Disclaimer is too much time to spend with characters that the filmmaker regards with indifference at best and ignorance at worst. Cuarón renders this tale of rage, regret, and retribution in broad strokes. He loses the thread on their interiority, outsourcing the conveyance of their feelings to long-winded internal monologues.

Terminator Zero takes a fresh crack at the most familiar stuff from the Terminator franchise – twisty time-travel hijinks, machine-born sentience, human-cyborg conflict – and lends the story new direction and life, as well as a distinctive, animé-inspired new look.

This is a fun show to watch, and all of the roughness Safdie throws at Sandler only just helps to show that what makes a comedy special special isn’t the big stage or production value, but the intimacy between the performer and their audience. And Sandler has that in spades.

The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of Power ups the ante in Season 2, but still takes its time to explore various sets of characters. It’s rare when a show gets five guaranteed seasons, and the show’s producers and writers are taking advantage of this expanded time to make the stories as good as they can be.

Despite our reservations about KAOS, we are riveted by Jeff Goldblum as Zeus, and we hope his performance makes up for a series whose satisfaction over its own cleverness shows in almost every frame.

After Baywatch: Moment In The Sun is one of those documentaries that perhaps doesn’t reveal all that much that’s new, but it’s fun to see everyone again and — yes, we’re just that basic — see what everyone looks like these days.

At this point Only Murders In The Building rides on the chemistry among Martin, Short and Gomez, and in Season 4, that chemistry is well-established. We just hope that Charles, Mabel and Oliver are as much fun running around Hollywood solving murders as they are running around New York.

City Of God: The Fight Rages On is a touch confusing to those who didn’t watch the original 2002 film, but has potential to be a tense thriller of a series after the first episode, which introduces us to characters both old and new.

English Teacher’s impressive jokes-per-minute count delivers a steady stream of laugh-out-loud moments (a simple back-and-forth about Shrek is a contender for joke of the year). And as deliciously dense episodes whiz by, the show challenges viewers to keep up in the best way possible. Chief among English Teacher‘s hit comedy ingredients is A+ casting. .... It’s a winning comedy at the top of its class, and school will hopefully be in session for many seasons to come.

Pachinko continues to be a show that deftly handles its sprawling settings and themes to make for a compelling multi-generational drama.

Even with Scott’s new testimony, the series isn’t adding anything new to the narrative that didn’t already exist.

Reasonable Doubt might not be as crazy as it was during its first season, but Emayatzy Corinealdi’s lead performance as Jax is as strong as ever.

Wyatt Earp And The Cowboy War takes an entertaining look at a surprisingly complex part of American history, with its judicious use of narration and interview supporting well-written and well-acted scripted reenactments.

Chimp Crazy is a docuseries that piles on the storytelling drama, but it also evokes strong emotions from us, which is what a good docuseries should do.

Over 20 years later, this series does a good job of stripping away the excess and offering the essentials of the case and the evidence against Scott. Most of all though, the series provides the narrative that, despite his best attempts to seem like a man in mourning, Scott Peterson knew what he was doing all along and was pretty bad at concealing it.

If you’ve stuck with Emily in Paris for three seasons, you’re getting more of what you love (or love to hate watch) in Season 4, Part 1. And crucially, it will take you back to Paris and help fill the Olympics void in your heart.

Bad Monkey has a bit of a shaggy feel to it, with potential to fly off in a lot of different directions and a lot of characters to keep track of. But if anyone can keep a show like this on point, it’s Lawrence and his crew.

Tension arrives quickly in the series, as they realize it won’t be like making and hustling their own content. They have to build reality show-like alliances, and factor in the opposite, a mutual agreement to oust more powerful players. It’s a different skill set, and it will be interesting to see who can best blend what made them social media influencers in the first place with the age-old concept of real life human interaction.

It’s breezy and fun, and you won’t need your brain too much.

Yo Gabba GabbaLand brings back everything kids loved about the original series, plus expands the gang’s universe, giving them more to explore.

There isn’t anything groundbreaking about the filmmaking, but the true crime at the center of the story is compelling.

Tales Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is definitely fun to watch and is certainly more sophisticated than the Turtles’ original animated adventures.

The six-episode conclusion of The Umbrella Academy is a definite STREAM IT.

Does Mr. Throwback have the potential to fly off the rails? Absolutely. But the show’s creators have decided to keep the goings on relatively low-key, which actually makes the show funnier than it should be.

It’s apparent that the new iteration, helmed by Hampton’s authentic tough love and direction, launches a solid ensemble cast exuding their own signature star power and sass.

