United States
The Americans is a show that asks you to examine what exactly it is about capitalism that you like, the effect those aspects of it have on other people, and whether your lifestyle is ethical.
Summer of 84 strives in its scenes of tension and horror, but fails in its moments of childhood nostalgia and friendship.
Even with a good hook, How It Ends suffers from lack of vision becoming just a series of scenes that rarely congeals into anything substantial.
Larger Than Life: The Kevyn Aucoin Story is an intimate portrait of a man who sought to expand the definition of beauty through every face he touched.
The Miseducation of Cameron Post hits on a topic that is contemporary and significant but it never handles this in a way that feels, for want of a better word, preachy.
Night Comes On is a compelling depiction of loss, America’s system set up to fail people of color and the resilience of the human soul.
There’s certainly fun to be had with this deeply silly slice of R-rated raunchiness, yet The Spy Who Dumped Me struggles to balance its crass brand of humor with shocking bursts of carnage.
With complicated and charismatic women at its center, Madeline’s Madeline manages to keep you hooked and never stops being fascinating to watch.
Some may argue that Ripe, as with the previous three hours, takes the idea of ‘show, don’t tell’ a little too far; but that very concept is what ensures that Sharp Objects is the most compelling piece of work currently on television.
Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood is a delightful look behind the curtain at a side of Hollywood kept so long in the dark.
My Erotic Body shows that a woman’s true erotic self is not defined by a specific body type, age, or what society deems as attractive.
The Equalizer 2 takes the raw entertainment value of the original film, inverts it into something unflinchingly brutal, removes the quirks of its main character, and builds to an anticlimactic final battle.
Unfriended: Dark Web shows that by tapping into modern communication, it’s possible to create a new cinematic language for the slasher sub-genre.
Mission: Impossible – Fallout finds Tom Cruise once again flying through action setpieces for our amusement; it is more than worth the ride.
Perhaps it’s due to the burden of excited expectations, but ultimately the sum that is Generation Wealth is never able to surpass its 25 years of parts.