#buddy-comedy tag

Project Hail Mary is popcorn sci-fi at its best

Project Hail Mary successfully blends buddy comedy with hard science fiction, following a scientist and alien working together to save humanity from a cosmic threat.

Television

fromThe New Yorker

2 weeks ago

"How to Get to Heaven from Belfast" Is an Ode to Middle-Aged Friendship

Lisa McGee's new murder mystery series treats a death investigation as a buddy comedy, shifting from the ambient violence backdrop of her previous show to a more cartoonish, front-and-center crime narrative.

fromInverse

1 month ago

Peacock Just Quietly Released The Quirkiest Spy Thriller Of The Year

The Cold War was largely an exercise in futility. Soviet spies surveilled American agents embedded in Russia; said American agents knew they were being stalked, recorded, and quietly threatened. Stateside, it was the same game of paranoia - and in the end, it's hard to say what actual fruit was borne of it. That irony is the one thing - maybe the only thing - that Ponies understands intimately.

Television

Film

fromwww.theguardian.com

6 months ago

Nosferatu to One of Them Days: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

Robert Eggers' Nosferatu remake captures the original's dread and style, deepens mythology, and features terrifying performances by Bill Skarsgard and Lily-Rose Depp.

Film

fromwww.esquire.com

8 months ago

13 Best Comedies of 2025 (So Far)

John Cena and Idris Elba star in a buddy comedy about a Hollywood star turned President and the UK Prime Minister who survive an assassination.

fromInverse

8 months ago

'Heads of State' Is Just As Fun As It Sounds

Amazon Prime Video's new genre of algorithm-friendly, plot-light, and action-heavy movies aim to provide fun entertainment, exhibiting trends of battling-for-justice themes and MCU-style humor.

Film

Parenting

fromPolygon

8 months ago