Cartel gets a lot of use out of reenactments, with actors in big black Aviators and cowboy boots driving around Texas in a government-issue Impala, or trying to stay incognito as they surveil their persons of interest at horse auctions. And while that stuff is effective in building tension – Lawson and the FBI were targeting a criminal group known for killing indiscriminately, always wary of being made – it’s the case itself that’s the most interesting thing here.

If he says you shouldn’t trust what he says out of context while drunk and high in a three-hour long podcast, then perhaps you can get everything you need to know about him and decide for yourself by seeing and listening to what he says here while presumably stone cold sober but slightly sweaty for just over an hour.

The Change is a funny show with a simple premise, which works mostly because of Bridget Christie’s winning performance.

Industry Season 3 is a fabulous level up for an already great show. The impressive ensemble cast continues to excavate the beautiful, broken characters the[y] play.

A Good Girl’s Guide To Murder rides on the charm of Emma Myers, but there’s also a solid mystery to get to the bottom of, which isn’t always the case in shows like this.

While we don’t love the storytelling in the first episode of Women In Blue, the performances by the four lead actresses are very watchable and the serial killer mystery that will be a big part of the first season is going to be a good driver of action.

Elite is already stirring up its component parts for a satisfyingly spicy, gossipy, and bloody series conclusion.

There was so many directions Granite Harbour could have gone in, which is why its generic story and characters are so disappointing.

We’re giving The Decameron a lukewarm recommendation because there are characters that we do want to follow in this dark comedy, and we have confidence that the storytelling will help deepen the characters we don’t love. But the comedic elements don’t hit most of the time, and we wonder how much effort it will take viewers to really buy into the goings on at this Tuscan villa.

Dirty Pop smartly ties its year-by-year timestamps to songs, like Backstreet’s “I Want It That Way” and “We’ve Got It Goin’ On,” or NSYNC with “It’s Gonna be Me,” which allows us to follow how huge the 90s boy band phenomenon really got, and wonder how those groups allowed themselves to be swindled for so long. .... The AI thing is a weird outlier in contrast to how any of the other footage in Dirty Pop is used. The docuseries readily admits the footage was manipulated. But it gives off a reek of also manipulating the viewing audience.

Pete Rose is a complicated figure, perhaps as complicated as any in the history of baseball. Whether you love him or hate him, Charlie Hustle & The Matter of Pete Rose will keep your interest; the whole story is there, and you can pick your side.

There are enough funny elements, and good performances, in Time Bandits to keep watching beyond the first episode. But we’re not sure there is enough there to sustain audience interest — whether it’s kids or adults — for ten episodes.

Kite Man: Hell Yeah! is a STREAM IT, especially if you’re already versed in the brash and bloodsoaked goings-on of the Harley Quinn animated series. This is a fun, foul-mouthed send-up of the superhero genre with expressive voice acting and a gleeful murderous streak that guarantees its NSFW-ness.

Not every athlete is worthy of a documentary, but Simone Biles isn’t just any athlete. Simone Biles: Rising is a well-crafted document of one of the best to ever do it.

Omnivore is a visual feast and an informative docuseries about essential everyday ingredients we all use and eat. We just wish it was a bit more warm and personal of a show.

Despite not really having a good idea how the show is going to get to its destination, the performances by Portman and Ingram make Lady In The Lake worth watching, hoping against hope that the story comes together at some point before the end of the season.

Those About To Die is too muddled, with too many characters, to even enjoy for the sex and violence, of which there’s quite a bit.

With Kreese back in the center of the action, everyone working towards Sekai Taikai and an extended final season in 2024 and “final battle” in 2025 on the horizon, we can see Hurwitz, Schlossberg and Heald focusing and being able to bring Cobra Kai to the finish line with a funny, emotionally affecting story.

UnPrisoned is a funny show that deals with some pretty heavy generational issues, and while it still rides on the fantastic chemistry between Kerry Washington and Delroy Lindo, the rest of the cast is getting some meaty material, as well.

Disco: Soundtrack of a Revolution emphasizes the beats and songs that built a classic sound, and the communities, often marginalized or under-represented, who did the hard work – and all of the dancing! – to bring it to life by the light of a turning glitterball, before the music ever went slick and mainstream.

There are a lot of powerful, personal moments in the interviews featured in Teen Torture, Inc. But the docuseries also relies heavily on the kind of stilted reenactments that clog up a lot of today’s true crime stuff, repeated use of the same stock footage and personal photographs, and provocative statements that it doesn’t immediately back up with facts or research.

While Mafia Spies has a good story at its core, the series itself is at least two episodes too long to tell the story effectively.

Orlando Bloom: To The Edge isn’t the ego-stroking exercise we thought it would be. The show, which actually has a lot going for it, just needs some tighter editing.

