Stellar Casting Elevates Boomer Spy Thriller The Old Man
This chilling cat-and-mouse hunt between Jeff Bridges and John Lithgow is worth your attention.
Glenn Garvin TV Reviews
Dark Winds Brings Tony Hillerman's Navajo Tribal Police Mysteries to the Small Screen
Novel series gets six-episode launch on AMC.
HBO's Wild Irma Vep Adaptation Skewers Modern Films
Just don’t expect a whole lot of plot coherence.
David E. Kelley Brings Legal Thriller The Lincoln Lawyer to Netflix
Adaptation of Michael Connelly’s book series is punchy, clever, and entertaining.
The Ipcress File Abandons Its Satirical Roots for Spy Thriller Hijinks
The drama is engaging, but fans of the book should prepare for a wildly different story.
Romance and Sci-Fi Tangle in The Time Traveler's Wife
The latest attempt to adapt the novel comes as an HBO miniseries.
In Conversations with Friends, the Topics Always Revolve Around Sex
Hulu adaptation of 2017 book thrives on quality performances.
Serial Killer Thriller Shining Girls Lulls You to Sleep Before Blowing Your Mind
If you can get past the first few plodding, confusing hours, entertainment awaits.
61st Street Dramatizes Chicago's Brutal, Hostile Criminal Justice System
The innocent and guilty alike are ground down by cynical, self-serving officials.
Outer Range Adds Eerie Supernatural Twist to Modern Ranch Drama
Josh Brolin stars in mysterious new Amazon Prime show.
A Dark Look at Modern Teen Culture Roots True-Crime Retelling of The Girl From Plainville
A character study of the Massachusetts girl who convinced her boyfriend to kill himself
Minx Is a Witty Treatise on Early Feminism
The new comedy explores women's liberation, the world of publishing, and sex.
That Dirty Black Bag Shows Exactly Why Spaghetti Westerns Died
Witless plots and pointless violence aren’t nearly as enthralling these days.
The Thing About Pam Turns an Actual Murder Into a Campy Melodrama
One of Dateline NBC’s favorite true crime cases gets a wild mini-series adaptation.
Budget Horror Movie Hellbender Gives Viewers Plenty To Chew On
Watch out for those tequila worms.
Enjoy the Wild Ride of The Endgame While It Lasts
Can this crazy, fast-paced NBC crime drama actually reach its promised destination?
Tech-Noir Thriller The Girl Before Glitches With Muddled Storytelling
Novel adaptation struggles to separate two parallel tales.
Reacher Drifts Onto Television, Ready To Punch Through Some Mysteries
Fans of the books will enjoy Amazon Prime’s series.
For Better or Worse, Television Schedules Are Recovering from COVID
Two January premieres offer a narcodrama and a tiresomely predictable medical procedural.
Glenn Garvin's Top 10 Television Shows for 2021
The pandemic wreaked havoc on schedules, but the medium’s still faring better than the movie industry.
HBO's Station Eleven Imagines a Plague Much Harder to Recover from than COVID-19
Also reviewed: Two new NBC sitcoms, American Auto and Grand Crew
Familiar School Comedy Hijinks Updated for Today in Abbott Elementary
Also intact: The whipsawing between cynicism and earnestness
Spy Shows for Adults and Kids Alike Sneak onto Streaming Services
Glória and Harriet the Spy target different demographics for surveillance fun.
Yellowjackets Wrings Thrills and Mystery Out of Tragedy and Survival
Showtime series follows the lives of teen girls who survived a plane crash.
Dexter Is Back, But Is He Back to His Old Tricks?
Showtime orders another round of serial killer suspense years after the original series ended.
Dead & Beautiful Stretches Vampire Metaphors to the Breaking Point
A film as lifeless as its characters
The Spinning Wheel of Confusing Television Reboots Lands on 4400
Just like the characters, this short-lived sci-fi show makes a mysterious return years later.
Queens Is a Highly Entertaining Hip-Hop Soap Opera
Chock full of drama, the show is a wry and often endearing commentary on both the wisdom and the decrepitude of advancing age.
Legends of the Hidden Temple: the Reboot Nobody Asked for or Wanted
This Nickelodeon nostalgia is strictly for the millennials—and nobody else.
For Halloween, CBS Unearths CSI: Vegas to Stalk the World Once More
Also, a sitcom about ghosts!
La Brea Is a Sucking Sinkhole of a Sci-Fi Mystery Show
Both literally and in terms of quality
The Wonder Years Is a Remake Actually Worth Your Attention
In an era of cynical nostalgia-fueled reboots, a racial reframing creates a new experience.
Our Kind of People Serves Up an All-Too-Familiar Class War Soap Opera
Fox drama doesn’t rise—or sink—to the right level for the genre.
Primetime Television Struggles to Launch a New Fall Season
There are only a dozen new shows hitting the airwaves this month.
Strong Talent Elevates the Despair Porn of American Rust
Prestige television flogs another round of working-class misery.
Documentary on CIA's Hunt for Bin Laden Doesn't Truly Pull Back the Curtain
As the 20th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, prepare for the many, many looks back.
Steve Martin, Martin Short Take Comedic Aim at Crime Podcasts in Only Murders in the Building
Selena Gomez is all grown up and hilarious.
The Chair Makes Comedy Out of College's Absurd Status Quo
Sandra Oh leads Netflix's satire on the state of academia today.
Nicole Kidman Leads Nine Perfect Strangers Through Tense New Age Melodrama
David Kelley brings another Liane Moriarty book to life.
Transportation Murder Mystery Departure Provides One Last Chance to Enjoy Christopher Plummer
Two seasons of Canadian suspense drama are available on NBC streaming service Peacock.
Enjoy the Quirky Moodiness of Amazon's Costume Drama The Pursuit of Love
Sly humor prevents this book adaptation from becoming stuffy.
I Trapped the Devil Is as Unclever as Its Title
No, there isn’t really much more to this deservedly forgotten film.
The End Offers Doom and Gloom Without Respite
There is more to Showtime's The End than the ways and means of self-destruction, but perhaps not much.
The Satire Is as Rich as the Clientele in HBO's The White Lotus
High-class characters plunge into low-class shenanigans at Hawaiian resort.
Independence May Not Bring Glory to All American Spinoff
Elsewhere, Netflix is going to the cats and dogs.
CNN Memorializes America's Trashiest Romance Writer
Jackie Collins was a pop culture force to be reckoned with in the 1980s.
It's Time for Television To Get Super Weird for the Summer
Two shows offer two different versions of hell, one more literal than the other.
CW's The Republic of Sarah Is No Free State Project
Anarchy in New Hampshire? Unfortunately, not quite.
