Aggretsuko’s Excellence Was Hidden in Plain Sight By Van Dennis • January 26th, 2024 Just as Retsuko herself has a hidden personal life that surprises other characters, Aggretsuko’s supporting cast all have personalities that make an office comedy about animal people feel grounded and astonishingly well thought out.
Rookie of the Year My Rich Life By Matt Marrone • December 7th, 2023 What is your rich life? The answer, we quickly learn, is different for everyone.
Rookie of the Year Your Post-Halloween Horror Movie Questions Answered! By Matt Marrone • December 9th, 2022 Streaming random horror movies, especially without checking Rotten Tomatoes before you start them, can lead to a lot of unanswered questions concerning plot holes or peculiar character motivations.
Rookie of the Year Dark’s Last Supper By Matt Marrone • August 11th, 2020 The show’s final scene is a world unto itself, which is why Matt’s assembled a timestamped breakdown of whatever the hell that was.
Rookie of the Year Abducted in Plain Stupidity By Matt Marrone • March 8th, 2020 And the award for worst parents of the century goes to . . .
Here's the Thing Rebooting Saturday Mornings with Netflix By Rob Rich • October 12th, 2019 It’s been decades since Rob has set aside time for Saturday morning cartoons, but Netflix has brought that very specific brand of nostalgia back with a number of unexpectedly clever reboots.
The Heavy Pour Faking it to Make It: GLOW and the Power of Performance By Sara Clemens • September 5th, 2019 GLOW is a love letter to performance and the way it intertwines with work and life.
Documentary Sunday The Rachel Divide By Megan Condis • August 31st, 2018 In the wake of current events, we might ask why Netflix thought that pulling Rachel Dolezal back into the spotlight was a good idea at all.
Tau is Mindbogglingly Bland By David Shimomura • August 14th, 2018 Tau is about a woman slowly teach an AI about music, art, and history as she tried to escape from the clutches of an emotionally vacant murderer.
Mute: Sci-Fi is a Genre, Not a Setting By David Shimomura • March 26th, 2018 The story of a man searching for his lost love in a city hostile to him is novel. But its not necessary to tell this story in the future and Jones does nothing to connect the futurey, robotic set dressings with the actual story.
