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What Does The Ending of Netflix’s ‘Mary’ Mean? Here’s The Christian Perspective
To me, the ending of Netflix’s Mary is summed up within the final few minutes of the movie. Herod the Evil King has been abandoned...
A Christian Perspective on Netflix’s ‘Mary’
As a later-in-life Christian, I felt confused and anxious when the credits rolled for Netflix’s biblical movie Mary. I immediately ran to my computer to...
Why Did Aurora Murder Hildegart At The End Of ‘The Red Virgin’?
The ending of The Red Virgin is chilling, which predominantly is credited to Alba Planas and Najwa Nimri (Holy Family, Insiders, Money Heist), who navigate...
‘The Red Virgin’ Review: A Gripping Tale of Motherhood, Control, and Ideology
Before receiving a global release, The Red Virgin premiered at the 72nd San Sebastián International Film Festival in September 2024, before earning itself a theatrical...
The Ending Of ‘Black Doves’ Season 1 Is Surprisingly Hopeful
Ending an espionage thriller conclusively is almost impossible, so you have to respect the effort Black Doves goes to in order to tie Season 1...
‘Black Doves’ Is A Fun Holiday Treat With Surprising Depth
Black Doves, Netflix’s British action-thriller series from Giri/Haji’s Joe Barton, is technically a Christmas show. The holiday has nothing to do with the plot, which...
Breaking Down All Four Episodes of ‘Tomorrow and I’ On Netflix
Thailand’s Black Mirror equivalent Tomorrow and I blesses Netflix with four – albeit almost feature-length – episodes of speculative science-fiction. They’re all separate stories in...
‘The Children’s Train’ Review: A Lesser Known True Story of Post-War Italy That Captures The Pains of Motherhood
Adapted from Viola Ardone’s novel Il treno dei bambini and directed by Cristina Comencini (Tornare, Sex Story), The Children’s Train is set in 1946, post-World...
‘Crushing It’ Is Another Positive, Funny Fortune Feimster Special
Crushing It is Fortune Feimster’s third solo Netflix special after Sweet and Salty and Good Fortune, and while I’m not quite sure it’s the best...
‘When the Phone Rings’ Hits A Clear Turning Point in Episode 4
When the Phone Rings really stepped things up in Episode 3, and I’d say Episode 4 continues to build on that momentum. There’s a real...
‘When the Phone Rings’ Picks Up Well In Episode 3
If you were to look back, I reckon Episode 3 is the point at which When the Phone Rings really starts coming together. The same...
‘The Madness’ Is Middling… But Colman Domingo Rules As Usual
You can tell that The Madness would like to be described as “timely”, “biting”, or any number of other adjectives one would typically throw at...
Is Netflix’s ‘Our Little Secret’ the Worst Christmas Movie of 2024?
It’s November 24th, 4° outside, and it seems the perfect time to watch a Christmas movie. As I get my sweet cup of tea, a...
‘When the Phone Rings’ Coheres A Little Better In Episode 2
Can impersonating a kidnapper save a sham marriage? I guess this is the question being floated by When the Phone Rings Episode 2, which picks...
‘Arcane’ Season 2 Ends With A Sweeping, Complex, Emotional Act 3
Well, blimey. It was virtually inevitable that Act 3 of Arcane Season 2 was going to stir some emotions, but as usual with this show,...
The Legendary Swedish Crime Behind Netflix’s ‘The Helicopter Heist’
A grain of truth is a powerful thing, and there’s a big one behind Netflix’s Swedish limited series The Helicopter Heist. The 2009 robbery of...
‘The Helicopter Heist’ Delivers Serviceable True-Crime Thrills
If there are two things everybody loves these days, it’s true crime and heist thrillers. The Helicopter Heist knows this, which is why the Swedish...
‘When the Phone Rings’ Episode 1 Introduces An Unusual Premise
When the Phone Rings is weird even by K-Drama standards, and that’s obvious right from Episode 1. A loveless marriage of convenience, selective mutism, and...