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‘Subteran’ Review – The First Romanian Netflix Original Is Workmanlike Entertainment, and That’s Okay
Subteran is, to my knowledge, the first Romanian Netflix original series, and you know what? It’s a pretty good debut effort. It’s not perfect, obviously;...
‘American Primeval’ Recap – A Complete Breakdown Of Everything That Happened (and Why)
Netflix’s brutal Western American Primeval spins a complex web around the Mountain Meadows Massacre, a real event that occurred in the Utah Territory in 1857....
‘American Primeval’ Ending Explained – Breaking Down the Finale’s Tragedies and Atrocities
Pretty much everyone dies in American Primeval, which is to be expected. Nobody thought a happy ending was coming to any of these characters, even...
‘American Primeval’ Review – Netflix’s Western Is Awful, Which Is Entirely The Point
American Primeval is awful, but largely in a way that’s terrifically entertaining. It’s about a lot of horrible people doing a great many heinous things,...
‘Hound’s Hill’ Ending Explained – A Thorough Finale Is Worth the Wait
It takes a fair amount of time and a lot of concentration to get to the climax of Hound’s Hill, so most viewers will enter...
‘Hound’s Hill’ Review – Netflix’s Dark Small-Town Mystery Is Worth Persevering With
Hound’s Hill is the kind of bleak small-town mystery that dumps you in the middle of a world and lets you acclimate on your own...
‘The Breakthrough’ Ending Explained – A Long-Awaited Arrest Finally Brings Closure
The Breakthrough has an ending that’s a little like releasing a long-held intake of breath. It isn’t the usual kind of crime drama tension, I’ll...
‘The Breakthrough’ Review – Netflix’s Patient Crime Drama Lingers Over Process
It wouldn’t be right to call Netflix’s The Breakthrough a thriller, since it doesn’t contain any thrills. Then again, it isn’t supposed to. Lisa Siwe’s...
‘Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy’ Review – A Feature-Length List Of Excuses For Not Being Funny
Filmed at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida, Gabriel Iglesias: Legend of Fluffy opens with a bit of self-aggrandizing artifice that...
‘When the Stars Gossip’ Remains Very Weird In Episode 2
Stick with me here as this is a slightly weird thing to say on just Episode 2, but When the Stars Gossip is almost like the anti-K-Drama.
‘Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action’ Review – Brilliant Netflix Doc Highlights Trash TV’s Moral Bankruptcy
At one point in Netflix’s brilliant two-part docuseries Jerry Springer: Fights, Camera, Action, The Jerry Springer Show is described as a modern-day version of the...
‘When the Stars Gossip’ Is All Over the Place in Episode 1
It’s fair to say that sci-fi isn’t exactly a go-to genre for K-Drama, and sci-fi-comedy even less so, which makes When the Stars Gossip an especially curious choice for a Netflix series.
‘When the Phone Rings’ Ending Explained – It’s Finally Happily Ever After For Hee-joo and Her Husband
Allow me to spare you the suspense – When the Phone Rings has a happy ending. For a long time, it was easy to suspect...
‘Bandidos’ Season 2 Ending Explained – Perfunctory Climax Offers A Mediocre Haul
The ending of any good heist/treasure-hunting show isn’t as much of a will-they-won’t-they as it seems. Nobody ever gets the loot, really. It’s either cursed...
‘Bandidos’ Season 2 Review – Returning To The Same Well Yields Very Little Treasure
It’s really no surprise that Bandidos was popular, despite it not being very good. It had the format of a heist thriller and the aesthetics...
‘When the Phone Rings’ Delivers Several Late Twists In Episode 11
When the Phone Rings is clearly the kind of show that delights in keeping its audience guessing (and close to a health event).
‘Cunk on Life’ Review – Diane Morgan Remains Exquisite In Charlie Brooker’s Silly Satire
It takes an effort to remember this now, but there was a time when nobody knew who Sacha Baron Cohen (The Spy) or any of his...
‘Don’t Die: The Man Who Wants to Live Forever’ Review – Chris Smith’s Netflix Documentary Treats Its Subject With Kid Gloves
I hate Bryan Johnson. Not that I’ve ever met him, obviously. Never spoken to him either. In fact, now that I think about it, I...