Drama, Spies, Television, Thriller
TV: The Old Man (Season 1)
When the spy genre is on its game, psychologically speaking, it can turn the twists and turns of plot…
September 14, 2022-
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Comedy, Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Search Party (Season 5)
In retrospect, Search Party was bound to lose its balance rather than stick the landing; what else would you…
March 14, 2022 -
Comedy, Drama, Mystery, TelevisionTV: Search Party (Seasons 1-4)
Sometimes what starts as a glorious binge ends as the dutiful act of a completist. Such was my journey…
May 31, 2021 -
Comedy, FilmFilm: The To-Do List
As film genres go, the teen sex comedy is mostly a toxic wasteland, but I enjoyed The To-Do List…
June 2, 2014 -
Comedy, FilmFilm: Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids (2011) lured me with its cast and its setting: Iowa, my former stomping grounds. It’s an agreeable…
February 23, 2011 -
Comedy, FilmFilm: Whip It
Women finally get a transcendence-through-sport film in the Rocky vein with Whip It (2009), an often funny if largely…
March 8, 2010