Light As A Feather: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Light as a Feather shows that giving YA novel adaptations more time to develop doesn’t mean you’ll get a better product.
You can see potential in the future, but it is hard to tell if you’re being optimistic or the series just needs time to flesh everything out.
Mixed (Stick Around)
You can see potential in the future, but it is hard to tell if you’re being optimistic or the series just needs time to flesh everything out.
Mr. InBetween: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While the first season of Mr. Inbetween failed to find a sweet spot between the gangster and dad, it still made for one hell of a first season.
Elite: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While the inconsistency of many relationships might annoy you, the drama of Netflix’s Elite will keep you coming back for more.
How Not To Summon a Demon Lord: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
How Not To Summon a Demon Lord is such a frustrating show. For it seems to know what it would need to be better than what’s delivered, but is too lazy to be consistent.
Maniac: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Maniac ultimately seems like a good book that was adapted into a lopsided production that relied heavily on its female lead as it let its male lead drown.
D.L. Hughley: Contrarian – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
A bit dated, and lacking the type of punch you may be expecting, D.L. Hughley: Contrarian has its moments but lacks a reason to be called a classic.
The Bobby Brown Story (Part 2) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Bobby Brown Story seemingly had two goals in mind: Demystify his relationship to Whitney Houston and show how much better he is now.
Queen Sugar: Season 3 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Season 3 of Queen Sugar feels like a transition season as it wraps up the trials and tribulations of the first two seasons and preps for the show’s future.
The Innocents: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Innocents lacks a real, and consistent, hook, but June and Harry’s relationship, alongside a character named Kam, pushes you to hope the season will get better as it goes on.
Love Is: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Love Is doesn’t necessarily try to sell you a love story for the ages, but it does try to make dudes who are investments seem like they are ultimately worth it.
Insatiable: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While Insatiable does have a few buds which could have grown, the overuse of terrible jokes and storylines suffocate what could have bloomed.
Claws: Season 2 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In season 2, Desna embraces that she isn’t a victim of circumstance but simply someone avoiding her calling and thanks to a woman named Zlata, she becomes the boss she was meant to be.
Iliza Shlesinger: Elder Millennial – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Elder Millennial has the vibe of a YouTube video. It isn’t hilarious but the way things are talked about are comical and insightful enough to make you want to subscribe for more.
The Handmaid’s Tale: Season 2 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
In season 2, The Handmaid’s Tale finds itself in a sophomore slump as it finds itself in a perpetual loop barely broken in the season finale.
The Comedy Lineup: Part 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Comedy Lineup really pushes the idea that the word special needs to be far more exclusive and we need to start using the word “showcase” to take expectations down a notch.
SweetBitter: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
SweetBitter is really just an appetizer, a sample platter, that you’ll likely find enticing enough to ask for more.
Star: Season 2 (Second Half) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The second half of season 2 of Star, seemingly is about cutting any and all fat so that season 3 can refocus on core characters.
The Honeymoon Stand Up Special: Part 1 (Natasha Leggero) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Trashy, but dressed classy, Natasha Leggero in part 1 of this shared special probably will more shock you by what she says than make you laugh.
Alexa & Katie: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Alexa & Katie is a throwback to simpler times. Back when kids shows didn’t have political elements or were about starting larger conversations. It is just simple jokes and characters, with a cancer gimmick for some flavor.
Citrus: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Citrus has its moments. Especially when addressing female homosexuality in Japan. However, despite the growth of character Yuzu, it’s more about tantalization than substance.
Requiem: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Requiem is, by all means, an adequate, I got a few hours to spare, TV show to binge, but nothing you are going to want to push others to watch and talk about.
Marvel’s Runaways: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Marvel’s Runaways seems like a FreeForm show that got dropped but being that it is a Marvel product, Disney decided to slap it onto Hulu just to see what would happen.
Katt Williams: Great America – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Katt Williams: Great America won’t make you think Katt Williams hasn’t missed a step since his height in 2008/2009, but his set will bring enough nostalgia to see you through till the end.
Devilman Crybaby: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Like many a violent and graphic anime, while Devilman Crybaby starts off strong, it loses steam quickly and avoids the more interesting avenues it could have taken.
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Dave Chappelle: Equanimity, isn’t so much a comedy special as Dave defending everything he has said and done when it comes to Trump and Trans people.
Good Behavior: Season 2 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Season 2 of Good Behavior really pushes your suspension of disbelief to trying levels. Especially in terms of Letty’s silver tongue.
Star: Season 2 (First Half) – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The first half of Star Season 2 pushes us 5 months after the season 1 finale and it seems despite the major career step, everyone’s personal lives remain in disarray.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel does stumble a bit in its first season, but ultimately its charm sees it through.
Judd Apatow: The Return – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
There comes a certain point where you wonder if this is a comedy special or people are paying to be this man’s silent therapist.
She’s Gotta Have It: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
Spike Lee’s modernized She’s Gotta Have It finds the middle ground between shows like Insecure and the TV programming of Lee Daniels and Mara Brock Akil.
DeRay Davis: How To Act Black – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
DeRay Davis: How To Act Black doesn’t push you into thinking Davis is overdue for a special but is still enjoyable nonetheless.
Liar: Season 1 – Recap/ Review (with Spoilers)
While Liar starts off strong, as characters make ridiculous decisions and the truth gets revealed too early, it flounders.
Def Comedy Jam 25 – Overview/ Review (with Spoilers)
Some of the greatest comedians from the original Def Comedy Jam hit the stage, but mostly to read off prompters and introduce clips and others. Leaving only a handful of moments where you understand how this show became a hit.
Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
While not a potential classic, and kind of disappointing after Girl’s Trip, Tiffany Haddish: She Ready! From the Hood to Hollywood is a decent comedy special.
Castlevania: Season 1 – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
I can’t remember where, but recently I read something to the effect of Netflix being the new HBO. Something which Castlevania adds fuel to. If only because, while gloriously violent, like some HBO shows, it is rather thin in story.
SukaSuka (World’s End): Season 1 – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
SukaSuka, World’s End, and the one or two other titles you can find for it are as confusing as its names. If only because it is the type of show which has potential, but it keeps focusing on this one particular thing. Something which it, even in the end really, it doesn’t get right, but…
GLOW: Season 1 – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
GLOW is very much like an action movie. When there is fighting you are engaged and kind of like “Wow, look at them.” However, when the leads start talking about their problems, you begin to understand why Netflix is probably the only company which would greenlight something like this.
Alice to Zouroku: Season 1 – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
Alice to Zouroku starts off strong, but then it becomes a slice of life kind of show. One which just so happens to feature some low-key sci-fi elements.
Sarah Silverman: A Speck of Dust – Summary/ Review (with Spoilers)
Sarah Silverman is the type of comedian who definitely isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Yes, she is/was popular enough to have her own show. However, she isn’t the type of comedian who gets their own movies. Which is fine since she is at her best in supporting roles, see A Million Ways To Die In…