What to watch and why
Recommendations from THR’s chief TV critic
‘The Madness’ Review: Colman Domingo Achieves Stratospheric New Levels of Cool in Netflix…
-
TV
‘The Agency’ Review: Michael Fassbender Leads a Stellar Cast in Paramount+ with Showtime’s Promising but Disjointed Spy Thriller
Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith and Richard Gere also star in the drama created by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, which looks at the world of international espionage through the London CIA station.
-
TV
‘A Man on the Inside’ Review: Ted Danson Earns Laughter and Tears in Mike Schur’s Nursing-Home Comedy for Netflix
Based on the Oscar-nominated 2020 documentary 'The Mole Agent,' the series centers on a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community to catch a thief.
-
TV
‘Cruel Intentions’ Review: Amazon Remake Dishes Out Liaisons Too Sizzle-Free to Feel Dangerous
The updated take on Roger Kumble's 1999 film (itself a modernized adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century novel) moves the scheming and sexual hijinks to an elite D.C.-area university.
The Fien Print's Latest News
‘The Madness’ Review: Colman Domingo Achieves Stratospheric New Levels of Cool in Netflix’s Otherwise Bland Conspiracy Thriller
The 'Euphoria' Emmy winner plays a television pundit whose proximity to the death of a high-profile white supremacist leads to wrongful accusations and an unraveling plot.
- By
‘The Agency’ Review: Michael Fassbender Leads a Stellar Cast in Paramount+ with Showtime’s Promising but Disjointed Spy Thriller
Jeffrey Wright, Jodie Turner-Smith and Richard Gere also star in the drama created by Jez and John-Henry Butterworth, which looks at the world of international espionage through the London CIA station.
- By
‘A Man on the Inside’ Review: Ted Danson Earns Laughter and Tears in Mike Schur’s Nursing-Home Comedy for Netflix
Based on the Oscar-nominated 2020 documentary 'The Mole Agent,' the series centers on a widower who goes undercover in a retirement community to catch a thief.
- By
‘Cruel Intentions’ Review: Amazon Remake Dishes Out Liaisons Too Sizzle-Free to Feel Dangerous
The updated take on Roger Kumble's 1999 film (itself a modernized adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' 18th century novel) moves the scheming and sexual hijinks to an elite D.C.-area university.
- By
‘Get Millie Black’ Review: HBO’s Jamaica-Set Crime Drama Puts a Sharp, Vivid Spin on Familiar Tropes
The first series from Booker-winning author Marlon James ('A Brief History of Seven Killings') stars Tamara Lawrance as a former Scotland Yard officer looking for a missing girl in Kingston.
- By
‘Leonardo da Vinci’ Review: Ken Burns Steps Outside His Comfort Zone for His Latest PBS Docuseries, With Fascinating Results
The two-parter explores the life and legacy of the 'Mona Lisa' artist and boundary-breaking polymath, with insights from scholars, experts and enthusiasts including filmmaker Guillermo del Toro.
- By
‘Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse’ Review: The ‘Maus’ Author Tells His Story Again in an Engaging but Too-Familiar New Doc
Debuting at DOC NYC ahead of its eventual PBS 'American Masters' release, the documentary traces the biography, work and influence of the underground comics legend.
- By
‘Landman’ Review: At Least Taylor Sheridan’s Mediocre Paramount+ Soap Gives Billy Bob Thornton Plenty of Fuel
Jon Hamm, Demi Moore and Ali Larter also star in the West Texas-set drama about a corporate fixer navigating the booms and busts of the oil industry.
- By
‘Cross’ Review: Aldis Hodge Elevates Amazon’s Otherwise By-The-Book James Patterson Drama
A tenacious but troubled Washington, D.C. police detective investigates a serial killing spree that may or may not be connected to a case from his own past.
- By
‘The Day of the Jackal’ Review: Eddie Redmayne Kills in Peacock’s Occasionally Gripping, Frequently Padded Game of Cat-and-Mouse
Lashana Lynch also stars in the 10-episode thriller about a professional assassin and the intelligence officer chasing him, adapted from Frederick Forsyth's 1971 novel.
- By
‘Say Nothing’ Review: FX/Hulu’s Tale of the Troubles Is Powerful, Ambitious and a Little Too Scattered
The nine-episode adaptation of Patrick Radden Keefe's book centers on two young sisters who join the Irish Republican Army, and the 1972 kidnapping of a Belfast mother.
- By
‘Dune: Prophecy’ Review: HBO’s Somber ‘House of the Dragon’-Style Prequel Could Use a Bit More Spice
Emily Watson, Olivia Williams and Mark Strong lead the cast of a sci-fi drama set over 10,000 years before the events of the Denis Villeneuve-directed movies.
- By
‘Like Water for Chocolate’ Review: A Magical Romance Gains Welcome Depths in an HBO Latino Adaptation Worth Savoring
Based on Laura Esquivel's novel, the six-part drama centers on a young woman in 1910s Mexico who infuses her cooking with her own emotions.
- By
‘St. Denis Medical’ Review: NBC’s Hospital Mockumentary Has Heart but Lacks Teeth
Allison Tolman, David Alan Greer and Wendi McLendon-Covey lead the ensemble of an emergency room-set comedy from 'Superstore' and 'American Auto' creator Justin Spitzer.
- By
‘Before’ Review: Billy Crystal Is Convincingly Somber in Apple TV+’s Otherwise Unconvincing Supernatural Dud
The veteran comedy star plays a child psychiatrist trying to fix a very disturbed kid while grieving his wife in this 10-episode thriller.
- By
‘Music by John Williams’ Review: Steven Spielberg, George Lucas and More Celebrate the Iconic Composer in a Winning Disney+ Doc
Director Laurent Bouzereau ('Five Came Back') serves up an affectionate portrait of the man behind the much-loved scores for 'Jaws,' 'Star Wars' and many, many more.
- By