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Louis C.K.’s ‘Ridiculous’ is Hilarious (If You Aren’t Easily Offended)
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – There Might Be Too Many Characters In This
How ‘The Bear’ Season 5’s Michelin Star Twist Fooled the Audience
Movie Reviews
Louis C.K.’s ‘Ridiculous’ is Hilarious (If You Aren’t Easily Offended)
‘Little Brother’ Is A Pleasant Surprise, and John Cena Is the Perfect Star For It
I Wanted to Like ‘Supergirl’ (And I Kind of Did, Sort Of)
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Isn’t Just A Terrible Movie — It’s An Actively Dangerous Call to Arms
TV Show Reviews
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Season 2 Review – A More Assured Follow-Up
‘The American Experiment’ Is Far from Complete, And That’s the Point
‘I Will Find You’ Season 1 Review – Another Inexplicably Watchable Coben Thriller
‘Widow’s Bay’ Season 1 Review – Apple TV’s Delightful Horror-Comedy Will Be Difficult to Top
Latest TV Recaps
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 3, Episode 2 Recap – There Might Be Too Many Characters In This
4 Summary Beautifully shot and powerfully acted, House of the Dragon continues to do the broad strokes well here, but the sheer volume of competing characters and...
‘Agent Kim Reactivated’ Premiere Recap – Getting Back to Work
4 Summary Agent Kim Reactivated immediately and confidently lays out a familiar premise in its first two episodes, promising a lot of catharsis as the...
‘Sugar’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – There Is More Than One Way to Belong
3.5 Summary Sugar continues to investigate not just a missing person but also the nature of belonging and loneliness in what is turning out to be...
‘Star City’ Season 1, Episode 6 Recap – A Stiflingly Tense, Riveting Hour
4.5 Summary Star City really comes into its own in “Awl in a Sack”, delivering effectively claustrophobic tension on the way to a surprising major cliffhanger....
TV Explainers
How ‘The Bear’ Season 5’s Michelin Star Twist Fooled the Audience
How ‘House of the Dragon’ Tweaked Rhaenyra’s Coronation — And Why It Worked
Is Fatima Gone for Good? Survival In ‘From’ Comes At A Cost
Bones and Bottles: Is ‘From’ All Just A Big Game Between Gods?
Movie Explainers
‘Citizen Vigilante’ Ending Explained – Why the Climax Is an Explicit Call to Arms
Supergirl Isn’t Really Happy In the End
‘Voicemails for Isabelle’ Ending Explained – Finding Love and Closure
What the Ending of ‘Toy Story 5’ Means for Our Kids
Latest Stories
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Season 2 Casting Continues to Stoke Toxicity and Body Shaming
Fandoms really do suck, don’t they? They’re impossible to please at the best of times, especially when it comes to extremely beloved masterpiece properties like...
‘Citizen Vigilante’ and the Streisand Effect: A Loss For Art Is A Win For Cult Marketing
Citizen Vigilante shouldn’t be successful if you think about it. It’s a deeply terrible movie on a technical level and a wildly irresponsible one morally,...
Waiting It Out: A Timeline Of Louis C.K.’s Shrugging Return to the Mainstream in ‘Ridiculous’
While he wasn’t the first, and he certainly won’t be the last, Louis C.K.’s cancellation and subsequent career renaissance is one of the more instructive...
Emma D’Arcy’s Emmy-Worthy Performance Is the Secret Weapon Of ‘House of Dragon’
I watch House of the Dragon for the dragons. I watch for the swords and the pitched battles and the kind of CGI that only...