Santa Clarita Diet Review: Where’s the Meat?
Drew Barrymore's new Netflix show Santa Clarita Diet is a zany mix of comedy and horror, but is there enough meat on this bone to chew on?
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Second Jen Review
Second Jen is a refreshingly familiar coming of age comedy that feels totally Canadian without being "maplewashed".
Bill & Ted’s Most Excellent Collection Review
Shout Factory gives these most triumphant time travelers a Blu-ray box set they've always deserved.
Easy Review
Netflix's new dramedy series Easy zooms in on the mundane, messy, and intimate moments make up the every day life.
Hot Docs 2016: The Last Laugh Review
If comedy is tragedy plus time, when is the right time if the tragedy is of the magnitude of genocide?
Master of None Review
Sharply funny, delightfully refreshing, and cleverly written, Master of None is worth taking a chance on.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Review
At once hilarious and depressing, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is an oddball musical comedy that investigates the motivations of a woman in the throes of romantic fantasy.
Hot Docs 2015: Tig Review
Tig documents a year in the life of comedian Tig Notaro after being diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer and working this uncomfortable truth into one of the most revelatory stand-up sets of all time.
Horrible Bosses 2 Review
You get the sense from watching Horrible Bosses 2 that no one in this movie really wants to be there.
Community Episode 5.13 Recap
A clever, emotional, and meticulously constructed parable about Dan Harmon’s return to Community , ”Basic Sandwich” is a well earned declaration of victory more than anything, even if it is a little inaccessible.
Community Episode 5.12 Recap
Dan Harmon, like a one man Save Greendale Committee, has returned to a ruined school and turned it back into the place we most want to visit on Thursday nights, showing us the difference between stories and sandwiches.
Community Episode 5.11 Recap
”G.I. Jeff” constantly delivers nostalgic 80’s animated fan service, but Community has set a strong precedent for making these fun departures into character exploration exercises, so there is an implied mystery afoot as well: Who is imagining this? Why? And does it matter?
Community Episode 5.10 Recap
Delivering about two laughs for every one second of airtime without leaving its primary location, ”Advanced Advanced Dungeons and Dragons” is about slaying the metaphorical old naked lunatic called ”communication problems” who rides an invincible dragon named ”family ties.”
Community Episode 5.9 Recap
For a pretty straight forward 22 minutes that takes place in only three or four settings, ”VCR Maintenance and Educational Publishing” is complex and fun, but might leave some people (namely those who aren't familiar with Breaking Bad ) behind as it eagerly eats its own referential tail.
Community Episode 5.8 Recap
”App Development and Condiments” sees Community in comfortable territory as it takes laser focus on modern forms of cliquing, has fun digging at Internet meritocracies like Reddit, and imagines Greendale as a Huxley-ian meme-eugenic dystopia populated with highly upvoted comedian guest stars.
