Comedy

In case you didn’t know, as the series does not exactly tell you from Episode 1, Trying Season 4 is set six years later, with...

If Episode 6 of The Sympathizer has a point, it’s that being a spy is a lot of work. The logistics are a nightmare. Once...

Mean-spirited, juvenile satirical thriller The 8 Show is another slice of reality show weirdness to feel oddly realistic and plausible, despite its occasional lurch into...

Netflix Asia projects continue to evolve and inspire, and Golden Kamuy is no exception. The exciting story has an intriguing historical backdrop, and the plot...

Originally a manga, Golden Kamuy has enjoyed adaptations. In addition to getting a popular anime series, the Japanese story has been adapted into a feature-length live-action...

Nasty game shows have always had a place in film and TV, and The 8 Show is another offering that features eight poor saps, trapped...

The obvious question to ask about the ending of a series like The 8 Show, which is based around a bizarre reality TV competition that...

Whenever I write about a K-Drama, I typically avoid played-out comparisons to Squid Game, which seems to be the only Korean show Western critics have...

Netflix’s quirky Irish crime caper Bodkin has a podcast mystery at its heart, an ensemble cast of off-the-wall characters, thrills, chills, dark comedy surprises, and...

The Captain’s adventures in moviemaking in Episode 4 of The Sympathizer were, in a word, unsuccessful. But the deviation into outright parody was a somewhat...

I imagine when The Captain left Vietnam, he didn’t imagine he’d find himself on a movie set. And yet that’s where he ends up in...

It’s no secret that Robert Downey Jr. has been a key selling point of The Sympathizer, and for those who tuned in specifically for his...

You can’t solve a mystery twice, which is the primary obstacle standing in the way of Bodkin Season 2. The first season’s ending seemed to tie up...

Things are going pretty well for Nikki Glaser. She was once again the clear stand-out in The Roast of Tom Brady on Netflix, which shouldn’t...

If Mother of the Bride has something going for it — and based on our review there are very few things about it worth recommending — it’s...

Mother of the Bride could have at least tried to make an effort. I know Netflix needed a branded movie title for America’s Mother’s Day, but...

The ending of Bodkin ties multiple plot threads together in a mystery spanning back two and a half decades, so there’s a lot to unpack...

Netflix’s dark comedy thriller Bodkin is set in a fictional coastal town in West Cork, Ireland, and the Emerald Isle is integral to the show’s...

These days having a true-crime podcast is the best career move you can make. If it’s popular, there’s a streaming series in your future. And...

You know it’s strange days indeed when you see Jerry Seinfeld in a movie. Famously, the stand-up comedian would turn down thousands of offers to...