Outer Range (2022- )

The drama between two rival farmer families intensifies after a mysterious suggestion of time travel appears.

'Outer Range' is an intensely dramatic series peppered with elements of mystery and temporal paradoxes, similar to other well-known names like Twin Peaks and Dark. It has a rich and talented cast, full of well-known names, and a group of characters with a wonderful aura of morally gray, with the role of antagonist passed around from one episode to another. The mystery is multi-layered and enveloped in enough of many other poetic distractions to keep the appeal and the need to find out more at a high level.

Director:  Jennifer Getzinger and others

Production:  Amazon Studios

Creator:  Brian Watkins   

Duration:  2 sezoaseasons of 8 and 7 episodes (1 hour each)   

With: Josh Brolin, Tamara Podemski, Imogen Poots, Lily Taylor, Tom Pelphrey, Lewis Pullman, Will Patton, Shaun Sipos, Noah Reid

Rating: 8.7/10

Mayfair Witches (2023-)

A young neurosurgeon with extrasensory powers learns that she is part of a known family of witches, but the news brings unexpected responsibilities.

'Mayfair Witches' is a series adapted from Anne Rice's successful books. It follows the action and portrayals in the book quite close to the source and adds a bit of modern flair and the technological advantage of recent years which has been a huge benefit for the horror genre. Alexandra Daddario is a suitable choice, although sometimes she falls into the trap of overacting, the Latin scenes being an example, but overall, the adaptation is a success and contains enough temptation for a next season.

Director:  Haifaa Al-Mansour and others   

Production:  AMC   

Duration:  1 season of 8 episodes (1 hour each)   

With: Alexandra Daddario, Tongayi Chirisa, Jack Huston, Harry Hamlin, Annabeth Gish, Beth Grant

Rating: 8/10

Fallout (2024-)

In a post-apocalyptic Los Angeles, a naive woman who lived isolated in a bunker, a cowboy who's genetically modified by radiation and a soldier belonging to a cult intersect in their continuous adventures.

'Fallout' is a screen adaptation of a famous and much loved video game. It takes an often used context and creates some memorable characters that interact in an intriguing way, enough to promise a riveting season 2. The actors are perfectly chosen and the script is intelligent, although the first season was dedicated to building up the portrayals of the main characters.

Director: Jonathan Nolan and others

Production:  Amazon Studios   

Creator:  Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Graham Wagner   

Duration:  1 season ofe 8 episodes (1 hour each)   

With: Ella Purnell, Aaron Moten, Walton Goggins, Sarita Choudhury, Matt Berry

Rating: 8/10

3 Body Problem (2024-)

A high-level organization begins to make big plans after scientists from all over the world die under suspicious circumstances.

'3 Body Problem' is a sci-fi series based on a series of popular books. It includes innovative ideas and issues of ethics, morality and the value of humanity that deserve attention. As for the execution, it leaves something to be desired, whether intentional or not (in case the message is more important than the medium of transmission). It beautifully combines different genres, but in its pseudo-conclusion, it follows the path of many other productions, becoming a tad derivative.

Director:  Minkie Spiro and others   

Production:  Netflix   

Creator: David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, Alexander Woo

Duration: 1 season of 9 episodes (42 minutes each)  

With: Jovan Adepo, Liam Cunningham, Eiza González, Benedict Wong, Rosalind Chao, Jess Hong, Jonathan Price, John Bradley

Rating: 7/10

Lore (2017-2018)

Each episode of Lore analyzes the real origins of some traditional stories or urban myths.

'Lore' is an interesting anthology series, which chooses a different folklore story or urban myth for each episode and punctuates through dramatization real historical facts that were the basis of the origin of that story (for example the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood is only a man who hides sinister habits and tastes). Well made, well documented, and it's interesting how it attracted quite famous names to bring history back to life.

  

Production:  Amazon   

Creator:  Aaron Mahnke

Duration: 2 seasons of 6 episodes (40 minutes each)   

With: Emmett J Scanlan, Jürgen Prochnow, Paula Malcomson, Robert Patrick, Campbell Scott, Colme Feore, Alicia Witt, Kristin Bauer

Rating: 8/10

The White Lotus - Season 1 (2021)

Tensions arise between a hotel's guests and its employees after mistakes that messed up the rooms escalate.

