Joel Keller

New Jersey

Writer and Editor at Freelance

I write about TV, celebrities, food, parenting and tech. Reviews @decider, other stories @nytimes, @billboard, @rollingstone, @vanityfair and more.

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Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Glass Dome' on Netflix, where a criminologist battles her memories of being abducted as a child to solve a new kidnapping

1 week ago | decider.com | Joel Keller

We want to be surprised when we watch shows. So when we can predict what’s going to happen in an episode, we don’t feel smug satisfaction, we feel annoyed. The first episode of a new Scandi noir series on Netflix was entirely predictable, which doesn’t give us a lot of hope that the rest of the limited series is going to suddenly be full of surprising twists. Opening Shot: A girl walks home at night. She passes by a store and buys cigarettes for her mom and candy for herself.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Glass Dome' on Netflix, where a criminologist battles her memories of being abducted as a child to solve a new kidnapping

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Joel Keller

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 Cut Content Included 35 Quests, 15 Percent Of The Map, And Kidnapping DraculaIf you've played Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, you know the game has a wealth of content. Two vast maps, each teeming with vibrant (or not so vibrant) …
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Resident Playbook' on Netflix, a series that follows four first-year OB-GYN residents at a major hospital

1 week ago | decider.com | Joel Keller

In the new Korean series Resident Playbook, we follow four first-year residents in the OB-GYN department of a major hospital. That’s right: OB-GYN. You say you’ve never seen a show that takes place in that department before? Neither have we. Opening Shot: A look at the Seoul skyline as a patient is airlifted to a major hospital. The Gist: Dr. Oh Yi-young (Go Youn-jung) receives the patient, and her attending physician tells her that Yi-young needs to open him up.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Doctor Who' Season 2 on Disney+, where the doctor has to travel through time to get a new companion back to 2025 London

1 week ago | decider.com | Joel Keller

Russell T. Davies is fully in charge of Doctor Who at this stage; he’s the showrunner and he also wrote the first episode of this iteration’s second season. There’s certainly a lighthearted, candy-coated feel to the opening episode that seems to lean into the fact that, outside of the UK, the show is streaming on Disney+, with a younger audience than in the past. But will it keep the show’s many, many fans happy? Opening Shot: “17 YEARS AGO.” We see two teenagers looking up at the stars.
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 On HBO, Where Joel Fights Himself And An Independent Ellie As The Deadly Fungus Progresses

1 week ago | decider.com | Joel Keller

Two years ago, the first season of The Last Of Us became a big, buzzy hit for HBO because it took the apocalyptic drama and made it very personal, whether it was via the journey of Pedro Pacal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie or the intensely-intimate episode starring Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett. The second season takes place five years after the events of the first season’s finale, which Joel still hasn’t told Ellie about.
Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 On HBO, Where Joel Fights Himself And An Independent Ellie As The Deadly Fungus Progresses

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Joel Keller

Yahoo is using AI to generate takeaways from this article. This means the info may not always match what's in the article. Reporting mistakes helps us improve the experience.Generate Key TakeawaysTwo years ago, the first season of The Last Of Us became a big, buzzy hit for HBO because it took the apocalyptic drama and made it very personal, whether it was via the journey of Pedro Pacal’s Joel and Bella Ramsey’s Ellie or the intensely-intimate episode starring Nick Offerman and Murray Bartlett.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Gardener' on Netflix, about an unfeeling assassin who falls in love with a woman who is supposed to be his target

1 week ago | decider.com | Joel Keller

Netflix describes the new Spanish drama The Gardener as a “romantic thriller”, which makes sense when you really take a look at it. It’s a thriller because it involves a young man who doesn’t feel emotions and kills people for a living all of a sudden falling in love with a woman who is supposed to be his next target. That sounds like a romantic thriller to us. Opening Shot: A shot of waves crashing. A pickup truck drives up to the shore, and we see a man getting ready to swim in the cold water.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Got To Get Out' on Hulu, where reality stars and regular contestants try to escape a mansion for a share of $1 million

