Time travel seems to be a major theme this fall TV season. In addition to NBC’s ‘Timeless‘ and returning shows ‘The Flash’ and ‘Legends of Tomorrow’, the CW network felt that now would be a good time to dust off the old Dennis Qua...
As far as new Fox TV shows spun off from dormant movie franchises go, ‘The Exorcist’ has a lot more going for it than the very dopey ‘Lethal Weapon‘. So why is the network dumping it right from the start in a lousy Friday night ti...
Over the last three decades, the quintessential ’80s cop/buddy action classic ‘Lethal Weapon’ has gotten three official sequels along with innumerable knockoffs and parodies. Now, 30 years later, it also gets a spinoff TV series. ...
‘Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie’ is a spirited attempt to revive a TV series that already played out for 20 years on television before jumping into movie theaters. It’s an example of both what to do and what not to do in these sor...
The first, short season of AMC’s zombie spinoff ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ didn’t exactly knock my socks off, but the show got somewhat better over the course of its six episodes. For its second season, the series leaves Los Angeles ...
The worst thing about ’10 Cloverfield Lane’ is the title. It’s not just awkward; it’s a spoiler. Sadly, the realities of contemporary Hollywood filmmaking mean that the movie has to be marketed as a franchise entry and even the de...
Taking a cue from the network’s fairly successful ‘Psycho’ reboot ‘Bates Motel’ (now in its fourth season), A&E’s new drama series ‘Damien’ is based on Richard Donner’s 1976 horror movie ‘The Omen’. Coming from former ‘The Walking...
Of all the old TV shows that might get the “dark and gritty” reboot treatment, I have to say that I’m very surprised by what Netflix has done to ‘Full House’, that defining example of shitty 1990s family TV. Not that I have any pa...
Based on the first episode, ‘Legends of Tomorrow’, the new spinoff from ‘Arrow’ and ‘The Flash’, is DC Comics’ most ambitious television undertaking to date. It’s also undoubtedly going to be the most difficult sell....
I have to admit that I approached ‘Creed’ filled with cynicism and was convinced that I’d hate it. The mere concept of extending the already overblown ‘Rocky’ franchise was bad enough, but to do it through an illegitimate son of A...
Has it really been 23 years since Ashley J. “Ash” Williams last battled the Deadite menace in ‘Army of Darkness‘? How time flies. Despite an attempted franchise revival a couple years ago that didn’t involve him, our smart-assed, ...
The first season of FX’s ‘Fargo’ spin-off was originally supposed to be a limited-run series. When the show proved popular and the network asked for another season, creator Noah Hawley wasn’t sure he even wanted to do one. After w...
