Amazon Releases Synopsis for Lord of the Rings TV Series — Will It Be Any Good?
There remains much promise in the Amazon TV series.
Television
Who Would Want the Liability Associated with a ‘Trump TV’?
The odds of a ‘Trump TV’ being formed — and companies wanting to advertise on it — are much smaller today.
The Brilliant, Scabrous Satire of The Boys
Amazon’s dystopian superhero show skewers a gallery of cultural icons who richly deserve the treatment.
Math and Romance Meet
Directed by Chuck Jones, Norton Juster's The Dot and the Line is an animated delight.
Jeopardy! Host Alex Trebek Dies at 80
The game-show host had been battling stage-four pancreatic cancer since 2019.
Lincoln Project to Break Into TV after Election
The Lincoln Project already launched a wildly successful podcast in June and has two shows that it streams on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter.
Borat Can’t Recapture His Mid-2000s Magic
The latest film is a decent distraction but nothing more.
How a Black Community Learned to Fight Back
Steve McQueen’s Mangrove is a timely look at a conflict between blacks decrying harassment and white police officers.
Still Amusing Ourselves to Death
What Neil Postman got right — and what he failed to predict.
Lovecraft Country Is Systemic Racism Entertainment™
HBO’s Smollett Effect goes from black exploitation to race manipulation.