'The White Lotus' is a tragicomic series that deals with the situations of a group that's consistently followed during the entire season. The situations are human, based on more or less aggravated realities that are meant to emphasize critical possibilities without committing strong opinions. Interesting but a bit bland for a first season.

Director:  Damian Kindler   

Production:  HBO   

Creator:  Mike White  

Duration:  the first season of 6 episodes (1 hour each)   

With: Jennifer Coolidge, Connie Britton, Murray Bartlett, Alexandra Daddario, Jake Lacy, Steve Zahn, Sydney Sweeney, Lukas Gage

Rating: 8/10

Devil in Ohio (2022)

A psychiatrist treats a young woman who escaped from a cult.

"Devil in Ohio" is a dramatic miniseries, peppered with a bit of thriller. It has a weak script, too washed up for 8 long episodes.

Director:  Steven A. Adelson and others  

Production:  Netflix  

Creator:  Daria Polatin   

Duration:  one miniseries of 8 episodes (6 hours in total)   

With: Emily Deschanel, Sam Jaeger, Gerardo Celasco, Madeleine Arthur

Rating: 6/10

Living with Yourself (2019)

A man finds a solution to his life's problems like depression and fatigue, but the solution is not what he thought.

'Living with Yourself' is a dramatic comedy series with philosophical tones. It has interesting ideas, short episodes and a charismatic cast.

Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris   

Production:  Netflix   

Creator:  Timothy Greenberg   

Duration: 1 season of 8 episodes (26-30 minutes each)  

With: Paul Rudd, Aisling Bea, Ali Akbar Sepahi, Desmin Borges

Rating: 7/10

Halo (2022– )

Master Chief is humanity's most powerful weapon in the midst of an intergalactic conflict.

'Halo' is the TV adaptation of a very popular video game series. Based largely on the mythology and the story in the game, Halo offers an alternative of very effective sci-fi entertainment and plenty of action.

Director:  Otto Bathurst and others   

Production:  Paramount   

Creator:  Steven Kane, Kyle Killen   

Duration: 2 seasons of 9 episodes (1 hour each)

With: Pablo Schreiber, Shabana Azmi, Natasha Culzac, Olive Gray

Rating: 8/10

Dexter: New Blood (2021–2022)

10 years after he faked his death, his son manages to find him.

'New Blood' is an event (and just a one off) season that continues the story of Dexter after the well-known finale of the series that ended in 2013. Made for the sake of the fans, it tried to fix what displeased many, but unfortunately it seems that the effect of this one was even more negative. The new story is not bad, but the spirit and humor of the original is missing. Dexter is uncharacteristically clumsy and inept just for the sake of creating twists and knife-edge scenes, and the ending... is not worth mentioning.

Director:  Marcos Siega, Sanford Bookstaver  

Production:  Showtime   

Creator:  David Greenwalt, Joss Whedon   

Duration:  1 special season of 10 episodes (8 ore 49 minutes in total)   

Wth: Michael C. Hall, Jack Alcott, Julia Jones, Johnny Sequoyah, Jennifer Carpenter, Clancy Brown, Alano Miller

Rating: 7/10

Maniac (2018)

Two strangers are drawn for different reasons to an experimental drug that promises to solve all their problems.

'Maniac' is a sci-fi drama with a very eclectic and imaginative content. The two main protagonists are excellent and very well suited for an association that makes so much sense. Hard to describe in general, Maniac must be experienced.

Director:  Cary Joji Fukunaga   

Production:  Netflix   

Creator:  Cary Joji Fukunaga, Patrick Somerville   

Duration:  miniseries of 10 episodes (6 ore 26 minutes in total)   

With: Emma Stone, Jonah Hill, Sonoya Mizuno, Justin Theroux, Sally Field, Julia Garner, Gabriel Byrne, Jemima Kirke, Trudie Styler

Rating: 9.5/10

The Bear (2022– )

Carmy is a talented chef who inherits his brother's restaurant and tries to raise its renown to an ideal level.

