Son of a Critch, Canada’s most popular sitcom, had a problem in 2025. Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, who plays young Mark Critch circa 1990-ish, had grown into a teen sensation. First, HBO Max hired him to work a few episodes of House of the Dragon. Then there was a little project, based on a Nintendo videogame,
I want to believe in the revised AppleTV series Ted Lasso. Four episodes in, I’m still going on faith. There are, however, some positive signs. Expectations are admittedly huge for this new variation of this Emmy Award-winning series, which soared in its initial run of three seasons. It became the show out of COVID where
These are bleak days for film and TV comedy. There’s no shortage of it, of course. What is in short supply is laughs. There’s a reason why comedies are on streaming services; nobody in their right mind would pay to see them. Balls Up, Ladies First, 72 Hours, Little Brother all have, at best, a
When I was on “Humble” Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson’s Internet radio show this past week I picked up a good tip on a current comedy movie. This isn’t the first time this has happened. Every two months I guest as their go-to TV critic, and inevitably Howard has seen way more news shows than
Sorry to take so long to post a review of Office Romance but the film left me a bit rattled. This is a slight, amusing in spots, sweet in others, occasionally vulgar, ultimately forgettable, romantic comedy that premiered a few weeks ago on Netflix. If you are looking for a new rom-com movie to watch,
While indulging in my awful habit of endless TV watching, I suddenly recognized that I turn on subtitles for almost everything I watch. It has nothing to do with my hearing (which admittedly is lousy), but everything to do with the befuddling world of British accents. All of my favourite viewing right now comes from
Eight years ago today, the surviving cast members from SCTV – everyone except John Candy and Harold Ramis – gathered in Toronto at the Elgin Theatre for what was supposed to be the opening scenes of an upcoming documentary. That idea seems to have slid right off director Martin Scorsese’s to-do list. Instead, individual members
Huzzah! (as the cool kids in Regency England say) for the new Bad Wolf / britbox / BBC drama, The Other Bennet Sister. The first three episodes are binge-able now on britbox, with the remaining seven dropping weekly. Based on Janice Hadlow’s bestselling 2020 novel of the same name, the series chronicles the personal journey of