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Big Mistakes
When a petty theft leads to a never-ending list of favors the leads have to fulfill for a gangster, this…
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Because of the format, Margo’s Got Money Troubles doesn’t quite have the same laugh-out-loud humor as the original novel– televised…
Ponies
Ponies is a fun ride. Centered on two widows who lost their CIA husbands, the unexpected spy series puts their…
Rooster
Rooster is drier than we expected from a show starring and co-produced by Steve Carrell, but the humor reflects the…
Boyfriend on Demand
Dir. Kim Jung-sik
Honestly, it’s a bit insulting to diminish a romance fan’s love for the genre simply due to good looks of…
Boots
Inspired by The Pink Marine memoir, Boots expands on Greg Cope White’s story to widen its perspective from one recruit…
The Chair Company
Dir. Aaron Schimberg & Andrew DeYoung
After being promoted as a project lead, Ron falls down due to his office chair breaking. At first he tries…
Bob Trevino Likes It (2025)
Dir. Tracie Laymon
With the anonymity of the internet, it’s hard to trust that the stranger on the other side would be a…
Send Help (2026)
Dir. Sam Raimi
Warning: this film is incredibly gory, terribly gruesome, and horrendously disgusting. We urge you to go in without any food.…
A Nice Indian Boy (2025)
Dir. Roshan Sethi
Sure, many of the tropes in this feel-good romcom would be familiar. Naveen, a shy Indian doctor, loves Jay, a…
Twinless (2025)
Dir. James Sweeney
Twinless starts off something like one of those quirky indies in the 2010s about awkwardly navigating grief and sharing that…
The Paper
As a spin-off of The Office, The Paper has the not-so-easy task of living up to the very high standards…
Code 3 (2025)
Dir. Christopher Leone
Code 3 is a comedy about a crazy night out, though the craziness doesn’t stem from drunkenness, drugs, or bad…
Étoile
Étoile is a charming transatlantic series set in fictional ballet companies based in New York and Paris. The series alternates…
New Wave (2025)
Dir. Richard Linklater
Admittedly, half the fun of Nouvelle Vague would only be understood by cinephiles, film history students, or anyone with a…
Deli Boys
Dir. Nisha Ganatra
Deli Boys moves fast. It starts out as a simple succession story, then it quickly evolves into a crime caper…
Murderbot
Murderbot takes time finding its pace—the first three episodes are bogged down by heavy narration, which isn’t always helped by…
Murder Before Evensong
If I had a nickel for 2025 church-set murder mysteries solved by priests portrayed by handsome English actors, I’d have…
The Four Seasons
Four Seasons, a series remake of the 1981 romcom of the same name, follows three married couples and the different…
A Samurai In Time (2024)
Dir. Junichi Yasuda
Usually, time travellers journey back to the past. This indie comedy takes the other path instead, with one samurai travelling…
Haunted Hotel
Why worry if your place is haunted, when it’s so difficult to even get one nowadays? These uncertain times make…
Dope Thief
Led by Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta, The Fire Inside, Bullet Train), Dope Thief is a thrilling if uneven crime comedy…
Adults
Adults is a show that tries to capture its generation’s specific joys and woes, much like what Friends did in…
Overcompensating
The most surprising thing about Overcompensating is that, underneath the sexual romps and irreverent humor, there exists something sweet in…
SAKAMOTO DAYS
Hitmen are just cool. But rather than bring us the same fists and bullets that we usually see with these…
Dupahiya
Dir. Sonam Nair
A town with no crime is a dream everywhere. It means safety, security, and trust for the residents within, so…
Running Point
If you combined the family business shenanigans of Arrested Development with the behind-the-scenes league drama of Ted Lasso, then you’d…
Thelma (2024)
Dir. Josh Margolin
It’s easy to laugh about an old lady being an unwitting lead in an action film, the joke being that…
DAN DA DAN
During adolescence, teenagers get to learn and discover themselves and the world, but for most people, this means going through…
Dead Talents Society (2024)
Dir. John Hsu
In the Dead Talents Society, ghosts haunting humans are less of a scare, and more a performance that can grant…
Emilia Pérez (2024)
Dir. Jacques Audiard
The journey of transitioning can be tough, but it’s not likely to be as wild as the journey undertaken by…
Babes (2024)
Dir. Pamela Adlon
Babes tells the story of Eden (Ilana Glazer) and Dawn (Michelle Buteau), codependent best friends who are forced to reevaluate…
Jentry Chau vs the Underworld
After the cool partnerships Titmouse and Netflix had, their next work was bound to be something to look forward to.…
St. Denis Medical
Is it possible to make a workplace comedy set in a hospital emergency room, of all places? St. Denis Medical…
The Gentlemen
After the successful release of The Gentlemen (2019), it would have been easy to just continue the story with the…
Conan O’Brien Must Go
In an interview, Conan compared Conan O’Brien Must Go to a travel documentary, except, he said, you don’t learn anything…
Kotaro Lives Alone
The title character of Kotaro Lives Alone is such an unusual child. Sure, he plays pretend as an old feudal…
Snack Shack (2024)
Dir. Adam Rehmeier
Snack Shack is the quintessential summer movie. It’s sun-soaked and full of mirth as it follows two rowdy boys fighting…
Interior Chinatown
When adapting a novel, television showrunners have to transform the text into video, so sometimes, things get cut, lines get…
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