Comedy
Breeders season 2, episode 1 & 2 recap – “No Surrender” and “No Fear”
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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”
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
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
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!”
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
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
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
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
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”
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”
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
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
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...