First episode impressions: ‘Sharp Objects’ (TV review)

“Sharp Objects” (9 p.m. Eastern Sundays on HBO) takes a familiar genre – a crime journalist investigating small-town murders – and turns it into a gilded-frame French painting. The miniseries is stacked with talent at the top of their respective games, but director Jean-Marc Vallee – who helmed last year’s “Big Little Lies” – is

First episode impressions: ‘UnReal’ (TV review)

To be honest, the only reason I set my DVR for the first episode of “UnReal” (9 p.m. Central Mondays on Lifetime) is that Shiri Appleby stars in it. If I were to pretend to be deeper than that, I could say I’m intrigued that it’s a rare role for Shiri where she doesn’t play the sweetheart