Where’s the ‘Beef’?: Season Two of Netflix Dark Comedy Isn’t Petty Enough to Be Memorable

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about season two of Beef. When the first season of Beef premiered in 2023, the golden age of the DEI movement in Hollywood was running its final laps, but Lee Sung Jin’s dark comedy was a manifestation of how many people...

Best Frenemies Forever: ‘Hacks’ Delivers Joy and Jokes Over Jadedness In Final Season

The first season of Hacks premiered on May 13, 2021, on HBO Max, and it was a juggernaut of a show, immediately receiving critical praise and accolades. The show’s premise seems standard: a legendary comedy icon, Deborah Vance (Jean Smart), meets struggling millennial...

‘Big Mistakes’: The Unexpected Delight of Dysfunctional Siblinghood in Dan Levy’s Crime Comedy

If there is one thing that Dan Levy does exceptionally, it’s playing one-half (or in the case of Big Mistakes, one-third) of a siblinghood. His lovingly intense and frantic chemistry with Annie Murphy’s Alexis Rose in Schitt’s Creek was on point, showing a...