1 week ago | decider.com | Joel Keller

Lately, there have been a rash of reality competitions that take elements from the Peacock hit The Traitors. In a new Hulu reality competition, ten reality stars and ten regular joes are locked inside a mansion. If they manage to escape when given a chance, they get a share of a $1 million pot. Or they can wait and split the pot at the end of the ten day competition. Opening Shot: “We’re about to see a game play out,” says host Simu Liu as we see a massive mansion at night.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'Kian's Bizarre B&B' on Netflix, where a Korean cartoonist dreams up a crazy B&B — and Netflix builds it for him

1 week ago | decider.com | Joel Keller

Kian84 (real name: Kim Hee-min) is a popular cartoonist and author in South Korea, so popular that he’s called into Netflix’s Korean headquarters, with execs pitching him the idea of creating a bed and breakfast from the ground up. Here’s the twist: Whatever he conceives, Netflix will build it for him. Opening Shot: We see webtoon author Kian84 scribbling his dream B&B on a tablet.
Stream It Or Skip It: 'North Of North' on Netflix, where an Inuk woman leaves her husband and starts a new life in her tiny Arctic village

1 week ago | decider.com | Joel Keller

The new comedy North Of North is a collaboration between Netflix, the CBC and the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), which is a group of Canadian TV stations that air programming geared towards the nation’s Indigenous population. Because of that collaboration, the show’s producers strive for authenticity, including casting Inuk actors and actually shooting in the Arctic location where the show takes place. How does this come across on screen?

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20 Sep 24

This is the type of thing that drives me crazy: Listening to @TMKSESPN and for some reason, @RealMichaelKay sounds fine on TV but on radio he has an echo like he's broadcasting from an airport bathroom. Can anyone who is experienced in doing radio and TV simulcasts explain this?

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27 Jun 24

a few seconds ago I didn't binge the entire third season of #TheBearFX for my @decider review, but watched the first 3-4 episodes. People might get tired of the show's non-comedic, artsy-fartsy approach, but I'm completely on board with it... https://t.co/p4oGIv5hc1

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13 Jun 24

Great interview with R.E.M. -- their first one together in about 30 years -- about being inducted into the @SongwritersHOF, but damn.... time comes calling for all of us, doesn't it?

CBS Mornings @CBSMornings

R.E.M. is being inducted into the @SongwritersHOF — an honor Michael Stipe, Peter Buck, Mike Mills and Bill Berry say means a great deal: “We lived or died on the strength of our songs.” They sat down with @AnthonyMasonCBS for their first joint interview in nearly 30 years. https://t.co/XqlSoVMVxd

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Articles

Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Glass Dome' on Netflix, where a criminologist battles her memories of being abducted as a child to solve a new kidnapping

Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Glass Dome' on Netflix, where a criminologist battles her memories of being abducted as a child to solve a new kidnapping

Stream It Or Skip It: 'Resident Playbook' on Netflix, a series that follows four first-year OB-GYN residents at a major hospital

Stream It Or Skip It: 'Doctor Who' Season 2 on Disney+, where the doctor has to travel through time to get a new companion back to 2025 London

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 On HBO, Where Joel Fights Himself And An Independent Ellie As The Deadly Fungus Progresses

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘The Last Of Us’ Season 2 On HBO, Where Joel Fights Himself And An Independent Ellie As The Deadly Fungus Progresses

Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Gardener' on Netflix, about an unfeeling assassin who falls in love with a woman who is supposed to be his target

Stream It Or Skip It: 'Got To Get Out' on Hulu, where reality stars and regular contestants try to escape a mansion for a share of $1 million

Stream It Or Skip It: 'Kian's Bizarre B&B' on Netflix, where a Korean cartoonist dreams up a crazy B&B — and Netflix builds it for him

Stream It Or Skip It: 'North Of North' on Netflix, where an Inuk woman leaves her husband and starts a new life in her tiny Arctic village

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