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Nikki Proves To Be The Best Mother In The World In ‘Trying’ Season 4, Episode 6
Sometimes, when you ignore a problem, it grows into something bigger, and that’s precisely what happens in Trying Season 4, Episode 6, which ends with...
‘House of the Dragon’ Season 2, Episode 1 Promises A Bloodbath Is Coming
House of the Dragon Season 2 begins with some reassurances. It’s still good, for a start. Episode 1, “A Son for a Son”, is actually...
‘The Acolyte’ Hasn’t Broken ‘Star Wars’ Canon — And It Wouldn’t Matter Even If It Had
An essential aspect of being a Star Wars fan is being angry about everything all of the time, and no recent show has better exemplified...
Despite Being Rooted In Miami, ‘Hotel Cocaine’ Was Not Filmed There
Hotel Cocaine tells the partially true story of Roman Compte and the Mutiny Hotel and has its roots firmly in the cocaine scene in Miami in the...
‘Hotel Cocaine’ Is Fiction, But Its Setting and Backdrop Are Very Real
Hotel Cocaine is not based on a true story. But it is based on real history, a real place, and a very real vibe of...
Review: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Is Another Guaranteed K-Drama Hit
Sometimes you just know a show is going to be a hit. This instinct rarely has anything to do with quality, either. Miss Night and...
‘Kubra’ Makes A Promised Land Out Of Istanbul
Kubra, a Turkish Netflix series based on a well-respected 2020 novel of the same name, tells the story of former marine turned car mechanic Gökhan...
Recap: ‘Miss Night and Day’ Impresses In Its First Two Episodes
With Episodes 1 and 2, Miss Night and Day establishes itself as the kind of K-Drama that people catch by chance and fall in love...
Recap: ‘Hotel Cocaine’ Gets Off To An Energetic Start In A Drug-Fuelled Premiere
I’m not sure I’d describe Hotel Cocaine as prestige TV, even though it’s tempting to put every hour-long drama with real actors in that bracket...
Recap: Villains Get the Limelight In ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 3
In many ways, Episode 3 of Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 feels like a direct response to Episode 2, which narrowed its focus on Mike...
Recap: Drugs Are Deadlier Than Usual in ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ Season 3, Episode 2
Mayor of Kingstown is a splashy show set in a corrupt prison town. It’s full of gang wars and shootouts and other fun things. And...
Recap: Peace Goes Up In Flames In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 7
With Lincoln under military lockdown and a strict, permanent curfew imposed, Billy and the Regulators are confined to their HQ in the McSween house in...
Recap: Tensions Boil Over In ‘Billy the Kid’ Season 2 Episode 6
The war for Lincoln County begins in earnest in Episode 6 of Billy the Kid Season 2, which is a flurry of gunfights and testy...
5 Crime Comedies like Netflix’s ‘Hit Man’ That Are Loosely Based On A True Story — Or Seem Like They Could Be
Netflix have a surprise hit on their hands, in more ways than one, with Richard Linklater’s Hit Man, a comedy crime thriller inspired by the...
Unpacking Every Scary Story In ‘Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams’
Across seven episodes, Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams presents seemingly disconnected tales of horror and science-fiction, unified only, at first, by their Jakarta setting. But...
‘Joko Anwar’s Nightmares and Daydreams’ Is An Ambitious Horror Anthology
Indonesian film and TV is the most underrated in the world, for my money, and Joko Anwar proves it in Nightmares and Daydreams, an ambitious...
‘Ultraman: Rising’ Ending and What The Post-Credits Scene Means For The Sequel
While the ending of Ultraman: Rising was the generic thrilling battle you’d expect from a movie with Kaiju, a genuine emotional factor was riding over...
‘Ultraman: Rising’ Is Surprisingly Cute and Endearing
Taking on your father’s mantle can be difficult, and that’s what Ken Sato has to do in Ultraman: Rising, the latest addition to the Ultraman...