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The Sand Castle (2024) Review: A Stunning Arabic-Language Debut on Netflix

January 24 2025, by Daniel Hart

Make no qualms about it – Matty Brown’s Arabic-language film The Sand Castle is beautiful. Maybe the director can correct me, but this appears to...

‘The Agency’ Ending Explained – Martian’s Mission Takes An Unexpected Turn to Set Up Season 2

January 24 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Given how much I didn’t like The Agency when it started, it’s kind of remarkable how good the first season’s ending is. Episode 10, “Overtaken...

‘Severance’ Season 2, Episode 2 Recap – Offering A Different Point of View

January 24 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

After an excellently mysterious premiere reintroduced viewers to the world of Severance in its much-anticipated Season 2, “Goodbye, Mrs. Selvig” does the same thing from the opposite angle.

‘Unmasked’ Episodes 3 & 4 Recap – Disney+ K-Drama Is Coasting on Shock Value

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

I said in my recap of the premiere that Disney+’s K-Drama Unmasked is unusually forward about sex and violence, and if nothing else Episodes 3 and 4 prove me right.

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2 Review – Netflix’s Underdog Hit Completes Another Mission in Style

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

It isn’t as easy as it looks to make something generic, especially on a streaming platform. A lot of hacks take shelter in genre, believing...

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2 Ending Explained – They Think It’s All Over

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Given the immense popularity of The Night Agent, it was virtually inevitable that its ending wouldn’t really be an ending. Just like how the first...

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 9 Recap – Coming to the End of the Road

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

With the end in sight, The Night Agent Season 2 pulls no punches in Episode 9. There’s at least one major death here, several hair-raising set-pieces, an out-of-nowhere turnaround in the Iranian subplot, and some genuine emotional catharsis to seal the deal.

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 8 Recap – Now Things Are Getting Serious

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There it is – that end of season feeling. It took a while, but Episode 8 is where The Night Agent Season 2 really kicks into gear, delivering significant character turns and major twists to build the stakes ahead of the final two episodes.

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 7 Recap – A Dense Chapter Provides a Key Turning Point in Multiple Areas

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

There’s quite a bit going on in Episode 7 of The Night Agent Season 2. “Tilt” is, I think, the densest chapter so far, the one most full of key developments and crucial turning points in virtually every ongoing subplot.

‘The Night Agent’ Season 2, Episode 6 Recap – The Moral Weight of Spycraft

January 23 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

What makes a good agent? Given that’s the title of Episode 6 of The Night Agent Season 2, it’s a worthwhile question to ask, since it also forms the thematic basis of another hour that takes things pretty slowly and then explodes into action towards the end.

‘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...

‘High Potential’ Episode 10 Recap – Things Are Getting Pretty Silly Now

January 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

High Potential has always had a comedic streak, but Episode 10, “Chutes and Murders”, takes it too far. I’m not sure why.

‘Prime Target’ Episode 2 Recap – A New Perspective Expands the Show’s Scope

January 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

Apple TV+ tends to debut the first two episodes of their new shows at once, which is good news for Prime Target, since Episode 2, “Syracuse”, is where it gets going.

‘Prime Target’ Episode 1 Recap – Introducing the Most Unlikeable Protagonist Ever

January 22 2025, by Jonathon Wilson

If Good Will Hunting had a child with Enemy of the State, it might look a bit like Apple TV+’s Prime Target. But maybe that’s overselling things.