“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (Roku Channel) isn’t truly a biopic of the parodic songsmith. Admittedly, I desire that negative space to be filled by
“In the Heights” (HBO Max and theaters), the film adaptation of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s 2005 stage musical, asks a viewer to commit to the NYC neighborhood
“Empire Records” (1995) is perhaps not technically or objectively a good movie, but it’s almost impossible to dislike it. Choppily yet insightfully written by Carol
“Mary and the Giant” (written in 1954, published in 1987) is a nice gender-swapped companion piece to “Voices from the Street” (1952, 2007), this time
In the early going, “High Fidelity” (February, Hulu) so precisely re-creates several iconic scenes from the 2000 movie that it’s like watching a painful amateur
The “Riverdale” empire expands further with its second spinoff, “Kate Keene” (Thursdays, CW), about three gals and a gay dude trying to make it big
When it came out, I underrated “High Fidelity” (2000) because it’s not as good as the 1995 novel by Nick Hornby. But like its fellow
“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (NBC) isn’t “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” … or “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist” … or “Zoey 101.” Watching the pilot episode of the series
Here are 10 movies and 10 TV shows I’m looking forward to in the new year: “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” (TV series, Jan. 7, NBC) —
These were my 20 favorite songs of the 2010s (with a limit of one song per album), in chronological order: “Hard Enough,” Brandon Flowers (2010)