Mar 17, 2017
Film Review: Silence (2016)
Based on the historical fiction novel of the same name, Silence is the long-gestated passion project of director—and lapsed...
Feb 17, 2017
Film Review: Hidden Figures (2016)
Starring Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monáe, Hidden Figures tells the true story of a trio of pioneering African...
Jan 27, 2017
TV Review: Medici: Masters of Florence (Season 1)
Netflix’s Medici: Masters of Florence is a superb and riveting costume drama about the powerful Medici family, de facto rulers of...
Dec 30, 2016
TV Review: The Hollow Crown: Henry V (2012)
In the last episode of The Hollow Crown, the irresponsible Prince Hal of Henry IV fully transformed into the noble, wise, bold King Henry...
Dec 23, 2016
TV Review: The Hollow Crown: Henry IV Part 2 (2012)
Shortly after the defeat of Harry Percy’s rebellion against King Henry IV (Jeremy Irons), Henry IV Part 2 finds Prince Hal (Tom...
Dec 16, 2016
TV Review: The Hollow Crown: Henry IV Part 1 (2012)
Following Richard II in Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy, which is adapted by the BBC in the four-part The Hollow Crown mini-series, Henry...
Dec 10, 2016
TV Review: The Hollow Crown: Richard II (2012)
Part one of the four-part The Hollow Crown, the BBC’s adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henriad tetralogy, Richard II charts the last two years...
Nov 25, 2016
TV Review: The Crown (Season 1)
A lush historical drama from the ever-expanding programming of Netflix Originals, The Crown in its first, ten-episode season covers the...
Oct 21, 2016
TV Review: Atlanta (Season 1)
Comedian-actor-rapper wunderkind Donald Glover, known for his work on 30 Rock, Community, and as Childish Gambino, is the creator for the...
Oct 14, 2016
Film Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Loosely based on Kim Barker’s memoir, The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot stars Tina Fey...
