Humor

Bears and Fish: a review of Season 2 of The Bear

The Bear Created by Christopher Storer Starring Jeremy Allen White Ebon Moss-Bachrach Ayo Edebiri Lionel Boyce Liza Colón-Zayas Abby Elliott Matty Matheson Executive producers Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Christopher Storer, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson, Matty Matheson Producer Tyson Bidner Cinematography Andrew Wehde Running time 20–66 minutes Every so often, a television series produces an episode …

Eclectic Loch Therapy: a review of DeadLoch

Created by Kate McCartney & Kate McLennan Written by Kate McCartney, Kate McLennan, Kim Wilson, Christian White, Anchuli Felicia King, Kristy Fisher, Madeleine Sami Directed by Ben Chessell, Gracie Otto, Beck Cole Starring Kate Box, Madeleine Sami, Nina Oyama, Alicia Gardiner Saying that DeadLoch is an Australian comedy is a bit like saying the Sopranos …

A Quiet Stillness at the heart of Tokyou: a review of Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner Directed by Joji Matsuoka, Nobuhiro Yamashita, Shotarou Kobayashi Starring Kaoru Kobayashi No. of seasons 5; No. of episodes 50 Producers Hitoshi Endo, Natsuko Mori, Takeshi Moriya, Shogo Ishizuka, Jun Takahashi Running time 25 minutes MBS (2009-2014) & Netflix (2016-2019) Netflix has an absolute jewel in the form of a quiet little drama about …

Never have a beef with a bear: a review of The Bear

The Bear Created by Christopher Storer Starring Jeremy Allen White as Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, an award-winning New York City chef de cuisine, who returns to his hometown of Chicago to run his late brother Michael’s failing restaurant Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Richard “Richie” Jerimovich, the de facto manager of the restaurant and Michael’s old best friend …

The Woe’d Warrior: a review of Wednesday

Wednesday Created by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar Based on Characters created by Charles Addams Starring Jenna Ortega Gwendoline Christie Riki Lindhome Jamie McShane Hunter Doohan Percy Hynes White Emma Myers Joy Sunday Georgie Farmer Naomi J. Ogawa Christina Ricci Moosa Mostafa Composer Danny Elfman (theme also) & Chris Bacon Production Executive producers Alfred Gough …

Out on the edges of reality: a review of The Peripheral

Created by Scott B. Smith Based on The Peripheral by William Gibson Starring Chloë Grace Moretz Gary Carr Jack Reynor JJ Feild T’Nia Miller Louis Herthum Katie Leung Melinda Page Hamilton Chris Coy Alex Hernandez Julian Moore-Cook Adelind Horan Austin Rising Eli Goree Charlotte Riley Alexandra Billings Music by Mark Korven Executive producers Steven Hoban, …

The green hills of home: a review of She-Hulk

Created by Jessica Gao Based on Marvel Comics Starring Tatiana Maslany, Jameela Jamil, Ginger Gonzaga, Mark Ruffalo, Josh Segarra, Mark Linn-Baker, Tess Malis Kincaid, Tim Roth, Megan Thee Stallion, Benedict Wong, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Jon Bass, Rhys Coiro, Griffin Matthews, Patti Harrison, Steve Coulter, Charlie Cox, Brandon Stanley, Drew Matthews Music by Amie Doherty Executive …

Stupor Heroes: a review of SuperMansion

SuperMansion Created by Matthew Senreich & Zeb Wells Starring: Bryan Cranston as Titanium Rex Keegan-Michael Key as American Ranger, Sgt. Agony Heidi Gardner as Cooch Tucker Gilmore as Black Saturn Zeb Wells as Jewbot/Robobot, Groaner Jillian Bell as Titanium Lex/Lex Lightning Tom Root as Brad Chris Pine as Dr. Devizo, Robo-Dino Breckin Meyer as Courtney/Ringler …