REVIEW: Human Discoveries Is a Stale Caveman Comedy

Josh Bell Jul 15, 2019

Pandora Is a Stilted Sci-Fi Disaster

Josh Bell Jul 11, 2019

There's not a single element that's remotely convincing, and the shoddy world-building is a serious barrier to getting viewers to return.

REVIEW: The Rook Adds Superpowers to a Generic Spy Drama

Josh Bell Jun 28, 2019

A promising opening is squandered over the course of Starz's drab fantasy espionage series, The Rook.

Fear the Walking Dead: Where Has Dwight Been Since We Saw Him Last?

Alexandra August Jun 16, 2019

What has Dwight been up to between leaving Virginia on The Walking Dead and arriving in Texas on Fear the Walking Dead?

REVIEW: Too Old to Die Young Is a Slow, Pretentious Exercise in Style

Josh Bell Jun 14, 2019

The show is far more about style and shock value than it is about tight plotting or effective suspense or interesting characters.

Cinemax's Jett Is a Sleazy, Strained Crime Drama

Josh Bell Jun 13, 2019

Jett is a leaden noir-style drama with frequent sex scenes and violent confrontation that's carried by Carla Gugino's performance.

Review: Fear The Walking Dead Gets a Fresh Start With Season 5 Premiere

Alexandra August Jun 1, 2019

Fear the Walking Dead returns with a Season 5 premiere that holds a lot of promise for the show's major overhaul and optimistic new direction.

REVIEW: The Hot Zone Is a Warmed-Over Take on a Familiar Disaster Story

Josh Bell May 25, 2019

National Geographic's The Hot Zone can’t help but feel a bit dates, even as the creators work hard to generate suspense from well-worn material.

DC Universe's Swamp Thing Relishes in the Character's Horror Roots

Kevin Melrose May 24, 2019

The series premiere of DC Universe's Swamp Thing fully embraces its horror roots, and in the process delivers compelling characters and mysteries.

REVIEW: Neil Gaiman's Long-Awaited Good Omens Mostly Delivers

Josh Bell May 20, 2019

It works best as a witty comedy about mismatched beings of the hereafter bumbling their way around Earth.

REVIEW: George Clooney’s Catch-22 Is a Smart, Straightforward Adaptation

Josh Bell May 16, 2019

Hulu's sprawling Catch-22 is occasionally inconsistent and unwieldy, but it retains the novel’s caustic wit and righteous anger.

REVIEW: L.A.’s Finest Puts a Minor Bad Boys Character in a Dull Procedural

Josh Bell May 13, 2019

LA's Finest is the definition of inessential, a boilerplate police procedural that plays out exactly like the network-TV castoff it is.

REVIEW: Whiny Teens Face the End of the World in The Society

Josh Bell May 9, 2019

The interpersonal melodrama and overwrought arguments in Netfilx's The Society are more tedious than gripping.

REVIEW: The Boys' Pilot Walks the Line Between Intriguing & Offensive

Reuben Baron May 4, 2019

The pilot for Amazon Prime's The Boys' is entertaining enough, but doesn't quite sell the show's ability to handle controversial storylines.

REVIEW: Lucifer Season 4 Is Exactly What Lucifans Prayed For

Narayan Liu May 3, 2019

Lucifer is back by popular demand, and the series is bigger, better and badder than ever thanks to streaming giant, Netflix.

Ingress: The Animation is an Enjoyable, Yet Flawed Sci-Fi Anime Adaptation

Anthony Gramuglia Apr 30, 2019

Ingress: The Animation, Netflix's new sci-fi anime, adapts the popular augmented reality mobile game - but is it a good show?

REVIEW: Chambers Fails to Live Up to Its Supernatural Potential

Josh Bell Apr 23, 2019

There's a ton of thematic potential in the race and class divide at the heart of Chambers, but the series opts for cheap jump scares instead.

She-Ra Season 2 Has More Friendships -- and More Power

Angie Dahl Apr 22, 2019

The second season of Netflix's She-Ra and the Princesses of Power is more of what we loved from the first.

REVIEW: Killing Eve Returns Strong in Its Second Season

Josh Bell Apr 5, 2019

Season 2 of Killing Eve doubles down on the unhealthy connection between Villanelle and Eve.

Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Season 2 Is Buffy's True Successor

Kevin Melrose Apr 4, 2019

With its world-building done, Netflix's Chilling Adventures of Sabrina cements itself in Season 2 as this generation's Buffy the Vampire Slayer.