Linda Holmes

If you like The Great British Baking Show, you'll recognize a lot of the charms of the BBC's pottery competition, all three seasons of which arrive on HBO MAX this week.

The Third Day, which premiered Monday night on HBO, keeps presenting events that require explanation. But the explanations that come don't sustain the story.

Paul Rudnick's HBO film features several fine actors in an uneven set of monologues about Donald Trump, the pandemic, and where we go from here.

Showtime's documentary series Love Fraud isn't really about the man who allegedly defrauded a series of women after meeting them online. It's about their search for him, aided by a bounty hunter.

It might not be a great film, but the nostalgic draw of the guileless Bill S. Preston Esquire and Ted "Theodore" Logan has never been stronger.

The documentary Class Action Park tells the story of a New Jersey theme park that was widely beloved, successful and extremely dangerous.

Whether you want to take a break from reality with a zoo, a city, an amusement park, or a hospital full of angry clowns, a simulation game can be just the ticket.

In a new film streaming on HBO Max, Rogen plays both a Polish immigrant who wakes up 100 years after falling into a pickle barrel and the great-grandson into whose modern life he emerges.

By the end of the HBO docuseries, you may not know much more about the case writer Michelle McNamara pursued until her death. But you will know more about the price of that pursuit.

Netflix scores big, Watchmen gets the love it deserves, and other notes on Tuesday's Emmy nominations in this unusual season.

Netflix's Floor Is Lava is an obstacle-course competition show premised on a children's game. It's like American Ninja Warrior meets Honey, I Shrunk The Kids — but with pits of "lava" to avoid.

In a new HBO documentary, current and former child actors from Wil Wheaton to Todd Bridges to Evan Rachel Wood talk about abuse, money, work and finding your way as an adult.

The romantic comedy starring Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti finds two people connecting at a wedding and getting a lot more than they bargained for.

Director Gina Prince-Bythewood knocks it out of the park with a film about soldiers who fight (and fight and fight), based on a series of comics and starring Charlize Theron as the boss.

Walter Mercado found his way into many tens of millions of homes as a television astrologer. A new Netflix documentary looks at his life and what he meant to the people who watched him.

The very good movie version of Hamilton, filmed with the original cast at the height of the show's popularity, will perk up faithful cast album fans — and new viewers, too.

Jon Stewart wrote and directed a new comedy that stars Steve Carell as a political operative cynically descending on a Wisconsin town. Unfortunately, it has little to offer in the current moment.

Big streaming services are highlighting TV shows and movies about black life and dropping movies like Gone With The Wind in support of Black Lives Matter.

The Help has enjoyed a surge of popularity on Netflix, perhaps owing to its commitment to the idea that the personal matters most. But where injustices persist, that's a flawed idea at best.

A new drama series showcases writer and actor Michaela Coel in the story of a woman whose life is upended by sexual assault.