I'm ashamed to admit that it took my boy, Skyler Gisondo, being cast in Meet the Parents 4 -- news that came through just last week -- for me to sit down and start the movie that kicked off the franchise. That said, I'm owning up to my fault and saying I'm glad I finally got around to it. Meet the Parents is one of those classic early aughts...
It's always worth revisiting the Money Heist universe. In 2023, the international phenomenon was revived with a spin-off series centered on Berlin, the unpredictable yet brilliant thief who was eventually killed off on the popular series. But Berlin shows him in his prime, years before he fell ill and took the Royal Mint of Spain with the...
FX's Alien: Earth is an epic re-imagining of the science fiction hellscape first created by Ridley Scott in 1979's Alien. Instead of following what happens when an intrepid crew on a Weyland-Yutani deep space research vessel comes into contact with a vicious alien species, Alien: Earth decides to set the mayhem right here on earth. In Noah...
In times of despair, I find that I can always rely on Psych to help me through whatever it is I'm struggling with, even if that is watching other stressful shows. Psych is and always has been on my own personal Mount Rushmore of TV shows, given that I will always laugh at whatever shenanigans Shawn (James Roday Rodriguez) and Gus (Dulé Hill) get...
Apple TV+'s new drama series Chief of War is also star, EP, and co-creator Jason Momoa's lifelong passion project. Set in 18th century Hawaii, the series looks at the fight to unite the divided islands under one chief in the years leading up to Western Europe's inevitable colonization of the land. Momoa stars as Ka‘iana, a bold warrior who is...
Hulu's Washington Black is a sweet throwback adventure story about how imagination and determination can overcome all. Based on the beloved Esi Edugyan novel, we first meet series hero "Wash" (Ernest Kingsley Jr.) as a young man living in Nova Scotia, aka the final stop on the Underground Railroad. Through flashbacks, we learn how little Wash...
Foundation Season 3 finally sets up a showdown that sci-fi fans have been waiting years for: Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell) and the powers of the Second Foundation vs. The Mule (Pilou Asbæk). The latest season of the Apple TV+ genre epic jumps ahead to the very tipping point of the galaxy. Empire is fading. The Cleons (played by Lee Pace, Terrence...
If you enjoyed Graham Yost's slick crime drama Justified, you'll love his 2017 Prime Video thriller Sneaky Pete. Starring Giovanni Ribisi, Marin Ireland, and Margo Martindale, the series follows a recently released convict, Marius Josipovic (Ribisi), who tries to hide from a vicious gangster (Bryan Cranston) by assuming the identity of his...
The Sandman is back with yet another ambitious, otherworldly season on Netflix to mark the end of the series. Tom Sturridge loses himself in his role as Dream of the Endless, who is haunted by the wrongs of his past. In Season 2, Dream is faced with an impossible decision that places several realms in danger, including his own, weaving together...