The second season of Marvel’s Hit-Monkey is better than the first, simply because the show’s creators figured out how to make it funny and deepen the show’s characters at the same time.

Mastermind: To Think Like A Killer is an interesting look at the fascinating career of Dr. Ann Burgess, highlighting how she changed the way law enforcement looked at rape victims as well as serial killers.

The Responder continues to be a compelling watch, mainly because Martin Freeman is so good at barely containing Chris Carson’s rage.

Exploding Kittens has a surprising amount of heart for a show about a cat who thinks he’s God because, well, he is God.

One of the most interesting points in How Music Got Free, which is the egalitarian nature of an industry-wide disruption which came from below. .... What’s less interesting here is Eminem and Timbaland and 50 Cent and others restating their late 90s grips about file sharing stealing a chunk of their profits.

Foodtopia, developed by the same team minus Hill but adding Conrad Vernon, is quite a bit darker. And it’s also quite a bit less funny.

If you liked Quarterback, then Receiver is a perfect follow-up–and if you didn’t, it’s got a roster far more interesting than the quarterbacks offered. For an avid NFL fan, it’s a great way to kill some time until the fall.

The Boyfriend is a fascinating watch, but not just because it’s a social experiment in same-sex relationships from a company that doesn’t tend to do shows about them. But it’s also a good example of a dating show that can be genuine about how relationships form and are maintained.

Sunny presents an interesting near-future scenario where a woman questions everything she knew about her marriage and life. The mystery she investigates may end up being mundane, but the performances of Jones and Sotomura — and the relatively brief episode run times — make it a fun ride to go on.

We learn their names, we see their handwriting, and in their own words we hear how they interpret their own experiences. It’s very personal, and made more so by Etheridge’s own journey, as both a mom who lost her son and as a cancer survivor.

The Chosen presents the life of the central figure in a major world religion with an unabashed adoration for the teachings of Christ. But it’s also increasingly capable of existing on a level of dramatic storytelling with a historical bent. This balance will only get more important as the chapters and verses of the gospels begin to collide with the realities and demands of episodic television.

Because the series is so one-sided and speculative, The Man With 1000 Kids has to be seen with a bit of jaundiced eye. But that doesn’t keep us from being fascinated at the results of what happens when one man feels the need to donate his sperm everywhere he can.

Down In The Valley finds joy and power among the people who do sex work or sex-adjacent work in the Deep South, and Nicco Annan brings the energy to match that objective.

Star Trek: Prodigy gives Trekkers a real adventure with canonical implications to wrap their minds around while providing action and characters kids can relate to. It’s a combination that we rarely see in kids’ extensions to existing franchises.

The writers and animators of WondLa do a good job of bringing Tony DiTerlizzi’s vision of an evolved Earth to life, and the voice cast is able to make the show funny and accessible to adults as well as kids.

It’s more in that same vein – or in the vein of competing series at Bravo – with a lot of big money looks and lux properties in the mix, and Ryan Serhant’s established reality TV persona at the center of it all.

While there’s a lot about Supacell that we’ve seen before, there’s also enough that’s new to keep us watching, especially given the performances of its main cast.

We’re really reluctant to give “Part 2” of That ’90s Show a recommendation, but what we’re hoping is that the teen characters blossom now that most of the That ’70s Show‘s main cast isn’t going to suck up screen time this season.

The Bear‘s brilliant blend of overstimulating mayhem, precision, and catharsis is a special place onto itself. Season 3 grills, sears, then professionally plates your heartstrings, right before cruelly tossing them in the trash, and no matter what becomes of Carmy’s rising Chicago hot spot in the future, the show will leave an enduring legacy on television.

Land Of Women is a pleasant-enough show that has a story that will go down easy, with good performances sprinkled throughout.

Perfect Wife: The Mysterious Disappearance Of Sherri Papini is informative enough that we would give it a STREAM IT to people who know nothing about the Papini case. But for those who are familiar with the case, the way the show manipulates the sequence of events leads us to say SKIP IT.

While America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders isn’t going to get too dark or delve too deeply into real issues, it’s still a good behind the scenes look at how one of the most famous cheerleading squads in the world gets ready for being in the spotlight.

While you may know the story of the Jonestown massacre, Cult Massacre: One Day In Jonestown brings it to life in a new way, with lots of vivid recollections by people who were there.

The Boys continues to build towards a climactic confrontation, but with a story that has reached the point where it’s become personal and intimate. We hope that continues, even if it exists alongside the action and funny moments.

We’re cautiously optimistic that David E. Kelley has taken Presumed Innocent in a direction that’s not only distinctive from the novel and film, but has done so in an watchable way. We might need a few more episodes to know for sure, though.

