Being an early 60's and 'surf music nut', I was more than surprised how close the orchestrations and choral pieces managed to channel the infectious fun of those old tunes - or maybe I'm just being nostalgic for a simpler time.I recognized all of those old tropes from every film min...
While the plot itself doesn’t offer much scope for the characters to make a mark, the feel-good factor of seeing familiar teen drama tropes playing out might feel endearing to the intended audience.Lucy Field Played by Madison BaileyActor Madison Bailey is relatively well known thanks to her...
Swarm is strongest when it uses Dre to skewer contemporary pretences and conversations, and weakest when it lurches into step with dull serial killer tropes. There are some fantastic performances beyond Fishback, including a surprisingly engrossing turn from Billie Eilish of all people. A diverting...
The series made its debut in 2020 and has received largely positive reviews and, due to being set in a video game studio, will be extra on-point for anyone familiar with all the jokes and tropes of the gaming world. Available in 4K on Apple TV...
All of the tropes.Sophomoric humor? So much!Is there any hint of realism or accuracy? None-whatsoever.This kind of craft seems to be a lost art. Back in the day, bad but enjoyable, entertaining television was intentionally created to help you relax at the end of a hard day.So much ...
and Ken Jeong played a diverse group of students at a community college. With plenty of meta-humor, pop culture references, and parodies of film and TV tropes — as well as Chevy Chase portraying a millionaire who enrolls out of boredom — there’s no surprise the series developed a cult...
apart from episode one's ending that shocked viewers who haven't read the comics before. However, its subversion of superhero tropes, emotional story beats, and ensemble cast will keep your attention until things really start to pick up from season one episode four, by which point you should...
Our job primarily was to grade the idents and set a level of legibility for the troop. We created the balance between the troop appearing overly obvious and perhaps distracting to what’s going on, with the need to understand them as a fun and creative element of each film. We also were...
But it made its most important contributions in the field of family-sitcom tropes. Diff’rent Strokes had them all: The cute kid who steals focus from everyone else on the show (Gary Coleman’s Arnold); a case of “very special episode-ism”; rampant use of a catchphrase (“Whatchoo ...
who populate the Chicago legal world (Michael J Fox's Louis Canning being a particular highlight). Not to mention the show's commitment to thoughtfully tackling topical issues. The spirit ofThe Good Wife(with the added ability for its characters to swear) lives on in spin-offThe Good Fight...