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‘The Night Agent’ Season 2 Episode 5 Recap – We All Need a Breather After That One

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

By the standards of most episodes of The Night Agent, “A Family Matter” is pretty tame for most of its runtime. But don’t be fooled....

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 4 Recap – It’s Party Time

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 4 is easily the best installment of The Night Agent Season 2 thus far. As we approach the midpoint and have a clearer sense...

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 3 Recap – Things Are Beginning to Take Shape

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Episode 3 of The Night Agent Season 2 feels like a table-setting installment, an hour dedicated to putting all the right pieces in position and...

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Now We’re Getting Somewhere

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

While some of the complexity, mystery, and even urgency of The Night Agent’s first season was a little absent in its Season 2 premiere, Episode...

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 1 Recap – Right Back Where We Started

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Things have changed in The Night Agent Season 2, but they’re still fundamentally the same. That’s the implication of Episode 1, anyway. By the end...

‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 6 Recap – We’re Definitely Getting Somewhere

January 19 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

One of the problems with When the Stars Gossip – and it’s admittedly a "me" problem – is that I only care what’s going on in one narrow section of it.

‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 5 Recap – I Think We’re Going Somewhere… But We’re Not There Yet

January 18 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

When the Stars Gossip needs a turning point, I think. If Episode 5 proves anything, it’s that the status quo isn’t quite enough, despite the novelty of the setting.

‘Back in Action’ Review – Cameron Diaz’s Netflix Comeback Is Utterly Soulless

January 17 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

You have to wonder how much money Cameron Diaz was offered for Back in Action. It was evidently enough to coax her out of retirement,...

XO, Kitty Season 2 Ending Explained: What Does It Mean for Kitty and Min Ho?

January 16 2025, by Naomi Mairs

XO, Kitty Season 2 was a whirlwind of emotions and drama! Funnily enough, Kitty explicitly tells us at the start of the season that she...

‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Season 2 Ending Explained – An Emotional Payoff Maybe Takes the Easy Way Out

January 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Season 2 of Castlevania: Nocturne provides a surprisingly tender ending that in many ways avoids a lot of the more potentially pesky narrative decisions. Everyone...

‘Castlevania: Nocturne’ Season 2 Review – A Solid, Surprisingly Emotional Follow-Up

January 16 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

We’re at a point now where anything that debuts on Netflix with Castlevania in the title is a guaranteed good time, which if you’d told...

‘XO Kitty’ Season 2 Review – A Lighthearted Teen Drama Keeping Us Hooked!

January 16 2025, by Naomi Mairs

If you’ve seen Season 1, I’m sure you know the base story of Jenny Hans’ Netflix Series, XO Kitty. If you haven’t, however, here’s a...

Ari Shaffir Finds the Positives in Netflix Special ‘America’s Sweetheart’

January 14 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

From a stage festooned with live plants for no real reason that I can discern, Ari Shaffir delivers his second Netflix special (fifth overall), America’s...

‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 4 Recap – Things Are Starting to Lose Their Way

January 12 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

A question that occurred to me midway through When the Stars Gossip Episode 4 – what, exactly are we supposed to be latching onto here? It’s a worthwhile question.

‘When the Stars Gossip’ Episode 3 Recap – Introducing A Welcome Bit Of Danger

January 11 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

When the Stars Gossip has been, thus far, a very strange and silly show, with a far-out premise about fertilizing eggs in space and a lot of low-stakes slapstick to pad out the episode runtime.

The Ending of ‘Ad Vitam’ Hardly Seems Worth the Effort Of Getting There

January 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Ad Vitam isn’t a very good movie, and its ending helps to illuminate precisely why that is. After a stellar start and then an incredibly...

‘Ad Vitam’ Review – How To Make A Simple Movie As Convoluted As Possible

January 10 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Ad Vitam plays out like someone challenged director Rodolphe Lauga to make a very simple film as needlessly, off-puttingly convoluted as possible. It starts out...

‘Subteran’ Ending Explained – An Uncertain Finale Avoids The Easiest Outcome

January 9 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Subteran avoids the easy, happy ending, which holistically is one of the bolder things about it. Netflix’s first Romanian original series is mostly content to...