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Tim Grierson

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Biography:

Tim Grierson is the Senior U.S. Critic for Screen International and a film critic for The New Republic.

Location:

Los Angeles

Reviews

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In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon: Season 1 (2024) 95% EDIT “There are some inevitable limitations inherent to the rock-doc treatment of a beloved icon, but having the opportunity to luxuriate in so many classic songs, with their maker as a guide, is an invitation no fan will want to pass up.” – Screen International Mar 7, 2024 Full Review Monsieur Spade: Season 1 (2024) 77% EDIT “The one-time Oscar nominee so perfectly embodies Spade’s spiritual exhaustion and profound pessimism that you wonder why you’re not loving every single second. The culprit is the execution—and, perhaps, in the show’s most cutting twist, Owen himself.” – The Daily Beast Jan 17, 2024 Full Review Loki: Season 1 (2021) 92% EDIT “Loki can get bogged down in its discussion of timelines and multiverses... but thankfully the creative team keeps the narrative engine humming, filling the screen with eye-catching details.” – Screen International Jun 8, 2021 Full Review Leaving Neverland: Season 1 (2019) 98% EDIT “More than justifying its four-hour runtime, Leaving Neverland absorbs as it devastates,” – Screen International Jan 26, 2019 Full Review The Colbert Report: Season 1 (2005) 77% EDIT “It was politically astute but not didactic, thought-provoking but light on its feet, hilarious but also deeply felt.” – Rolling Stone Sep 24, 2018 Full Review The Ben Stiller Show: Season 1 (1992) 91% EDIT “While it can be pretty funny, The Ben Stiller Show is a mess, Stiller and his cohorts trying a little bit of everything to see if it'll work.” – Deadspin Sep 7, 2018 Full Review Battlestar Galactica: Season 4 (2008) 92% EDIT “After anxious months of geeky Web speculation over how Battlestar's final season will conclude, the best thing about "He That Believeth in Me" was how it bypassed our feverish expectations and instead set up new central conflicts.” – New York Magazine/Vulture Jan 2, 2018 Full Review Crisis in Six Scenes: Season 1 (2016) 18% EDIT “A lighthearted show about a sobering reality, and it's exciting to see Allen, who's never been much of a political artist, commenting on America's never-ending polarization. Too bad he falls back on musty gags to tell a story that couldn't be more urgent.” – TheWrap Sep 30, 2016 Full Review The Exorcist: Season 1 (2016) 79% EDIT “Judged by its pilot, The Exorcist looks to ground its demonic-possession drama in somber realism and gotta-see-what-happens plot twists. But if you've seen one exorcism, apparently you've seen 'em all.” – TheWrap Sep 29, 2016 Full Review Atlanta: Season 1 (2016) 98% EDIT “Consistently funny with a proudly idiosyncratic vibe, "Atlanta" launches out of the gate with a firm grasp of its characters and milieu. Who knows where the show might go, but with this much promise, you'll want to follow wherever it roams.” – TheWrap Sep 6, 2016 Full Review Gomorra: La serie: Season 1 (2014) 95% EDIT “In this series, the mob is as elemental and unavoidable as death, whose cruel finality visits these people with grisly regularity. The characters can't shake their environment -- and once "Gomorrah" puts its hooks into you, you'll feel the same way.” – TheWrap Aug 26, 2016 Full Review The Get Down: Season 1 (2016) 77% EDIT “"The Get Down" boasts plenty of vibrancy. But after three episodes it's still unclear whether this ambitious Netflix series has come up with a narrative that's as galvanic as the art form that inspired it.” – TheWrap Aug 11, 2016 Full Review The Night Of: Season 1 (2016) 94% EDIT “HBO's superb limited series doesn't break new ground so much as it showcases a group of actors, writers and directors working at an exceptionally high level, merging potentially familiar genres into a thoroughly absorbing mystery and character study.” – TheWrap Jul 11, 2016 Full Review Animal Kingdom: Season 1 (2016) 76% EDIT “Adapted from the arresting 2010 Australian thriller, the series contains glimpses of the gritty, compelling series it could be, but judged on its first three episodes, this tale of a dysfunctional Southern California crime family is more bark than bite.” – TheWrap Jun 14, 2016 Full Review Inside Amy Schumer: Season 4 (2016) 64% EDIT “Still funny without being revelatory, the new season may represent a crossroads of sorts for Schumer: Can the former underdog strike the same rich comedic veins now that she's a star?” – TheWrap Apr 21, 2016 Full Review The Girlfriend Experience: Season 1 (2016) 85% EDIT “Among the many pleasures of "The Girlfriend Experience," chief is its concerted, gripping refusal to define its fascinating central character. As a result, this Starz series is quietly absorbing, even revelatory.” – TheWrap Apr 7, 2016 Full Review Horace and Pete: Season 1 (2016) 96% EDIT “This is an artist with a great deal of clout... - and he's using that cultural currency to challenge himself. It's worth a return visit to see where Horace and Pete will go from here.” – TheWrap Feb 5, 2016 Full Review Angie Tribeca: Season 1 (2016) 89% EDIT “Not since the halcyon days of Airplane! and The Naked Gun has there been a piece of entertainment this richly, knowingly moronic. Anchored by an inspired deadpan performance from Rashida Jones.” – TheWrap Jan 19, 2016 Full Review Shadowhunters: Season 1 (2016) 44% EDIT “But, lordy, is it silly - and worse, it lacks the wit or sharp self-awareness to own up to its campiness or help make its melodramatic elements more palatable.” – TheWrap Jan 12, 2016 Full Review The Magicians: Season 1 (2016) 74% EDIT “It would take a clairvoyant to know whether The Magicians will eventually develop into an agreeably dark and twisty piece of juicy genre fare, but at this early stage its future looks murky.” – TheWrap Dec 17, 2015 Full Review Childhood's End: Season 1 (2015) 70% EDIT “Some of the original tale's poetic, deceptively detached tone remains, but this miniseries ends up feeling derivative of the films and TV shows that have come in Childhood's End's wake.” – TheWrap Dec 14, 2015 Full Review EDIT “There's an aching sadness in the margins of Saints & Strangers... how this country's founding was forged in blood and genocide - but the ho-hum execution doesn't do enough to give America's bittersweet origin story the emotional wallop it deserves.” – TheWrap Nov 23, 2015 Full Review The Man in the High Castle: Season 1 (2015) 95% EDIT “A compulsively compelling series that grows richer and more emotionally nuanced as it gains momentum, "The Man in the High Castle" milks its provocative what-if premise for plenty of smart suspense and subtle shading.” – TheWrap Nov 20, 2015 Full Review Into the Badlands: Season 1 (2015) 64% EDIT “Full of bloody action, badass characters and more than a little cheese, this AMC action-drama isn't particularly nuanced, but it's consistently pulpy fun, with just about every creative decision seemingly made based on how cool it would be.” – TheWrap Nov 16, 2015 Full Review Ash vs Evil Dead: Season 1 (2015) 98% EDIT “Ash vs Evil Dead... is a winningly familiar mixture of over-the-top gore and sarcastic humor, all of it anchored by Bruce Campbell's reliably meta-ironic performance as the titular antihero.” – TheWrap Nov 2, 2015 Full Review
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