Comedy

Superwog Season 1 Review

October 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

The brainchild of Nathan and Theo Saidden, Superwog is a six-part comedy series that takes aim at smug social wokeness. But unlike other projects that...

‘Smallfoot’ | Film Review

September 30 2018, by M.N. Miller

When it comes down to it, sometimes timing isn’t just everything; it can be the only thing. Smallfoot comes out when the world has noticed...

‘Forever’ (2018) | Prime Original Series Review

September 14 2018, by Daniel Hart

The opening episode of Amazon Prime’s Forever was a fascinating account of the long monogamous relationship. A showreel is presented of June and Oscar’s (Maya Rudolph and Fred...

‘Rel’ Pilot | TV Recap

September 11 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Heavily burdened by a grating studio audience, a familiar setup and some played-out scenarios, Rel is, so far at least, something of a disappointment. Created...

‘Support the Girls’ | Film Review

September 9 2018, by M.N. Miller

When it comes to Hollywood portraying middle-class America, it often is regulated to scenes that feel like middle America rather than what they actually are....

‘Juliet, Naked’ | Film Review

September 8 2018, by M.N. Miller

I decided to drag my wife on a cross-country, nine-state jaunt to see Pearl Jam in Tulsa, OK, Lincoln, NE & Austin, TX, using planes,...

‘Next Gen’ | Netflix Original Film Review

September 7 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s a story behind Next Gen, which debuted on Netflix today. The Chinese-Canadian co-production by directors Kevin Adams and Joe Ksander was picked up at Cannes...

Paradise PD Season 1 Review

August 31 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

If you have a profoundly undeveloped sense of humour and have seen every season of South Park, Family Guy and American Dad, you’re in luck...

‘Yeh Meri Family’ | TV Series Review

August 31 2018, by Daniel Hart

Yeh Meri Family reminded me of my younger days. Once school was over, you viewed the summer holidays as one crazy festival of fun, with a...

‘BlacKkKlansman’ | Film Review

August 28 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

I went into BlacKkKlansman knowing absolutely nothing about it, but the premise sounded so unbelievable that it could only be based on a true story. The...

‘The Laws of Thermodynamics’ | Netflix Film Review

August 27 2018, by Daniel Hart

Netflix’s The Laws of Thermodynamics, or known in the native language as Las leyes de la termodinámica, is not the best film of 2018. But it is undeniably...

‘The Last Sharknado: It’s About Time’ | Film Review

August 21 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

I must confess to not being entirely familiar with the Sharknado franchise, but I can’t imagine that matters. As I understand it, the one-joke premise...

‘The Festival’ | Film Review

August 20 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

You’ve got to feel sorry for Joe Thomas. He seems to have been a man trapped in time since 2008 when he first starred as...

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) Review

August 15 2018, by Daniel Hart

Directed by Susan Johnson, we review the 2018 Netflix movie To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, which does not contain spoilers. Netflix Original film To...

Here’s everything that happened in Ballers Season 4

August 13 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Before we dive into Season 4: when we last saw the boys, Spencer (Dwayne Johnson) and Joe (Rob Corddry) had turned down the offer to...

The House of Flowers Season 1 Review

August 10 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Created and directed by Manolo Caro, The House of Flowers, or La casa de las flores, is a new Spanish-language Netflix Original Series – the...

‘Brij Mohan Amar Rahe!’ | Netflix Film Review

August 3 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix continues, sniper-like, to target the South Asian market with Nikhil Bhat’s Brij Mohan Amar Rahe, otherwise known as Long Live Brij Mohan, although the...

‘The Mansion’ (‘Le Manoir’) | Film Review

August 2 2018, by Alix Turner

Le Manoir made its mark at genre film festivals last year; Netflix has now picked it up for global distribution, put the translated title The...

Welcome to the Family Season 1 Review

July 27 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Netflix’s world-gobbling expansion efforts continue apace, and after the remarkable success of the (very good) Indian crime series Sacred Games, it’s no surprise that international...

Succession Season 1 Episode 8 Recap – What Happened in “Prague”?

July 23 2018, by Jonathon Wilson

Nobody goes to Prague in season 1, episode 8 of Succession, but everyone goes nuts. It seems fitting that after weeks of boardroom backstabbing the...