Movie & Television Reviews

Tim Burton steps forward as director of “Wednesday,” a spin-off named for, and focused on, the comically macabre Addams family’s daughter. All eight episodes of the series, which stars Jenna Ortega in the title role, are streaming on Netflix.

‘Strange World’ tells the story of the Clade family, denizens of an imaginary realm called Avalonia.

Working from Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s 2019 bestseller, director Maria Schrader depicts the dogged determination of the newswomen, the courage and resilience of their victimized sources and, ultimately, the power of journalism to reveal wrongdoing. Although their efforts take a toll on family life, both leading characters are shown to be in strong marriages.

Honorable underlying values and believable characters are sabotaged by excessively explicit sexual content in the limited drama series “Fleishman is in Trouble.”