John’s top 10 TV shows of 2023
2023 television: A couple of old-school network shows break into the streaming-dominated list of my favorite series of the year.
2023 television: A couple of old-school network shows break into the streaming-dominated list of my favorite series of the year.
TV review: The documentary has built-in appeal by being about colorful superheroes, but it shies away from deep dives.
PKD flashback (TV reviews): These three documentaries play well as introductions, and established fans will enjoy putting faces to names.
Frightening Friday (Movie review): This 7-hour documentary digs into these mediocre-to-bad movies, and the serious approach makes it all the better.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The docu asks: “Were the cast and crew tricked into making a film that would never be released?”
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): The docu confusingly posits that women are both central to comics history and relegated to the sidelines.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): We never got Burton’s vision of Superman. Maybe it’s better that we got this compelling documentary.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): This rundown of the “Super-Villains of DC Comics” is too rapidly edited, but it’s not without value.
Superhero Saturday (TV review): This is the definitive analysis of superheroes and how they bob and weave with American history.
Superhero Saturday (Movie review): It’s nice to have a Spurlock documentary of Comic-Con. But it could’ve dug a lot deeper into the event.