Ava DuVernay’s ‘Home Sweet Home’ Is Comforting, Too-Uncomplicated Reality Fare: TV Review

“Eternals” isn’t the only god-like beings creation that famed artist/creator Jack Kirby brought to the comic book world, as he made also created the similar deities “New Gods” for DC Comics. A feature film had been in the works at Warner Bros.

Jenelle Riley Deputy Awards, Features EditorJaden Michael was well aware of Colin Kaepernick before he ever auditioned to play him in “Colin in Black & White.” The actor, perhaps best known for his lead role in 2020’s “Vampires vs. the Bronx,” respected Kaepernick not only as an athlete but also for his advocacy.

Ava DuVernay has a special way of telling people's unique and intimate stories on the screen.The acclaimed director returns with, a six-episode limited series about Colin Kaepernick's life.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticJudy Sheindlin is back — and audiences may not have had time to miss her.In July of this year, “Judge Judy,” Sheindlin’s durable CBS-produced courtroom reality show, wrapped up. Over its 25-year run, the outspoken former family court jurist became a notably high-rated (and famously well-compensated) television personality.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticAmazon Prime’s new animated series has a zany, anything-could-happen sensibility. Which makes it a little disappointing that what usually does happen is a bleeding-edge cultural reference.To be clear, “Fairfax,” about a group of middle-school hypebeasts (which is to say, streetwear obsessives) coming of age in image-obsessed Los Angeles, is often very funny in how far it’s willing to push its media-saturated sensibility.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticApple TV Plus’ greatest success so far has been “Ted Lasso,” a show about the power of teamwork and connection, with a group of athletes led by a somewhat unlikely coach seeking a bit of redemption.Its newest drama has all those elements, remixed and transplanted into a new context. “Swagger” is inspired by the early life of NBA superstar Kevin Durant, who serves as executive producer along with Brian Grazer and showrunner Reggie Rock Bythewood.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticIn the original “The 4400,” characters who’d long been missing suddenly return from an unknown alternate dimension, all at once. As the title suggests, the group of returned individuals numbers some 4,400 strong.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe fifth and final season of “Insecure” begins with Issa (played by series co-creator Issa Rae) looking back: Her character chats with a college-era version of herself in the mirror, with young Issa wondering what the future will hold.It’s a clever way to recap how far the character has come since the show began. Her conversation with herself takes place during a visit to her alma mater, Stanford, to speak on a panel of accomplished young alums.

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Ava DuVernay has put her stamp on a new reality TV project, The Oscar-nominated director executive produces the series, which sees 18 families from all different cultural backgrounds swapping houses to see how others live. As DuVernay told ET's Kevin Frazier, she created in hopes to show how we just might be more alike than we imagined.«The core of is curiosity,» DuVernay explained.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVAva DuVernay doesn’t consider herself a “Kumbaya girl,” but when she set out to create her first-ever unscripted series, NBC’s “Home Sweet Home,” she wanted it to be one that connected people rather than focusing on the conflicts between them.“We are in the most polarized time.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“You” began by reversing the equation of Golden Age TV dramas. And three seasons in, its act is getting tired.The show, starring Penn Badgley as Joe, a stalker and killer to whose internal monologue we have access, is difficult to compare to series like “The Sopranos” and “Breaking Bad” but for one particular.

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV CriticThe 2009 death of Brittany Murphy, the 32-year-old film star, is the sort of tragedy about which it’s tempting to search for answers — be they practical, about how it happened, or more cosmic, about what greater meaning can be found in the loss of life and potential here.And yet some sets of facts exist beyond our ability to make satisfying sense of them. Sometimes, things are just sad.

If you’re the type of family that likes to settle down (post-Christmas lunch) for a good movie, then chances are the classic Home Alone has been chosen at least once.

Ava DuVernay and Colin Kaepernick, . The six-episode limited series features Jaden Michael as a young Colin before he becomes the cultural icon and activist known to the world today. The streaming site describes the show as a coming-of-age story that follows the former NFL player during his youth as he tackles the obstacles of race, class and culture as a Black adopted child of a white family. «Life puts us on a path, sometimes winding.