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‘AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders’ Confirms Greg Whiteley As The Best Sports Documentary Creator Of All Time
The main takeaway from AMERICA’S SWEETHEARTS: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders is that being part of the team of dancers is not necessarily some popularity contest for your...
Recap: In Episode 8, ‘Dark Matter’ Finally Gets Good
Okay, fine, I’ll give Dark Matter this – Episode 8, “Jupiter”, is pretty decent. It feels like the chickens coming home to roost on a...
Recap: ‘Dark Matter’ Episode 7 Is Even More Boring Than Usual
The last thing Dark Matter needed was an even slower-paced breather to get the pieces into place for the big finale, but that’s exactly what...
Netflix’s Polish Murder-Mystery ‘Inheritance’ Is A Funny Whodunit With A Satisfying Climax
Knives Out has a lot to answer for. Imitators of Rian Johnson’s whodunnit haven’t exactly been few and far between over the last few years,...
‘Kleks Academy’ has a fairytale ending, but the movie falls short of expectations
It’s best not to take Kleks Academy too seriously, as it’s rooted in children’s imagination, after all. However, I am not convinced that director Maciej...
Recap: Did ‘The Acolyte’ Episode 4 Just Break Canon Again?
First, the good news: The Acolyte Episode 4 is an improvement over last week’s episode, which according to some may have irreparably broken Star Wars...
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...