Comedy

Breeders season 2, episode 1 & 2 recap – “No Surrender” and “No Fear”

March 23 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Breeders season 2, episode 1, “No Surrender”, and Breeders season 2, episode 2, “No Fear”, contains spoilers. The first season of Breeders...

Country Comfort season 1 review – a surprisingly emotional sit-com

March 19 2021, by Daniel Hart

This review of Netflix’s Country Comfort season 1 contains no spoilers — the comedy will be released on the streaming service on March 19, 2021....

Get the Goat – the ending explained

March 18 2021, by Daniel Hart

This article discusses the ending of the Netflix film Get the Goat, so it will contain major spoilers.  By the time these cops have got...

Simply Black review – every laugh comes with an element of truth

March 17 2021, by Daniel Hart

This review of Netflix film Simply Black or known as Tout simplement noir contains no spoilers. The comedy was released on the streaming service on...

Abla Fahita: Drama Queen season 1 review – fun puppetry comedy

March 15 2021, by Daniel Hart

This review of Netflix’s Abla Fahita: Drama Queen season 1 contains no spoilers — the comedy series was released on the streaming service on March...

Moxie ending explained – does feminism prevail in the end?

March 3 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This article contains huge spoilers for the Moxie ending. In the toothless feminist coming-of-age film Moxie, a cartoonish high-school comprised entirely of broad stereotypes leads...

Brian Regan: On the Rocks review – a straightword, safe hour of comedy

February 25 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Brian Regan: On the Rocks was released on Netflix February 23, 2021. Surprisingly given the matter of a global pandemic, there hasn’t seemed to be...

Finding Alice season 1, episode 4 recap – everything but the kitchen sink

February 20 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This Finding Alice season 1, episode 4 recap contains spoilers. You have to respect Finding Alice for two reasons. The first is that it is...

WandaVision season 1, episode 7 recap – “Breaking the Fourth Wall”

February 19 2021, by M.N. Miller

This recap of Disney Plus’s WandaVision season 1, episode 7, “Breaking the Fourth Wall”, contains significant spoilers. Last Time on WandaVision After Wanda (Elizabeth Olsen)...

I Care a Lot Review – A Smart, Cruel Crime Film

February 15 2021, by M.N. Miller

It’s rare for any type of crime film that goes beyond its first act without resorting to every other generic crime film cliche. Roger Ebert...

The Crew review – a traditional All-American sitcom

February 15 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

If you could assemble a network sitcom with an instruction manual and pre-packed components, like IKEA furniture, whatever you came up with might look a...

WandaVision season 1, episode 6 recap – “All-New Halloween Spooktacular!”

February 12 2021, by M.N. Miller

This recap of Disney Plus’s WandaVision season 1, episode 6, “All-New Halloween Spooktacular!”, contains significant spoilers. Last Time on WandaVision Last week on WandaVision’s “On...

Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar review – unfiltered and unfocused

February 12 2021, by M.N. Miller

When the funniest moment of a comedy written by the women behind Bridesmaids is Jamie Dornan singing a song inspired by Seagulls in the Sand,...

Squared Love Review – a Teacher by Day, a Model by Night

February 11 2021, by Daniel Hart

What I truly liked about Squared Love is how it reimagines the Superman effect in the romance genre. The film follows a celebrity journalist and womanizer...

The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman review – a film with short thrills but little to laugh about

February 10 2021, by Daniel Hart

This review of Netflix film The Misadventures of Hedi and Cokeman contains no spoilers. The comedy was released on February 10, 2021. Strangely, I was...

Tiffany Haddish Presents: They Ready season 2 review – another funny clutch of undersung comedians

February 2 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s Tiffany Haddish Presents They Ready Season 2 debuted on February 2, 2021. The rise of Tiffany Haddish from Girls Trip to her own Netflix special with...

Dickinson season 2, episode 6 recap – “Split the Lark”

January 29 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Dickinson season 2, episode 6, “Split the Lark”, contains spoilers. It’s so easy to get caught up in ourselves, that we forget...

The Conners season 3, episode 8 recap – “Young Love, Old Lions and Middle-Aged Hyenas”

January 28 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Conners season 3, episode 8, “Young Love, Old Lions and Middle-Aged Hyenas”, contains spoilers. The seventh episode of The Conners’ third...

June & Kopi review – animals remain better than humans

January 28 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Noviandra Santosa’s June & Kopi helps to flesh out an already-overpopulated subgenre of movies that might best be described as, “dogs!”. That really is the...

Search Party season 4, episode 10 recap – the ending explained

January 28 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 10, “The Shadows”, contains spoilers. Who is Dory Sief? She wanders into her funeral with that question...