Akriti Painuly

A significantly less engaging version of Season 2 of “Cheer” would have ignored the show’s immediate phenomenon status upon its January 2020 premiere. Before the virus brought the majority of the world to an uneasy halt, Netflix’s docuseries was an inevitable big hit, making its … Read more

Before cavorting with Rita Ora at this year’s Met Gala in New York and giving us a trippy tour of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Taika Waititi was known as a sensitive historian of childhood escapades. His early feature films, Boy (2010) and Hunt for the … Read more

Regardless of what “Bel-Air” turned out to be, its premise alone was always going to raise questions. A bleak revamp of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” for Peacock is reminiscent of a “30 Rock” joke about NBC’s attempts to make it 1990 again through science … Read more

If you miss the magnificence and drama of ITV’s Victoria series, the new German historical drama The Empress on Netflix is the perfect replacement. The Empress examines the relationship between sixteen-year-old Duchess Elisabeth “Sisi” von Wittelsbach (Devrim Lingnau) and Franz Joseph I of Austria (Philip … Read more

There is no fresh evidence to warrant a reconsideration of the 25-year-old unsolved murder of young barmaid Rosie Duff, but “some woke millennial’s discovered a microphone” – i.e., started a podcast – thus the top brass of Fife’s finest must act. When they assemble a … Read more

In the pantheon of shows with the “worst series finale” of all time, “Dexter” on Showtime ranks at the top. Since the episode titled “Remember the Monsters?” first aired eight years ago, the anti-hero serial killer Dexter Morgan faking his own death and transitioning into … Read more

There has always been something peculiar about the concept of a multi-camera Netflix-exclusive sitcom. In the days of Norman Lear, episodes were intended to be viewed casually, even out of order, each week. However, Gloria Calderon Kellett and Mike Royce’s adaptation of Lear’s “One Day … Read more

In this concluding installment, ‘Hanna’ (Esmé Creed-Miles) continues her mission to destroy the covert U.S. government espionage complex UTRAX alongside her former adversary-turned-ally Marissa Wiegler (Mireille Enos). But with the odds stacked against them, how will the duo be able to defeat them and save … Read more

In Easttown, Pennsylvania, a community where most people know each other by their first names, young women continue to vanish. The familiarity among the grimacing residents is not always or even frequently amicable; if someone knows the traumas you have been through, they are just … Read more

AppleTV has difficulty with renewal. In contrast to Netflix, which randomly cancels half of its approved projects, Apple renews everything it doesn’t need and cancels the ones that should be renewed (looking at you, Shantaram!). Apple has returned with a second season of The Mosquito … Read more