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The Oscars red carpet

5 years 6 months ago
The stars are out for the 93rd annual Academy Awards, but like tonight's show it is a scaled-down affair because of the Covid-19 pandemic.

'Shadow and Bone' is another Y.A. fantasy mostly built on smoke and mirrors

5 years 6 months ago
Add "Shadow and Bone" to the long list of efforts to establish new fantasy series in the post-"Game of Thrones" era, in this case with a fairly generic tale of a war-riven world and a young woman who learns she has spectacular powers and an epic destiny. As constructed it makes for a moderately watchable binge once you've committed, but no great loss if you don't.

'Sesame Street' adds two celebrations of how it began and its long legacy

5 years 6 months ago
"D" is for documentary, and "Sesame Street" gets celebrated in two of them this month: "Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street," a deep dive into the show's origins; and "Sesame Street: 50 Years of Sunny Days," a fairly dutiful, star-studded ABC special. The former proves considerably more interesting, but the two complement each other like Bert and Ernie.

'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' finale completes its ambitious hero's journey

5 years 6 months ago
While more conventional than "WandaVision," Marvel's "The Falcon and the Winter Soldier" explored a bracingly provocative theme over its six-episode run -- namely, can a Black man in good conscience take up the mantle of Captain America? That hero's journey concluded with a slightly scattered finale that didn't match the terrific buildup, but which did reinforce the show's admirable ambition.
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