Sherlock: The Adventures of a Modern Detective

Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman. Photo: BBC There’s a moment in ”A Scandal in Belgravia”, the first episode of the second season of Sherlock, that made me laugh. Sherlock Holmes…

The Underground Railroad

Two slaves, Cora and Caesar (Thuso Mbedu, Aaron Pierre), escape from their Georgia owner via the mysterious Underground Railroad, pursued by a slave catcher (Joel Edgerton) and his assistant, a…

Oslo 

In 1993, two Norwegian diplomats (Ruth Wilson, Andrew Scott), who are also married, talk Palestinian and Israeli representatives into secret negotiations. This adaptation of the play may lose some of…

The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 

This limited series, premiering shortly after WandaVision, also reconnected with Avengers: Endgame (2019), presenting new challenges for two of the Avengers: Bucky (Sebastian Stan), the former Winter Soldier, trying to…

WandaVision

What on earth is this, an entire audience asked as this limited series began in the style of a 1950s sitcom starring two Marvel heroes who had last been seen…

The Haunting 

Two classic ghost stories, ”The Haunting of Hill House” by Shirley Jackson and ”The Turn of the Screw” by Henry James, were loosely adapted for two seasons of this horror…

Home Alone: The Holiday Heist 

When their parents leave the house to go Christmas shopping, 10-year-old Finn Baxter (Christian Martyn) and his older sister (Jodelle Ferland) are left home alone… and a group of thieves…

The Comey Rule 

As the 2016 election approaches, the FBI are investigating Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server, putting Director James Comey (Jeff Daniels) in an impossible situation.…

The Affair: Remembering It Well

Photo: Showtime The Affair was widely acclaimed in its first season, but could it be stretched beyond that? The Affair struggled at first, but adapted and made a strong comeback…

A Very English Scandal

In 1961, Liberal MP Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) has a romantic affair with a troubled young man, Norman (Ben Whishaw); as Thorpe’s political career takes off, Norman gets back in…