The Best Sitcoms You Can Stream on Netflix
Sitcoms have traditionally had a reputation as one of the lower art forms: canned laughter and stock scenarios full of goofy characters who have only a modest resemblance to real…
13 Christmas Movies You Definitely Shouldn’t Watch With Your Family
Screenshot: A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas/New Line Cinema The naughty Christmas movie is a venerable sub-genre, going back at least as far as 1974’s Black Christmas, a movie that…
What’s New on Prime Video in November 2022
Screenshot: The English/Prime Video Adorable: This holiday season, married actors John Krasinski and Emily Blunt are getting matching series on Prime Video. The third season of Krasinski’s Jack Ryan doesn’t…
12 of Anne Heche’s Best Performances
Gracie’s Choice – Preview Clip Heche rarely wanted for work, whether on TV, stage, or in movies. There’s no question, though, that her relationship with Ellen Degeneres (and its ending)…
12 TV Shows That Nakedly Explore Sex Work, Porn, and Sexuality
Image: Sex Educatiom/Netflix There’s plenty of sex on TV, though much of it is incidental window dressing—thoughtlessly tossed in as if by decree from ratings-hungry executives (looking at you, Game…
What’s New on Netflix in January 2022
Screenshot: The Woman in the House Across the Street From the Girl in the Window/Netflix While it might be a bit rich of Netflix to launch a new comedy series…
21 Times Celebrity Voiceover Stunt Casting Paid Off
Screenshot: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse/Sony Pictures Last month, Universal delighted few, annoyed many, and baffled all but those with a pragmatic view of movies-as-product when it announced Chris Pratt will…
What’s New on HBO Max in July 2021
Screenshot: Gossip Girl/HBO Max (Fair Use) Everyone loves to joke that time is a flat circle, but rebooting a circa mid-aughts show about the decadent lives of ultra-wealthy Manhattan prep…
21 Movies and TV Shows That Are Basically ‘Kindness Porn’
Screenshot: Ted Lasso/Apple TV+ You’d be forgiven if you’ve spent the last, on, 15 months (or longer) in a constant state of anxiety. Certainly in 2021, it’s easy to forgot…
11 Movies That Explore Tropical Islands, Because You Aren’t Going There Yourself
You’d be forgiven for confusing this one with Couples Retreat, but Kristen Bell apparently has a thing for rom-coms set on tropical islands. She plays the titular Sarah, a celebrity…