TV amp; Movies Recaps

THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for this week’s episode of Fox’s The Masked Singer. As Trolls Band Together characters Poppy and Branch searched for clues, sang to ‘NSync and slept during a special Trolls-themed episode of The Masked Singer, a new pink-haired creature was unmasked. NBA champion Metta Sandiford-Artest, the man …

A review of The Book of Boba Fett season finale, “In the Name of Honor,” coming up just as soon as the Quacta calls the Stiffling slimy… What a strange season of television this turned out to be. Back in 2020, there was a palpable sense that Jon Favreau and …

A review of this week’s Succession, “Chiantishire,” coming up just as soon as I jump out and shout “I’m not ambushing you”… Midway through “Chiantishire,” Shiv suggests to her mother, Caroline, that she wasn’t so much a bad parent as “an absence” in Shiv’s life. This is Shiv trying to …

A review of this week’s Ted Lasso, “Carol of the Bells,” coming up just as soon as I see Once twice… With the series’ warm-hug vibe and belief in the power of empathy, there’s a sense that every Ted Lasso episode is a Christmas episode. So doing a literal Christmas …

In the first shot of the final episode of Game of Thrones, a hero enters a wasteland. In the final shot, it happens again. But for all their similarities, the images that bookend the series finale for the greatest show on earth could not be more different. Written and directed …

Have you guys seen Henry Deaver around? You know — tall skinny guy, floppy hair, big Gollum eyes, white as the Swedish snow? The renowned Alzheimer’s researcher who fled Castle Rock when his mother escaped his abusive preacher father? The guy who found a little boy locked in a cage …

In its season finale, this 43rd season of Saturday Night Live went out the same way it came in: Unsure how best to tackle Trump’s America. It’s been a rocky road all season, and I’m not convinced it’s entirely the show’s fault. Pushed to huge ratings highs due to its …