"The Equalizer's" evolution continues, from that stately old British gent in the 1980s to a couple of Denzel Washington movies to Queen Latifah in a new CBS series. But the character isn't all that's changed, as the show adopts more of a team concept than the original's loner, even if the basic template -- a pretty fun one -- still involves a shadowy savior of those in need.
"Framing Britney Spears" skips the more obvious title, "Free Britney," the name of a fan-driven movement that's ultimately the primary focus of this latest "The New York Times Presents" documentary. Although Spears' career, and the media's hounding of her, provide the backbone of the FX/Hulu presentation, there's no escaping a tabloid tone despite the newspaper's pedigree.
Writer-director Sam Levinson spends a good deal of time in "Malcolm & Marie" complaining about critics, which feels like a boxer leading with his chin. Pairing Zendaya and John David Washington, the movie -- quickly and stealthily shot during the pandemic -- wins points for ingenuity, then loses them with its shrill tone and the uneven hairpin turns of its writing.
Blackpink. BTS. Netflix's "Bling Empire." If it seems like you are seeing more projects involving Asian performers and storytellers, you are not wrong.
Following a mass shooting at a country music festival in Las Vegas in 2017, there was a great deal of discussion about the culture around the music genre and guns.
Thursday's nominations for the 27th Screen Actors Guild Awards may have helped appease some viewers who felt their favorites were overlooked by Golden Globe Award voters.
The legal feud between Raiders owner Al Davis and the National Football League is the kind of juicy stuff that ought to be hard to screw up, but ESPN manages to do just that with "Al Davis vs. the NFL," a "30 for 30" documentary that fumbles away a juicy premise with one exceptionally bad call: Using "deep fake" replicas of Davis and NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, both long deceased, to tell the story.
T.J. Osborne, the lead vocalist of Brothers Osborne, the band he formed with his brother John Osborne, has publicly shared for the first time that he is gay.
After post-"Grey's Anatomy" dramatic vehicles on NBC and CBS, Katherine Heigl finds a show that should stick with "Firefly Lane," a soapy concoction about friendship across decades, which cleverly flits among three separate time frames. Sarah Chalke ("Scrubs") plays Heigl's bosom pal, in a nicely unpretentious Netflix series that lends itself to a good binge.
For years, award shows have grappled with a problem that likely dwarfs all others when it comes to sagging ratings: An abundance of nominees that most people haven't heard of, much less seen, sapping the incentive to tune in.
