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Mark Meszoros

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Biography:

Mark is the assistant managing editor/features for The News-Herald and the entertainment editor for The Morning Journal. His work also regularly appears in other Digital First Media outlets. He is a lifelong Ohioan who has spent most of his life in Northeast Ohio. He loves music even more than movies and TV, but he doesn't love writing about it as much.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
Your Friends & Neighbors: Season 1 (2025) 79% 2/4 EDIT “"settling in at a level of being watchable but never enthralling"” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Apr 9, 2025 Full Review Zero Day: Season 1 (2025) 54% 2.5/4 EDIT “Considering all it has going for it, including a steady performance by De Niro, the series earns the most tepid of endorsements. It’s largely well-paced and almost always boasts at least two talented actors in the frame.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Feb 24, 2025 Full Review Win or Lose: Season 1 (2025) 88% 2/4 EDIT “Win or Lose is the first series for Disney+ from Disney subsidiary Pixar — the makers of myriad acclaimed films, including Up, Finding Nemo, WALL-E and Toy Story — and it shows a studio struggling with an unfamiliar format.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Feb 24, 2025 Full Review Dune: Prophecy: Season 1 (2024) 65% 2/4 EDIT “It isn’t as much the surplus of characters that keeps “Prophecy” from becoming engrossing television but that, at least through the four episodes made available for review, a central figure never emerges.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Nov 16, 2024 Full Review Disclaimer: Season 1 (2024) 77% EDIT “Highly cinematic even for a prestige TV drama, Disclaime” is engaging and can be quite potent, as its nebulous tale of secrets and lies unfolds in calculated measurements portioned out by Cuarón. ” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 9, 2024 Full Review The Penguin: Season 1 (2024) 95% 3/4 EDIT “While the Gotham City-set gangster show does not reach the heights needed to stand shoulder to shoulder with another HBO series taking place within the world of organized crime, The Sopranos, it is a fairly interesting character of its titular figure.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Oct 2, 2024 Full Review Star Wars: The Acolyte: Season 1 (2024) 79% 2.5/4 EDIT “At the end of the fourth episode — by which time just about every key moment from the trailers have played out — we certainly are left wanting to see what comes next.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jun 4, 2024 Full Review Eric: Season 1 (2024) 71% 2/4 EDIT “The tradeoff of the Abi Morgan-created series biting off more than it realistically can chew is that it is seldom boring, at least not for lengthy stretches.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) May 31, 2024 Full Review 3 Body Problem: Season 1 (2024) 78% 2/4 EDIT “Based on the way this season all but runs out of momentum at the finale, its ticking countdown may come to an end sooner than later.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Mar 25, 2024 Full Review Manhunt: Season 1 (2024) 87% 3/4 EDIT “Manhunt impressively paints a more sprawling portrait of a time in our country’s history.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Mar 18, 2024 Full Review Masters of the Air: Season 1 (2024) 85% 3.5/4 EDIT “Although much of its draw is its human drama, Masters of the Air doesn’t shortchange you when it comes to aerial sequences.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Feb 1, 2024 Full Review All the Light We Cannot See: Season 1 (2023) 28% EDIT “You can't shake the feeling that there likely was even more light to be extracted from Doerr's acclaimed work.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Nov 8, 2023 Full Review Star Wars: Ahsoka: Season 1 (2023) 85% EDIT “These first two episodes of Ahsoka, which account for a quarter of the season, are a little slow but hopefully will prove to be effective table setters for a thrilling adventure.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Aug 22, 2023 Full Review The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart: Season 1 (2023) 82% EDIT “This nicely crafted and at times emotionally draining adaptation of Holly Ringland’s best-selling debut novel of the same name is propelled by lies told and secrets kept, however well-intended they may have been.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Aug 4, 2023 Full Review Justified: City Primeval: Season 1 (2023) 92% EDIT “City Primeval never reaches the heights of Justified at its very best, but that’s a very tall order. It’s pretty easily one of the better reboots of this recent reboot-heavy period, and that’s enough.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jul 12, 2023 Full Review Secret Invasion: Season 1 (2023) 53% EDIT “The series is engaging but short of enthralling, a combination of elements we’ve seen in spy movies and science-fiction series. It is familiar, but, more importantly, it is well-executed.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jun 16, 2023 Full Review FUBAR: Season 1 (2023) 49% EDIT “Like so many streaming series, FUBAR simply doesn’t have enough story to justify its overall runtime, a real problem considering we’re talking about all of eight hours in this case.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jun 6, 2023 Full Review Citadel: Season 1 (2023) 51% EDIT “It may not feel like the big leagues yet, but it could get there.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) May 5, 2023 Full Review Rabbit Hole: Season 1 (2023) 76% EDIT “Something just feels right about Kiefer Sutherland being in the center of a tense hourlong TV drama series.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Mar 27, 2023 Full Review Daisy Jones & the Six: Season 1 (2023) 70% EDIT “At the end of the day, Daisy Jones & The Six is pretty standard rock ‘’n’ roll stuff — sex, drugs, love and, of course, music. So go your own way if you choose, but this is a record worth giving a spin.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Mar 1, 2023 Full Review Poker Face: Season 1 (2023) 98% EDIT “Yes, the guest stars are fun, and the writing and direction is generally strong even when Johnson is credited with neither. However, the biggest reason Poker Face keeps you going back for more is Lyonne.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jan 26, 2023 Full Review The Last of Us: Season 1 (2023) 96% EDIT “Even knowing what ordeals likely would lie ahead in a second season of The Last of the Us, we’re desperately hoping for a renewal — a move deserving given the show’s quality.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Jan 10, 2023 Full Review Willow: Season 1 (2022) 84% EDIT “Willow is a show chock full of solid modern special effects, pulsates with life and, most importantly, is populated by lots of appealing characters.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Dec 22, 2022 Full Review The English: Season 1 (2022) 84% EDIT “Keeps you at pistol’s length with a convoluted, often frustrating tale of love, race and revenge.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Nov 11, 2022 Full Review Andor: Season 1, Episode 4 (2022) EDIT “Through the four episodes that Disney-owned Lucasfilm made available for review ... the three debuting this week and next week's chapter, which takes the story in a new direction — the drama suffers from lukewarm storytelling and almost never crackles.” – The News-Herald (Willoughby, OH) Sep 20, 2022 Full Review
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