Another terrific season for Mike Judge;s incredibly funny and layered satire of Texan culture, with some of the show’s best episodes. The season premiere, “Peggy
The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs: Dinners of Death – “Blood Rage” (2018)
“Blood Rage,” the 1987 slasher featured here as part of the Joe Bob Briggs Thanksgiving horror movie marathon on Shudder, is surprisingly strong despite its
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
Susanna Fogel’s spy comedy is a surprising delight. Despite a two-hour running time, the movie doesn’t feel overstuffed, as it goes from exciting set piece
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet – “The Day Time Ended” (2018)
This is one of my favorite episodes of the entire Netflix revival of “Mystery Science Theater 3000.” The movie it features, 1979’s “The Day Time
Vision Quest (1985)
“Vision Quest” is one of those movies that wouldn’t play nearly as well as it does if it wasn’t for the soundtrack. That’s not meant
John Mulaney: New in Town (2012)
It’s great that the quietly charming and decisively hilarious comic has managed to significantly increase his professional profile since this first special. Here, he’s more
Jim Gaffigan: Noble Ape (2018)
It’s another strong, consistent and laugh-out-loud funny special from the affable comic. On the one hand, Jim Gaffigan’s sixth comedy special treads much of the
Rollercoaster (1977)
Full disclosure: I watched this movie thinking it was a disaster flick a la “The Poseidon Adventure” or “Earthquake,” and while it doesn’t exactly fit
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet – “Lords of the Deep” (2018)
Goodness gracious, the movie featured in this episode of Netflix’s MST3K Thanksgiving marathon is one of the worst I’ve seen so far. Released in 1989,
Bad Santa 2 (2016)
Although it’s a direct sequel to Terry Zwigoff’s cult classic, “Bad Santa 2” has little in common with the original. For starters, the tone here
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Gauntlet – “Atlantic Rim” (2018)
“Atlantic Rim” is the type of movie that’s genuinely terrible… but I’m not convinced that it’s fun-bad. Of course, it’s a bargain-basement rip-off of
Alfie (2004)
With a movie like “Alfie,” it’s just about impossible to view it for the first time during the #MeToo era and not be struck by
