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Tidying Up with Marie Kondo brings spirituality and sentimentality into cleaning. The show also offers helpful tips on how to keep living spaces organized.

Review: Kondo’s show is pure and pristine

By Matilde Bechet • January 22, 2019

A young Japanese woman warmly greets a family as she enters its house. The family walks the woman through the cluttered, dirty kitchen. A smile spreads across the woman’s face, her excitement to help...

From left, Al (Chevy Chase) and Buddy (Richard Dreyfuss) rekindle and old friendship and career. The Last Laugh is endearing and funny, but suffers a few scenes that feel out of place.

Review: Netflix shows the humor in aging and highlights friendship

By Avery Alexander • January 20, 2019

Netflix is off to a wonderful start to 2019 with new hard-hitting comedy, “The Last Laugh.” The movie is a coming-of-age story about a manager and a comic, both of whom are hoping for a major career...

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Review: “Sex Education” gets real about sex

By Olivia Riggio • January 20, 2019
British Netflix series “Sex Education” portrays many aspects of teenagehood unrealistically. However, unlike many other plots about teens, it succeeds in its honest, realistic depictions of sex.
The character Mrs. Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) makes comedy from tragedy in season 2 of this comedic drama.

Review: “Mrs. Maisel” loses momentum but retains charm

By Liza Gillespie • December 10, 2018

The second season of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” is even more marvelous than its first season but this time at the expense of Mrs. Maisel. In the first season, creator and showrunner Amy Sherman-Palladino...

Netflix original Outlaw King has no substance — only unnecessary blood.

Review: ‘Outlaw King’ brims with blood but lacks substance

By Colin Tessier, Staff Writer • November 13, 2018
“I am so sick of Scotland,” King Edward says. After sitting through this gory two-hour long slogfest, the viewer will be too.
Based on the 2014 Archie Horror comic series of the same name, Netflixs Chilling Adventures of Sabrina puts a dark twist on the cheery teenage witch.

Review: Teen witch revival rehashes horror classics

By Jake Leary, Staff Writer • November 5, 2018
“Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” follows the same dark path as “Riverdale”: taking classic Archie characters and giving them a grim makeover.
The third series of the Netflix superhero show Daredevil combines influences from a wide range of genres.

Review: ‘Daredevil’ weaves together complex story threads

By Colin Tessier, Staff Writer • November 4, 2018
The third season of “Daredevil” features a love story, action and a thrilling plot about a wide-ranging criminal conspiracy.
Elite follows the murder case of a killed student at a wealthy, preppy high school, Las Encinas.

Review: Spanish drama series is strong, not sugarcoated

By Matilde Bechet, Contributing Writer • October 30, 2018
Throughout this eight-episode series, topics such as class inequality, religion, HIV and homosexuality play important roles in developing the storyline.
Nappily Ever After has the potential to tell the story of a black womans natural hair journey — but instead it settles for being shallow and underdeveloped.

Review: Rom-com stops short of poignant social commentary

By Avery Alexander, Staff Writer • October 30, 2018
It’s just disappointing that “Nappily Ever After” couldn’t make it’s satirical, socially critical aspects clearer and truly reach its full potential.
Rowdy, raunchy animated comedy, Big Mouth, continues with its winning second season.

Review: ‘Big Mouth’ continues to capture awkward adolescence

By Natalie Newman, Contributing Writer • October 28, 2018
The show’s raw and reeling characters, comedy and conflicts create vehicles for real social change and education.
Netflixs animated series Hilda matches shows like Steven Universe and Gravity Falls with a joyful animation style and appeal to both children and adults.

Review: Animated series soothes with calm, cozy animation

By Avery Alexander, Staff Writer • October 22, 2018
There is hardly ever a show so impeccable that it is truly worthy of high praise, but Netflix’s new fantasy animated series “Hilda” is.
Deja View: Netflixs Big Mouth

‘Deja View’: Netflix’s ‘Big Mouth’

October 22, 2018

Video: Audio: On a slightly more inappropriate episode of Deja View, Jake Leary, staff writer Natalie Newman and “We Need to Talk” host Sophia Adamucci discuss “Big Mouth,” Netflix’s...

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