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Nina Metz

Film Critic

Bodkin (TV Series) (2024)

Publish Date: May 9, 2024
"It’s a piffle of a show and probably not what most audiences would expect a former two-term U.S. president to put his name and energy behind (...) Rating: ** (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Interview with the Vampire (TV Series) (2022)

Publish Date: May 8, 2024
"[2nd Season Review]: So richly written, so thrillingly inhabited by its cast, so effortlessly funny (...) Rating: **** (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
One with the Whale (2023)

Publish Date: April 23, 2024
"Like any worthwhile documentary, 'One With the Whale' is a window into the lives of others, and it's handled with as much respect and sensitivity as you could expect from filmmakers outside the community (...) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
The Jinx: Part 2 (TV Miniseries) (2024)

Publish Date: April 18, 2024
"Why do people do such horrible things to one another? Who is often allowed to get away with these crimes and why? Compelling enough questions that we keep coming back for more (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Diarra from Detroit (TV Series) (2024)

Publish Date: April 10, 2024
"It has tremendous style right from the start —sardonic, knowing and self-deprecating (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Scoop (2024)

Publish Date: April 4, 2024
"There’s nowhere near enough story to justify a movie-length depiction (...) Rating: ** (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces (2024)

Publish Date: March 28, 2024
"He's complicated and the documentary captures that in all the right ways (...) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Murder Is Easy (TV Miniseries) (2023)

Publish Date: March 6, 2024
"Murder may be easy, but adapting Agatha Christie isn't"

Chicago Tribune
The Regime (TV Miniseries) (2024)

Publish Date: March 1, 2024
"The Regime is a critique in a vacuum which makes it no critique at all, a reconstruction masquerading as deconstruction (...) Rating: * (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Elsbeth (TV Series) (2024)

Publish Date: February 29, 2024
"[It] tries -and fails- to be a quirkier version of 'Columbo’s'"

Chicago Tribune
The Never Game (TV Series) (2024)

Publish Date: February 8, 2024
"Fundamentally, Hartley is a strong enough presence to carry the show (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Feud: Capote vs. The Swans (TV Miniseries) (2024)

Publish Date: January 31, 2024
"The series is richly executed and a hoot, but also unexpectedly moving (...) [It] is some of the best television of recent memory. (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Death and Other Details (TV Series) (2024)

Publish Date: January 16, 2024
"'What next? Who? Which?' Those are the questions that keep the engine of a whodunit running. And 'Death and Other Details' has plenty of fuel (...) Rating: ***1/2 (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Monsieur Spade (TV Miniseries) (2024)

Publish Date: January 10, 2024
"The 6-episode limited series is so classy and made with such style, you don’t notice its flaws at first. Most of that comes down to Owen’s performance as the gimlet-eyed Spade (...) Rating: *** (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Reacher (TV Series) (2022)

Publish Date: December 13, 2023
"[2nd Season Review]: Ritchson takes the role seriously, but he’s in on the joke, and it’s a great tonal balance"

Chicago Tribune
Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie (2023)

Publish Date: December 7, 2023
"Rare is the reboot that captures the magic of the original. But sometimes it’s nice to catch up with familiar characters years later, and the TV movie 'Mr. Monk’s Last Case' (on Peacock) is one such opportunity"

Chicago Tribune
Great Photo, Lovely Life (2023)

Publish Date: December 5, 2023
"Extraordinary (...) the kind of highly personal and bracing project that you rarely encounter on streaming platforms these days"

Chicago Tribune
For All Mankind (TV Series) (2019)

Publish Date: November 9, 2023
"[4th Season Review]: Finally, a recent TV show to depict labor organizing!"

Chicago Tribune
The Buccaneers (TV Series) (2023)

Publish Date: November 8, 2023
"Wharton wrote fiction, but her novels function as insider accounts of the late 19th and early 20th century upper classes (...) but the show never considers how all that wealth was accumulated, and the suffering it required from others (...) Rating: **1/2 (out of 4)"

Chicago Tribune
Sly (2023)

Publish Date: November 2, 2023
"Despite Stallone’s engaging presence, it’s less a documentary than a career retrospective (...) Rating: ** (out of 4)"

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