which could easily frighten away viewers expecting (but not wanting) a Saw or Insidious type of schlock-fest. In fact, the Amazon Prime series is a very enjoyable, darkly comic thriller with a few thoughts about class… Read More Killing Somebody Is Hard Work | The Horror of Dolores Roach (2023) Amazon Prime Limited Series
After forcing fans to suffer an extended two-year wait between the show’s second and third seasons, Amazon Prime rushed a fourth (confirmed to be final) season of Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan into production for a streaming debut just six months since the last one ended. To balance out that gift, however, this will be the… Read More Nothing But Vipers Beyond These Walls | Jack Ryan Season 4 Premiere (2023) on Amazon Prime
After Hasbro brought the first phase of its Transformers toy line (now called “Generation 1“) to a close in 1990, the brand struggled for a few years to find a new direction. Generation 2, launched in 1993, mostly consisted of repainted versions of the old toys and had no original tie-in cartoon series of its… Read More I’d Say That’s Prime | Beast Wars: Transformers (1996) Series Premiere
When Hasbro debuted its Transformers toy line in 1984, the company followed the same playbook that had brought its G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero such explosive success over the prior couple years. In addition to the toys themselves, the company promoted the brand across multiple media, most notably in comic books and a television… Read More Prime Told Me There’d Be Days Like This | The Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Parts 1-3 (1984)
Following in the footsteps of his pal Sylvester Stallone, legendary action star Arnold Schwarzenegger makes his debut as the lead in a television series with Netflix’s new action-comedy FUBAR. Notably, the show also marks the second attempt this year to adapt Schwarzenegger’s 1994 blockbuster True Lies into a television format. Of the two, this may… Read More Untrue Lies | FUBAR Season 1 (2023) on Netflix
Star Wars: Visions is a really great idea that, unfortunately, didn’t quite come together during its first season in 2021. Honestly, the first batch of episodes were mostly duds. Two years later, the series returns with an expanded focus that thankfully yields some improvement. The second season has a higher ratio of good, or at… Read More Follow the Light | Star Wars: Visions Season 2 (2023) on Disney+
The Netflix binge model, while obviously very appealing to viewers frustrated with the traditional weekly TV schedule, can sometimes do a disservice to shows that need time to build buzz and public awareness. The streamer’s terrific new political drama The Diplomat, for example, barely premiered two weeks ago yet already seems to have fallen out… Read More One Ambassador’s Plenty | The Diplomat Season 1 (2023) on Netflix
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