'The Bear' is an intense dramatic series (absurdly presented as a "comedy" by the various awards festivals), which candidly and realistically represents the different aspects of mental health problems, stress, perfectionism and ambition. With an admirable team of actors, the series is tense, frustrating, and addictive.

Director:  Christopher Storer and others

Production:  Hulu   

Creator:  Christopher Storer   

Duration:  2 seasons of 8 and 10 episodes (30-50 minutes each)   

With: Jeremy Allen White, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Ayo Edebiri, Lionel Boyce,Liza Colón-Zayas, Abby Elliott, Oliver Platt, Jon Bernthal, Jamie Lee Curtis, Will Poulter

Rating: 9/10

A Murder at the End of the World (2023)

An eccentric technological genius and his wife invite a group of people - exceptional in their field - to an isolated hotel in Iceland, where a murder takes place on the first night.

'A Murder at the End of the World' is a dramatic miniseries that follows a more unorthodox and very modern forensic investigation. With a group of actors that are well known but not too mainstream, and rarely seen on the screen, the series is ambitious from the first moment and follows a line of slow but determined development and is imbued with memory scenes that highlight the emotional weight of the facts the main character has to bear. With some imperfections in the script, especially related to the moments when some characters call others geniuses with no real proof, the geographical situation, and the subtle and skillfully quiet cinematography create an experience worth savoring, even with the week-long wait for each new episode.

Director:  Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling    

Production:  Hulu  

Creator:  Zal Batmanglij, Brit Marling   

Duration:  miniseries of 7 episodes (~1 hour each)  

With: Emma Corrin, Brit Marling, Harris Dickinson, Raúl Esparza, Clive Owen, Joan Chen, Edoardo Ballerini, Alice Braga

Rating: 9/10

The Imperfects (2022)

Teenagers who participated in a gene therapy experiment wake up with powers that turn them into monsters.

'The Imperfects' is a sci-fi-ish series, focused on the idea of ​​superpowers and heroes with big hearts, a big trope these days. Fresh, and with a quite funny dialogue, the series could have really taken off in a second season, but it didn't get a chance.

Director:  Mark Chow and others

Production:  Netflix   

Creator:  Shelley Eriksen, Dennis Heaton   

Duration:  1 season of 10 episodes (45 minutes each)  

With: Italia Ricci, Morgan Taylor Campbell, Rhianna Jagpal, Iñaki Godoy, Rhys Nicholson

Rating: 7/10

Another Life (2019–2021)

Niko is the head of a crew of a ship that has moved in the wrong direction that must quantify the level of danger from an alien species.

'Another Life' is a sci-fi series that will satisfy many fans of the genre, especially those looking for more regular entertainment. With some interesting main characters and original situations (but also some a little ... inspired), Another Life should not disappoint.

Director:  Metin Hüseyin and others

Production:  Netflix   

Creator:  Aaron Martin   

Duration:  2 seasons of 10 episodes (43 minutes each)   

With:  Katee Sackhoff, Samuel Anderson, A.J. Rivera, JayR Tinaco, Elizabeth Faith Ludlow

Rating: 8/10

Travelers (2016–2018)

Agents from an apocalyptic future are sent into the past, into the consciousness of those about to die, in an attempt to repair humanity's fate.

'Travelers' is a sci-fi series with an idea that has some merit. It generally goes by a "case of the week" style, but from time to time it tries to revolutionize the audience with original content in variations on the theme of temporal paradoxes. Interesting until the end, even with the rushed (by cancellation) finale.

Director:  Andy Mikita and others   

Production:  Netflix   

Creator:  Brad Wright  

Duration:  3 seasons of 10-12 episodes (45 minutes each)   

With: Eric McCormack, MacKenzie Porter, Nesta Cooper, Jared Abrahamson, Patrick Gilmore

Rating: 8/10

Yellowjackets (2021– )

A women's football team remains stranded in the Canadian mountains after the plane carrying them to a match crashed.

'Yellowjackets' is a very original series that very effectively combines drama, horror and mystery. In a style that combines the events of the wilderness with the reality of the survivors 25 years later, the series manages to create curiosity and intrigue both for the past and for the present. It reminds one of 'Alive', 'Lord of the Flies' and manages to offer full credibility and talent to measure in a modern and equal update to those ideas.

