Comedy
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 6 Recap – Behind the Mask
Episode 6 of Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 is titled “Masks”, and for good reason. In it, Aang tries to figure out how to...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 5 Recap – Face Your Fears
There’s a distinct horror tone to Episode 5 of Avatar: The Last Airbender that sets it apart from previous episodes in Season 1. It’s full...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 4 Recap – Old Friends, High Places
Now that it’s slowing down to a manageable pace, Avatar: The Last Airbender is getting better. It’s also getting weirder, but that’s another matter. Either...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 3 Recap – Omashu’s Merry Men
Episode 3 is my favorite installment of Avatar: The Last Airbender thus far. Set entirely in the titular Earth Kingdom city of Omashu, it excels...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 2 Recap – Kyoshi Warriors
Episode 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender is, thankfully, a little more settled. It still moves at a rapid clip, sometimes to its detriment, but...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 Episode 1 Recap – Introducing Aang
The Season 1 premiere of Netflix’s live-action reimagining of Avatar: The Last Airbender plays out like it has somewhere else to be, delivering heaps of...
Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1 Review – A Thrilling, Flawed Adventure
For a live-action remake that had a lot of work to do, a ginormous fanbase to please, and countless ways in which it could go...
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 Episode 3 Recap – Testes to the Rescue
Larry is no longer legally trapped in Atlanta in Episode 3 of Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12, but he’s still very much clinging to his...
Doctor Slump Season 1 Episode 8 Recap – Ha-neul and Kyung-min have history
With Episode 8, Doctor Slump has reached the halfway point of its Season 1 run, so now seems as good a time as any for...
Doctor Slump Season 1 Episode 7 Recap – Case Closed?
Every episode of Doctor Slump has been cute and charming thus far, but Episode 7 might be the cutest and most charming of the lot,...
Ready, Set, Love Season 1 Review – A compelling premise amounts to little in this Thai rom-com
Imagine a parallel universe in which women wildly outnumber men. That’s either a paradise or a nightmare, depending on where you’re sitting, but to the...
Life & Beth Season 2 Ending Explained – What gender is Beth’s baby?
A baby is on the way in the Season 2 finale of Life & Beth. John and Beth have been struggling for weeks because she...
Life & Beth Season 2 Review – A second season triumph
Upon debuting on Hulu in March of 2022, Amy Schumer’s Life & Beth was met with critical praise, leading to its renewal for a second season. Season...
Delicious in Dungeon Season 1 Episode 7 Recap – How does Senshi kill the Kraken?
Despite a fairly dangerous encounter with a Mimic in Episode 6, Chilchuck survived long enough to make it to Episode 7 of Netflix’s newest fantasy...
A Soweto Love Story Review – A lovingly fun family affair
A Soweto Love Story is a South African romantic comedy that sees a desperate mother trying to get her three sons settled down and married...
The Heartbreak Agency Review – A predictable and dull rom-com
The Heartbreak Agency (Die Liebeskümmerer) is a German-language Netflix Original rom-com directed by Shirel Peleg and written by Antonia Rothe-Liermann, Elena-Katharina Sohn, and Malte Welding....
Players (2024) Review – A good gimmick goes a long way
Romantic comedies have a special place in film history because the conventions may be repetitive but there is almost always a happy ending. The conventions...
Five Blind Dates Review – Prime Video rom-com won’t be for everyone
If you think Five Blind Dates might be the next Crazy Rich Asians, think again. Despite a promising cast and premise, the film lacks comedy...
Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 12 Episode 2 Recap – Larry David, Liberal Darling
Curb Your Enthusiasm usually has an overarching plot that threads through the standalone episode stories, and it’s usually less fun than whatever Larry David is...
Doctor Slump Season 1 Episode 6 Recap – Jeong-woo delays his confession
In Episode 6 of Doctor Slump, the swirling problems in Jeong-woo and Ha-neul’s lives – the former’s scandal, the latter’s unemployment, both of their mental...