Articles by Lori Meek
Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Review – An unfunny, stretched-out SNL sketch
If you’ve ever watched a Saturday Night Live skit wishing it was a full feature, Peacock’s Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain is...
In Love and Deep Water Ending Explained – Do Chizuru and Ubukata end up together?
The Netflix original romantic mystery movie In Love and Deep Water tells the unlikely romantic tale of one devoted cruise ship butler and his quirky...
In Love and Deep Water Review – A disappointing and incoherent romantic mystery
In Love and Deep Water is a Japanese romantic mystery film written by Yûji Sakamoto and directed by Yûsuke Taki, streaming on Netflix. Set on...
The Killer Ending Explained – Why does the Killer let Claybourne go?
Now streaming on Netflix, The Killer follows the titular unnamed assassin for hire dealing with the aftermath of a botched hit in Paris. Through voiceovers,...
The Killer Review – A delightfully disturbing thriller from David Fincher
David Fincher is known for meticulously plotted thrillers beaming with amoral characters audiences are never sure how to feel about. His most recent endeavor is...
The Claus Family 3 Ending Explained – Does Grandpa Noel save Christmas?
While the first two Claus Family movies center on the bond between young Santa Julius and his Grandpa Noel, The Claus Family 3 adds further complications to...
The Claus Family 3 Review – Lacks in magic, holiday cheer, and coherence
It’s that magical time of the year when all the streaming platforms start releasing a neverending outpour of holiday cheer. The Claus Family 3 is...
Escaping Twin Flames Review – When the online promise of true love turns into coercive control
The internet is home to many weird and wonderful things, from videos of cats to mental health support communities to matchmaking cults brainwashing people into...
Quiz Lady Ending Explained – Does Anne win the money at Can’t Stop the Quiz?
Hulu’s Quiz Lady is a comedy about two estranged sisters who must come together to help pay their mother’s gambling debt and rescue their beloved...
Quiz Lady Review – Hilarious, heartfelt, and very charming
It’s rare for a comedy movie to induce uncontrollable laughter in me while telling a heartfelt story. Quiz Lady, which found its way to Hulu...
Locked In Ending Explained – How did Katherine become paralyzed?
The Netflix original British thriller Locked In is a tale of greed, ambition, and, of course, murder. Told through a series of flashbacks, the story...
Locked In (2023) Review – Entertaining enough B-thriller elevated by a talented cast
Locked In (2023) is a straight-to-Netflix British B-thriller with all the guilty pleasure elements you would expect from the genre. There’s a remote mansion, a...
Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom Review – A sordid tale of lust and murder from the convicted killer’s mouth
Ever since Making a Murderer and its astronomical success, Netflix has been steadily releasing a stream of true crime series and docu-series. Till Murder Do...
Disco Inferno Ending Explained – What did Sister Lynn want from Mel?
To understand the ending of Disco Inferno, we must go back to the beginning. While only 18 minutes long, this Netflix short film tells its...
Disco Inferno (2023) Review – A flashy but scareless Netflix horror short
It wouldn’t be the Halloween season without streaming platforms releasing a whole slew of forgettable horror flicks to keep us busy during these longer nights....
Crypto Boy Ending Explained – Does Amir get back his investment?
Netflix’s Dutch drama Crypto Boy follows Amir, a young man desperate for his stern father Omar’s approval. Wanting more from life than to keep making...
Crypto Boy Review – A touching albeit predictable family drama
Dutch filmmaker Shady El-Hamus’s second Netflix film, Crypto Boy, is a drama centering on the contemporary issue of digital currency scams. Set in Amsterdam, the...
Awareness Ending Explained – Who is the American?
Streaming on Prime Video, the sci-fi thriller Awareness follows a young man with supernatural powers caught between two fighting organizations – the Agency and the...
Awareness Review – An overly complicated sci-fi thriller where nothing makes sense
If you’ve ever wondered how a mash-up between The Terminator, The Matrix, The X-Men, and Inception would look like, Prime Video’s Spanish sci-fi thriller Awareness...
Is Totally Killer based on a true crime story?
Prime Video’s slasher comedy Totally Killer took the streaming world by storm this Spooky Season with its clever storyline and unique take on the final...