[ COP VS. COP. MERCILESS. MR. MAYHEM. There’s an art to coming up with good fake names for pop culture trash. Seinfeld had it, with bogus titles that nailed genre after 1990s film genre: Chunnel, Checkmate, Rochelle Rochelle, Prognosis Negative. The comics writer Grant Morrison exquisitely spoofed the compound-word and common-noun names of XXXTREME!!! grunge-era … Read more
[ Noir is having a moment this week, with the release of the arthouse take on Ripley on Netflix coinciding with the new Apple TV+ series Sugar, which is about a private investigator that loves old movies, has a moral code, and lots of secrets. Both are languidly paced, but both are enjoyable for different … Read more
[ Plenty of shows out there start out in the “intriguing” category. You watch the first episode and your interest is piqued. As a sophisticated TV watcher, though, you see some signs that would indicate a show that might become convoluted and messy, but the first episode is interesting enough to keep you watching. That’s … Read more
