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Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012) s02e10 – Death on the Vine
The Stop Button Posted by on May 13, 2020
The show’s hit a nice stride lately; this episode’s rather good, with little in common with the previous two other than Ashleigh Cummings’s detective skills continuing to develop. Otherwise, the setting is all different—Essie Davis has drug Cummings out to a vineyard (after telling her they read more
Friday (2020)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 12, 2020
Friday is actually Friday #1. Or “Chapter One.” I went into it cold, only aware it was Ed Brubaker writing and Marcos Martin on art. I figured it was a done-in-one, but it’s actually the start of a new serial. The titular Friday is one Friday Fitzhugh, who’s just come home from college to her read more
Dead to Me (2019) s01e09 – I Have to Be Honest
The Stop Button Posted by on May 12, 2020
I’m curious about “Dead to Me”’s writers’ room. Did they talk about how Sam McCarthy stole a handgun, brought it to school, sold drugs, yet is totally back to petulant White teenager with no consequences this episode or did they just think… well, petulant White teenager, of course there read more
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012) s02e09 – Framed for Murder
The Stop Button Posted by on May 12, 2020
I’m not just interested this episode because it’s all about the silent movie industry; it’s right at the transition to sound, which means we’re in the late twenties and Black Tuesday is approaching. I’m terrified what it’s going to mean for “Miss Fisher.” Especially when you consider read more
Dead to Me (2019) s01e08 – Try to Stop Me
The Stop Button Posted by on May 11, 2020
Early on in the episode, there’s this shot looking through the skylight at Judy (Linda Cardellini) after she’s had a fainting sell and friends Christina Applegate and Brandon Scott have brought her home. They were out investigating the list of 1966 Mustang owners Scott procured (Applegate’s husband read more
Frasier (1993) s01e24 – My Coffee with Niles
The Stop Button Posted by on May 11, 2020
My Coffee with Niles is a concept episode victory lap for the first season, scripted by two of the three creators (David Angell and Peter Casey), with James Burrows directing, set entirely in the coffee shop where Frasier (Kelsey Grammer) and Niles (David Hyde Pierce) regularly meet to have coffee read more
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012) s02e08 – The Blood of Juana the Mad
The Stop Button Posted by on May 11, 2020
Depending on the setting, there are certain predictable reactions from Miss Fisher (Essie Davis) as well as from “Miss Fisher,” the show; for instance, this episode takes place at a medical university—where Dr. Mac (Tammy Macintosh) teaches—and involves the rich male students (and the male teachers read more
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (2006) s01e01
The Stop Button Posted by on May 11, 2020
I wish I were taking a rhetoric class so I could write a paper on whether “Studio 60” aged badly or poorly. I’ve never taken rhetoric and I’ve also never been great at first draft word choice so I’m not sure if that joke’s accurate but I will say it’s about as funny as anything on “Studio read more
Upload (2020) s01e01 – Welcome to Upload
The Stop Button Posted by on May 11, 2020
“Upload” takes place in a mundane future dystopia where Bloomingdales runs liquor stores and Panera Bread was able to acquire Facebook. The most oddly prescient bit has a bunch of people on the packed commuter train wearing masks. Worker drones take the train it seems like. The middle class and read more
Dead to Me (2019) s01e07 – I Can Handle It
The Stop Button Posted by on May 10, 2020
In a somewhat incredible turn, the episode opens with Christina Applegate and investigator—I guess—Brandon Scott going to cop Diana Maria Riva and telling her about the evidence they found. Riva doesn’t seem to care much about the evidence and seems ready to throw it away; it’s incredible Applegate read more
Solo (2018, Ron Howard)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 10, 2020
Solo: A Star Wars Story is juvenile, which might be what manages to save it. It’s got nothing but problems—a troubled production (director Howard took over from fired “executive producers” Christopher Miller and Phil Lord and shot seventy-percent of what’s in the film), an uninspired screenplay read more
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012) s02e07 – Blood at the Wheel
The Stop Button Posted by on May 9, 2020
Even if the subplot of this episode weren’t Nathan Page deciding he can’t remain friendly (friendly plus) with Essie Davis given her dangerous lifestyle and isn’t going to ask her to knock it off because Page’s non-sexism is one of the most winning parts of his personality… it’d still be read more
Dead to Me (2019) s01e06 – Oh My God
The Stop Button Posted by on May 9, 2020
After Christina Applegate opens the episode self-identifying as an atheist, I guess I turned on the religiosity radar. Or did I? Because the Christian imagery is everywhere this episode. Woo-loving spiritual White lady Linda Cardellini takes the cross she and Applegate find at the dead husband’s ac read more
Frasier (1993) s01e23 – Frasier Crane’s Day Off
The Stop Button Posted by on May 9, 2020
The episode’s another superlative one—Chuck Ranberg and Anne Flett-Giordano’s script is exceptional, with a bunch of great detail (everyone in the cast has something going on this episode, all of it somewhat related to Kelsey Grammer coming down with a man cold)—but it’s also got the distinction read more
Dead to Me (2019) s01e05 – I’ve Gotta Get Away
The Stop Button Posted by on May 8, 2020
This episode’s set an indeterminate time since the previous, with Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini poolside in Palm Springs, taking it easy. Except they’re on a retreat with their grief group—the one other group members we see in the episode are the leader, Pastor Wayne (Keong Sim) and read more
What We Do in the Shadows (2019) s02e05 – Colin’s Promotion
The Stop Button Posted by on May 8, 2020
“Shadows” does a full Colin Robinson (Mark Proksch) showcase episode this season (much more of a Proksch-centric episode than the one last season when he got a love interest). Last time he had to share with the love interest, this time it’s all Proksch. He gets a promotion at work and discove read more
The Hustler (1961, Robert Rossen)
The Stop Button Posted by on May 8, 2020
It’s an hour into The Hustler before the film offers any real information about protagonist Paul Newman. We’ve seen Newman and mentor slash manager Myron McCormick pool hustle their way across the North American continent, getting Newman to New York City so he can play the best pool player in the read more
Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries (2012) s02e06 – Marked for Murder
The Stop Button Posted by on May 7, 2020
Confession: I had no idea what they were talking about with footy. I assumed Australians played football—as in association football—but it looks like a big American football. My wife thought they were talking about rugby. But apparently there’s Aussie rules? Or footy? The episode’s about two read more
Dead to Me (2019) s01e04 – I Can’t Go Back
The Stop Button Posted by on May 7, 2020
James Marsden’s character loses all appeal when—in the morning after scene with he and Linda Cardellini—he starts listening to his White man self-actualization podcast. Then he does his workout on the trampoline and you wonder just how Marsden came up with his characterization. Did he get to see read more
Frasier (1993) s01e22 – Author, Author
The Stop Button Posted by on May 6, 2020
It’s another great episode. As in, great example of what a multicam sitcom can do. What’s particularly interesting is Author, Author is the first episode credited to writers Don Seigel (not to be confused with Don Siegel, insert Dirty Harry reference here) and Jerry Perzigian. James Burrows directs read more