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‘Young Sherlock’ Ending Explained – Daddy Issues, Hidden Keys, and Chemical Weapons
As seems fitting for a show in this universe, Young Sherlock has quite the mystery to unpack. As if conspiracies winding all the way through...
‘Young Sherlock’ Review – An Energetic, Convoluted Prequel Zings With Guy Ritchie Charm
Guy Ritchie’s Sherlock Holmes movies had their detractors, but there was something about his zinging, slightly smug filmmaking style that suited the character, and it’s...
‘Cross’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – Nobody Gets Happily Married
Cross has sometimes given the impression in Season 2 that it thinks its twists are a bit more interesting than they actually are. Not that most of what is revealed in Episode 6 necessarily constitutes a twist, which is kind of the problem.
‘The Bluff’ Review – Bloodthirsty Buccaneering Action Can’t Save A Woeful Script
I’m ordinarily the first person to forgive a good action movie for all kinds of sins, just so long as it delivers where it counts....
‘Cross’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Hero Meets Villain, But What’s the Difference?
Cross Season 2 made a bit of a misstep recently, making its villain look a bit doltish by falling in love with a dude she’d...
‘Cross’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – A Wonky Love Story Throws Things Off A Bit
I’m not sure about this one. Cross has been pretty good so far in Season 2 and had just nicely reached a pretty interesting fork in the...
‘Cross’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Some Lines Have Been Crossed
Cross Season 2 has been pretty tight-lipped when it comes to providing answers about what’s really going on. This is to be expected, of course,...
‘Cross’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – A Manhunt and A Familiar Face
Cross Season 2 seems to know where it’s going, and is in a hurry to get there. This is no bad thing, in my view,...
‘Cross’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – Three Finger Discount
The first season of Cross was pretty dark, granted, but it wasn’t “burning alive and cutting the fingers off of rich child predators” dark, so...
‘Cross’ Season 2 Review – Aldis Hodge Shines Again in Prime Video’s Dependable, Unremarkable Thriller
This is pretty reductive to say, and I’ll obviously expand on it, but the truth about Cross Season 2 is essentially this – if you...
‘Fallout’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Setting the Stage For Season 3
People haven’t been especially keen on Season 2 of Fallout, for some reasons that make a degree of sense and some that don’t, but it’s...
‘The Wrecking Crew’ Review – This Is Way Better Than You Probably Expected
When I first heard tell of a straight-to-streaming action movie starring Jason Momoa and Dave Bautista, I feared the worst. And it’s on Prime Video,...
‘The Night Manager’ Season 2 Ending Explained – That Isn’t What Was Supposed to Happen!
Isn’t it funny how, when Season 2 began, nobody really expected or wanted a sequel to The Night Manager, and now that it’s ending, the...
‘Fallout’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – Canadians, Deathclaws, and Severed Heads
The more I think about Fallout Season 2, the more I think I understand why it can’t quite reach the heights it’s capable of reaching, even when it’s pretty good.
‘The Night Manager’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Diego Calva Is Superb
The Night Manager has spent most of Season 2 trying to redo the events of Season 1, albeit with some key exceptions. One of those exceptions is Teddy, and Episode 5, which is largely a showpiece for actor Diego Calva, shows how valuable that exception is.
‘Fallout’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – I’m Not So Sure About This One
I’m not sure about “The Other Player”, truth be told. One has to wonder whether Fallout Season 2 really needs an episode like this so late in its run, one that takes a notable present-day pacing hit to better flesh out some wider world-building details.
‘Fallout’ Season 2, Episode 5 Recap – Who Wrangles the Wranglers?
Who’s being wrangled in “The Wrangler”? It’s more a case of what’s being wrangled, honestly, and the answer is pretty much every knotty plot thread that Fallout has been untangling in Season 2.
‘The Night Manager’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Back From the Dead
I've had some pretty rough hangovers, but I can't imagine how Pine is feeling in Episode 3 of The Night Manager Season 2. Then again, considering he was miraculously able to maintain his cover story despite being drunk, drugged, and lovingly nursed by a dangerous gun-runner, he probably has quite the constitution.