We would say that Becoming Karl Lagerfeld would be great if you’re a fan of fashion, but we’re not even sure there’s enough conflict to drive the drama for people who are interested in Lagerfeld’s history.

Queenie has some equally funny and dramatic moments in its first episode, and Dionne Brown handles both sides of her character well.

Cannon is a successful moderator because he’s so open about his own struggles with things like anxiety and the loss of his young son, and doesn’t attempt to lighten the mood with many jokes. .... The show is most effective when it tries to make it clear that these vulnerable feelings people have are pretty universal, and when the experts on the show articulate how and why people feel the way they do.

Fantasmas is a good example of a show where viewers just need to buckle in and enjoy the visual and auditory ride, instead of trying to figure out exactly what is going on. The less you try to compare it to any other show you’ve seen, the more you’ll enjoy this journey through Julio Torres’ head.

If you’ve stuck with Sweet Tooth to this point, there is nothing about the final season that would make you stay away from completing the story.

Criminal Minds: Evolution is indeed an evolution of the franchise; the cast seems to enjoy its meaty season-long mysteries, and it’s always good to see the group working together again.

For fans of Westeros — its incestuous soap opera, lavish world-building, and theatrical tragedy — House of the Dragon Season 2 delivers everything you love and then some. It’s I, Claudius with movie monsters, medieval history sprinkled with magic. .... House of the Dragon Season 2 is spectacular to behold, even if what’s unfolding is absolutely terrible.

As powerful as Schuman’s decision to come forward is – and it’s only given more strength when in conjunction with the stories of her fellow accusers – it’s the indictment of the entertainment biz as a clearing house of terrible behavior that makes a significant impact in Fallen Idols.

While Hitler And The Nazis: Evil On Trial may not provide a ton of new information for people who have even casually studied the time period before, during and after WWII, Berlinger still does a good job of making a powerful case that the conditions that gave us the horrific atrocities that Hitler and the Nazis committed can very easily happen again.

The Famous Five is a fun adventure series the entire family can watch, with just enough modern touches to keep the younger viewers engaged and enough dangerous situations to keep the older viewers interested in what will happen next.

While Clipped lacks focus at times, the story of V. Stiviano outing Donald Sterling as a virulent racist is too well-done to not recommend the show.

The Acolyte‘s first four episodes are a brilliant addition to the larger Star Wars universe. By looking backwards to the waning days of the Jedi Order, Leslye Headland has pushed the franchise further into the future than ever before.

As squinchy as we feel about the voyeurism in Gypsy Rose: Life After Lock Up, we’re curious to see an inside look at how Gypsy Rose Blanchard has handled her first few months of true freedom in her adult life.

Ren Faire works not only because it’s dramatic and stylish, but also because it’s a docuseries about some pretty interesting characters in a tension-filled situation.

In season 3, The Outlaws remains as charming a crime-forward comedy as it ever was, with a new set of raised and dangerous stakes for its delightful core ensemble to tackle. Plus, at five steadily-paced episodes, a one-sitting binge watch is a total breeze.

There’s a lot about Eric we didn’t love. But, boy, we loved Benedict Cumberbatch’s performance as the troubled, grieving father of a missing child. It’s so good it might actually paper over most of the show’s flaws.

Geek Girl is a well-written and well-acted look at what happens when someone who doesn’t usually embrace surprises in life does so out of the simple desire to be seen.

Despite our misgivings, we still enjoyed Camden. We just wish that we got a more historical perspective on the neighborhood before we heard about more modern artists.

Dancing For The Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult isn’t necessarily one-sided, but it’s certainly unbalanced, in the sense that we hear a lot about the victims of 7M were told to do but not a lot about what drew them to Shinn and made them stay under his control.

There are moments when his deeply silly shenanigans seem too deeply silly to hold water, but he and his cohorts execute their pranks with an impressive level of conviction, and I laughed very much in spite of myself.

With new babies on the horizon, new business ventures bubbling up and closer looks into the lives of America’s royal family, The Kardashians Season 5 certainly does not disappoint thus far.

Despite the scope of this final season, though, the show is still accessible to fans and non-fans.

While we think there is room for Tires to grow into a decent and moderately funny workplace comedy, we don’t think there will be much of that growth during a six-episode first season. We may see a

Despite the fact that Buying London feels very familiar, the new personalities and the unique homes serve up everything we want in a show like this.

It’s just as important that Soulsville, as a docuseries, does not shy away from the acrimonious relationships and succession of business deals that fed into the strife of Stax’s later history. That stuff is as big a part of its legacy as the magic of those sound and era-defining singles. But Soulsville elevates that material, too, with access to many of the key figures who made it.