Comedy
‘Steve’ Review – Cillian Murphy’s Remarkable Real-Time Breakdown
Steve is named after Cillian Murphy’s character, a spiralling reform college headteacher who’s in the midst of a substance abuse-accelerated mental breakdown. The movie isn’t...
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – I Don’t Think He Was A Nazi
It might have taken ages for Peacemaker Season 2 to finally get good, but now that the ball’s rolling, it has quickly generated enough speed to carry right through into the finale.
‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Supes Don’t Like Being Locked Up
You can’t keep a good Supe down, or so the saying that I’ve just made up goes, and it’s similarly difficult to keep them locked up, too.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 2 Recap – Ho, What A Tangled Web We Weave
We all know a Roddy Ho, and we all went to kill him, so you can understand why the first order of business in Slow Horses Season 5 has been to determine whether Roddy’s attempted assassination is part of some wider scheme.
‘Platonic’ Season 2 Ending Explained – And The Cycle Continues
I can’t help but think that Sylvia and Will aren’t very good for each other. The point of Platonic is supposed to be the opposite, even though...
‘Chad Powers’ Premiere Recap – Very Funny, Oddly Charming, and Totally Conventional
I can totally see why someone might not like Chad Powers, the Hulu comedy co-created by Glen Powell and Loki’s Michael Waldron that relies on a latex mask and a bad wig for a good percentage of its laughs.
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – In Which Everything Happens All At Once
I’ve been waiting ages for Peacemaker Season 2 to really get going. I thought the process might be incremental, but in Episode 6, it happens all at once.
‘Gen V’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – A Celebrity Deathmatch and Cipher’s Power Revealed
Cipher, the new dean of God U, immediately became one of the more interesting figures in Season 2 of Gen V.
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – Finally, The Drama Feels Worthwhile
It has taken almost the entirety of Season 2 for Platonic to feel worthwhile, but here we are.
‘Slow Horses’ Season 5, Episode 1 Recap – Someone’s Trying To Kill Roddy Ho
Season 5 of Slow Horses is based on Mick Herron's 2018 novel London Rules, so it's arriving seven years late but right on time given the U.K.'s currently combustible political climate.
‘Cristela Alonzo: Upper Classy’ Review – Unadventurous Comedy Hides Moving Personal Insights
I’m a bit mixed on Cristela Alonzo. I don’t find her that funny, aside from the odd well-observed throwaway punchline that tends to punctuate longer...
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Chris Finally Takes the Plunge
Peacemaker has spent most of Season 2 in the grip of a holding pattern, one that is very funny and silly in the moment but has largely only achieved reiterating its clutch of underlying character ideas (you’ll notice that there’s no real overarching plot or villain this season).
‘Gen V’ Season 2 Premiere Recap – A Nasty But Surprisingly Sensitive Return to School
Prime Video’s spin-off from The Boys returns for Season 2 with several pretty important mandates.
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap – I’d Read Charlie’s Novel
The obvious joke is that I'd rather read Charlie's Brett Coyote legal thriller than watch any more Platonic.
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – The Grass Isn’t Always Greener
The pacing of Peacemaker Season 2 is a little weird, right? Every episode seems like filler, setting up the next key moment, which never seems to arrive when you think it will.
‘Platonic’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Therapy Is A Bad Idea
Sometimes, even when a show isn't at its best, it can still be pretty good. Platonic has always been like that, which is why it's sometimes difficult to talk about.
‘Peacemaker’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Best. Dimension. Ever.
The more it goes on, the more it seems like Peacemaker Season 2 is pretty specifically about Chris Smith’s relationship with Emilia Harcourt.
‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Part 2 Review – A Convoluted Back Half Still Delivers Where It Counts
Wednesday is about werewolves and zombies and death; about Gorgons and Sirens and mad scientists. But it’s mostly about friendship and family, especially in Part...
‘Wednesday’ Season 2, Part 2 Ending Explained – Until Next Time, Nevermore
Wednesday is pretty good at endings. It’s the done thing these days to never really end a show, but this one has always been good at...
‘The Paper’ Review – Peacock’s Spin-Off From ‘The Office’ Stands On Its Own
It says a lot that even in 2025, twenty years after it first debuted, simply being a spin-off of The Office is enough to constitute...