FX’s The Shards Turns Bret Easton Ellis’ 1981 L.A. Into a Gorgeous, Sinister Fever Dream
There may be no better television playground for Ryan Murphy than the Los Angeles of Bret Easton Ellis’ imagination: beautiful people, beautiful houses, beautiful clothes — and something deeply rotten lurking just beneath the surface. The Shards, FX’s lavish adaptation of Ellis’ semi-autobiographical 2023 novel, is a deliciously dark marriage of coming-of-age drama, erotic thriller, murder mystery and L.A. time capsule. Set in 1981,...
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3 Finale: The Dance of the Dragons Catches Fire
To bring HoD’s third season to a conclusion, “The Treasons of Tumbleton” finally delivers the kind of bloody, operatic spectacle that HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel has been promising since its premiere. The episode turns the Targaryen civil war into something considerably more horrifying than a family squabble over a crown. By the time the smoke clears, alliances have collapsed and virtually every major player has taken another...
‘One Night Only’–Sleep Would be Preferable
There are bad movies, there are boring movies, and then there are movies like One Night Only—films that seem almost determined to test the patience of anyone stuck in a theater seat for the duration. The title promises urgency, intimacy and perhaps a little danger. What it delivers is a painfully manufactured exercise in cinematic déjà vu, in which virtually every scene feels like a setup for something interesting that never actually...
Ted Lasso is Back, But Coaching a Different Team
Three years after Ted Lasso appeared to say goodbye for good, Jason Sudeikis and the gang are back on the pitch. Season 4 changes the game — but not the heart of Apple TV+’s beloved comedy. For a show that once insisted that believing was everything, Ted Lasso certainly gave its audience plenty of reason to believe it was over. When the Emmy-winning Apple TV+ comedy wrapped its third season in 2023, the story seemed to have reached a...
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Swings But Rarely Soars
After years of multiverse spectacle and increasingly high-stakes superhero storytelling, Spider-Man: Brand New Day deliberately scales things back. The latest chapter in Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios’ blockbuster franchise, now in wide release, positions Peter Parker for a fresh start following the emotional events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, opting for a more grounded, street-level adventure. It’s a welcome change,...
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