Comedy

WandaVision season 1, episode 3 recap – what in Seaside, Florida is going on here?

January 22 2021, by M.N. Miller

This recap of Disney Plus’s WandaVision season 1, episode 3, contains spoilers. The third episode has WandaVision entering the classic ‘70s sitcom style, with the...

Daughter From Another Mother review – Mexican dramedy challenges the idea of family

January 21 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of Daughter From Another Mother is spoiler-free. You’d think that the crux of Daughter From Another Mother, a new nine-part Mexican dramedy now streaming on...

Search Party season 4, episode 6 recap – “The Thoughtless Woman”

January 21 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 6, “The Thoughtless Woman”, contains spoilers. Chip’s full name is Charles “Chip” Wreck. I know that’s not...

Search Party season 4, episode 5 recap – “Doctor Mindbender”

January 21 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 5, “Doctor Mindbender”, contains spoilers. “In an ironic twist of fate, our friend Dory has gone missing.”...

Search Party season 4, episode 4 recap – “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity-Jig”

January 21 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 4, “Home Again, Home Again, Jiggity-Jig”, contains spoilers. Search Party has always been a show about the...

Double Dad review – Maisa Silva makes a compelling lead

January 15 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a reason certain genres are popular with audiences, and indeed with filmmakers alike. There’s a lot of comfort to be found in the familiar;...

WandaVision season 1, episode 2 recap – what’s with the [spoiler] outfit?

January 15 2021, by M.N. Miller

This recap of Disney Plus’s WandaVision season 1, episode 2, contains significant spoilers. WandaVision episode 2 begins in black and white and I Love Lucy style...

The Heartbreak Club review – a formulaic, musical rom-com

January 14 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

Some themes are universal, and breakups are one of them. Everyone knows what it’s like. There you are, imagining spending the rest of your life...

Call Your Mother review – another bland, formulaic network sitcom

January 14 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

The point of parenting is to do a good enough job at it that your kids don’t need you anymore – but what do you...

Search Party season 4, episode 3 recap – “Escape to Nowhere”

January 14 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 3, “Escape to Nowhere”, contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free season review is here. The central question driving Search...

Search Party season 4, episode 2 recap – “Something Sharp”

January 14 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 2, “Something Sharp”, contains spoilers. Our spoiler-free season review is here. How do you move on from...

Search Party season 4, episode 1 recap – “The Girl in the Basement”

January 14 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of Search Party season 4, episode 1, “The Girl in the Basement”, contains spoilers. Search Party has always thrived at imbuing classic genre...

Search Party season 4 review – milennial thriller takes psycho turn

January 7 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of Search Party Season 4 is spoiler-free. Few shows are more difficult to categorize than Search Party, the fourth season of which premieres...

What Happened to Mr Cha? review – a satire that can’t get out of its own way

January 1 2021, by Jonathon Wilson

This review of What Happened to Mr Cha? is spoiler-free. Korean comedy What Happened to Mr. Cha? is the directorial debut of Kim Dong-kyu, and...

Death to 2020 review – a fittingly predictable end to the year

December 27 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

For years now, Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones’s Black Mirror has been the rubric for whatever kind of hellish dystopian future we’re hurtling towards, and...

The Stand In review – the worst film of the year

December 26 2020, by M.N. Miller

  There aren’t enough words for how indescribably bad Drew Barrymore’s The Stand In is. It is bad, so very bad. Atrocious, brackish, hackneyed, insipid,...

French Exit review – caustic and ambivalent

December 25 2020, by M.N. Miller

I never knew the term ghosting was not invented by millennials, but a phrase that came from when people left a party. While watching French...

London Hughes: To Catch A D*ck review – a raucously entertaining debut special

December 22 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

In the opening sketch of London Hughes: To Catch A D*ck, now streaming on Netflix, the titular comic gives herself a pep talk in the...

The Flight Attendant season 1, episode 8 recap – “Arrivals & Departures”

December 17 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Flight Attendant season 1, episode 8, “Arrivals & Departures”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode...

The Flight Attendant Season 1 Episode 6 Recap – “After Dark”

December 10 2020, by Jonathon Wilson

This recap of The Flight Attendant Season 1 Episode 6, “After Dark”, contains spoilers. You can check out our thoughts on the previous episode by...