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Archer: 1999 Season 10, Episode 2: “Happy Borthday” Back in 1979, we learned that, in space, no one can hear you scream. But in 1999, apparently everyone can smell you if you get really excited (and you also happen to be a huge rock monster). After last week’s outstanding season premiere, I had high hopes…
Winner of the Best Film award at the 2018 London Film Festival, Joy was made available for streaming by Netflix on May 24. Written and directed by Sudabeh Mortezai, the film racked up more than a dozen wins and nominations in at least ten festivals in 2018 (among them, the Chicago International Film Festival and…
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 3, Episode 1: “Night” When The Handmaid’s Tale debuted in April 2017, it resonated with so many of us who were still in shock over the inexplicable choice our country had made just a few months earlier. The new administration was already steering us in a direction that clearly seemed immoral,…
Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. This week, Sam Elliott plays a legendary WWII hero who killed Hitler … and then The Bigfoot in aptly…
If I were stranded on a desert island and had to pick just one television show to watch for the rest of time (yes, my deserted island has electricity and a working DVD player, OBVIOUSLY), Archer would definitely be in the running. The show is incredibly well-written, and the apparent chemistry between the characters is…
June is right around the corner. How is Netflix tempting the average mortal to resist the urge to step out and bask in late spring/early summer weather? Well, no plan would ever be full proof, but let’s evaluate the effort. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston team up once again in Murder Mystery, an action/comedy/mystery hybrid…
Killing Eve Season 2, Episode 8: “You’re Mine” For a brief moment, I actually thought this might have a happy ending. I could see Eve and Villanelle in their new Alaskan home, drinking cocoa in front of the fire, reminiscing about that time in Rome when Villanelle killed that guy, and then Eve killed that…
Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. Right, the featured $0.99 movie this week is a little Gerard Butler-starring submarine actioner called Hunter Killer. I’m sure…
Fire in the Maternity Ward is stand-up comedian Anthony Jeselnik’s fourth comedy special. Released on Netflix on April 30, this is Jeselnik’s second Netflix special. It follows 2015’s Thoughts and Prayers. How would one describe Jeselnik’s act to the unaware? In the school of Andrew Dice Clay, he created a charismatic and politically incorrect onstage…
The newest episode of What We Do in the Shadows had an impossible task from the word “newest-episode-of-What-We-Do-in-the-Shadows” (I know it’s not one word, let’s not get precious!). The last episode was sublime. Beyond the guest stars, it incorporated threads that were traced back to earlier episodes, and felt narratively important. There was virtually no…
Things are very, VERY bad out there, and The Good Fight really wants you to know that. And if you haven’t gotten the point by now, the season finale leaves no doubt—fire is literally raining down from the heavens and destroying huge parts of Chicago. Maybe it’s the beginning of the end times, or the…
So Bran is not the Night King. Nobody time travelled and most of your other favorite internet fan theories did not come to fruition in the last of our 73 episode tour of Westeros. If you had told me beforehand that only a single, solitary character would die in the last episode of Game of…
Killing Eve Season 2, Episode 7: “Wide Awake” Of all the people we’ve seen Villanelle murder over the course of two seasons, Gemma may be the most tragic. She’s not an international criminal or a powerful executive. In fact, her only real “crime” is falling in love with a married coworker who just happens to…
Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. Ok, the featured $0.99 movie this week is a little documentary called The Dawn Wall. It looks to be harrowing…
Good things come in 12 inch packages. Delivering limited edition pressings of new and classic albums directly to your doorstep, Vinyl Me, Please operates under a simple philosophy: The Album Lives. With a carefully curated catalog of new and hard to find releases, the subscription service is more than just a record club, it’s a lifestyle choice…