This week’s releases include several foreign films that weren’t shortlisted for an Oscar but do look interesting.

This week’s releases include several foreign films that weren’t shortlisted for an Oscar but do look interesting.
January is a cold month, and for TV fans, the end of January 2020 has been frigid. The last two days of the month have come with a bittersweet twist as two classics come to an end. On the plus side, we find out HOW … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/31/2020
You might want to check in on Screen Scholars this weekend (maybe bring a nice casserole) as two of our all-time favorite shows come to an end on successive nights. Tonight, it’s Mike Schur’s master class on good v. evil as we find out the … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/30/2020
We’re feeling kinda sitcommy over here — including the second season debut from perhaps the quirkiest writer working in the half-hour comedy medium. JASON’S PICK: Miracle Workers: Dark Ages [TBS, 10:30p] Daniel Ratcliffe, Steve Buscemi, and the rest return as new characters in a forgotten … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/28/2020
Monday morning couldn’t guarantee that Monday evening would have an abundance of great TV, but we do know of some choice cuts (and some oddities) if you know where to look (and that’s kind of our purpose). BRAD’S PICK: Black Lightning [The CW, … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/27/2020
Our literal president has become all the more cartoonish as he settles into his role as the third president to be tried in the Senate. And since you know the Republicans aren’t going to do a damn thing, sometimes we need to make fun of … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/26/2020
Aidy Bryant’s story from the words of Lindy West gets more play from Hulu in the form of a second season, as does another one of those gritty reboots of an originally light-hearted favorite (but in this case the elements are third season and Netflix). … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/24/2020
We made it to the end of the month. Like all the weeks before it, there’s not a whole lot out at home or in the theaters. Unless you were on the edge of your seat for the final season of The Ranch?
Have your IDs ready for the border guard, because that 1990s icon Jean-Luc is back and he’s brought a pit bull — and if you’re pushing or past 40, try not to think about how old Patrick Stewart was when he first played Trek’s second … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/23/2020
Everything’s coming up Awkwafina these days, and it’s a testament to the power of Peak TV that the rapper-turned-comic-turned-actor comes off a Golden Globe nominated and critically feted film to take over television. And we are here for it, to the tune of getting that … Continue reading What To Watch: 01/22/2020