TV reviews

30 Sep

The Problem With Jon Stewart (APPLE TV+)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Each episode of the Jon Stewart-hosted series features in-depth interviews and discussions about one current event or issue.Premieres Sep 30, 2021

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29 Sep

Controlling Britney Spears (FX)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Directed by Samantha Stark, the follow-up to The New York Times Presents Framing Britney Spears is focused on her life under conservatorship.Premieres Sep 24, 2021

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29 Sep

Squid Game (Netflix)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

The South Korean drama series features a group of indebted people who are invited to compete in (deadly) series of children's games to win millions of dollars.Premieres Sep 17, 2021

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28 Sep

Maid (Netflix)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Single mother Alex (Margaret Qualley) cleans houses to provide for her child in this drama inspired by Stephanie Land's memoir "Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay and a Mother's Will to Survive."Premieres Oct 01, 2021

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28 Sep

Alter Ego (FOX)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Alanis Morissette, Nick Lachey, Grimes and will.i.am. head up the judging panel for the singing competitive reality series that features contestants performing via virtual characters.Premieres Sep 22, 2021

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28 Sep

La Brea (NBC)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

A gigantic sinkhole takes a group of Los Angeles residents, including a Eve Harris (Natalie Zea) and her son Josh (Jack Martin) into a primeval world where they must work together to find a way home in this drama series written by David Applebaum.Premieres Sep 28, 2021

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27 Sep

Nuclear Family (HBO)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

The three-part documentary series from Ry Russo-Young looks at the history of her birth to her mothers Robin Young and Sandy Russo, and the lawsuit filed by her biological father that threatened to split their family apart.Premieres Sep 26, 2021

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24 Sep

Foundation (Apple TV+)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Dr. Hari Seldon (Jared Harris) and a small group of believers seek to preserve human knowledge and save civilization after he predicts the end of the Galactic Empire in this sci-fi series based on the novels by Isaac Asimov.Premieres Sep 24, 2021

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21 Sep

Star Wars: Visions (Disney+)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

The anthology series features Star Wars short films from seven anime studios: Kamikaze Douga, Geno Studio (Twin Engine), Studio Colorido (Twin Engine), Trigger, Kinema Citrus, Science Saru, and Production IG.Premieres Sep 22, 2021

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20 Sep

The Big Leap (FOX)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Amateur dancers join a competitive reality series casting for a live updated version of Swan Lake in this dramedy from Liz Heldens, Jason Winer, Sue Naegle.Premieres Sep 20, 2021

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20 Sep

NCIS: Hawai’i (CBS)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

The newest NCIS spinoff is focused on NCIS Pearl Harbor, where Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant (Vanessa Lachey) leads her team as they investigate cases involving the military in the state of Hawai'i.Premieres Sep 20, 2021

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20 Sep

Ordinary Joe (NBC)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

The drama series from Matt Reeves shows what Joe Kimbreau's (James Wolk) life would be like if he followed his passion for music, if he married his best friend and if he became a police officer like his father.Premieres Sep 20, 2021

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20 Sep

Midnight Mass (Netflix)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

On isolated Crockett Island, the arrival of Father Paul (Hamish Linklater) seems to bring forth mysterious miracles in this limited series from Mike Flanagan.Premieres Sep 24, 2021

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20 Sep

Our Kind of People (FOX)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Single mother Angela Vaughn (Yaya DaCosta) moves to Martha’s Vineyard to establish herself in the Black upper class enclave her late mother grew up in, but family secrets change everything for Angela and the community in this drama series inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s book Our Kind of People: Inside America’s Black Upper Class.Premieres Sep 21, 2021

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17 Sep

The Wonder Years (2021) (ABC)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

An adult Dean Williams (Don Cheadle) narrates the story of his coming-of-age in 1960s Alabama as a 12-year-old with his black middle-class family in this reboot of the 1980s family comedy of the same name.Premieres Sep 22, 2021

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17 Sep

Muhammad Ali (PBS)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

The four-part Ken Burns documentary about the life and career of the three-time heavyweight boxing champion features archival footage, photographs, and interviews with journalists, boxers, historians, as well as friends and family of Ali.Premieres Sep 19, 2021

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17 Sep

Chicago Party Aunt (Netflix)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Diane Dunbrowski (voiced by Lauren Ash), AKA The Chicago Party Aunt takes in her nephew Daniel (voiced by Rory O'Malley) after he decides to take a gap year before attending Stanford in this animated comedy based on Chris Witaske's twitter account of the same name.Premieres Sep 17, 2021

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17 Sep

The Morning Show: Season 2 (Apple TV+)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Bradley (Reese Witherspoon) and Alex (Jennifer Aniston) deal with the ramifications of their actions at the end of the season one.Premieres Sep 17, 2021

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17 Sep

Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol (Peacock)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

Young Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon (Ashley Zukerman) must solve a series of puzzles in the Capitol to help save his kidnapped mentor (Eddie Izzard) in this series based on the third Dan Brown novel.Premieres Sep 16, 2021

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16 Sep

Uprising (Prime Video)

Max SchindlerTV reviewsGames, Movies, Tv, Music

The three-part documentary series from Steve McQueen and James Rogan features archival footage and interviews to illustrate the impact of the 1981 New Cross Fire which 13 young Black people died, the Black People’s Day of Action, and the Brixton riots on the Black community in Britain. [Originally premiered in the UK on BBC One on 20 Jul 2021 and in the US on Prime Video on 17 Sep 2021]Premieres Sep 17, 2021

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