Tag: TV
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by Michael McCarthy I recently decided to watch the Korean series Teach You A Lesson, which proved to be one of the most challenging series I’ve ever seen. For better or worse, this series seems to keep changing genres on you from one episode to the next. And it does it so often that you’re…
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by Michael McCarthy photos by HBO First of all, just in case you didn’t read the full subject line, I feel that I should begin this review but stating that it will contain major spoilers. If you don’t want to know about things like characters dying before you watch it, don’t read any further. Perhaps…
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by Michael McCarthy There’s something almost novelistic about You and Everything Else. Watching it feels less like bingeing a television series and more like slowly making your way through a long, emotionally dense literary drama about friendship, resentment, jealousy, guilt and regret. For much of its runtime, the series is genuinely absorbing, thanks largely to…
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by Michael McCarthy After the breakout success of its first season, Beef returns with a bold creative choice: a completely new storyline, new characters, and a fresh ensemble cast, while retaining the same sharp creative team behind the scenes. The result is a season that feels more like an anthology continuation than a direct sequel.…
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by Michael McCarthy I’ve just finished watching Billionaires’ Bunker on Netflix. It’s the new show by the writers of Money Heist (Esther Martínez Lobato and Álex Pina), one of the best Netflix series of all-time. But this Bunker is definitely not as good as Money Heist. I really enjoyed it and it was very suspenseful,…
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by Michael McCarthy OK, you all know how much I love Netflix, right? But I am kind of annoyed with them. When they licensed Heels and High Town from Starz, they had to have known that both of those shows last season’s end with huge cliffhangers that were never resolved because the shows were prematurely…
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by Michael McCarthy I finished watching the series Animal Kingdom on Netflix, which is also available on Prime. Truly excellent crime drama. (Note: this review contains very mild spoilers.) It focuses on a family, the Codys, who are career criminals. Four sons and a cousin commit crimes under the direction of the brothers’ mother, a…
