‘The Investigation’ Is 2021’s First Great Drama: TV Review

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThere’s a lot to admire about “Amend,” a new documentary series from Netflix whose goal is to educate the viewing public on the history of civil rights in America. The project — executive-produced by Will Smith and former “Nightly Show” host Larry Wilmore, and featuring both on-camera — is the sort of fundamentally educational product that’s unusual from an entertainment company.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Young Rock,” NBC’s new sitcom about the early days of Dwayne Johnson, can’t resist peeking into the future. And there, the wrestler-turned-movie star is on the path to political glory.The show is mainly consumed with telling cute and likable stories about Johnson’s upbringing as a child and his coming into his own as a young man.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe charges made against Woody Allen by Dylan Farrow, his daughter, and Mia Farrow, her mother, have resonated throughout American culture for decades. But it took a while for them to really be heard.That — the story of their finally being metabolized — makes for the narrative arc of “Allen v.

straight to your inbox every day for freeOle Gunnar Solskjaer had been peppered with questions about Amad for weeks.The £37million teenager had just run Liverpool's Under-23s ragged on a day the Manchester United first-team could have done with his trickery during a 0-0 at Arsenal.Amad claimed his second goal at Kirkby from a penalty when he seemingly defied rank.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIt’d seem that “The Luminaries,” Eleanor Catton’s 2013 novel, might provide grist for an adaptation of unusual and extreme ambition. In order to do the work’s scope justice, it’d have to be: At over 800 pages — the longest novel to have won the prestigious Booker Prize — the book traces a vast cast of characters, 12 of whom are assigned virtues associated with the signs of the Zodiac.

The iconic American game SuperBowl 2021 finally happened yesterday, and this year’s halftime performance left everyone in awe. While The Weeknd’s performance at the Super Bowl halftime show was being compared to Jennifer Lopez and Shakira’s from last year, fortunately, it did not disappoint.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“The Flight Attendant,” which debuted late last year on HBO Max, begins with the fizzy, busy energy of a big night out. Cassie, played by Kaley Cuoco, is an amiable goof who loves to have fun between and sometimes during the transcontinental trips she serves for work; after meeting a stranger (as played by Michiel Huisman) on board, Cassie parties with him through the night and wakes up next to his corpse.

straight to your inbox every day for free Manchester United fans loved James Garner 's debut for Nottingham Forest in the win against Coventry. Garner joined Watford in the summer but his loan spell was cut short in January with Ole Gunnar Solskjaer explaining the appointment of Xisco Munoz led to United believing his development would be better served elsewhere.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticBy now, you’d think, we would have learned to leave Clarice Starling alone.The dogged, haunted FBI trainee was so memorably played by Jodie Foster in 1991’s “The Silence of the Lambs” that Foster’s refusal to reprise the role made the sequel, 2001’s “Hannibal,” fatally unbalanced. No less a talent than Julianne Moore drowned in the role, unable to make the part her own and perhaps unwilling to try.

“Write what you know.” So said Mark Twain once upon a time, or at least that’s the popular belief. One cursory look at this body of work reveals that the guy didn’t follow his own advice, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t advice worth following.

Just about every emotion ran through The Weeknd’s head when he found out that his critically acclaimed album After Hours had not received a single Grammy nomination.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticBritney Spears was a symbol for her entire public life. And, even in her seclusion, we can’t stop seeing her as something more, and less, than simply a person.The new Samantha Stark-directed documentary “Framing Britney Spears,” produced by the New York Times and airing on Feb.

EXCLUSIVE: Gerard McMurray, who directed Burning Sands, one of Netflix’s first original features for the streamer, has made his return to the studio as he is set to direct The Formula with John Boyega and Robert De Niro attached to star. McMurray will write, direct, and produce the film via his recently formed production company, Buppie Productions. Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro and Berry Welsh will also produce.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe Dale was too good to be true. A three-wheeled two-seater, the jaunty, rounded little auto sallied forth at the height of the 1970s oil crisis, with a supposed 70 mile-per-gallon fuel efficiency that rebuked all other automakers.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn its first season, “Euphoria” was a lightning bolt.The HBO series, crackling with oddity and possibility, generated noise and light in a manner that felt new, and overdue. The show told stories about the TikTok generation with all the emotional excess that comes with actually being a teen.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticRussell Tovey is one of TV’s great discoveries of the last several years. The British actor seems perpetually cast as the cad, the overly assured fellow whose pride brings him in for a fall — and yet his charm and some innate vulnerable quality a couple of layers down keep us, if not ever on his side, then at least engaged in what lies ahead for him.

direct to your inboxThe last 24 hours has seen multiple deluges of rain, inches of snow, roads and homes collapsing, and a slew of serious car crashes as the region was 'just centimetres' away from disaster. In the wake of Storm Christoph hitting Greater Manchester, the city's Fire and Rescue Service chief has spoken out about a day, night and further day filled with drama.