TV amp; Movies Reviews

On the rink, he was a tough player who could have used a few skating lessons. On the green, however, Happy Gilmore’s killer slap shot helped him score the kind of long drives that could make Mike Austin scream profanity out of frustration. Hockey’s loss became golf’s gain, and Gilmore’s …

There’s a period in every relationship you might call the “supernova” phase — when everything is fresh and new, the attraction and lust burn blindingly bright, and you can’t get enough of each other. The couple at the center of Oh, Hi! are a textbook example of this Paleolithic period …

Before Peter Parker slung webs, before Hulk smashed, before there was Deadpool and Wolverine and Wakanda and mutants and infinity stones and cinematic universes — there was the core Four. You can separate the history of superhero comics into Before and After eras regarding Stan Lee and Jack Kirby’s creation …

Over the course of its two parts and five hours, Billy Joel: And So It Goes recruits many of the title legend’s musician pals, from Bruce Springsteen and Sting to, surprisingly, Nas, who speaks to the way “Piano Man” still resonates. They all testify to Joel’s songwriting chops, his everydude …

Among the locals old enough to remember, it’s known as “the ’97 Massacre”: A handful of deaths at the hands — well, specifically, at the hook — of a killer dubbed “the Fisherman.” There was this incident, see, where four teens were driving back from a summer night at the …

On paper, Lena Dunham and Megan Stalter seem like an ideal creative match for their new Netflix comedy Too Much. Dunham is the co-creator and star of Girls, the acclaimed (if polarizing) HBO comedy about Hannah, a young woman with a knack for making situations uncomfortable in a hurry. Stalter, …

At this point, in the Year of Our Lord 2025, everyone can recite the origin story of Superman. Born Kal-El on the planet Krypton. Sent to Earth by his parents before that world goes boom. Grew up in a typical middle-American small town named [checks notes] Smallville. Moves to Metropolis …

Hailey Freeman, the matriarch at the center of 40 Acres, can take care of herself. You know this even before you get the scoop on who this woman is, where she’s come from, and the people and the land she’s willing to risk life and limb to defend. But just …

So there are these immortals, y’see — folks who have been around for millennia, and are capable of healing from any wound, regenerating any severed limb. Cut off a finger? No problem! A group of these gifted, unkillable ass-kickers have banded together and, led by a centuries-old Scythian warrior named …

You remember the original Jurassic Park, right? The blockbuster that crawled out of the primordial ooze of 1993, signaled that Steven “I Made Jaws” Spielberg could still turn a beach-read paperback into box-office gold, and gave the Tyrannosaurus Rex his biggest P.R. boost in 66,000,000 years? Of course you do. …