TV Show Reviews and Availability

The 1981 classic WWII film, Das Boot, is considered one of the greatest German films of all time, and was a landmark submarine movie, standing out from its contemporaries in the genre. The tense thriller, set largely inside a German U-boat, chronicles the dangerous and claustrophobic life at sea, as well as the sailors’ own [read A Look at Hulu’s Das Boot]

Here we go again, marshmallows. Our favorite teen detective is back. A little less teen and a little more grit, the cult series Veronica Mars returns this summer on Hulu with an all-new season 4. The stakes are raised as a serial bomber is taking out prime summer spots in the decadent, scandal-torn beachside town [read Catching Up Before the Veronica Mars Reboot]

Just when you thought it was all over, Big Little Lies comes back for more intrigue, suspicion, in-fighting, and bake sales. The stellar 2017 HBO miniseries, based on Liane Moriarty’s bestselling novel, returns with a second season on June 9, and the series has just raised the stakes.  How to watch Big Little Lies Online [read A Review Of Big Little Lies and Where to Watch]

In today’s age of streaming television and shows cultivated over many seasons, cancellation of a well-regarded prestige cable show is rare, at least without a big build up to a grand finale. But 15 years ago, even HBO could ax a show leaving audiences hanging—and there was no streaming service to pick it up for [read Closure Is Finally Coming to Deadwood]

Aim for the head. No matter the franchise or mythology, one thing is almost always important in a zombie story—the brains are crucial. Whether the zombies are slow or fast-moving, mindless killing machines or sentient protagonists, Walkers, Wights, or mild-mannered medical residents… you get the picture. Perhaps the most brain-centric zombie story in current pop [read How to Watch the Final Season of iZombie]

Way back when people had fairy tales to explain what was going on in the king’s castle. Today’s successors to those tales are set in the White House – and in the case of HBO’s Veep, laced with enough profanity to raise the eyebrows of a biker. When Veep started back in 2012, it was [read How To Watch Veep Without Cable]

As far as “shelationships go, it doesn’t get much more real than Abbi and Ilana. The Millennial duo’s madcap mishaps in NYC in Comedy Central’s “Broad City” can put any bromance to shame. The milquetoast word “friendship” just can’t cut it. In a uniquely feminine way, they share the raw, the raunchy, the perverse in [read A Look Back at Broad City]

When Netflix launched its 2017 dark comedy about a mild-mannered suburbanite-realtor-wife-and-mother-turned-zombie (yes, zombie), they couldn’t have chosen more charming, well loved, and person least likely to eat the neighbors than Drew Barrymore. Her warmth and bubbly personality make the bloodbath she delivers on the Netflix original series Santa Clarita Diet shockingly, well, delightful. Season 3 [read Why You Should Be Watching Santa Clarita Diet ]

“Human beings are dangerous and not to be trusted.” This is the mantra programmed into Hanna by her father in the rural woods of Poland for her entire 15 years. And he has a right to be cautious. Hanna is an extraordinary young woman, who has been sought after by the government ever since her [read Amazon’s Hanna debuts March 29]

Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction. At least that’s the motive behind Hulu’s new character-based anthology series, The Act, with each season focusing on a shocking true crime story, replayed in dramatic fashion. The new show will debut on March 20, with the first season telling the story of the murder of Dee Dee Blanchard. [read Hulu Debuts ‘The Act’ on March 10]