Television is out of timeout. After a pitiful 2024 saw only eight entries on my usual top 10 list, I’m pleased to announce the return of a complete top 10. While the medium rebounded, its quality clustered around a handful of standout shows. Expect a lot of overlap with your own top 10 list.
On the back of industry-wide strikes, I had low expectations for 2024. Surprisingly, the movies delivered. The year wasn’t rife with five-star bangers, but there was a lot to like. I wholeheartedly recommend 19 movies below.
Crunchyroll, FX on Hulu, FX on Hulu The Golden Age of television is well and truly over. HBO—the biggest name in TV and arguably the most prestigious brand in entertainment—has been reduced to adaptations, reboots, and spinoffs of pre-existing IP. Gone are the days of The Sopranos or Deadwood. The brand replaced Succession with a … Continue reading The Best TV Shows of 2024
Harley Quinn: Birds of Prey is the latest release in a series of amusing but empty comic book adaptations from the DC Extended Universe. The film, formerly known as Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn), relies on the charisma of its title character to make good on its promise of light-hearted, homicidal fun. There’s only so much star Margot Robbie can do.
Knives Out is an intricately spun whodunit starring an eccentric sleuth that would tickle the likes of Dame Agatha Christie and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Daniel Craig and Ana de Armas star as super detective Benoit Blanc and nurse Marta, respectively. Marta is an unwilling, amateur John Watson to Craig’s country-fried Sherlock Holmes to delightful effect.
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