‘My Oxford Year:’ A Diploma in Dumbness
Judging by the pre-release marketing campaign, it looked like My Oxford Year was going to be a comedy somewhat along the lines of the popular Netflix series Emily in Paris. A fish out of water story of a scrappy young American woman making her way in a foreign European country. How much fun that promised. A parable of a student at England’s premier university who’s already landed a prestigious post-college job at Goldman Sachs in New...
It’s Ed Sullivan At His ‘Sunday Best’ In New Documentary
When you think of The Ed Sullivan Show, the first thing that comes to mind is the epic, iconic, inaugural American appearance of the Beatles that immediately became a massive game-changer in global pop culture. And if you go back a few years, there was a similar seismic moment when Elvis Presley first appeared on the CBS Sunday night variety show. Through his decades of being the host, Ed Sullivan continued to transform the cultural...
‘The Hunting Wives’ is a Wild, Sexy, Texas-Style Summer Romp
The Hunting Wives contains every single ingredient to take the prize for the sexiest summer streaming show in recent memory. We’re talking steamy extramarital sex, licit and illicit drug use, drinking, smoking, hunting, gorgeous women taking up with hot young men, religion, and ultimately – murder. Led by a stellar cast including Malin Akerman, Dermot Mulroney and Brittany Snow, all eight episodes are now streaming on Netflix, so get...
‘Severance,’ ‘The Penguin,’ ‘The White Lotus’ and ‘The Studio’ Lead Emmy Nominations
Emmy voters showered their love on a number of hot shows of the moment, giving 27 nods to Apple TV+’s Severance, 24 to HBO’s The Penguin and 23 each to Apple’s The Studio and HBO’s third season of The White Lotus. After the nominations for the 77th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced, HBO and Max led the leader board with a record 142 nods, followed by Netflix’s 120 and Apple’s 79. Shows that run on the Walt Disney’s combined...
Love, Wealth and Social Standing Collide in Season 3 of ‘The Gilded Age’
Tensions are rising and love is blossoming as Season 3 of The Gilded Age nears its midpoint. Will Gladys Russell be forced to marry the Duke to increase her family’s social standing–or will she be able to follow her own heart? Will Marian Brook and Larry Russell be able to openly proclaim their love for each other instead of clandestinely kissing and living with the fear of being found out? Will sisters Agnes van Rhijn and Ada...