First Impressions: Magic City (Starz)
Magic City is flashy and fancy – but there’s not a lot of meat on the bone with Starz’s period drama.
Author: Randy Dankievitch
Randy is the founder of Processed Media and The Mid-Season Replacements Podcast, and a Rotten Tomatoes-approved TV critic. He's written about TV and culture across the internet since 2010, and also writes a monthly column for UpPortland Magazine.
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