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‘Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart’ Review – Smart’s Bravery Elevates A Standard Documentary
It’s always a big deal when children go missing – as well it should be – and an especially big deal, at least in terms...
‘The Big Fake’ Ending Explained – Toni’s Moral Bankruptcy Isn’t A Big Surprise
And the moral of the story is, you can’t really trust criminals very much. This illuminating idea underpins the ending of The Big Fake, which...
‘The Big Fake’ Review – Netflix’s Forgery Thriller Is A Pretty Tame Copy
It’s often easy to see how someone could be lured by a life of crime. The upsides are pretty considerable, after all, at least in...
Netflix’s Ghoulish ‘Skyscraper Live’ Sets A Worrying Precedent For Live Programming
Let’s be frank here: Anyone who tunes into Skyscraper Live is doing so for one reason and one reason only, which is to see if...
‘WWE: Unreal’ Season 2 Review – A More Personal Follow-Up Makes Some Smart Choices
WWE: Unreal was a cynical marketing ploy when it debuted, and most people – wrestling fans most of all – didn’t especially care for it....
‘The Rip’ Review – Joe Carnahan’s Slick, Muscular Thriller Is Old-Fashioned Fun
Netflix has several bad ideas, but giving Joe Carnahan (Boss Level) $100,000,000 is a pretty good one. That was reportedly the budget of his new...
‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ Ending Explained – The Great Unmasking
At just three episodes, Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials doesn’t have the most complicated mystery in the world. Truth be told, you can probably figure out...
‘Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials’ Review – Cozy Whodunnit Is A Star-Making Turn For Mia McKenna-Bruce
You don’t need me to tell you this, given the provenance of Agatha Christie’s Seven Dials, but it’s a whodunnit. Someone is murdered – a...
‘Pro Bono’ Ending Explained – Truth and Justice, Free Of Charge
As far as clear-cut climaxes go, you could probably see this one coming a mile away. Pro Bono is the sort of show that lends...
‘People We Meet on Vacation’ Review – An Overlong Friends-to-Lovers Rom-Com
From top to bottom, People We Meet on Vacation is a streaming movie. It has been produced as part of Netflix’s Sony deal, but it...
‘His & Hers’ Ending Explained – Move Over Harlan Coben, That’s A Proper Twist
A lot of shows have twists and turns. Some are completely contrived and difficult to predict because they don’t make any sense. But some shows...
‘His & Hers’ Episode 5 Recap – The Big Reveal Changes A Lot (But Not Everything)
The morning after the night before – or, I suppose, the moments after the moments before, if you’re in a bit of a rush – is always pretty sobering.
‘His & Hers’ Episode 4 Recap – And the Body Count Is Mounting
Now we’ve passed the midpoint of His & Hers, things are getting pretty serious. The bodies are piling up, suspicions are mounting, secrets are being revealed, and, crucially, some earnest emotional sentiment is beginning to creep to the forefront.
‘His & Hers’ Episode 3 Recap – I Think We’re Supposed to Feel Sympathetic
You might be wondering at what point we're supposed to feel any kind of sympathy for the predicament the leads of His & Hers find themselves in.
‘His & Hers’ Episode 2 Recap – That’s Not Standard Police Procedure!
If the first episode of His & Hers was about making Anna look guilty, then Episode 2 is about making Jack look equally suspicious.
‘His & Hers’ Episode 1 Recap – There Are Two Sides to Every Story
His & Hers makes a point of reminding everyone that there are two sides to every story, which means someone is always lying.
‘His & Hers’ Review – A Twisty Whodunnit About Truly Deplorable People
There’s an old myth that an audience has to “like” the main characters of a story to connect with it and be engaged by it....
‘Marcello Hernandez: American Boy’ Review – Is ADD Contagious?
As far as I know, ADD isn’t contagious, but Marcello Hernandez’s debut Netflix special, American Boy, will make you wonder. Filmed in Miami and bristling...