‘Big Brother 23’ Week 3 review: Brent blindsided by his own expectations

Was it a blindside or a missed opportunity? Brent’s latest eviction on Big Brother 23 was sealed early on from Week #2. The players wanted him out of the game, so the proceeding round focused on the houseguests making the…

Netflix limited horror series ‘Brand New Cherry Flavor’ introduces eerie, morally gray characters in first trailer

All three films of Netflix’s Fear Street may have already hit the streaming service, but Netflix isn’t done with its row of horror stories. Netflix released the intense trailer for the new limited horror series, Brand New Cherry Flavor, July…

‘Nine Days’ review: Winston Duke shines in this stunner of a debut from director Edson Oda

Director Edson Oda tackles what comes before life and, more importantly, what makes up a life in the serene and powerful Nine Days. While life and what comes after has certainly been explored before in film, the script, also written…

‘Love is Blind: After the Altar’ review: Cast reunion contains awkward drama

Warning: some spoilers ahead Is it possible for love to be blind? The Netflix dating show Love is Blind had asked this question about two years ago. The series’ new three reunion episodes, Love is Blind: After the Altar, says…

‘The White Lotus’ 1×03 review: “Mysterious Monkeys” highlights the show’s fatal flaws

Deep in the bizarre third episode of HBO’s The White Lotus, we see Mark (Steve Zahn) crawling towards his wife in bed, hooting and hollering in imitation of an ape. The gesture is uncomfortable in the extreme, a strange, animalistic…

‘Tuca & Bertie’ 2×07 review: “Sleepovers” breaks down codependency

Codependency is an ever-present theme in Tuca & Bertie, the titular duo’s friendship frequently put under the microscope by creator Lisa Hanawalt and the show’s writers. We’ve seen the difficult bond the two share, a longstanding friendship that, while built…

‘Roswell, New Mexico’ season three premiere review: No one’s on the same page in “Hands”

Max is dying again, and a vision of a funeral seems to prove that in the opening scenes of the Roswell, New Mexico season three premiere, “Hands.” One year after the events at Crashcon, the alien siblings—Max (Nathan Parsons), Isobel…