Director:  Eva Sørhaug and others   

Production:  Showtime, Paramount   

Creator:  Ashley Lyle, Bart Nuckerson   

Duration:  2 seasons of 10 episodes (1 hour each)

With: Melanie Lynskey, Tawny Cypress, Sophie Nélisse, Jasmin Savoy Brown, Steven Krueger, Liv Hewson, Christina Ricci, Ella Purnell, Kevin Alves, Courtney Eaton

Rating: 9/10 (s1-10, s2-7)

American Horror Story 10: Double Feature (2021)

A writer and his family move to a town known for its muse effect.

A group of student friends discover they are pregnant after a camping trip.

'Red Tide' is the first story (feature) from season 10, a special season, created as a combination of 2 genres, and has 6 episodes.

It follows a horror trope focused on vampiric presence, but stylized a little differently. Vampirism is presented as an addiction to being known and appreciated, but the "quality" of becoming one is conditioned by the presence of talent. Truly a fully human problem and characteristic, but with very negative effects and consequences that are difficult to repair. The series is efficiently executed, with the well-known visual artistry, and is based on a team of fan favorites, including Evan Peters, Lily Rabe and Frances Conroy. It is also the feature that deserves the most attention.

'Death Valley' is the title of the second story (feature), with only 4 episodes. It is based on conspiracy theories about aliens and uses the idea of ​​'body snatchers' in a story that's very rich in colorful and outlandish events, so much so that the irony is lost somewhere along the way and the series suffers from the "style over substance" syndrome.

Director:  John J. Gray, Loni Peristere   

Production:  FX Network   

Creator: Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy   

Duration:  season 10 of 10 episodes (1 hour each)   

With: Sarah Paulson, Billie Lourd, Leslie Grossman, Evan Peters, Lily Rabe, Frances Conroy, Finn Wittrock, Angelica Ross, Macaulay Culkin, Ryan Kiera Armstrong

Rating: 7/10

Bodies (2023)

Four London detectives from 4 different periods find the same body, in the same place.

'Bodies' is a miniseries with an interesting concept. The plot and the explanation of the mystery are copied from the Doctor Who manual, but without the original's ability to make nonsense make sense and have appeal. However, the 4 perspectives of the same case offer an interesting opportunity to create relevant and believable characters that interact with what surrounds them in an interesting way and that is worth watching.

Director:  Marco Kreuzpaintner,    Haolu Wang

Production:  Netflix   

Creator:  Paul Tomalin   

Duration:  miniseries of 8 episodes (~55 minutes each)  

With: Amaka Okafor, Kyle Soller, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Shira Haas, Stephen Graham, Greta Scacchi, Synnove Karlsen, George Parker, Michael Jibson

Rating: 7/10

The Fall Of The House Of Usher (2023)

Roderick Usher talks to Auggie Dupin in his mother's house, telling him how he is guilty of the death of each of his children.

'The Fall Of The House Of Usher' is Mike Flanagan's latest (and last) miniseries adaptation in collaboration with Netflix. Based on the writings of Edgar Allan Poe, the series majestically combines several of his stories into a modern homage to the original Gothic style. Reimagined in a very original way, TFOTHOU will easily satisfy the need for the gothic in the life of the viewer and will turn the direction of their thoughts towards analysis and search for real "wealth". Visually it is grandiose, the deaths and their associated parallel stories are never rushed or treated superficially, and without ever forgetting the main narrative thread, the audience is treated satisfactorily with parallel development and an appropriate ending even when it is expected.

Director:  Michael Fimognari, Mike Flanagan   

Production:  Netflix   

Creator:  Mike Flanagan     

Duration:  1 season of 8 episodes (~1 hour each)   

With: Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Mary McDonnell, Henry Thomas, Rahul Kohli, Samantha Sloyan, T'Nia Miller, Zach Gilford, Willa Fitzgerald, Michael Trucco, Katie Parker, Ruth Codd, Mark Hamill, Kate Siegel, Carl Lumbly

Rating: 8.6/10