This weekend we get a female directed film (Capernaum), a comedy special from Ellen, Alfonso Cuarón’s latest (Roma on Netflix and art houses near you), the Boss on Broadway, and an animated Spider-man on the big screen.
What to Watch: 12/13/2018
A bunch of programs go off the air tonight as we get closer to Christmas — including two different flavors of sci-fi. Meanwhile, the Cloud 9 staff churn gets more and more chaotic. FIONA’S PICK: Legacies [The CW, 9p] Mid-Season Finale! The gang has the necromancer … Continue reading What to Watch: 12/13/2018
What to Watch: 12/12/2018
Two refugees of underappreciated — and now both canceled — Comedy Central half hours (Detroiters and Making History) return with a buzzy series on a newfangled content provider (ok, so the site itself is 12 years old). We also recommend comfort food TV from the land of … Continue reading What to Watch: 12/12/2018
What to Watch: 12/11/2018
We reluctantly find we are stuck in the ’90s again, with memories of a historic upset and a classic comedy sans its now controversial (by which we mean racist) main actor. Even Adam Conover’s railings tonight are about tech misconceptions, which feels so two decades … Continue reading What to Watch: 12/11/2018
What to Watch: 12/10/2018
We’re feeling a bit cerebral today over here at Screen Scholars HQ (located somewhere near the corner of Mercury and Narnia) with shouts going out to an economic documentary, a dark literary study of childhood, and George R.R. Martin’s other fanciful series. JASON’S PICKS: Vice … Continue reading What to Watch: 12/10/2018
What to Watch: 12/09/2018
Tonight is a landmark for OFF, while the Belchers gallivant on sleds. On the other end of sanity, killer clown John Wayne Gacy might somehow manage to be the less creepy John on tonight’s TV. FIONA’S PICK: Dirty John [Bravo, 10p] After yelling constantly at … Continue reading What to Watch: 12/09/2018
This Weekend at the Box Office: Friday, December 7th, 2018
Oh my, we missed a few films last week. Tyrel was released Wednesday. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=caP406MMU2YThe film, from Sebastián Silva (so it’s gonna end badly!), follows a Black man on a trip into the woods with a bunch of white frat boys. It gets bad when they … Continue reading This Weekend at the Box Office: Friday, December 7th, 2018
